Sample Ceremonies

Sample Wedding Ceremonies

We can provide music for each part of your ceremony. Many times each ceremony conveys a similar mood throughout. We would be happy to assist you with your music choices to fit your particular ceremony.

A typical ceremony consists of the following parts:

• Background music as your guests arrive (prelude)
• Entrance music for Mothers, Bridal Party, and the Bride (processional)
• Music during the ceremony such as the candle lighting
• Music at the conclusion of the ceremony (recessional)
• Background music as your guests leave (postlude)

 

Traditional Ceremonies – Most Requested Pieces

Seating of the Parents

• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
• Winter from “The Four Seasons” (Vivaldi)
• Aria (Handel)
• Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
• Wachet Aut (Bach)

Bridal Party

• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
• Canon in D (Pachelbel)

Bride

• Canon in D (Pachelbel)
• Bridal Chorus (Wagner)
• Trumpet Voluntary (Clark)

Candle Lighting

• Arioso (Bach)
• Ave Maria (Schubert)
• Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
• Trumpet Voluntary (Clark)

Recessional

• Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
• Hornpipe from “Water Music” (Handel)
• Rondeau (Mouret)
• La Rejouissance (Handel)
• Brandenburg Concerto #3 (Bach)

 

Contemporary Ceremonies

Using contemporary music (such as pop, rock, or jazz) that has been arranged for a string quartet is a growing trend for modern brides. Below are examples of a few modern ceremonies that can make your ceremony unique and fun.

Example 1

• Bridal Party - What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
• Bride - Hallelujah (as made famous by Eric Wainright and Jeff Buckley)
• Candle Lighting - One Hand, One Heart (Bernstein)
• Recessional - Happy Together (The Beach Boys)

Example 2 – “A Beatles Wedding”

• Seating of the Mothers - Here, There, and Everywhere
• Bridal Party - All You Need is Love
• Bride - And I Love Her
• Candle Lighting - My Love (McCartney)
• Recessional - Here Comes the Sun

Example 3

• Seating of the Mothers - The Wedding Song ,”There Is Love” (Stokey)
• Bridal Party - Beautiful Day (U2)
• Bride - Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
• Candle Lighting - All I Want Is You (U2)

As you can see, we have a wide variety of music to fit just about any situation. Feel free to be creative, and have fun — after all, it’s your wedding.

We can also provide music for your cocktail hour or reception. We can play classical music, or a variety of classical, rock/pop, easy listening, and jazz.