So, I’m of course a photographer first and foremost, but sometimes I feel like a wedding planner or consultant as my couples often ask me my opinion or suggestions on all the wedding details and decisions they have to make. Although in no way do I want to plan a wedding, I have seen over 300 weddings so I can definitely help with ideas for those who literally are doing this for the very first time.
One thing I suggest for all my Colorado weddings is live musicians for ceremony and cocktail music entertainment. I personally loved Masterful Musicians’ guitarist at my own wedding. He even learned the specific song that I chose especially for my wedding. I think it even helped my husband break down in tears while I walked down the aisle. Of course, if you don’t have something specific in mind but want a more traditional tune, they can help you there too. Here is a list of their most requested ballads for wedding ceremonies!
Wedding Ceremony Song Ideas from Masterful Musicians
Prelude Music
Minuet, Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze, Bach
Ave Maria, Bach-Gounod
Minuet in G, Beethoven
Humoresque, Dvorak
Air from Water Music, Handel
Salut DAmour, Elgar
Meditation from Thais, Massenet
Eine Kleine Nacht Music, Mozart
Rondo Alla Turca, Mozart
Puccini Opera Arias
The Four Seasons, Vivaldi
Bridesmaids/Parents Seating
Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring, Bach
Canon in D, Pachebel
Air from Suite No.3, Bach
Arioso, Bach
Processional
Here Comes the Bride, Wagner
Canon in D, Pachelbel
Clair de Lune, Debussy
Recessional
Wedding March, Mendelssohn
Hornpipe from Water Music, Handel
Trumpet Voluntary, Clarke
Ode to Joy, Beethoven
Other Appropriate Songs
Spring from the Four Seasons, Vivaldi
Trumpet Tune, Purcell
The Swan, Saint-Sains
Minuet, J.S. Bach
Clair de Lune, Debussy
Ave Maria, Schubert
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Gluck
Sonata No. 11, Mozart
Prelude from Te Deum, Charpentier
La Rejouissance, Handel
Rondeau, Mouret
Leibesfreud, Kreisler
Vocalise, Rachmaninoff
Entrance of the Queen of Sheeba, Handel
Bouree, from Water Music, Handel
Wachtet Auf, Bach
Arioso, Bach
Contemporary String Quartet/Trio- Sheet Music Repertoire
Firework
Bittersweet symphony
The Prayer
Paradise- Cold Play
Come what may-
As time goes by-
Clocks- Cold Play
Butterfly Waltz-Brian Cain
I won’t give up-Jason Mraz
Can’t help Falling in love-Elvis
Make you feel my love-Adele
Beautiful Day-U2
All you need is love-Beatles
Yesterday-Beatles
Wonderful world-Louis Armstrong
Time in a Bottle -Jim Croce
Marry Me-Patrick Monahan, David Katz& Sam Hollander [Train]
The Ludlows”Twilight & Mist”
One Hand, One Heart from “West Side Story” Bernstein
Only Time , Enya
Over the Rainbow from “The Wizard of Oz” , Arlen
Palladio, Jenkins
Paradise , Cold Play
Yellow, Coldplay
Your song, Elton John
Then- Brad Paisely, Ashley Gorley
In My Place- Cold Play, Guy Berryman
Over the Rainbow-Harold Arlen
A thousand Years- Christina Perri
Come What May-David Baerwald/Moulin Rouge
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
You Raise Me Up- Josh Groban
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera-Andrew Lloyd Webber
Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
How Beautiful, Twila Paris
Promise, Jose Irizarry
When I’m 64- Beatles ordered
Beautiful Day- U2 ordered Carla
Stand by me-Ben E. King
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Story of My Life – One Direction
Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
When You Say Nothing At All – Keating
You’re Beautiful – James Blunt
I Will Follow You Into the Dark (Death Cab for Cutie)
Star Wars: Throne Room (John Williams)
I’m Yours. – Jason Mraz
In My Life – Beatles
Mission Impossible theme- Lao Schifrin
All Of Me – John Legend
Hey, Soul Sister – Train
Secrets – One Republic
Falling Slowly – Hansard/Irglova
Home – Pearson/Phillips [Sarah Stenbakken]
Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
I Hope You Dance , Lee Ann Womak
Kiss Me,sixpence none the richer
Love Of My Life, Jim Brickman
Best Day Of My Life,American Authors
Bless the Broken Road, Hummon/Boyd/Hanna
Happy, Pharrell Williams
I Hope You Dance, Sanders/Sillers
Hymne, Vangelis
Lucky, Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillat
Make you Feel my Love, Adele
One Love, Bob Marley
The Seaside, from BBC’s Emma, Samuel Sim
You’ve Got A Friend, Carole King
Love is All Around, Reg Presley as sung by Wet, Wet, Wet
A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay
All of Me (quartet) by John Legend
Bennie and the Jets (quartet) by Elton John
Better Together by Jack Johnson
Home by Phillip Phillips
I Want to Hold Your Hand (quartet) by The Beatles
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (quartet) by Stevie Wonder
Young and Beautiful (quartet) by Lana Del Rey
Stay With Me (quartet) Sam Smith
Your Song,(quartet) Elton John
Safe and Sound, (quartet)Capital Cities
Chandelier, (quartet) Sia
Safe and Sound, Capital Cities , Arr. B. R
Halo by Beyoncé
Across the Universe, Beatles
Dreams, Fleetwood Mac
Free/Into the Mystic, Medley by Zac Brown Band/Van Morrison
Forever, Ben Harper
For the Love of A Princess – James Horner -Braveheart
Some Enchanted Evening-from South Pacific. Rodgers & Hammerstein,
Rather Be (duet) by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
All I want is you -U2
At Last- Etta James [trio]
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
Uptown Funk
Here, there and Everywhere- Beatles
Turning Pages- Twilight Movie part 1
A whole new World- Aladin arr. by Kski G
Stuff We Did – UP arr. Kski_G
I Can Go the Distance-Hercules arr. Kski_G
Finding Nemo arr. Kski_G
Can You Feel The Love -The Lion King’s arr. by Kski G
Part of Your World -The Little Mermaids arr. by Kski G
Thank you, Masterful Musicians, for putting together this awesome list of wedding ceremony song ideas!
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