BirminghamViolin Violinist from Birmingham, AL

Ceremony Music, Thoughtfully Curated Looking to bring a sense of elegance, artistry, and emotional depth to your wedding or special event in Birmingham, Alabama? Birmingham Violin offers refined live music designed to elevate each moment—from the first guest arrival to the final walk down the aisle. Led by violinist Karen McDowell, Birmingham Violin is known for creating seamless, expressive performances that enhance the natural rhythm and atmosphere of a ceremony. Clients consistently describe her music as beautiful, moving, and unforgettable, along with a planning process that is professional, responsive, and effortless. With over two decades of performance experience, Karen brings both technical mastery and emotional connection to her playing. Her repertoire spans classical works (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart), sacred and Celtic music, as well as contemporary selections by artists such as Ed Sheeran and John Legend—each thoughtfully arranged to reflect the unique style of the event. Performances are available as solo violin or in collaboration with carefully selected musicians, including violin and cello ensembles for a richer, more layered sound. Each event is tailored with intention, whether through curated selections or personalized requests. Karen holds advanced degrees in Music Performance and studied with Ivan Galamian of The Juilliard School. She has been recognized with the WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award and has performed at weddings and events throughout the Birmingham area and beyond. A limited number of weddings are accepted each season to ensure a highly personalized and elevated experience. Based in Birmingham, Alabama Ceremony services begin at $850 Travel available for select venues

• Bridgerton | TV series
• At Last | Whitney Houston
• Perfect | Ed Sheeran
• Simple Gifts | Traditional
• All of Me | John Legend
• To a Wild Rose | MacDowell
• Music from The Water Music Suite | Handel
• A Thousand Years | Christina Perri
• Askokan Farewell | Jay Ungar
• Lovers Waltz | Jay Ungar
• Rains of Castamere | from Game of Thrones
• Ode to Joy | Beethoven
• Cant Help Falling In Love from Blue Hawaii | Elvis Presley
• Falling Slowly | Once
• Come Back to Sorrento | sung by Bocceli
• Anniversary Waltz | Franklin
• Bittersweet Symphony | the Verve
• Grimstock | Trad Celtic
• Sunshine on my Shoulders | John Denver
• Toreador Song and Habanera from Carmen | Bizet
• Stars fell on Alabama | Frank Perkins
• Rounder from Abdelazer | Purcell
• Serenade | Schubert
• Ave Maria | Schubert
• Sarabande and Allegro | Handel
• Hungarian Dance #5 | Brahms
• Rondeau | Bach
• Sleeping Beauty Waltz | Tchaikovsky
• Music from the Royal Fireworks | Handel
• Music from the Aylesford Pieces | Handel
• Eine KleinNachtmusik | Mozart
• Music from The Four Seasons | Vivaldi
• Minuet | Boccherini
• One Hand one Heart | from West Side Story
• Scherazade Theme | Korsakov
• Gigue from Suite #3 | Bach
• Unchained Melody | Alex North from Ghost sung by the Righteous Brothers
• All I ask of You | from Phantom of the Opera
• Moon River | Henry Mancini from Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Drops of Jupiter | Train
• Love me Tender | Elvis Presley
• Without You | Nilsson
• Air on the G string | Bach?Air?
• Jesu | Joy of Man's Desiring
• Sheep May Safely Graze | Bach
• Canon in D | Pachebel
• Wedding March | Mendelssohn
• Clocks | Coldplay
• The water is wide | Celtic Trad
• Trumpet voluntary | Clark
• Morning has broken | Hymn
• Swallow Tail Jig | Trad
• Time in a bottle | Jim Croce
• Blackbird | Beatles
• Spring | Four Seasons
• Danze pastrale | the Four seasons
• Largo (winter) from the Four seasons | Vivaldi
• Hornpipe in D from water music | Handel
• Wedding march | from the sound of music
• Pavane from arbenu's orchesographie 1588 | (from The Borgia's)
• Sleeper's Awake | Bach
• Amazing Grace | hymn
• Rondeau | Mouret
• Wedding march | Wagner
• Bourree from water music | Handel
• Minuette from water music | Handel
• Hornpipe in f from water music | Handel
• Voy K Sah Pet A | Mozart
• Serenade | from string quartet in F
• Minuet | from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• Minuet from string quartet | Boccherini
• Minuet | from Don Giovanni
• Aylesford Gavotte | Handel
• Minuet 2 | Purcell
• Entrance to the Queen of Sheba | Handel
• Processional | water music
• Salley Garden | trad.
• Be Thou My Vision | Celtic hymn
• Grimstock | trad Celtc
• A new irish tune | Purcell
• Simple Gifts | Trad. shaker hymn
• The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Maccoll
• You Raise Me Up | Josh Grobin
• The Prayer | Josh Grobin
• What a Wonderful World | Louie Armstrong
• You Are So Beautiful | Billie Preston
• The Wind Beneath My Wings | sung by Bette Midler
• On Wings of Song | Mendelssohn
• Pie Jesu | Andrew Lloyd Weber
• Josephin's waltz | Celtictrad
• Gavotte | Handel
• Minuet | from string quartet in E
• Road to Lesdoonvarna | trad Celtic
• Andante from Sonata in A | Mozart
• Pavane | Faure
• Loch Lomond | trad
• Ava Maria | Bach
• The Butterfly | celtic women
• At Anthony Chorale | Brahms
• Romance | from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
• I Surrender All | Hymn
• Wachet Auf! Ruft Uns Die Stimme (the night watchman) | Bach
• Surely the Presence | Hymn
• Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticanna | Mascagni
• The Swan | Saint-Seans
• Sunrise | Sunset
• One Hand | One Heart
• Gigue from suite 3 | bach
• Bouree from the unaccompanied cello suite no.3 | Bach
• Prelude from the unaccompanied cello suite no.1 | Bach
• Tennessee waltz | sung by Patti Page
• Arioso | Bach
• Allegro from piano concerto 3 | Beethoven
• Allegro from violin concerto in E | Bach
• Pavane and Galliard | (from Henry viii TV Series)
• Invention 1 from the piano inventions | Bach
• Traumerei | Schumann
• A River Flows in You | Yiruma
• Here I am Lord | Hymn
• In His Time | Hymn
• Someone to Watch Over Me | Gershwin
• A Whole New World | Theme form Aladdin
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow | from the Wizard of Oz
• That's Amore | sung by Dean Martins
• Que Sera | Sera from The Man That Knew Too Much
• My Favorite Things | Rodgers and Hammerstein
• A Tale as Old As Time | Beauty and the Beast
• Happy | Pharrell Williams
• Yesterday | Beatles
• All You Need is Love | Beatles