Meet The Receptionists
The Receptionists provide innovative chamber music for weddings and special events. From classical music to popular arrangements and love songs, the ensemble plays for ceremonies, cocktail hours, background music, recitals, parties, corporate, educational, and charity events.
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STYLIZED STRINGS
Our professional musicians perform a variety of styles and genres, carrying the atmosphere of your special event.
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Choose your Ensemble
We have a fantastic roster of artists available as soloists, duos, trios, & quartets.
String ensembles are our specialty.
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Ensemble Representatives
Jessica Catron
Jessica Catron, Director, spent the early part of her professional life in Los Angeles working as a freelance performer and educator. Her musical adventures include touring, performing, and/or recording with artists including Nels Cline, Devotchka, FUN, Trevor Hall, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dave Matthews, Alexi Murdoch, Linda Ronstadt, Spiritualized, Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), Steve Vai, the Vitamin String Quartet, VOCO, Scott Weiland, The White Buffalo, and Wilco. She has also worked as a collaborator, performer, and/or music director with exceptional visual artists, composers, and performance artists such as Harold Budd, Vinny Golia, Mike Kelley, Pauline Oliveros, Stephen Prina, Susan Silton, and James Tenney. Jessica has appeared on The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, the NBC Music Video Awards, Coachella Music Festival, KPFK's Global Village, and has been a soloist for feature films Mean Creek, The Strangers, The Covenant, and Levity.
In and around Missoula, Jessica can be seen as a cellist in the Missoula Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra of the Rockies, and Glacier Symphony. She founded and directs Grow Music Missoula, and works regularly as a string clinician and coach for the MCPS Orchestras. Jessica co-founded The Receptionists string ensemble with Amelia Thornton Sears.
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Outside of music, Jessica loves family game nights, traveling, making tacos, sauntering in the woods, camping, floating rivers, primitive skill-building, reading bedtime stories, spending time with extended family, and giving group hugs.
Amelia Sears, Co-Founder, is a violin instructor, freelance performer, and recording artist based in Missoula, MT, who specializes in bluegrass, blues, rock, jazz, country, folk, and Norwegian hardingfele music. She is an active member of the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America, National Association for Music Education, and the American Federation of Musicians.
She performs in the String Orchestra of the Rockies, is Co-Founder of the wedding ensemble, The Receptionists, a member of the John Floridis Quartet, and a founding member of Dean & Riley folk duo.
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As active offstage as she is onstage, Amelia is the owner/director of Artwork Music Studio, providing music lessons and performance opportunities alongside her husband and pianist, Adam Sears. She specializes in education, music psychology, events management, and website design. She has served as the Production Manager for the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, Workshop Manager for Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival, and Camp Counselor for Center Stage Strings Music Camp.
Amelia Thornton Sears
