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Château de Saint-Martin-du-Tertre Entertainment and production, dance by dance.
Val-d’Oise, north of Paris
A Belle Époque château north of Paris, completed in 1882 for evenings of dinners, balls, concerts and fireworks. We plan an event here as those evenings were planned: on a dance card, each moment in its turn.
On the card
A ball was planned on a card. So is your evening.
The château was made for the kind of evening it still hosts: a monumental staircase, a ballroom under six-metre ceilings, salons on marble floors and a park of 42 hectares. We bring the whole production to it, the entertainment and the sound, lighting and scenic design, planned as one, so each part of the evening leads to the next.
01 · Late afternoon
Polonaise
Ceremony
The grand staircase
Vows on the grand staircase.
Under the columns, we choose musicians whose sound fills the stone without overwhelming it, and provide discreet sound for the vows and readings, so every guest on the stairs and in the hall hears them.
Entertainment
- Harp
- String quartet
- Solo voice with piano
Production
- Discreet ceremony sound
- Microphones for vows and readings
Where · The monumental staircase and its landing, or the esplanade and the park, as agreed with the château.
02 · Golden hour
Valse
Cocktails
The ballroom terrace, over the park
Music over the park.
As the light turns, we set an acoustic act on the terrace where it carries over the gardens without raising voices, and begin to light the façade from the ground as the evening comes in.
Entertainment
- Jazz duo
- Strings
- Acoustic guitar and voice
Production
- Sound for the terrace
- Warm light on the façade
Where · The ballroom terrace and the esplanade, over the formal gardens.
03 · Nightfall
Quadrille
Dinner
The Grand Ballroom
Dinner by candlelight.
In the ballroom, we light the room around the tables as one composition, so the candlelight leads and nothing competes with it, and pace the music and speeches to the courses.
Entertainment
- Pianist or singer between courses
- A performance before dessert
- Live first dance
Production
- Room lighting around the candlelight
- Sound for speeches and performers
Where · The Grand Ballroom, or the Red and White Salons for a smaller dinner.
04 · After dark
Galop
After-party
The entrance hall and the salons
Then the hall turns to dancing.
For the party we pair a DJ with live musicians and build the dance floor around them between the columns: sound, lighting, mirror balls and a bespoke DJ booth, at levels agreed with the château.
Entertainment
- DJ with live saxophone
- A live band into DJ
- A Club Coda after-party
Production
- Dance-floor sound and lighting
- Bespoke DJ booth
- Technical production
Where · The grand entrance hall and the salons, on their marble floors, as agreed with the château.
Working with the château
The whole evening, produced by us.
At Château de Saint-Martin-du-Tertre we provide the full production: the musicians, DJs and performers, and the sound, lighting and scenic design around them, with our own engineers. Every space, timing and level is agreed first with the château, and one technical plan is shared with your planner.
- 01Spaces, timings and levels agreed with the château first
- 02Entertainment curated, briefed and scheduled by us
- 03Sound, lighting and scenic design by us, with our own engineers
- 04One technical plan with your planner and the château
The setting
What the château offers, and how we approach it.
From Château de Saint-Martin-du-Tertre
- Where
- Saint-Martin-du-Tertre in the Val-d’Oise, around half an hour from Paris and a quarter of an hour from Charles de Gaulle
- The house
- A Belle Époque château by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, 1876 to 1882, for the Duke of Massa; listed as a Monument historique
- The estate
- 42 hectares of park and private forest: formal French gardens, an esplanade, a pond and a rotunda
- The spaces
- The grand entrance hall and monumental staircase, the Grand Ballroom, the Red and White Salons, the Library and the ballroom terrace
- Guests
- Exclusive use, with seated dinners for up to 340 guests
- Staying
- Eleven bedrooms on site, with lounges for the couple
As published in the château's listings. Confirm the details for your date with the château.
From us
Stone and height
Six-metre ceilings and stone stairs carry sound a long way. We place and tune for the room, so the music fills it without harshness and speeches stay clear.
Light for the rooms
Mouldings, columns and marble take warm light beautifully. We light them from the floor, with nothing fixed to the house.
Room to room
The evening moves from the staircase to the terrace, the ballroom and the hall. We plan the sound and light for each in turn, so every change of room is ready before the guests arrive.
Our work at Château de Saint-Martin-du-Tertre
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Coda is an independent event production studio, not affiliated with Château de Saint-Martin-du-Tertre. Venue details are as the château publishes them.