Ceremony Song Picks

As you plan your wedding day, you will be making choices for the musical elements of your special day to walk down the aisle. Two important choices to consider are your processional and recessional songs. The processional song will be your grand entrance. There can be one song for you and the wedding party to walk down the aisle to or you might want to separate this and have two songs. After you say ‘I do’, it’s time for a joyous, upbeat recessional song! There are traditional choices in our list of classical music that we have on our play list under ceremony and tons of modern love songs that have been selected by many of our clients over the years in both the ballads and dance categories.  We’ve put together a list of 15 most requested modern and traditional ceremony songs for your reference.

Traditional:
Canon in D, Jeremiah Clarke
Bridal March, Wagner
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach
Ode To Joy, Beethoven
Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke

Modern:
Come Away With Me, Nora Jones
Marry Me, Train
Happy Together, The Turtles
Ho Hey, The Lumineers
Over The Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Here Comes The Sun, The Beatles
Better Together, Jack Johnson
Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol
Beautiful Day, U2
Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars

Image: Russell Caron Photography (Caitlin and Scott, August 2013)