Karen (my wife) and I have provided music for many, many weddings over the years. We've added this page to assist you in choosing music for your own wedding, or to get some new ideas for music. Here is a planning sheet and a list of some suggestions for the various parts of a wedding Mass or ceremony. This list is certainly not exhaustive, but contains solid choices that we’ve used successfully many times. We hope it helps!

 

Wedding Music Planning Sheet  -  (download and print the PDF)

 

 

SONG IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS

 (all songs are in alphabetical order)

 

Prelude

(these are songs that would be played/sung as guests are being seated)

Bless the Broken Road – as recorded by Selah

By Our Love (Nockels)

Doubly Good to You (Mullins) – as sung by Amy Grant

Holidays (Bringing Out the Decorations) (Bolduc) (from Time)

Holy, Holy, Holy – traditional (arr. Bolduc) (from Piano Hymns)

How Beautiful (Paris)

I Will Be Here (Chapman)

Love (Bolduc)

Love Never Fails (Heath)

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow - traditional (arr. Bolduc) (from Piano Hymns)

Prelude in A-flat (Bolduc)

Set me as a Seal (Maher) – duet

Take My Life – as recorded by Chris Tomlin

When God Made You (Carswell (New Song)) - duet

 

Seating of Mothers / Grandmothers

Ave Maria (Bolduc)

Ave Maria (Schubert) (we sing in Latin)

Build a Family (Bolduc)

 

Processional Songs (Instrumental)

(these are songs that would be played as the bridal party and/or the bride is processing down the aisle at the beginning of the wedding - they can also be used for the Prelude)

Angel Eyes (Jim Brickman) demo of me playing

Bridal Chorus (Wagner) – traditional ‘Here comes the bride…’  demo of me playing

Canon in D (Pachelbel)  demo of me playing

Holy, Holy, Holy – traditional (arr. Bolduc) (from Piano Hymns)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach, arr. Winston) 

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow - traditional (arr. Bolduc) (from Piano Hymns)

Princesses and Ballerinas, Ashlyn’s Dance (Bolduc) (from Time)

Procession in B-flat (Bolduc)

Procession in E (Bolduc

Snow on Thomas’ Pond (Bolduc) (from Piano Christmas 2)

Trumpet Tune (Purcell)  demo of me playing

Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)  demo of me playing

Wachet Auf (Bach)

 

Responsorial Psalm 

(at a Catholic wedding, the Responsorial Psalm is sung after the First Reading and before the Second Reading)

If Today (Bolduc)

The Goodness of the Lord (Bolduc)

The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Bolduc)

We Will Serve the Lord (Booth)

 

Gospel Acclamation

(at a Catholic wedding the Gospel Acclamation is sung right before the proclamation of the Gospel)

Alleluia (Mass of Saint Joachim) (Bolduc)

Celtic Alleluia (Walker)

Love Has Come (Maher)

 

Lighting of the Unity Candle - (optional)

Build a Family (Bolduc)

In the Light of the Lord (Poirier)

The Blessing (Brown/Carnes/Jobe/Furtick) - shortened version

The Prayer – short version (Foster/Sager)

We are One Body – refrain only (Scallon) - this recording is a little faster than we sing it

Wherever You Go (Norbet)

 

Offertory/Presentation of the Gifts/Communion

(during Catholic Mass)

Build a Family (Bolduc)

Holy is the Lord (Tomlin/Giglio)

How Great Is Our God (Tomlin/Reeves Cash)

I Am the Bread of Life (Talbot)

In the Light of the Lord (Poirier)

Reason to Live (Bolduc)

Take My Life (arr. Tomlin)

We are One Body (Scallon)

 

Recessional Songs (Instrumental)

(these are songs that would be played as the bridal party and the newly married bride and groom are processing down the aisle at the end of the wedding)

Allegro Maestoso (Handel)  demo of me playing

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus/Love Divine, All Loves Excelling  demo of me playing

He Is Exalted – instrumental (Paris)  demo of me playing

Ode to Joy (Beethoven, arr. Bolduc)  demo of me playing

Wedding March (Mendelssohn) – traditional wedding recessional  demo of me playing

 

Also, from World Library Publications, here is a CD collection with various styles of music.  Some of my own titles are in this collection as well. (Ave Maria, Build a Family, The Goodness of the Lord, The Lord Is Kind and Merciful, and Love.)

  Click the image for the CD recordings. Click HERE to link to the songbook page