Are you looking for unique, truly memorable ceremony wedding songs? Music that you won’t have to worry about your guests hearing at other weddings?
If so, you’re probably already trying to avoid overused music. I don’t need to remind you about how overused certain pieces are—you can be certain your guests will hear those overused pieces at almost every wedding they attend before and after yours. You may still be looking for music ideas to replace the overused choices.
The goal of your ceremony music
If you’re worried about choosing classical music or maybe even a little intimidated, remember the goal isn’t to select music that shows how clever or musically knowledgeable you are. The goal is simply to have ceremony music that expresses your great joy in just the way you’d like it expressed. To have music that reflects you, that is uniquely yours!
In this article, I’ll suggest ceremony wedding songs that are very appropriate for churches, but just aren’t all that well known. Be assured that they’re not pieces that are radical or “out there”, that might cause your guests to cringe, or that your church will question their appropriateness. [Read the full article…]
I want to share more wedding processional music ideas with you.
In some previous articles, I listed many of pieces of music for you to consider for your processional. In other articles (and Wedding Music Unveiled’s Guide to Selecting Memorable Church Wedding Music), I encourage you to choose pieces that sound good together, complementing your expression of joy.
I hear comments from brides-to-be that this can be challenging.
How about including a little birthday music to go with your wedding ceremony music? One of the world’s greatest composers, Johann Sebastian Bach, turned 325 this year on March 21.
The music world is celebrating! Why not join in the fun and include at least one piece by Bach in your wedding to help the world celebrate? At the very least, it’ll be a chance for you to show off with a piece of classical music trivia!
If you’re still looking for music for your wedding ceremony, whether it’s a song during the wedding, or a piece for a recessional, processional, postlude or prelude, Bach’s music might just be the perfect choice. [Read the full article…]
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Are you stuck trying to find processional music?
One of the fears I hear most frequently from brides-to-be is that they won’t be able to find the perfect piece of music for walking down the aisle. Every bride needs perfect wedding ceremony processional music!
This can be a very real fear. If you’re swamped with wedding day preparations or if you don’t know too much about classical music or don’t know where to turn for music ideas, you can become very concerned about this, which can lead to worry, which can destroy your confidence. All this can keep you from focusing on music selection as much as you would like.
Get past the fear with more music suggestions [Read the full article…]
Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary in D (iTunes link) is his best-known work, used in countless weddings because of its stately, majestic, ceremonial, melodic, pleasing character.
I think he would be surprised by this since it certainly didn’t start out this way! [Read the full article…]
Are you looking for unique, truly memorable ceremony wedding songs? Music that you won’t have to worry about your guests hearing at other weddings?
