Braden Southee

Acoustic, Classical

Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, Queenstown, Wanaka

Artist Bio

Braden Southee is an active professional classical guitarist, he performs solo concerts all around New Zealand, and at international arts festivals.

A life time of study, on top of natural ability means Braden is an efficient reliable professional, capable of crafting the music for your wedding ceremony to perfection. Enjoy yourselves as he performs from his beautiful Spanish repertoire while you and your guests settle in to celebrations with champagne and canape’s. With an immense and diverse range of experience, Braden is a guarantee your music will reflect your unique wedding.

Every wedding ceremony is unique …. the music should be too! You deserve to have your favourite song performed live at your wedding, sure you could have the original artist perform it for you, but this isn’t usually very cost effective, and recordings capture a different time and place than the unique setting that you have chosen to get married in. The Spanish guitar ticks all the boxes, it’s romantic, intimate, versatile, and beautiful sounding like your vision of the wedding ceremony. You can have your favourite song performed as a unique & romantic arrangement on the guitar just for you. As an example, have a listen to my example of Elvis Presley’s – Cant Help Falling in Love All of these songs and many more have beautiful arrangements just like “Can’t Help Falling In Love”:

I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden,

Bad Dreams – Teddy Swims,

Perfect – Ed Sheeran,

Faded – Alan Walker.

All of Me – John Legend,

This Love – Taylor Swift,

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri,

Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran,

Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur,

Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding,

Everything – Michael Bublé,

Your Song – Elton John

Sample Songlist

Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
Your Song – Elton John
I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
Bad Dreams – Teddy Swim
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Faded – Alan Walker.

Classical Repertoire

Fransisco Tarrega
Agustin Barrios
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Fernando Sor
Mauro Giuliani.

Sample Wedding Ceremony

Bride’s Entrance/Processional – “Can’t Help Falling In Love” Elvis Presley

Signing of Registrar – “Romanza”

Signing of Registrar 2 – “Wild Mountain Thyme”

Aisle Walk After Kiss/Recessional – “Your Song” Elton John

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Reviews

We recently had Braden to play for us at our wedding in January. He did such an amazing job creating the perfect ambience for our special day. He got in touch a few days before and just really made us feel at ease and just made an effort to confirm all the details which we really loved. He was accomodating to my specific songs requests and was so great at the timing for everything (even when the flower girl took longer than expected). Guests are still raving about Braden and how beautifully he played. I would definitely recommend him for your next event if you are after some classical music. Thanks again Braden for making our special day even more magical!

Abby & Andrei
Christchurch Wedding, Bramble Grove

Braden played his guitar at our wedding during both the ceremony and afterwards during canapes. He was amazing to deal with and learnt our aisle song in the space of a week due to us booking him last minute but Hannah and I were so happy we did as he really helped make our day perfect! Could not recommend him enough.

Hannah & Vincent Earley
Dunedin Wedding, Corstorphine House

“A creative talent who plays from the heart, has an extensive repertoire and all of this wrapped up in a thoroughly nice young man.
I have been fortunate to attend 3 outdoor events where Braden created music to reflect each ones specialness. His music also appeared to interact with the environment in rather unique ways. I particularly remember the first event in a very large garden butterflies seemingly danced over the flowers in time to the music. The second event was near a large wooded area with loud chirping birds who when the music started went from a big loud noise to one being in harmony with the music. The last event occurred in the wet, the rain certainly eased up when the music started – call it coincidence but I prefer the magic of the moment and the music.” Four final words: Truly memorable, intuitive, flawless”

Bonnie Johnson
Christchurch Events

“I’ve been blessed to have been at two events which Braden performed at, one of which was my own wedding.
Each song is absolutely enchanting – taking you on a journey of emotions, resulting with overwhelming feelings of joy and appreciation. He was the talk of the wedding and he has firmly etched many beautiful moments into wonderful memories. Braden was very professional to deal with and is a brilliant human being. I can only hope to hear more of his magic in the future. Encore!!!”

Katrina Fort
Dunedin Wedding

“I received lots of feedback from my guests about Braden’s performance, he knew what to play, and played it really well, people responded and everyone had a great time. The showroom had a classy atmosphere, of which Braden and his guitar played a really big part.”

Nigel Brown
Nelson Corporate Events

We had the pleasure of having Braden play at our wedding in Wanaka in the middle of April this year. We could not have asked for a more professional, talented and genuine musician to serenade our day. Aside from Braden’s incredible talent on the guitar, he also went above and beyond to make the entire process simple and stress free through meeting with us to perform a few various options for the entrance song, exit song and canapé theme. Braden’s playing was just stunning, and we received so many compliments afterwards about how great he was. We really couldn’t recommend him highly enough!! Thanks again Braden.

Matt Dawson
Wanaka Wedding

Braden Southee

Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, Queenstown, Wanaka

Artist Bio

Sample Songlist

Reviews

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