House Concerts, Wedding’s, and Special Events

I’m available to share music, and do my best to make myself accessible to anyone who needs me. I travel to where I’m needed from  DunedinQueenstownWanaka, to  Christchurch & Nelson, I pride myself on self sufficiency. 

Whether you’re planning a wedding ceremony, a special event, or a concert, I tailor the music to suit the setting and mood; I have found the classical guitar lends itself to many functions incredibly well, from wedding ceremonies and canape sessions, through to chamber concerts and house concerts. 

To enquire about availability and rates, please use the contact form or email me directly.

Wedding Ceremony – Rippon Vineyard, Wanaka – NZ

Weddings Otago – Canterbury – Southland

Every wedding ceremony is unique …. the music should be too!

You deserve to have your favourite song performed live at your wedding, sure you may be able to have the original artist perform it for you, but this isn’t always possible, and recordings capture a different “time and place” than the unique setting that you have chosen to get married in. 

The Spanish guitar ticks all the boxes, it’s romantic, intimate, versatile, and beautiful sounding like your vision of your wedding ceremony. You can have your favourite song performed as a unique & romantic arrangement on the guitar just for you. As an example, have a listen to my example of Elvis Presley’s – “Cant Help Falling in Love”. 




Custom wedding ceremony arrangments 

All of these songs and many more have beautiful arrangements just like “Can’t Help Falling In Love”:

I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden,

Bad Dreams – Teddy Swims,

Perfect – Ed Sheeran,

Faded – Alan Walker.

All of Me – John Legend,

This Love – Taylor Swift,

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri,

Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran,

Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur,

Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding,

Everything – Michael Bublé,

Your Song – Elton John


Almost every song can be arranged in this way, and if there isn’t a good arrangement already made, I put pen to paper and arrange the piece myself. 


Wedding Ceremony – Takaka, Tasman – NZ

Sample Wedding Ceremony:

Sample 1:

Bride’s Entrance/Processional – “Can’t Help Falling In Love” – Elvis Presley

Signing of Registrar – “Romanza”

Signing of Registrar 2 – “Wild Mountain Thyme”

Aisle Walk After Kiss/Recessional – “Your Song” – Elton John


Sample 2:

Bride’s Entrance/Processional – “Thinking Out Loud” – Ed Sheeran

Signing of Registrar – “All of Me” – John Legend

Aisle Walk After Kiss/Recessional – “Perfect” – Ed Sheeran

 

Sample 3:

Bride’s Entrance/Processional – “Pokarekare Ana”

Signing of Registrar – “Lagrima” – Fransisco Tarrega

Signing of Registrar 2 – “Adelita – Fransisco Tarrega 

Aisle Walk After Kiss/Recessional – “Rosita” – Fransisco Tarrega

 Client Reviews

“We recently had Braden to play for us at our wedding in January. He did such an amazing job creating the perfect ambience for our special day. He got in touch a few days before and just really made us feel at ease and just made an effort to confirm all the details which we really loved. He was accomodating to my specific songs requests and was so great at the timing for everything (even when the flower girl took longer than expected). Guests are still raving about Braden and how beautifully he played. I would definitely recommend him for your next event if you are after some classical music. Thanks again Braden for making our special day even more magical!”

Abby & Andrei

Christchurch Wedding, Bramble Grove


“Braden played his guitar at our wedding during both the ceremony and afterwards during canapes. He was amazing to deal with and learnt our aisle song in the space of a week due to us booking him last minute but Hannah and I were so happy we did as he really helped make our day perfect! Could not recommend him enough.”

Hannah & Vincent Earley
Dunedin Wedding, Corstorphine House


“We had the pleasure of having Braden play at our wedding in Wanaka in the middle of April this year. We could not have asked for a more professional, talented and genuine musician to serenade our day. Aside from Braden’s incredible talent on the guitar, he also went above and beyond to make the entire process simple and stress free through meeting with us to perform a few various options for the entrance song, exit song and canapé theme. Braden’s playing was just stunning, and we received so many compliments afterwards about how great he was. We really couldn’t recommend him highly enough!! “

Matt Dawson
Wanaka Wedding, Rippon Vineyard