Music is such an evocative way to personalise your wedding ceremony and set the atmosphere for your special moment of commitment. When you imagine that moment what’s the music like ? Is it something romantic and calming or something more upbeat? Do you want an instrumental or would you like the pieces sung ?

The best way to decide what sort of musician you want for your ceremony is to first decide what pieces you want played. If you decide it’s Ave Maria then a guitarist isn’t for you, if you want something more contemporary a guitarist might work better than a string quartet so give that some consideration. As for the music that you choose for your wedding ceremony, well I always believe that it should be your wedding, your way, so what do you want? What is going to make that important moment resonate even more with both of you so that any time you hear that track for the rest of your lives you’ll be transported back to that moment.

Through the civil ceremony there are 5 natural points in which to add a piece of music:

Bridal Entrance (Processional)

After the civil codes

Exchange of rings

Signing of the register

Exit of the happy couple (Recessional)

If you know that you would like music but don’t know what pieces in particular our musicians will be happy to chose something suitable from their repertoire but let me make some suggestions :

Classical ceremony music choices

Canon in D – Pachelbel

Amazing Grace – Terri Geisel

Wedding March – Mozart

Ave Maria – Schburt

Clair de Lune – Claud Debussy

Wedding March – Mendellssohn

Wedding March – Wagner

Winter – Vivaldi

Spring – Vivaldi

Air on a string – Bach

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel

Oldies ceremony music choices

Can’t help falling in love – Elvis

Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers

You are so beautiful – Joe Cocker

Here comes the sun – Beatles

All you need is love – The Beatles

What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong

Signed, sealed, delivered – Stevie Wonder

I can’t help myself – Four Tops

At last – Etta James

L-O-V-E – Frank Sinatra

Somewhere over the rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Contemporary ceremony music choices

Perfect – Ed Sheeran

How long will I love you – Ellie Goulding

A thousand years – Christina Perri

Thinking out loud – Ed Sheeran

I’m Kissing you . Des’ree

Marry me – Train

Marry you – Bruno Mars

Hallelujah – Jess Buckley

Make you feel my love – Adele

Happy – Pharell Williams

All of me – John Legend

Sweet Child of mine – Guns & Roses

Everything – Michale Bublé

Crazy little thing called love – Queen

Always – Bon Jovi