Ideas for Ceremony Music

Prelude Music-Unless you want otherwise I am ready to begin prelude music 25 minutes before ceremony start time. I will begin then or as soon after that as I see guests begin to arrive. Usually couples do not select the prelude or postlude music but instead give me an idea of the style of music they are wanting.

Most couples pick two Processionals, one for the wedding party to enter with and then one for the bride or your beloved's entrance.

Optional -Special Music can be selected if desired during the ceremony for a candle lighting, hand fasting, sand ceremony, communion or possibly after a reading in a religious service.

Most couples pick a Recessional which is the joyous selection to see the couple back down the aisle.  I will follow this with other joyous postlude music to see people out of the space.  You do not need to select the postlude music.

For cocktail hour unless you want otherwise I tend to play a light mix of popular music and light classical. Couples do not usually pick this music as there is a lot of it. 

While the following  are not the only ceremony music choices this music works very well. The processionals have numerous places to end which helps gracefully time the walk down the aisle. The pieces are of course much longer but the snippet will give you a feel for what the piece is like.

Here are some ceremony music ideas and sound clips:

See additional ideas below under choices for Celtic or popular music.

Special music for Candle Lighting, Sand Ceremony, Hand Fasting

Ideas for a Celtic Wedding

Talk to me if you are planning a Celtic Wedding.  I have a large amount of appropriate repertoire.

Ideas for a Wedding with Contemporary Popular Music 

If you do not see what you want have a look at my repertoire list here.

For ideas for a Jewish wedding please see Jewish music under my repertoire here. 

There are a number of my favorite hymns listed on my repertoire page here.  Others are available.

Party sound samples

Here is a small sampling of the type of music I often play for cocktail and dinner hour, gallery openings, corporate events, and other occasions for which background music is required.  Please note that these are just small clips of the songs.  Amplification is available.

For a better idea of the variety of music that I play, have a look at my repertoire list here.