Orchestra for Hire, Live Bands and DJ Sets
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Arrival
Music for the ceremony, welcome drinks and the first moments of your event.
Chill Out Set
Live strings over a produced soundtrack, a rich, downtempo sound for receptions and dinner that can lift in tempo as the evening opens up.
Classical String Quartet
Two violins, viola and cello bring a timeless elegance to ceremonies and drinks receptions. From classical favourites to film music, pop and jazz, the String Quartet creates a beautifully refined atmosphere for your event.
Solos & Duos
For moments that call for something more understated, our soloists and duos offer an intimate approach to live music. Choose from pianists, singers and string duos, each bringing elegance and a personal touch to your event.
Drinks & Dining
Live music to set the atmosphere as guests drink, dine and mingle.
Acoustic Ensemble
A string quartet with percussion and double bass, an organic, largely acoustic sound for outdoor settings, garden receptions and terrace events, with sax, flute or a vocalist on request. Also available as a roaming, walk-around set.
Swing Band
Timeless, sophisticated and full of character. Our Swing Band brings together the music of Sinatra, Glenn Miller and the Rat Pack with jazz and swing favourites, creating an effortlessly stylish atmosphere for drinks, dining and dancing.
Little Swing Band
Compact, stylish and full of energy. Our Little Swing Band combines vocalists, strings and horns with bespoke musical arrangements, creating a rich, full sound across swing, jazz and modern favourites.
Electric String Quartet
Choreographed electric strings to a produced soundtrack, a high-impact showpiece built to inject drama and energy into the room.
Themed Bands
Bond, Bollywood, Best of British and more, a theme you choose, with the repertoire and line-up built around it.
Jazz Band
A three-to-five-piece playing standards and soft swing, the natural choice for a seated dinner or drinks hour that shouldn't compete with the conversation.
Dancefloor
When the room gets up and the night opens out.
Little Big Band
Vocalists and strings with sax and percussion over backing tracks, an after-dinner set built to fill the floor in a compact footprint.
Bangers & Anthems
A horn section and DJ added to strings and vocals, high-energy evenings, big spaces and festival-scale crowds.
Show Band
The full-scale live line-up. Strings, horns, vocalists and rhythm section, built for the biggest rooms and highest-impact moments.
DJ Sets & DJ Live
A DJ tailoring the set to your room. Solo, or with live horns, strings and percussion joining for a live-band lift.
Showpiece
The set nobody expected, the moment the room remembers.
Orchestral Dance Anthems
The full orchestral Ibiza show, a 23-to-30-piece live production with vocalists and DJ, as seen on Classic Ibiza. Built as the headline set for festivals, large-scale weddings and corporate stages.
Ensembles | FAQ
What's the Difference Between a Function Band and a Show Band?
A function band (Little Big Band) is built for flexibility across a full evening dinner through to dancing. A show band is a larger, horn-led line-up built specifically for sustained dancefloor energy in bigger rooms.
Can Urban Soul Orchestra Provide Music for the Whole Day — Ceremony, Drinks and Evening Party?
Yes. Most full-day bookings combine a string quartet or acoustic ensemble for arrival, a jazz or swing format for drinks and dinner, and a function band, show band or DJ set for the evening. We build full-day programmes for weddings, corporate events and private events alike.
What's the Smallest and Largest Ensemble Available?
Formats range from a single soloist to a 50-piece orchestra. Most line-ups scale on request to fit the room and the brief.
Is Orchestral Dance Anthems the Same as Classic Ibiza?
It's the same ensemble and format seen on Classic Ibiza's public tour shows, available as a private booking for weddings and corporate events.
Without a shadow of a doubt, USO totally made our wedding party. We had a solo violinist playing during our civil ceremony – music that we actually loved and wanted and meant something to us rather than the generic wedding music. Pre-dinner the Chill Out set was perfect; relaxed, soulful, and ambient (everyone loved the saxophone) and then Little Big Band kicked off a great party. Everyone was so lovely both during the planning stages and the wedding, we are already thinking of organising another party so we can have them back. Thanks for everything.
Talk to Our Events Team
Most clients arrive with a date and a venue rather than a line-up in mind. Tell us where you’re celebrating, the moment you’re creating and the scale you’re imagining, and we’ll shape the music around it, from a single ensemble to a combination that carries the whole day.
Every enquiry is answered personally.