- Te Deum
- Canon in D
- Trumpet Voluntary
- Bridal Chorus
Vocal Music During the Ceremony:
- Ave Maria (solo)
- The Gift of Love (duet)
- Aurora (Italian devotional song)
Instrumental Music During the Ceremony:
- Laudate Dominum
- Ave Maria (by Gounod)
- La Grace
- One Hand, One Heart (string quartet)
Recessionals:
- Wedding March
- Hornpipe
- Spring (string quartet & classical guitar)
- Rondeau, by Mouret (brass quartet)
- Trumpet Tune (string quartet & guitar)
Sample Preludes:
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (brass quartet – with opening fanfare)
- Canzona, by Gabrieli (brass quartet)
- Air, by JS Bach (string quartet & guitar)
- Suite in D, by J Clarke – Minuet, Sybelle, Bourree, Ecossaisse, Gigue
- Serenade, by J Clarke – (trumpet & string quartet)
Once you’ve reviewed this online guide and recordings, you may follow the steps below to list your selections and submit your information to the music director via email. If you have any special requests that are not covered in this online guide, please feel free to call or email. This is a special liturgy, and the music should be both appropriate and meaningful to you, your families, and your guests.
All couples must submit the following 4 items of information along with your music requests:
- your names
- wedding date AND time
- Email (or phone) where you can be reached
- The number of people in your wedding party who will process in at the beginning of the wedding. Do not include the bride & groom in this count. Please specify how many women, men, and children will be walking down the aisle. If there is more than one “maid of honor,” please specify.
All couples should choose ONE piece from EACH section below.
Bold Print = Music Director’s Favorites
I. Procession, Part I – Wedding Party
II. Procession, Part II – Bride/Couple’s Entrance
III. Responsorial Psalm
- Psalm 33 “The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord”
- Psalm 34 “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord:
- Psalm 103 “The Lord is kind and merciful”
- Psalm 128 “May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives”
- Psalm 145 “The Lord is kind and full of compassion”
IV. Song after the Exchange of Rings
- Ave Maria (Schubert)
- I Have Loved You
- The Gift of Love (duet)
- Hear Us Now, our God and Father
- Christ, Be Our Light
- Love One Another
- Where There Is Love
- May God Bless You
- We Are the Light of the World
- The God of All Grace
- Ave Maria (Gounod) – requires additional vocalist
- Instrumental – requires additional instrumentalist – Laudate Dominum, Ave Maria, La Grace, Serenade, Panis Angelicus, Ave Verum, etc.
V. Recessional
VI. If your wedding is a MASS, choose one Communion Song:
- One Bread, One Body
- Christ, Be Our Light
- We Are the Light of the World
- The God of All Grace
- For the Beauty of the Earth
- Bread of Life (by Fisher)
- Ubi Caritas (by Hurd)
- Panis Angelicus
- Instrumental – requires additional instrumentalist – Laudate Dominum, Panis Angelicus, Ave Verum, etc.
Compile your list – the 4 required items (names, date, etc) listed above, and ONE selection from each section listed (5 selections for a ceremony, 6 for a Mass), and send via email to the parish music director (Email: jim@sacredhearts-ststephen.com)