Choosing Music for your Wedding Ceremony

Stephanie pays great attention to your musical preferences for wedding ceremonies, and is happy to guide you through possible musical choices as well as take specific requests. Whenever possible, she likes to meet her ceremony clients to discuss music in person. The suggestions below include both wedding favourites and traditional harp repertoire.

Bridal Entrance - dignified, stately, romantic
This is often very short (around 30 seconds).

Suggested pieces:
Celtic Wedding March - Traditional
Bridal March from Lohengrin - Wagner
Pachelbel's Canon - Johan Pachelbel

Signing of the Register - reflective, beautiful, peaceful
As this is often five mins long, two pieces can be used.

Suggested pieces:
Molly McAlpine - 17th c Irish harp tune
Lovely Joan - a favourite English tune of Vaughan Williams
Eleanor Plunkett - Turlough O'Carolan
Women of Ireland - beautiful slow air from the film Barry Lyndon and a favourite of the Chieftans

Exit of the Newly Married Couple - celebratory, bright, joyous
Five to ten mins as the Newly Wed couple and guests exit the room.

Suggested pieces:
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
The Gander in the Pratie Hole - Irish double jig
Drops of Brandy - Scottish slip jig
Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke