Severn Duo are an acclaimed professional session string ensemble comprised of violinist/violist Jess Townsend and cellist Tom McCluskey who to date have appeared in over 1000 professional projects, appearing on Netflix, S4C, BBC and Starz. Recording from their custom-built studio, they can provide any size ensemble from solo to string orchestra.
Tom and Jess both trained as performing musicians at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and now play professionally across the country. As session musicians, they offer both recording and string arrangement services. This means that as well as recording from prepared sheet music, they can also create parts based on MIDI or audio sketches or write their own compositions for your project based on your criteria.
Recordings are delivered as individual, isolated .wav files in the sample rate of your choice and accompanied by a rough mix preview of everything together. They are recorded with a stereo pair of Rode M5 condenser microphones through a Focusrite interface with Logic X from their purpose-built garden studio.
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check_circleVerifiedAbsolutely fantastic to work with! Quick and professional. The string arrangement came out fantastic and very tasteful.
check_circleVerifiedJess & Tom did really beautiful work on my project and gave me all the files I needed before my deadline! I hope to work with them again soon.
check_circleVerifiedVery talented! Jess & Tom are true professionals! Very meticulous in their work and always happy to come with a revision when I asked for.
They recorded, the violin, viola and cello in my tracks and I'm so happy with the overall result!
check_circleVerifiedSevern brought my VST arrangement to life and delivered heartfelt, well recorded multitracks with authentic string sections that made these heavy metal songs complete. From quartet to full orchestral sound, this duo covers it all. Can't recommend enough!
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Once again a pleasure working with them !
check_circleVerifiedThis was the first time I'd worked with Jess and Tom and it did not disappoint. Very professional with absolutely fantastic-sounding results. Highly recommended.
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Jess & Tom were so great to work with and I will absolutely be using them again in the future. They were professional, communicative, and best of all, delivered me incredible recordings of wonderful performances that breathed new life into my music.
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Very professional and talented players. Responded in a timely fashion and delivered high level product in terms of playing performance and recording quality. Very fair price as well. As a professional composer I highly recommend working with them.
I’ve worked with Jess and Tom on many occasions, they are both fantastic players and produce the highest quality of music making within a quick turnaround of timeframes, maintaining efficient communication and professionalism.
Severn Duo have added 4 part strings to several of my solo piano compositions and every time the accompaniment has been outstanding. They are extremely talented musicians that compliment each other perfectly; composing, arranging and recording truly beautiful music. I wouldn’t go to anyone else.
I have worked on three songs with Severn Duo and could not be more happy. Their work is magnificent!
You can really feel Tom & Jess's hearts in the music. They are heartfelt & pros!
I was the strings composer/arranger, cellist, violist, violinist in this production
- String SectionAverage price - $200 per song
- ViolinAverage price - $70 per song
- CelloAverage price - $70 per song
- String ArrangerAverage price - $70 per song
- ViolaAverage price - $70 per song
- Rode M5 Condenser Microphones (Stereo Pair)
- Focusrite Scarlett Interface
- Logic X
