
Spend just a little time reading this and you’ll have ideas to end your wedding on a perfect note that will leave everybody in just as joyful a mood as you!
In the first part of this article, I offered tips about choosing your church wedding recessional music. This time, I’ll give you some specific music ideas. [Read the full article…]
Wondering how to pick out your wedding postlude music?
In the previous article, I explained the purpose of postlude music and why you want it (or might not want it). This time, I’ll give you some tips for choosing it.
Things to consider when picking wedding postlude music
Because both the recessional and the postlude music have similar purposes (to joyfully accompany the exit of someone from the ceremony), just like the recessional the postlude music should be joyful and exuberant. [Read the full article…]
Wondering why you need wedding postlude music and recessional music? Wondering what the purpose of a wedding postlude is? Wondering whether you really even need a postlude at all?
You’re not alone. This is just one of those music terms that couples encounter when planning their weddings that feel like a foreign language. It may seem like just more music that needs to be selected. Other guides and churches ask you to choose your postlude but don’t bother to explain what it is. [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?
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…]
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…]