Category Archives: music

Music for civil wedding or for signing of the register in church

Posted on by

0

I’ve received numerous e mails asking for ideas for non-religious ceremonies or music that could be used at the signing of the register (if the celebrant allows!) so I thought I’d give you a few suggestions so to get you all started –

When You Say You Love Me (Josh Groban)
Feels Like Home (Randy Newman – theme tune from the movie Michael)
Miracle (Foo Fighters)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
You Light Up My Life
Here There and Everywhere (The Beatles)
Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles)
All I Ask of You (The Phantom of the Opera)
Over The rainbow (Eva cassidy)
At Last (Eva Cassidy)
Songbird (Eva Cassidy)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
A World In Union
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole)
Love Changes Everything (Andrew Lloyd Weber)
We’ve Only Just Begun (The Carpenters)
Nella Fantasia (Theme tune from The Mission)
Sul Aria (From the Marriage of Figaro)
Cinema Paradiso (Katherine Jenkins)
True Love (High Society)

The Ceremony doesn’t last for just an hour!

Posted on by

2

I’m always hearing that the ceremony lasts for an hour and couples plan their day around this. From experience, the ceremony lasts a lot longer than an hour!

If you are having the full church service with music you are looking at 1hr 20mins – 1hr 30 mins for the ceremony alone. Then take into account that the bride is usually late for an Irish wedding – add another 15 minutes for that (at least!). Then you’ll have the greeting the guests at the back of the church – another ten minutes or so. If the weather is bad, the photographer might also bring you back into the church for some family/bridal party photographs so that can add another 20 mins to half an hour. Worth taking into account when planning your times for the various parts of the day – and always add a bit extra for the unforeseen bits and pieces like the car forgetting to go back to collect the bride or arriving at the church having left the flowers back at the house or the priest leaving for his lunch as he got the time wrong!

Where to Put Music in a Catholic Wedding Ceremony

Posted on by

4

I’m often asked where music needs to go during a catholic wedding so here you go!

Processional
Individual candle ceremony
Psalm
Alleluia
Lighting of Unity Candle
Offertory
Holy Holy
Ar n’Athair
Sign of Peace
Communion (choose 2 pieces)
Signing of Register (choose 2 pieces)
Recessional

You don’t necessarily need music at all the parts above and not everyone has the candle ceremony. If you do have the candles, it should either be a short instrumental piece or something that you can just sing a verse of as it only takes a minute.

the register time varies hugely depending on the photographer – select at least two pieces but I recommend you don’t put your favourite music here as you just won’t hear it – you’ll either be out in the sacristy signing or you’ll have the photographer talking to you on the altar.

Hello world!

Posted on by

0

I’m trying to get into this blogging thing so my first attempt is to put up a piece of music so we’ll see how that goes!! This is one of the most popular pieces for entrance music at weddings. Excuse the sound quality – It was recorded from the back of a church on camcorder!! I will be recording a professional demo album in the very near future

Nella Fantasia