MANILA STRING MACHINE GENERAL AGEEMENT

THE MANILA STRING MACHINE GENERAL AGREEMENT

1. The String Quartet will perform on (venue) on (date) for the (event)

2. The String Quartet will be as follows:
________________________ 1st Violin
________________________ 2nd Violin
________________________ Viola
________________________ Cello

Any replacements on the members would be solely for the reasons of sickness, or emergency.
Our group assumes the responsibility to make sure that the replacement would be of equal or even higher musical capability.

3. The String Quartet will arrive 1hour, or at the latest, 30mins before the celebration.

4. The String Quartet will be providing the following equipment:
a. Music Stands
b. Music Pieces
c. And our instruments (violins, viola and cello)

5. The String Quartet will be dressed in any of the ff attires: Barong, tuxedo, long sleeved or coat and tie.

6. The String Quartet will play for a maximum of 3 hours.

7. The String Quartet would require a program hard copy, or a program coordinator to assist us in the performance cues.

8. The String Quartet assures the client that they will perform to the highest level of discipline and musicality possible.

9. The String Quartet would play a wide range of repertoire from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc music, to country-ragtime, to broadway, standards, to beatles and modern popular songs. We also have selections of original Filipino Music available.

10. The String Quartet does not take requests on the spot. If there are requests, we would be able to play them if we have a piece available, specially arranged for the String Quartet.
The String Quartet will request for breaks in between sets.

For the CLIENT
1. The client will provide food and drinks for the quartet.

2. The client will pay___________(amount in words)____________(Php____________) to the String Quartet anytime before the program ends.
a. preferably cash
b. if check, please deposit a week earlier to :BDO Antipolo-Masinag Branch,
Acct 0630165602 Acct name: Theodore Philip Amper.

3. If the client requires special pieces, they have to provide the pieces for us to play arranged for string quartet. If there is no piece provided, the client can ask us to arrange at Php2K per piece.** The requested piece must be given to us at least a month in advance, and the piece will be arranged (at the latest) a day before the event.

4. Rehearsals and the like must be scheduled, and a rehearsal fee of Php6K is required.

5. Travel expenses (if outside metro manila) must be arranged exclusive of the talent fee. (toll, gas, parking)

6. The client will provide a table or a place for the quartet to retreat and rest in between sets.

7. The client will provide ample space (3m x 2m), ample lighting for the quartet to see their pieces, armless chairs (four pieces), and microphones on four separate boom stands and a sound system to amplify the sound, depending on the venue and number of guests.

**depending on the degree of difficulty of arrangement, the arranging fee is negotiable

please contact Mr. Theodore Amper at 0918-9066377 for booking and more info. God bless you!