Ceremony Music Selections

Processionals & Recessionals
Bridal March from Lohengrin – Wagner (Here Comes the Bride)1614578_10152240831948329_174129021_o

Canon in D – Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – JS Bach
Arioso – JS Bach
Largo – Handel
Simple Gifts – Shaker Tune
Largo – Vivaldi
Air from Water Music – Handel
Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark) – Clarke
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Ode to Joy – Beethoven
Rondeau (Masterpiece Theater) – Mouret
Morning has Broken – Traditional
Dance of the Angels – Koglin
Wedding Bells – Stork

Jewish:
Dodi Li – Sher or Chen

Erev Shel Shoshanim – Hadar
Erev Ba – Levanon & Avissar
Jerusalem of Gold – Shemer
Simon Tov – Traditional
Od Yishama – Trad. or Carlebach

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Vocal Solos
(most may also be played instrumentally)

Responsorial Psalm (may be sung or read, these may also be used in other locations in a Mass):
Any chant Psalm found in the Missal as a daily/Sunday Responsorial Psalm
I Have Loved You  – Joncas
The Lord is Kind and Merciful – Cotter
This is the Day the Lord has Made – Joncas or Chant
Not for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels – Joncas
You Are Mine – Haas
Psalm 128: Blest are those who love you / May the Lord bless us – Haugen
Where Love is Found – Schutte
Taste and See – Moore 
Loving and Forgiving – Soper
Lord, You Have the Words – Haas
Gathered in the Love of Christ – Haugen/Pachelbel
All the Ends of the Earth – Hurd
Sing a New Song – Schutte
To You, O Lord (I lift my soul)
Any chant Psalm found in the Missal as a daily/Sunday Responsorial Psalm

Other Sacred Solos:

Ave Maria – Schubert
Holy Mary, Gentle Woman – Landry
Based on the II Corinthians reading:
     O Waly, Waly Tune: The Gift of Love, When Love is Found
     Where Love is Found
     Love Endures – Moore
     Love Goes On – Farrell
     Where Charity and Love Prevail – Schutte
Wherever You Go – Haas
The Wedding Song (There is Love) – Stookey
Irish Wedding Song – Traditional
Irish Blessing
Come to a Wedding (Morning Has Broken with wedding lyrics) – Traditional
O Perfect Love

Communion Hymns:

One Bread, One Body
The Supper of the Lord
I Am the Bread of Life
Bread of Life
Seed, Scattered and Sown
Gift of Finest Wheat
Taste and See – Moore
Our Blessing Cup
How Beautiful (is the Body of Christ) – Paris

Any hymns including:
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Prayer of St. Francis
Lord You Have Come to the Seashore
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Sing to the Mountains
O God Beyond All Praising
Joyful, Joyful
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
Morning has Broken


SECULAR SELECTIONS CBI
All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera) – Lloyd Weber
And I Love Her – The Beatles
As Time Goes By – Hupfield
Beauty and the Beast – Beauty and the Beast
Bittersweet Symphony – Ashcroft, Jagger & Richards
Can You Feel the Love Tonight – The Lion King
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Weiss, Peretti & Creatore
Can’t Take My Eye’s Off of You – Crewe & Gaudio
Clocks – Cold Play: Berryman, Buckland, Champion & Martin
Count on Me – Bruno Mars
Counting Stars – Ryan Tedder
Despacito – Luis Fonsi
Enchanted – Taylor Swift
The Entertainer – Joplin
Everytime We Touch – Maggie Reilly
Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg
Falling Slowly (Once) – Hansard & Irglova
Fascinatin’ Rhythm – Gershwin
Game of Thrones Theme – Ramin Djawadi
Happy Together – Turtles
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Here, There, and Everywhere – The Beatles
I Do – Colbie Caillat
I Got Rhythm – Gershwin
La Vie en Rose – Edith Piaf
Love Story (theme) – Francis Lai
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Lucky – Colbie Caillat
Marry Me – Train: Monahan, Katz & Hollander
Moon River – Mancini & Mercer
My Funny Valentine (Babes in Arms) – Rodgers and Hart
One Hand, One Heart (West Side Story) – Bernstein
Our Song – Taylor Swift
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Put Your Head on My Shoulder – Paul Anka
Rainbow Connection – Williams and Asher
Skye Boat Song (Theme to Outlander) – Scottish
Sky Full of Stars – Berryman, Buckland, Champion, Martin & Bergling
Someone to Watch Over Me – Gershwin
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Arlen
Storybook Love (The Princess Bride) – DeVille
A Thousand Years – Hodges & Christina Perri
When You Say Nothing At All – Allison Krauss
What a Wonderful World – Weiss & Thiele
What the World Needs Now (Is Love) – Hal David & Burt Bacharach
When I Fall in Love – Heyman & Young
Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys
You Belong to Me – Taylor Swift


World Music (instrumental)
Carrickfergus – Irish
Gilliekrankie – Irish
Mari’s Wedding – Irish
Planxity Irwin – O’Carolan
Eleanor Plunkett – O’Carolan
Two Bagpipe Tunes – Scottish/Bohemian
Singing Bird – Scottish
Brae Lochiel – Scottish
Skye Boat Song – Scottish
My Lady Carey’s Dompe – English
Flowers in the Valley – English
Douce Dame Jolie – Machaut, French
Branle / The King’s Dance – Gervaise/Praetorius
Cherry Blossoms Sakura – Japanese
Jasmine – Chinese
Habanera Gris – Cuba
Cumbia Deliciosa – Columbia

(This is not a complete repertoire list, and you’re not limited to this list.)

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