flutes of fancy
Violin and Recorder Duo
Enchanting Music for your Northern California Wedding or Special Event
Serving the San Francisco Bay, Wine Country, Sacramento, and San Jose areas
Classical * Baroque * Renaissance * Celtic * Folkloric
Let the delicate, elegant sounds of flutes of fancy create a magical mood for your Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, San Jose, or Sacramento wedding or special event.
A classically trained duo based in Northern California, flutes of fancy provides music for traditional weddings, theme weddings, and other special events.
flutes of fancy can perform on violin and recorder as well as two recorders.
Having a wedding soon but haven't yet decided on your music? flutes of fancy is superbly organized to accommodate late requests with no loss in magic!
Music for your California Destination Wedding. For those traveling to the Northern California Wine Country from out of state for your wedding, flutes of fancy's wedding sampler CD and wedding music planning sheet will make choosing your ceremony music easy and enjoyable!
NEW Sample and choose your ceremony music online.
By request, flutes of fancy can perform in Renaissance costume for theme weddings and events.
photo by Avalon Arts Studio
photo by Jose Garza
But that which did please me beyond anything in the whole world was the wind-musique when the angel comes down, which is so sweet that it ravished me, ....I remained all night transported, so as I could not believe that ever any music hath that real command over the soul of man as did this upon me...." from the Diary of Samuel Pepys (1668)
For your planning convenience, we have moved all duo sound samples to the following pages:
Wedding Page - Here you will find traditional processionals and recessionals as well as some "less traveled by" that we enjoy playing.
Renaissance Wedding Page - We have included sound samples for those of you planning a Renaissance, Medieval, or English Country Garden style wedding. This page includes selections from Playford Promenade, our new duo arrangements completed in 2006.
Celtic Wedding Page - Here you will find samples of Celtic music for your theme wedding.
flutes of fancy's previous venues
In Northern California:
Benicia in Bloom, Daffodil High Tea at Mare Island, Elliston Vineyards (Sunol), Four Points Sheraton (Pleasanton), Green Valley Country Club, Healdsburg Green Show for As You Like It, Healdsburg Historic Homes Tour, Inn at the Tides (Bodega Bay), Kenwood Community Church, Lodi Woodbridge Winegrape Commission, Magnolia Terrace, Montmartre Art Supplies, Mountain Terrace (Woodside), Music in the Mansion (Mare Island), Napa Holiday Candlelight Tour, Sand Rock Farm (Aptos), Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery, Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum (Fremont), Solano Symphony Home Tour, St. Basil the Great Catholic Church (Vallejo), St. Peter's Chapel (Mare Island), Summerville at Villa Del Rey, Sunrise Assisted Living, Tannery Building (Benicia), The Springs of Napa, Testarossa Vineyards (Los Gatos), USA World Classics Event Center, Vallejo (Titanic Gala), Villa Amorosa, Wente Vineyards (Livermore), Westlake House Springs Retirement Living, Westlake Leisure GardensIn Central California:
Chaffee Zoological Gardens, Clovis Arts in the Garden, Clos La Chance, Copper River Country Club, Fairwinds Woodward Park, Love & Garlic Banquet Hall, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno City College Renaissance Festival, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Gottschalks, McHenry Mansion, Meux Home Museum, River Park, People's Church, San Joaquin Gardens, Shinzen Friendship Garden, St. Paul Newman Center Renaissance Festival, Cambria Historical Society Heritage Day, Ducey's at the Pines Resort (Bass Lake), Hanford Renaissance of Kings Cultural Arts Faire, Monterey Plaza Hotel, People's Church, Shaver Lake Chapel, The Old Schoolhouse (Madera), The Remington (Hanford), Wine and Roses (Lodi), Wolf Lakes Park (Sanger)In Southern California:
In San Diego County: Heritage Park, Hotel Del Coronado, La Jolla Historical Society, La Jolla Wedding Bowl, Quail Botanical Gardens, Rancho Buena Vista Adobe, Rancho Guajome Adobe, Bahia Hotel, Darlington House, The Old Globe Theatre
In Ojai: Rains Department Store, The GablesAVAILABLE NOW!
Maidens of MelodyDorothy Barth's new anthology of duo arrangements from O'Neill's Music of Ireland
Dorothy Barth's anthology of Old English music arranged for two instruments is now available. These arrangements are great for weddings, Renaissance faires, and student recitals. For order information, visit
Playford Promenade: Music for Grand OccasionsWhat's in My Gig Library? In response to violinists who have written to ask what music I use for solo violin weddings and receptions, I've created this new page of some of my favorite classical, folk, and popular violin anthologies. We've updated the sound samples on the Wedding page and have added new samples! The older sampler CD will be included in the bookings package while supplies last, but the online demo should now be considered your primary sampling source.
Dorothy Barth's Freelance Writing Page
Many Strings - One Journey: My Own Violin Learning Path
Photos of the Medieval Fantasy Festival, Vacaville, CA with Alina Adams Studio Renaissance Band
Travels with Recorders:
We will be in Monterey, CA on Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, 2008 for a seminar. Dorothy is available for solo violin wedding bookings in Monterey on these days.
Also available in Northern California
Trios and Quartets
