Ceremony Music Sample Song List
This list is meant to provide you with some possibilities and represents part of a very large repertoire. If there's a song you would like for your event that is not listed here be sure to ask - we might already have it or be able to acquire it. We can also create special musical arrangements of unusual requests (extra fee applies). Both traditional and non-traditional ceremony music are available.
For the ceremony itself, there can be one, two or three pieces for the processional for the different entrances (parents, attendants, bride). There can be one piece for all three, one for the first two and a second for the bride, or a separate one for each. Most often parents enter during the general pre-ceremony music. Their entrance is a signal to everyone that the ceremony is about to begin, then we start the processional music for the attendants and the bride (one or two selections).
At the end of the ceremony we will play a recessional which is usually something upbeat and celebratory.
Depending on the ceremony you develop with your officiant there can also be music during the ceremony if you wish.
Here are some possible selections. These are classical but you can also choose other styles. For a more complete list see below.
Prelude - Music played before start of ceremony as guests are seated.
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Sleepers Awake (Bach)
Traumerei (Schumann)
Arioso (Bach)
Processional
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Rondeau (Mouret)
Air (Dowland)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Air from Water Music (Handel)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Prelude from Te Deum (Charpentier)
Bridal Chorus - "Here Comes The Bride" (Wagner)
Recessional
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Alla Danza from Water Music (Handel)
Spring from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks Music (Handel)
Ode To Joy (Beethoven)
For the ceremony itself, there can be one, two or three pieces for the processional for the different entrances (parents, attendants, bride). There can be one piece for all three, one for the first two and a second for the bride, or a separate one for each. Most often parents enter during the general pre-ceremony music. Their entrance is a signal to everyone that the ceremony is about to begin, then we start the processional music for the attendants and the bride (one or two selections).
At the end of the ceremony we will play a recessional which is usually something upbeat and celebratory.
Depending on the ceremony you develop with your officiant there can also be music during the ceremony if you wish.
Here are some possible selections. These are classical but you can also choose other styles. For a more complete list see below.
Prelude - Music played before start of ceremony as guests are seated.
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Sleepers Awake (Bach)
Traumerei (Schumann)
Arioso (Bach)
Processional
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Rondeau (Mouret)
Air (Dowland)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Air from Water Music (Handel)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Prelude from Te Deum (Charpentier)
Bridal Chorus - "Here Comes The Bride" (Wagner)
Recessional
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Alla Danza from Water Music (Handel)
Spring from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
La Rejouissance from Royal Fireworks Music (Handel)
Ode To Joy (Beethoven)
Classical & Traditional Selections
Key: A = All Ensembles; T = Flute, Violin (or Oboe, or Guitar) & Cello; FG = Flute & Guitar (or Piano) Duo and Flute, Guitar (or Piano) & Bass Trio
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Air, John Dowland - FG
Air from Water Music in F, G.F. Handel - A Air on the G String, Johann Bach - A Alla Danza from Water Music, G. F. Handel - A Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate, W.A. Mozart - T All You Need Is Love, The Beatles - FG Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21, W.A. Mozart - T Arioso, J.S. Bach - A Ave Maria, Bach-Gounod - A Ave Maria, Franz Schubert - A Ave Verum Corpus, W.A. Mozart - T Bist du bei mir, J.S. Bach - T Bourée, Michael Praetorious - FG Bourree from Water Music in F, G.F. Handel - T Bridal Chorus ("Here Comes The Bride"), Richard Wagner - A Canon, Johann Pachelbel - A Celtic Selections – Reels-Ballads-Jigs-etc., Traditional - A Country Dances, Beethoven - T A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, Disney - A Danny Boy, Traditional Irish - A Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, G.F. Handel - T Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel, Englebert Humperdinck - T The Gift Of Love, Traditional - A Gymnopedie No. 1, Erik Satie - FG The Harmonious Blacksmith, G.F. Handel - T Hornpipe from Water Music in D, G.F. Handel - A Hornpipe from Water Music in F, G.F. Handel - T If With All Your Hearts from Elijah, Felix Mendelssohn - T |
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, J.S. Bach - A
Largo from the Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi - T London Trios, F.J. Haydn - T My Heart Ever Faithful, J.S. Bach - T Native American Flute Selections, Traditional Improvised Ode to Joy, Ludwig Beethoven - A Old Irish Blessing, Traditional - A Panis angelicus, Cesar Franck - T Prelude and Tu Devicto, Anonymous - T Prelude from Te Deum, Marc Charpentier - T Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) - A Rondeau (Masterpiece Theatre Theme), Jean Joseph Mouret - T Sheep May Safely Graze, J.S. Bach - T Sinfonia from Solomon, G.F. Handel - T Sleepers Awake from Cantata 140, J.S. Bach - T Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Peter Tchaikovsky - T Spring from The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi - A Sunrise Sunset, Fiddler On The Roof - FG Suite from The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell - T Te Deum, Marc Charpentier - T Traumerei, Robert Schumann - A Trumpet Tune, Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clarke - A Trumpet Voluntary in D Major, Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clarke - A Viennese Serenades, W.A. Mozart - T Wachet auf, J.S. Bach - T The Water Is Wide, Traditional - A Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn - A Wedding March from The Marriage of Figaro, W.A. Mozart - A |
Contemporary Selections
These selections can be performed by the flute/sax & guitar duo or the flute/sax, guitar & cello (or bass) trio.
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All Of Me, John Legend
All You Need Is Love, Beatles And I Love Her, Beatles At Last, Etta James Can't Help Falling In Love With You, Ingrid Michaelson, Elvis Presley Come Away With Me, Norah Jones Fields Of Gold, Sting From This Moment On, Shania Twain Happy, Pharrell Williams Have I Told You Lately, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart Here, There And Everywhere, Beatles Home, Michael Buble Home, Phillips Phillips How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You, Marvin Gaye, James Taylor If, David Gates & Bread In My Life, Beatles I Will, Beatles I Won't Give Up, Jason Mraz Jazz Standards, Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, Sinatra, etc. Just The Way You Are, Billy Joel Let It Be Me, Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley A Little Help From My Friends, Beatles Longer, Dan Fogelberg Make You Feel My Love, Adele, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan Marry Me, Train My Girl, The Temptations One Hand One Heart, Bernstein, West Side Story Over The Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole (Iz) The Promise, Tracy Chapman The Rose, Bette Midler Something, Beatles Something In The Way She Moves, James Taylor Somewhere Only We Know, Keane Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole (Iz) Stand By Me, Ben E. King Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran A Thousand Years, Christina Perri Unchained Melody, Righteous Brothers What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong The Wedding Song, Paul Stookey We've Only Just Begun, The Carpenters Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton You Are So Beautiful, Joe Cocker You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, Stevie Wonder You've Got A Friend, James Taylor, Carole King Your Song, Elton John |