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Wedding Music Review

Sunday, November 20th, 2016

We love making a wedding couples’ day as special as can be with outstanding wedding music according to their wishes.  Here is our latest review on Wedding Wire:

Wendy said…
Absolutely wonderful!!! Olivera Music was a pleasure to work with from the music planning stages to my daughter’s wedding day! We could not have been more pleased. We were so happy with the musicians and DJ. The strings for the ceremony and cocktail hour were just beautiful, and played a great variety of music. They played several special songs for our day. The gorgeous piano dinner music was so wonderful and added such a special touch to the dinner hour-fantastic and had people in a festive mood. DJ Ray was fun and fabulous as well as personable and had a huge crowd on the dance floor all night! Wow! I have never seen so many people dance for so long, and that was exactly what we wanted-a fun dance party with lots of people on the dance floor! Our daughter’s wedding was one of the best days of our life, and the music was the backdrop of the day, the heartbeat of the celebration, and a big part of our memories. I look forward to working with them again. They were reliable, responsive, and so much fun to plan with. Most importantly, they understood what we wanted, and we were overjoyed with the results!

Wedding: 10/21/2016
Services Used: Ceremony Music, DJ, Entertainer
Reviewed On: 11/20/2016

Olivera offers signature customer service

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

Olivera Music Entertainment is pleased to offer this article, which outlines our signature customer service.  It is from the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Business Guide for 2014.

OLIVERA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT   It’s Still Fun

HOME-BASED BUSINESSES play an important role in the overall economy of Loudoun County. Indeed, home-based businesses like Olivera Music Entertainment, the Chamber’s 2012 ‘Home-Based Business of the Year’, represent about 30% of the Chamber’s membership. These small firms, with no more than one employee other than the owner/couple who started the idea, are scattered throughout Loudoun County, mostly invisible on tree-lined neighborhood streets in all the villages and towns that make our part of Northern Virginia special.

Connie Olivera, a professional pianist, and her tuba/bass player husband Kevin, started their music booking agency in 1987. Connie explained that she and Kevin have been operating their business since the day they decided there was a demand in the Greater Washington area for a service-oriented music entertainment agency. “We were (and still are) professional musicians and we knew several musicians and the corporate clients who hired talent for their events,” explained Kevin Olivera, “so we started to match up the talent with the clients. For the past 26 years, we have been successfully brokering music talent for our clients from our home in Ashburn.

The new Salamander Resort & Spa in Middleburg and the National Conference Center in Leesburg are two of the Olivera’s many Loudoun County clients, but their long list of satisfied clients includes most of the major corporations and organizations located throughout the Greater Washington area, including both the Republican and the Democratic National Committees; they arranged the musicians for the Official Inaugural events for both of President George W. Bush’s inaugurations and have performed for President Obama.

When we interviewed Connie and Kevin Olivera in October 2013 for this special profile, they had just completed a successful event at Mount Vernon – the opening of the new Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington. Kevin explained how Olivera Music Entertainment has worked with the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association for many years. When the Association began to plan this special opening event for their exciting new library, they called on Olivera Music Entertainment to provide and manage the music entertainment. “We worked with them for sev- eral months, helping them plan how music would be an important part of the festivities, especially for the Gala celebration,” said Connie Olivera. “We arranged a fife and drum unit to greet the guests, plus an 8-piece swing orchestra for cocktails, dinner, and dancing. We also booked a strolling string quartet for the luncheon the following day, held after the official grand opening.”

“As with most of our clients’ special events, the Association looked to us to help make music an integral part of the grand-opening event. We are known throughout the entertainment industry in the Greater Washington area for our expertise and hands-on management of the music entertainment for special events,” Kevin explained.

In addition to working closely with their clients, about 50% corporate and 50% social, such as weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs, Olivera Music Entertainment also distinguishes itself by the way it works with musicians. “Too often,” Kevin said, “musicians are left guessing about the necessary and basic arrangements of an event. That does not happen when they work with us.”

Several days in advance of every event, whether that’s a wedding for 500 guests at one of Washington’s grand hotels or a cocktail party at the boss’s home for twenty of their employees – and every other event that needs music entertainment – the office sends an email to the performers with precise details on the event – when to arrive, where to park, contact names and phone numbers, the performance times, special music requests – no detail is left out of the email.

Both of the Olivera’s mentioned their special relationship with the pool of more than 1,000 musicians and musical groups they regularly work with. As Kevin noted, “Our musicians appreciate how we make it possible for them to concentrate on what they do best, entertaining our clients. We take care of our musicians. As professional musicians ourselves, we know how important that is. We also know that if we take care of them, they will, in turn, take care of our clients. The musicians perform for other booking agencies and they tell us no one else does what we do – for them as musicians and for the clients for which they perform.”

