New Orleans Classical & Jazz

Harry and his team were by far the most professional + organized partner we contracted for our big day. They were following-up with me rather than the other way around, and made the entire process simple and hassle-free. Truly exceptional musicians who know exactly what to play for the environment you’re hunting. Literally 1 million stars.

Harry and the musicians he sent could not have been more professional or more accommodating to work with. They were given music selections just a few days before my daughter's wedding and did an awesome job...easy, friendly, and excellent! Harry was a pleasure to work with and made sure we got what we wanted. Our experience with him and the musicians he provided could not have been better. EXCELLENT!

Harry deserves more than 5 stars in my opinion! I hired him for my March 9, 2013 wedding to play violin. I am an out of town bride, so all of our communication was via email. Harry was prompt right from the beginning. He was helpful along the way offering great ideas and options. I had mostly modern music played, and he made each song sound amazing! He added the perfect touch to make my day special. I'm so glad I decided on Harry as my musician. I will highly recommend him to anyone who asks!!

Harry was a pleasure to work with! He provided me with ideas for both traditional and nontraditional songs that would work well with the guitar/violin duo, and even enthusiastically accepted our 'special request' recessional song. He was professional and thorough, I think it was the only aspect of our wedding that I never had to worry about! We loved it, and our guests did too! Thanks for everything Harry!

We used New Orleans' Finest Musicians for our wedding in May at City Park in New Orleans. We had a violinist and an acoustic guitar. Harry worked with us to play EXACTLY what we wanted from the pre-ceremony music to the music after the recessional. We had a great experience with them and would use them all over again in a heartbeat :-)

Harry Hardin was easy to work with, very helpful and patient. He provided a very large repertoire of songs and even provided one my daughter requested. He stepped in to provide the music for my daughter's wedding ceremony at the last minute due to problems with another vendor, and did a very good job. They were professional and appropriately dressed, as well. I would highly recommend them!

Harry Hardin's music and professionalism cannot be Matched! Harry Hardin was a true pleasure to work with and we loved the wedding music which he tailored to our desires. I cannot express my appreciation enough regarding his professionalism and outstanding follow up; that is truly a rare gift and we loved working wih him. He was one of the best vendors we've ever worked with from start to finish. His follow through was so prompt and kind and accurate to a tea! We cannot say enough superlatives about the professional quality of his music and working relationship with us!

Ellen Martin

We really wanted students from either NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts) or Loyola’s Music Department to play for our ceremony, for two reasons. First we wanted to support student musicians, and second, we needed to save money to be able to afford Bucktown All-Stars. I emailed some teachers at NOCCA and professors at Loyola for recommendations. A NOCCA teacher called me and said she wouldn’t recommend high school students doing a wedding ceremony, even though they could certainly play the music very well, because of all the timing issues and last minute adjustments that could come up. She did offer to put together an ensemble of NOCCA teachers, but we were determined to have students. A professor from Loyola emailed me and recommended his graduate teaching assistant, Riccardo Emilien, as great trumpeter, and suggested Riccardo could recruit some other students for the ensemble. At the same time I had contacted Harry Hardin of New Orleans Finest Musicians for some advice. He also warned against having a group of students who weren’t experienced at the timing demands of a wedding ceremony. We decided to compromise and have Harry put together 3 musicians from New Orleans Finest Musicians and also have Riccardo from Loyola as the trumpeter. Harry was super flexible and appreciated our effort to include student musicians. We met with Harry to pick out our ceremony music which was really fun, and he did all the rest of the coordinating, including with Riccardo so everyone was on the same page. Harry and his wife and another great musician performed beautifully, and Riccardo did an amazing job on Trumpet Voluntary. We did have a last minute change in number of people walking down the aisle, which affected the timing of the music, so I was glad we had a professional in charge. I wouldn’t hesitate to hire students if you can find a group that plays weddings all the time, but I was unable to, and I’m glad it worked out the way it did.



Also, Harry gave us the confidence we needed to go ahead with having the brass band walk us up the aisle playing the recessional, which was definitely one of the highlights of our wedding day.



You can contact Riccardo Emilien, trumpeter extraordinaire, at rfemilien at gmail.com and Harry Hardin at http://www.neworleansfinestmusicians.com/contact-us

Harry Hardin was so amazing to work with! He is incredibly talented, helpful, kind, responsive, and accommodating. He emailed us sample music to chose from, which was incredibly helpful. He made suggestions and really was such a pleasure to work with. We were so impressed! The ceremony was just perfect, and we have him to thank for it. We HIGHLY recommend!!!

Very professional! Harry found us the perfect guitarist for our small courtyard wedding. The music was gorgeous and our guitarist (John Bagnato) learned a new song just for our ceremony. Many of our guests commented on the beautiful music. You can't go wrong with Harry and his musicians!