Three live voices in close harmony for your reception, dinner or company event in Amsterdam. From EUR 1,600, with a quote within one business day.

How it works

When a vocal trio is the right call

A vocal trio works best where you want live music people actually notice, without turning the evening into a concert. Think of a drinks reception where guests arrive over forty minutes, a seated dinner for 60 to 150 people, a short musical moment between award segments, or a product launch where the arrival needs warmth before the speeches start. Three voices carry further than one and sound fuller than a soloist, yet they stay softer than a band with drums. If your evening ends on a dance floor, the trio covers the first half and a DJ or band takes the second. Noam's honest view as a bandleader: if your guests will be standing and talking for most of the night, a vocal trio is usually money better spent than a bigger band they will have to shout over.

Vocal trio, jazz trio, singer or band: how they compare

The short version: pick the vocal trio when you want guests to listen for a moment and then carry on talking. Pick an instrumental trio when the music should disappear under the conversation. Pick a band when you want people on their feet.

Vocal trio for a corporate event in Amsterdam

Corporate events are where a vocal trio earns its fee. A typical brief is a reception or dinner for 80 to 200 guests, often international, in a hotel, a museum hall or an event space in the centre of Amsterdam. The trio sings through arrival drinks, takes a pause for the welcome speech, and comes back for the dinner or the networking hour. Because the set is jazz, soul and pop sung in English, it works for a room with guests from ten countries as well as for a Dutch team.

What you can count on as a corporate client:

• Clients including Heineken, Microsoft, Salesforce, Booking.com, IBM, Canon, ING, Tommy Hilfiger and the City of Amsterdam
• A written contract and a VAT (BTW) invoice your finance team can process without back and forth
• A backup guarantee: if a performer cannot make it, we arrange a replacement of the same level, so your booking stands
• Our own sound and light with a technician, from EUR 850 extra, kept within the decibel limit of your venue
• One contact person from the first quote to the night itself
• A quote within one business day

How a vocal trio set runs across an evening

Misstery Trio plays a window of 2 to 4 hours. Within that, most evenings use two or three sets of about forty five minutes, with recorded music under the breaks. A common shape for a corporate evening is a first set for arrival, a pause for speeches, a second set during the starter and main course, and a short third set over dessert or coffee. We build the exact timing around your run of show so the trio never sings over a toast or a presentation.

Repertoire: jazz, soul and pop in three parts

The trio moves between jazz standards, soul classics and pop songs reworked for three voices. Tight harmony is the point: a familiar song arranged for three singers sounds new without losing what guests recognise. If there are songs that matter to you, a company anthem or a song tied to your brand, tell us early and we check with the trio what can be arranged in time. If your guest list is mostly Dutch, ask about Dutch songs in the set.

Sound, space and the room

In a small room with a few dozen guests, three voices carry well. For larger rooms, and for most corporate events over about 60 guests, the voices need a vocal PA so the tables at the back hear the harmony as clearly as the tables at the front. We supply that with a technician from EUR 850 extra, or work with the venue's own system when it is suitable. The trio needs a corner of a few square metres, away from the bar and the path of the waiters. Many Amsterdam hotels and canal-side venues have strict sound limits, and a vocal trio is one of the easiest formats to keep inside them.

Building the rest of the evening around the trio

A vocal trio often starts an evening that ends somewhere else. Two combinations that work well: the trio for the reception and dinner, then a DJ like Savoy from EUR 1,000 for the dance floor; or the trio first, then Golden Sax, a DJ with a live saxophonist, from EUR 1,600. If you want instruments under the voices, ask us, each extra musician is from EUR 500.

Related pages

Meet the singers on the Misstery Trio artist page, or hear a single voice with Laura Dooge. For instrumental options see jazz trio Amsterdam. For a seated business dinner see corporate dinner music Amsterdam, for a mixed drinks and dinner evening see cocktail and dinner music, and for a wedding see wedding singers Amsterdam.