2014 Business Guide
OLIVERA MUSIC | SUCCESS STORIES

Business Support is Essential for a Healthy Community

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

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Olivera Music Entertainment has a strong commitment to give back to those who support our communities.  Business support is essential for our community to thrive and prosper.  Over the past 27 years we have donated over a quarter million dollars to numerous community and non-profit organizations and events, including the following:
Active Duty U.S. Military Personnel
Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association
American Red Cross
Ashburn Farm Barracuda Swim Team
Barns at Franklin Park
Blue Ridge Hospice
Committee for Dulles
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Disabled Veterans of America
Dulles Area Association of Realtors
Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce
Executive Women International
Fauquier Chamber of Commerce
Fauquier Hospital
Fauquier Springs Country Club
Fight for the Child
Final Salute
Folger Shakespeare Library
Food & Friends
George Washington University, Loudoun Campus
Hunt Country Celebrations
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Inova Health Foundation
Inova Loudoun Hospital Foundation
International Special Events Society, DC Chapter
Junior League of Northern Virginia
Leesburg Rotary
Leesburg VFW
Let’s Help Kids
Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter
Loudoun Area Agency for the Aging
Loudoun Arts Council
Loudoun Convention & Visitors Association
Loudoun Country Day School
Loudoun County Public Schools
Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce
Loudoun Community Free Clinic
Loudoun Heart Association
Loudoun Hunt
Loudoun Interfaith Relief
Loudoun Symphony Association
Loudoun Therapeutic Riding
Loudoun United Way
Loudoun YMCA
Manassas Battlefield Trust
March of Dimes
Middleburg Classic Horse Show
Middleburg Tennis Club
Montgomery Hospice
National Building Museum
National Museum of American History
National Steeplechase Association
Oatlands
Operation Second Chance
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Potomac Riverkeeper
Rotary International
St. David’s Episcopal Church
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
Smithsonian Institution
Thomas Balch Library
Tigerlily Foundation
Town of Leesburg
Virginia Hospital Center
Virginia Opera
Virginia Therapeutic Riding
WETA
Wolf Trap Foundation
Together, we can make a difference!
Please support your community!

 

Wedding in Wine Country Giveaway in Loudoun, Virginia, DC’s Wine Country

Monday, February 25th, 2013

One lucky couple will win a Wedding in Wine Country Giveaway in Loudoun, Virginia:  DC’s Wine Country!  Enter to win at weddingsinloudoun.com.  Your destination wedding will be scheduled on Saturday, November 10th, 2013, with two of the prizes for the rehearsal dinner utilized on Friday, November 9th, 2013.  The Wedding in Wine Country Giveaway will include, from Olivera Music Entertainment,  ceremony and reception music.

First, you will have your choice of five venues to choose from for your wedding, including The Barns at Hamilton Station, Riverside on the Potomac, Stone Manor Vineyard & Orchard B&B, Woodlands at Algonkian, and Breaux Vineyards.

Your Wedding in Wine Country Giveaway continues with catering by Grandale Catering at 868 Estate Vineyards, a custom wedding gown from Ebrada Atelier, wedding pies from Mom’s Apple Pie, floral design by Louise Lynn Flowers and Holly Heider Chapple Flowers, photography by Alimond Photography, planning and coordination services from Dogwood Events, vintage event rentals and décor by Bella Villa, A 2-night stay at Salamander Resort and Spa for the bride and groom, transportation by Reston Limousine, rehearsal dinner at Doukenie Winery, and rehearsal dinner catering by Monk’s BBQ.  You can read the rules and regulations at the VisitLoudoun.org website.

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Loudoun County is a popular area for a destination wedding, with a variety of settings available, from B&Bs, wineries, estates, mountain views, parks, hotels, and resorts.  You also have the opportunity to work with local vendors for all aspects of your wedding who offer a high level of expertise in their business.  Give us a call for more information.

Loudoun Chamber Award 2012–Home Based Business of the Year

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Olivera Loudoun Chamber Award

On November 9th, 2012, at the National Conference Center, Leesburg, VA, for the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Small Business Awards Ceremony, Olivera Music Entertainment was honored to receive the Loudoun Chamber Award for the 2012 Small Business ‘Home Based Business of the Year Award’.  The Loudoun Chamber, the largest in Northern Virginia, boasts over 1,100 members, with over 800 of these members considered Small Business members, including 270 members as Home Based.  For the 2012 awards, the Chamber received 347 nominations, which were narrowed down to 39 finalists in ten categories.  Each Finalist received a Loudoun Chamber Award recognition plaque while guests enjoyed a compilation video for each company, produced by Mesh Multimedia.  Enjoy the video:

Olivera Music Entertainment joined the Loudoun Chamber in March of 1990, and has seen the population in Loudoun County expand from 86,000 residents that year to over 340,000 today.
Many thanks to everyone for all of your support!

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