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This page has been organized to help wedding clients select their ceremony music.  The tables below have the following features:

Ensemble Columns   - There is an audio sample for the ensemble type in the column header.  Note:  Some of the audio samples in the quartet (Quar) column may be a full orchestra recording, if a quartet recording was not available.

- We have sheet music for the ensemble type in the column header. 

Blank cell - There is not currently sheet music for the ensemble, but we could probably buy or arrange it if there is enough time.

- The piece is not recommended for the ensemble type.
 
Usage Columns

Each table has the following columns representing different parts of a ceremony:

  • Fam - Family Entrance  (grandparents and parents seated)
  • Attd.  Attendants' Processional  (groom, officiant, groomsmen, bridesmaids)
  • Bride - Bride's Processional
  • Int. - Interlude  (middle of ceremony)
  • Reces. - Recessional (end of ceremony)

For a detailed description of each of the above ceremony parts, see the Wedding page.
Recommended Usage The following symbols may appear for the piece listed:
      - Recommended for this purpose
      -  Not recommended for this purpose

A blank cell means we have no strong recommendations one way or the other and are happy to do whatever you'd like us to.

Highlighted pieces are the most popular selections among our past clients.

Church Approved Some churches have music restrictions and only allow religious music.  Anything marked with in the Church Appr column is a piece that is approved by churches, based on our past experience.

Music categories:  Click a link here to jump to that part of the page.

Marches (faster pieces)

Slower / Smooth Pieces

Contemporary (includes popular songs and movie themes)

Vocal Accompaniment


Need more ideas?  Click on the menu options in the red bar at the left to see and hear more music.

 

Marches

Faster tempo or "march sounding" pieces that can be used for processionals and recessional.

Quar Trio Duo Composer Title Recommended for Church
Appr.
Fam Attd Bride Int Reces
  Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3      
  Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5      
Beethoven Ode to Joy (from Symphony No. 9)
Campra Rigaudon  
Charpentier Te Deum  
Clarke Trumpet Voluntary (a.k.a. Prince of Denmark)    
  Handel Coro Minuet (from Water Music Suite in D)       
    Handel Entrance of the Queen of Sheba        
Handel Hornpipe (from Water Music Suite in D)      
  Handel La Rejoussance (from Royal Fireworks Music)      
    Handel Overture from Royal Fireworks (#1) Slower march portion    
    Handel Overture from Royal Fireworks (#2) Fast portion      
Mendelssohn Wedding March  
Mouret Rondeau         
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik         
Purcell Trumpet Tune      
  Tchaikovsky Waltz from Sleeping Beauty           
    Vivaldi Gloria      
  Vivaldi Spring Concerto: Allegro  
Wagner Bridal Chorus  ("Here comes the bride")  

 

Slower / Smooth Pieces

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Slow to medium tempo (speed) pieces that are good for processionals or an interlude (e.g. unity candle lighting).

Quar Trio Duo Composer Title Recommended for Church
Appr.
Fam Attd Bride Int Reces
Bach, J.S. Air (from Suite No. 3)
  Bach, J.S. Bist du bei mir  ("You are with me")         
Bach, J.S. Concerto for Two Violins: Largo   
Bach, J.S. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring   
Bach, J.S. Sheep May Safely Graze      
  Bach, J.S. Sleepers, Awake      
  Bach-Gounod Ave Maria
    Barry, John Somewhere in Time 
(from film Somewhere in Time)		      
  Beethoven Grande Sonata Pathetique: Adagio   
Boardman Gigue  ("Celtic Baroque" style)      
  Corelli Pastorale (from Concerto Grosso No. 8)        
    Debussy Claire de Lune         
  Enya Only Time               
    Foster For Just a Moment (Love theme from St. Elmo's Fire)    
  Foster / Sager The Prayer (from Quest for Camelot)         
Handel Air  (from Water Music Suite in F)         
Handel Largo from Xerxes         
  Handel Pastoral Symphony  (from The Messiah)         
Quar Trio Duo     Fam Attd Bride Int Reces   
Horner The Ludlows (from film Legends of the Fall)
Looking for sheet music? Click here  		          
  Horner The Wedding (from Legends of the Fall)
 Looking for sheet music? Click here.		   
    Malotte The Lord's Prayer         
    Massenet Meditation from Thais          
    Mothersbaugh Mothersbaugh's Canon      
  O'Connor Appalachia Waltz        
Pachelbel Canon in D major
    Puccini Musetta's Waltz (from La Boheme)        
Puccini O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicci)           
    Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini - Variation 18        
  Raff Cavatina              
  Rota A Time for Us 
(Love theme from Romeo & Juliet 1968)		        
    Saint-Saens The Swan      
Schubert Ave Maria      
    Silvestri Feather Theme  (main title theme from Forrest Gump)    
    traditional
arr. Carla Boardman		 Amazing Grace (with variations)              
    Vangelis Hymne   
    Vivaldi Spring Concerto - 3rd movement  
Vivaldi Winter Concerto: Largo     
    Wine / Sager Groovy Kind of Love       

 

Contemporary / Popular

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For clients who want to add a "modern" or more casual flavor to their ceremony.   These may also be performed during the prelude (while guests are being seated).

Quar Trio Duo Title Composer / Artist Recommended for Church
Appr.
Fam Attd Bride Int Reces
All I Ask of You  
(from Phantom of the Opera)		 Andrew Lloyd Webber             
    All You Need is Love The Beatles        
  Appalachia Waltz Mark O'Connor         
    At Last Etta James          
    Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken        
  Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley           
    Come What May  (from Moulin Rouge) Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman          
  Emma   (main title theme, 1996) Rachel Portman
    Feather Theme  (main title theme from Forrest Gump) Alan Silvestri    
    For Just a Moment (Love theme from St. Elmo's Fire) David Foster    
    From This Moment Shania Twain              
    Gone with the Wind (main title theme) Max Steiner            
    Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins        
  Grow Old with Me  
 		 John Lennon         
    Here Comes the Sun
 		 The Beatles            
    Hymne Vangelis   
I Gotta Feeling Black Eyed Peas
    It Had to Be You  (jazz standard) Frank Sinatra / Tony Bennett            
    La Bamba Richie Valens            
The Ludlows  (from Legends of the Fall)
Looking for sheet music? Click here  		 James Horner      
Quar Trio Duo     Fam Attd Bride Int Reces   
    Mothersbaugh's Canon  (from The Royal Tenanbaums) Mark Mothersbaugh      
    Moon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany's) Henry Mancini         
  North and South Bill Conti    
    Norwegian Wood The Beatles         
    Notre Dame Victory March
 		 written by Michael Shea           
  One Hand, One Heart   (from Westside Story) Leonard Bernstein          
  Only Time
 		 Enya            
  Over the Rainbow Judy Garland         
  The Prayer (from Quest for Camelot)
Looking for sheet music? Click here.		 Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli         
    The Rose Bette Midler         
      Someone to Watch Over Me George Gershwin                 
    Somewhere in Time 
(from film Somewhere in Time)		 John Barry        
    This Will Be Natalie Cole          
    A Time for Us 
(Love theme from Romeo & Juliet 1968)		 Nino Rota      
    Unchained Melody  (from film Ghost) Righteous Brothers          
The Wedding (from Legends of the Fall)
 Looking for sheet music? Click here.		 James Horner    
Whatever Oasis
    When I'm 64 The Beatles            
  Wouldn't It Be Nice Beach Boys            
    Yea Alabama!  (UA fight song) Sykes            
  Yellow Coldplay        
You Raise Me Up Secret Garden / Josh Groban         

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