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quartets ~ trios ~ duos ~ soloists and more
Choosing Music
Here’s where you do some homework.
1. Listen to wedding music. Go to wedding music websites or listen to recordings.
Below are a few examples to get you started.
String Quartet excerpts:
1) Wedding March, Mendelssohn 2) Winter, Vivaldi 3) Hornpipe, Handel 4) Canon, Pachelbel 5) Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik, Mozart
6) Blue Moon, Rodgers and Hart 7) Country Club, Joplin
Flute trio excerpts: 1) Trumpet Tune, Purcell 2) Andante from Trio No.1, Haydn 3) La Rejouissance, Handel 4) Perhaps Love, John Denver
Harp and harp/flute excerpts:
2. Preferably find selections played by the ensemble type you are considering.
Write down your favorites for each section of the ceremony:
a. Preludes – mood music for the guests - pick a style
b. Processional – for Bride and Bridal party
c. Service music, if any
d. Recessional
3. Have this list ready for our email or live consultation on your musical choices.
Cocktail hour/reception
1. Consider the setting: intimate? elegant? contemporary?
2. Then choose a style of music: Classical? Jazz? Folk? Broadway? Or a combination?
3. Note any specific requests.
Corporate and private events
1. What is the nature of the event?
2. Choose a style of music to fit the event.
3. Be sure to relay the structural shape of the event, e.g., where speaking and presentations take place.
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