I want to share with you this list of wedding ceremony music I ran across. It’s a really good example of sample wedding music and may give you some ideas. It seems to have been put together with great care.
As I get more examples like this, I’ll share them with you. Having sample wedding music is so very important when you’re looking for ideas. This is especially true if you’re feeling stuck or stressed from all your other wedding day preparations which can leave you not feeling especially creative.
This ceremony used an organist, a trumpeter and a vocal soloist.
The vocal soloist sang only during the lighting of the Unity Candle (as is common). The trumpeter was listed as playing during seating of the parents & grandparents, the bridal party processional and the bridal processional, and the recessional! That’s quite a bit of music for an instrumentalist all in a row, but I’m sure the trumpet added a lot of character to this ceremony.
For more on including a trumpet in your ceremony, see this article on trumpet wedding music.
Here’s the ceremony music
You can preview music just by clicking on links (as in several examples below) when you get the Guide to Selecting Memorable Church Wedding Music. The guide includes over 20 pages of music ideas (with preview links for almost all pieces)!
Before the ceremony:
- Brahms: Lo, a Rose E’er Bloometh
- S. Wesley: Air
- Bach: Air on the G String
- Handel: Bourrée from Royal Fireworks Music
Seating of parents & grandparents: Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
Bridal Party Processional: Handel: March from Occasional Oratorio
Bridal processional: Johnson: Trumpet Tune in D
Unity Candle music: Hopson: The Gift of Love
Recessional: Mouret: Rondeau
Postlude: Bach: Allegro from Organ Concerto in G Major
I hope this sample wedding music gives you some great ideas!
If you want to see examples of full ceremonies (and lots of them!), you can get 30 pages of real-world example church wedding ceremonies as a bonus when you buy my Guide to Selecting Memorable Church Wedding Music. I’ve been told that these examples alone are worth the price! You can get it here or by following the “Guide” link at the top of the page.
Do you have any examples?
I’d love to see even more examples of real-world sample wedding music. I’m sure fellow readers would also! Even if you’re still piecing your ceremony together, consider listing your music choices in a comment. It would help a lot of couples with new ideas.
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