CAVE: Composer, Arranger, Violinist and Educator. Wedding and special events violinist (acoustic and electric violin). All styles catered for (pop, jazz, classical...) Over 25 years experience in performing.
I have performed everything from Ed Sheeran to Bach, Motown to Disney, Oasis to Shostakovich, Game of Thrones to Adele...
Able to arrange any of your favourite pieces for beautiful solo violin with quality backing tracks. Also able to compose original works for your special event.
Repertoire Lists (over 500 pieces) and more videos are available upon request.
I will bring my own autonomous PA and I am also happy to match your chosen colour scheme or event theme.
We had a Absolutely brilliant wedding yesterday, many thank to Jo our violinist she was amazing.
Incredible violinist. Played beautifully during our wedding ceremony making it extra special. She was so friendly and smiley which made us feel like she genuinely enjoyed being there. Thank you so much! I would absolutely recommend to anyone for their wedding/other events!
A charming person with such a wonderful talent. Our guests were quite taken with her, and she made our luncheon complete.
Cave was amazing, we booked her for our wedding day and the music she played was beautiful. Cave went above and beyond for us and I would truly recommend booking her! You won’t regret it!
Absolutely fantastic, we really enjoyed Jo’s performance! She kept our guests entertained during our wedding breakfast and was very professional, would highly recommend! X
Joanne was absaloutly amazing!! Honestly the most perfect performances we could have asked for. Every guest commented how amazing she was, everything from planning to the actual day we couldn't fault her! Thank you so much!
I just wanted to say how much we and our guests enjoyed your performance. I only wish I could have listened to more! Lots of people commented on how beautiful the music was so thank you so much for being part of our special day.
***** Beautiful music and very talented player, very glad we hired Jo for our reception. Highly recommended, thank you :)
***** Excellent experience with cave from booking to performance. Highly recommend
***** Jo was amazing,so professional and sounded absolutely amazing I could have listened to her all day, she really made our day so so special and I am so glad she was part of it. She truly was special.
***** Thank you so much for your lovely violin playing at the very special Clementi Event at the Hedgehog yesterday. All at such short notice too! It all helped make the occasion very memorable. The Clementi piece with Gary Branch accompanying you really was the `cherry on the cake`! It was a really memorable occasion! Hope that you enjoyed being very much a part of it. We certainly enjoyed it all!
***** Jo played the violin at our wedding back in October. Communication before has was excellent and she had a great repertoire of songs for us to choose from. Our guests commented on how lovely it was to have live music as opposed to a general cd. Thank you for adding a beautiful element to our special day x
***** Jo was absolutely incredible. Beautiful music by a really lovely person as well. Helped create a beautiful atmosphere at my wedding. Will be recommending 100%
***** Thank you for your stunning performance yesterday at our wedding. You were spectacular and we have been inundated with glowing reviews about you from our 100+ guests and waiting staff. You helped make our special day magical (even with the thunder storms) Thank you very much, we can will recommend you to everyone.
***** Joanne was brilliant, her playing just made our day, she is extremly professional we were delighted
***** Absolutely brilliant, so pleased I booked Jo to perform during the first dance of my wedding. Everyone loved it. Amazing musician and professional.
***** Seen Cave play last night for the 1st time and she’s Absolutely Fantastic looking forward to listening to her Play again!, I highly recommend Cave good mix of compilations she puts together.
***** Jo Dodds was excellent, she really made our party special. So friendly and professional. Everyone at our party commented on how good she was, it was a pleasure to hear her play and if I ever need to book a musician, I will be booking her again. I recommend her highly.
***** Jo was an absolute delight. Charmed us all with her music and personality. The service from start to finish was professional and efficient. I would highly recommend Jo
***** It's a long time due because we've been ever so busy but better late than never. I'd like to say a massive thank you to this lovely lady who played at our church ceremony on 22nd April 2017. You were amazing and gave our wedding that extra touch of something special. Thank you so much for learning the two hymns at short notice, you sounded amazing. Everybody commented on how lovely it was to have you instead of an organist. You really made our wedding. Thank you once again. It was a pleasure to have you be part of our special day.
As long as requested!
I have my own chargeable, autonomous PA.
I have full PLI.
Approximately 2.5 sq. metres. Enough ceiling height to enable bowing action.
I can arrange anything you like if you request the arrangement in advance.
I am normally quite happy to play for a couple of hours without a break so long as I have a drink to hand!
Yes, but this is weather dependent (please remember that my 200 year old violin is not waterproof and doesn’t like direct sunlight so a wet weather plan and gazebo are a good idea).
Over 450 tracks available and a full list can be emailed.
No set up charge.
PA system provided.
Happy to match colour scheme or event theme.
Able to arrange or compose tracks.