Fifth Avenue Orchestras & Entertainemnt

Fifth Avenue Orchestras & Entertainment is the best Thanks to them our wedding was a huge success. From the moment they started playing to the very end, the dance floor was full from the youngest to the oldest. They always knew what to play and how to "work" the event. They are true professionals, very accommodating, talented and entertaining. It doesn't get any better! all my guest are still raving about how much fun they had, even that I did not give them a music list, I trusted them and they delivered.... I will recommended to anyone who wants to have a time of their life!!!!!!!!

They played beautiful, soft music during dinner and checked in a few times on volume. They checked in many times before the wedding to get all the details right for which songs to be played when and which off of their songlist to never play-- they made no errors!! Every song was beautiful. They are so talented, outgoing and friendly. They really went out of their way to make sure our guests were continually having fun! We appreciate all they did for us on our wedding day.

I wanted to get some classic music to be played at the wedding before we hit the cake. Also they are very professional at what they do and good all around.

They were the hit ofthe party!!! They were professional and fun!!! They played at my husand's sisters Wedding a few months prior and we knew we would use them!!! They played everything from Bob Marley to Beethoven!!!

We booked the band 'Marquis' and couldn't have been happier with them! They were excellent! Not only were they great MCing the night, but they were so talented and virtually every guest commented on how great they were.

This band made our wedding a great party. They played everything from oldies to Beyonce. They were more expensive than a dj, but they were definitely worth it. Our friends still tell us that ours is the best wedding they have been to...and it is because of our band!

They truely brought great atmosphere to my wedding. I first encountered them at my friends' wedding. They are hired on the spot. At my wedding, I got a lot rave from my guests saying that they did a great job. During the planning process, Mary is extremely helpful, detail orientated and prompt respose. Excellent band!!

We had some extra money left over from our budget, and so we decided to get some live music!They were very professional and sounded great. We were very please overall with them. nice to work !

We had some extra money left over from our budget, and so we decided to get some live music!They were very professional and sounded great. We were very please overall with them. nice to work !

I was in contact with both George and Mary at Fifth Avenue, and both of them were cordial and pleasant to speak to. They answered all of my questions, and on top of that were very manageable and accommodating, which is not something I can say for other quartets I spoke with. We provided Fifth Avenue with a highly specific setlist for both our ceremony and cocktail reception, and they were happy to work with it; in cases where they did not know/have arrangements for a certain song, they were willing to arrange it themselves for a small fee. The contracts were simple, payment was easy. As pleasant an experience as you could ask for leading into a wedding. During the event itself, the quartet was professional and talented. They played everything we asked for, looked impeccable, and generally added quite a bit to the wedding. A wonderful experience.

The music was superb. Sounded like something off of an old record. Played very nicely.

The guests really enjoyed them, although a few requests were turned down due to them not knowing the song. On the other hand they played a broad range of music and it would be unrealistic to expect them to know it all. Great band, Great show, definitely a large part of what made the wedding so magical.

This band was a major, major disappointment. They got the bride's name wrong when made our entrance into our reception [VERY easy name], screwed up the music for our first dance [even though they had two CD's in case one didn't work, they somehow misfired it, and it started half way through - major disappointment - as we had rehearsed with professionals for months before the wedding], the microphones kept screeching during the toasts and speeches, and worst, the musicians seemed bored even though the crowd was lively. I would never use them again for any event.

If you are OK with your band possibly not knowing the songs, or even the style of music you want at your wedding, then you may be OK with Fifth Avenue Orchestras under its new ownership. Otherwise, do not use this service. This past spring the Fifth Avenue Orchestras changed ownership and management and with that the quality of service dropped dramatically. Fifth Avenue as it once existed was the work of the owner, Jack Bielan who apparently put care into the events as evidenced by the some reviews, however that is NOT the case now. The new owner is not interested in running a wedding band service himself and yet, has not hired someone to provide the management and oversight provided by the old owner leaving a huge void in the quality they provide. The coordination and care that one would expect from a wedding band service (and was promised to me in hiring FAO) is left to chance. The in depth planning session that Jack had promised was cut to a 3 page basic information survey that we were unable to get the owner on the phone to discuss. At my wedding, the band had no information at all on the type of music they were to play and were not given the song list where we had checked off the songs we liked at the request of the owner (you are not allowed to contact the band prior to the event, but the office guarantees that they will be well prepared based on the information you give the office). This fact only became obvious to me when they started playing current pop songs at my soul/funk/motown wedding. The new ownerÂ’s answer to this is that you choose the band based on the website videos and that's all the assurance customer's have. That was not what I was repeatedly told by the old owner when I choose the service, or the new owner when I talked to him pre-wedding. (The samples of music on the website are so varied that the owner's assertion doesn't even make any sense). I have had a few conversations with the owner following the wedding and they have apologized for the "accident" and admits that was a terrible oversight, he has done nothing to right this wrong. If the new ownerÂ’s assertions are true, then I would like future customers to know that they can only expect to have some type of the music played on the website (not their choice of music) at their event. I would not want this type of "accident" to happen to anyone else on their wedding day but I fear with the new ownerÂ’s poor customer service and lack of empathy to the importance of an event, it will. I would like to mention that the band itself was very good (which is why I bumped this review from the 1 star I would have given to the management to 2 stars). However, the fact that the band was very talented just makes me more upset, because I know, had the event not been so mismanaged, the music could have been what I had envisioned for my wedding.