The Wedding Ceremony

Music sets the mood of a wedding ceremony and is a wonderful way to infuse your personality into the service.  The selections from our wedding sampler CD will help you select music for a ceremony perfectly suited to you.  You can also choose from our repertoire list or make a special request.

Prelude
As guests begin to arrive, beautiful music draws them to the site where the ceremony will take place.  The tone of the music can be quiet and reflective or have a spirit of liveliness and joy.  Sometimes special music is played for the seating of the parents and grandparents just prior to the processional.

Processional
This music accompanies the wedding party as they walk down the aisle.  One musical piece can be played for the bridal party and bride, or separate songs can be chosen for the bride and bridal party.

• Kanon by Pachelbel
• Trumpet Voluntary by Purcell
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by J. S. Bach
• St. Anthony’s Chorale by Haydn
• Passacaile by Handel 

Interlude
During the ceremony, you may want one or two hymns or songs that are meaningful to you to enhance or highlight special moments.

• One Hand, One Heart from “West Side Story” by Bernstein
• Air from “Suite No. 3” by Bach
• Ave Maria by Schubert
• Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
• Sunrise, Sunset from “Fiddler on the Roof”  by Bock

Recessional
At the end of the ceremony, the newly married couple is presented to the audience and they recess up the aisle to the sound of joyous, lively music.

• Hornpipe by Handel
• Spring by Vivaldi
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel
• La Rejouissance by Handel
• Rondeau by Mouret

Postlude
Jubilant music continues, enhancing the atmosphere of celebration as the guests linger or are dismissed.