Are you afraid of your wedding music?
Planning the music for a wedding ceremony—especially your wedding ceremony—can be a daunting task.
For some, planning a church wedding ceremony can be especially frightening. You probably feel more intimidated than if you were planning something not as formal. A church wedding comes with so many requirements, traditions, and expectations, including music you might not know anything about.
Don’t let it be more complicated than it needs to be!
With a little help, it won’t be so bad. If you don’t yet have a copy of the checklist that comes with our church wedding music how-to guide, the information below can help you get started. But the checklist has six pages of detailed things to keep you from forgetting to do (and the guide explains it all and provides lots of tips). All this will help make your ceremony music a joy-filled and memorable experience! [Read the full article…]
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the wedding ceremony music planning you need to do, maybe you need some wedding music samples!
You’ve got so many decisions to make planning your wedding. Sometimes, you need a little help or inspiration. Sometimes that can be nothing more than seeing what others have done.
Here are sample wedding ceremony music listings. Maybe these examples will help you get past any feelings of being overwhelmed.
Ideas and inspiration from wedding music samples
These wedding ceremony samples are all from real-world weddings. [Read the full article…]
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Don’t miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to communicate your joy in a way words cannot express.
Lots of work is ahead
Whether you have been engaged or just got engaged over the holidays, if you have a wedding coming up this year you already know just how much work you have to do in the coming months!
Preparing for your wedding day is no small project. You need to plan a reception, the ceremony, rehearsal dinners, dealing with out-of-town guests, attire, gifts, decorations, and the list goes on. Each of these by itself can be a major project.
This is your chance to express yourself
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Take a deep breath, close your eyes and imagine your church wedding ceremony.
When it comes to music, what images (or sounds) do you envision?
I want to help you figure out your approach to your wedding ceremony music. So try this little exercise:
Take a deep breath and think into the future. Picture your upcoming wedding ceremony. Imagine that for your ceremony, you carefully chose each and every piece of music—each was exactly what you wanted to be heard at that moment. [Read the full article…]
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Like Clarkeʼs Trumpet Voluntary but want something a little different?
Jeremiah Clarkeʼs Trumpet Voluntary in D (also known as “The Prince of Denmarkʼs March”) is a very well-known and commonly-used piece of wedding music.
What do you do if you like the style of the piece but donʼt want that piece? Maybe because itʼs too commonly-used or because itʼs just not quite right for your. Or maybe you want something a little more modern sounding?
As luck would have it, the trumpet voluntary is not just the name of a piece but itʼs also a style of music in which many pieces have been written! Even better for you, many of these other pieces make great choices for weddings! [Read the full article…]
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