We had a beautiful wedding on Saturday in downtown Nashville!  The ceremony was performed in the plaza outside of War Memorial with a gorgeous view of the State Capitol to the north.  The weather could not have been better andRead More

Our second of two weddings last weekend was outdoor at beautiful Cheekwood!  It was musically traditional – a nice violin/cello combo.  The grounds of Cheekwood are enough to put me in a good mood, but when combined with the crispRead More

We had a busy weekend!  We had an afternoon wedding and then went straight over to Cheekwood to top the night off!  It was an idyllic fall day – I love it when the weather cooperates with wedding plans! TheRead More

I’ve never been a huge Grateful Dead fan, but that hasn’t stopped me from transcribing a song for a client this week!  How cool is it to have guitar, cello and violin playing Grateful Dead songs at your wedding? MyRead More

We’ve been very busy recently!  Wedding season is in full swing and we are trying to catch up on blog posts!  One of our recent gigs was a gorgeous wedding at the Nashville Zoo.  The weather was absolutely ideal (unlikeRead More

We started advertising on Nashville’s NPR station, WPLN, and I can’t lie, it was pretty cool to hear our name announced by some of our favorite radio personalities. We’ve had several friends call us and say “Did I just hearRead More

I’m very excited, because this week, my full time touring gig is parking itself in downtown Nashville and I get to play 8 shows in my home city! (It also gives me a great excuse to record and post aRead More

What a lucky wife I am that my husband, Chris, is a rock star! He plays for a show called RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles and gets to travel all around the world.  This last trip was to Sweden,Read More

We already have a few gigs booked for Valentine’s day, but we have room for more. If you’re looking for a sweet way to say “I love you” nothing says it more than a serenade. Book a musician for asRead More

The holidays are approaching and we are busy getting into the spirit! I even decorated our house this year and put up a tree for the first time. I had no idea how much a lit tree could lift yourRead More

A few weeks ago, we did a wedding at the Cathedral of the Incarnation near Vanderbilt University that featured piano, violin, and cello. The venue was beautiful and the bride and groom, Danielle and Travis, were absolutely adorable. They hadRead More

Today REALLY feels like fall in Nashville! Nicki and I really love this time of year. Even though weddings seem to slow down, we always seem to pick up a few holiday-related gigs to fill in the gap. As muchRead More

Several recent happenings have put me in an African mood – mainly because I just spent three weeks in Johannesburg on a dream gig with Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, my full-time job. Not to boast, but check outRead More

It has been quite a while and this blog post is long overdue. School is back in session and I’ve been just choreographing away every night to prepare for my classes each day (I teach high school dance class, inRead More

We had an excellent wedding last weekend at the Riverwood Mansion in East Nashville! The bride chose a violin-cello duet and they sounded great! The weather was PERFECT for an outdoor garden wedding and the venue was gorgeous! Below areRead More

When we say we do any type of gig, we mean it. Last week we had a call from a guy who wanted a violinist to serenade him and his girlfriend at Centennial Park. So we hired one of ourRead More

I’ve been on a huge high for well over a week now. In my wildest dreams, I never thought I would live in the same space as a grand piano before I reached the age of 50. Since I beganRead More

Two Fat Men Catering has got to be the best name for a catering company ever (with the best slogan- “never trust a skinny cook”). And they know how to throw a mean party- they took 1st place among caterersRead More

We had a great visit last week with my sister, Erin and nephew, Silas. While we missed my niece and brother-in-law, it was nice to shower the baby with attention that his big sister seems to command when she’s inRead More

From time to time we will be posting information about some of our favorite vendors, restaurants, and places around our favorite city. If you are about to host an event, get hitched, or just want to have some fun inRead More

Warning: This is sappy, but true. Almost one year ago (July 10th), I married my best friend and partner in crime. It has been an amazing year, and I feel like we have grown so much as a team betweenRead More

What’s the song that you LOVE but would die if other human beings knew you listened to? For me, that would be “Always Be My Baby” by Mariah Carey. Maybe this wasn’t the best choice for me to rock outRead More

This is the 2nd draft of this post…my wife read the first one and said it was a bit too much of a bro-mance love letter. I have the tendency to take on that tone when I talk about KoryRead More

Hello friends and family (and hopefully a few others). We decided to record a song that is near and dear to our hearts. Not to get all cheesy on you, but we’ve had a rough 24 hours- I chipped aRead More

This song is easily on my list of top 5 all time favorites, so I wanted to break the new camera in with it! It’s a James Taylor classic, but definitely isn’t widely known. I’ve seen him live several timesRead More

So far, all of our listening samples have been of Nicki and I. However, this business is really all about our musical friends and the awesome talent that they possess. Nick Palmer and I met several years ago at BelmontRead More

Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy I LOVE Sacred Harp music. Either you wholeheartedly agree with me, or I’ve already lost you. Let me back up… Sacred Harp, also known as “Shape Note” singing is one of the earliest formsRead More

If you read the first couple of posts, you’ll see that the only tunes we’ve posted are more pop-oriented. Just to show you that we really are musically diverse, here’s a video from my Junior year as a piano majorRead More

Let it be known that we are not a two-man band trying to make it as wedding singers (although that would be AWESOME!). We are music contractors – music matchmakers, if you will – and what we do is provideRead More

Last year, my brother Matt married an amazing girl, Julia, who I happen to love. (Check out her rockin’ blog: juliabelle.blogspot.com) At this lovely event, Chris and I had the opportunity to perform the ceremony music and we absolutely lovedRead More

Welcome to our blog! We are so excited to announce the start of our newest adventure, Mockingbird Musicians. When we got married last year, we had all of our friends do the music for our wedding and it was trulyRead More