Crown Players String Quartet from Diamond Bar, CA

Crown Players (Seaside Strings has closed and merged with us) will go the extra mile to work with you to choose the most suitable music to enhance your special event. Our clients comment on the perfect ambience we create, and are pleased with the results, as well as our cooperative spirit, and attention to detail. We serve LA County, Orange County, Inland Empire and the Desert. Crown Players have played for Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, in Newport Beach, CA. We also played for David Hasselhoff's daughter's wedding. Although we are a string trio of two violins and cello (or violin, viola, cello), we also play as a quartet, duo, or solo, including strolling violin(s). In the case of illness or unforeseen circumstances, a competent replacement from our roster of top players will be provided. Our repertoire includes classical, popular, show tunes, ethnic, light rock, jazz, and we can make arrangements of any song you desire. Together, our players have performed in hundreds of venues in the U.S. and abroad. Performances include the Palm Springs Film Festival, Il Divo's 2014 tour of the Southwest, the Fab Four Beatles Tribute Band, and tribute concerts in London. Crown Players perform for various charities and for the elderly. MARI HAIG, violin, served as concertmaster in tribute concerts for the Double Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla, for Queen Elizabeth's 60th Diamond Jubilee, and for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton. In the U.S., Mari is assistant concertmaster of the St John Chamber Orchestra. She has played in the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, the Los Angeles Baroque and the Disneyland Candlelight Orchestras, Musica Angelica, Long Beach, Riverside, Pacific, Pasadena, Desert, San Diego Symphonies, and Burbank Philharmonic. Mari has performed with a broad range of artists, including Stevie Wonder, Lionel Ritchie, Henry Mancini, Buddy Rich, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, Mannheim Steamroller and for Carla Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl. Mari is the concertmaster and arranger/orchestrator for singer Mario Bryant. Mari is featured on countless CD's, including "Echoes of Vilna," which is in the Library of Congress. Her improvisation on violin, viola, and cello, can be heard on Emmy Award winning soundtracks for television shows, including "The Bold and the Beautiful." Mari is also an educator. NORM HUGHES, violin, is a founding member of the Pacific Symphony, Concertmaster of the St. John Chamber Orchestra and solo violinist for Christ Cathedral. He performed in tribute concerts for the Double Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla in London. He has performed with the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, Opera Pacific, Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters, Disneyland Candlelight and Hollywood Bowl Orchestras, Pasadena, Long Beach, and Desert Symphonies, and served as concertmaster for Dionne Warwick and Johnny Mathis. Norm performed in the West Coast premiere of the musical, "Beauty and the Beast," as well as Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Sunset Boulevard." He served as concertmaster and soloist on the Grammy Winning Jose Feliciano CD, "Americano." Norm has been featured on countless movie sound tracks, such as Zootopia, Inside Out, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic World, Mission Impossible, Independence Day, Wall-e, Santa Claus 2, Bad Santa, and The Bourne Identity, He has recorded with such artists as Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, Michael Buble, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Carla Morrison and Barry White, touring with his Love Unlimited Orchestra, Norm is also an educator and conductor. GREG ADAMSON, cello, has performed worldwide, in such diverse venues as Vatican City, Disney Hall, Hollywood Bowl, and Radio City Music, to name a few. He has performed with a broad range of artists including James Taylor, John Wiiliams, Rod Stewart, Yo Yo Ma, Dr. Dre, Glenn Campbell, The Who, Guns N' Roses and Elton John. Greg has been seen on numerous occasions performing with the La Miranda Symphony, Long Beach Opera, Long Beach Symphony and Pasadena Pops. He is the solo cellist for the renowned Bach Cantata Series in the St. John Chamber Orchestra. Greg is also an educator and conductor.