Wedding Music Selections
Here is a list of music selections I have played at past weddings. Naturally, many other classical and jazz selections other than those mentioned here are possible; feel free to ask about particular pieces, classical composers, or jazz performers whose music you especially like. Performing special requests may involve an additional fee depending on length and difficulty of the requested piece of music, and whether or not the music is being provided to me, or if I would need to spend time researching and finding the sheet music and/or a recording from which to learn the selection.
To receive a fee quote for my wedding services, please call me at 802-229-0984 so we can discuss your needs, or use the contact link in the header above. Normally, I am hired to play for one or more of the following situations:
- the rehearsal dinner the night before
- the wedding ceremony itself (usually also includes a little music while guests arrive and leave)
- cocktails/appetizer time period between the ceremony and a post-wedding dinner
- during a dinner after the wedding
(I am not the most appropriate choice to field a band for after-dinner dancing - I would suggest you look elsewhere for that need.)
I can play classical music, jazz, and a few pop numbers. Typically, I will perform classical music by myself (solo piano), and jazz either by myself or with a group of 2-5 musicians.
I can send you a CD of my piano playing in the mail upon request, or you can listen to mp3 excerpts on this web-site by clicking on “sound samples” in the banner on the top of this page.
Wedding music selections played at past weddings
during wedding ceremony and music while guests are arriving
classical
- J.S. Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- J.S. Bach – Gigue from Orchestra Suite no. 3 in D major
- Johannes Brahms – Intermezzo in A major, op. 118 no. 2
- Frederic Chopin – Nocturne in B major
- G.F. Handel – Air and other excerpts from Water Music
- G.F. Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Henry Purcell – Trumpet Voluntary
- Domenico Scarlatti – various miniature sonatas
- Robert Schumann – Traumerei (Dreaming), from Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood)
traditional/folk music
- Greensleves (What Child Is This)
- Simple Gifts
- Jay Ungar - Ashokan’s Farewell
jazz and musicals
- Edelweiss, from The Sound of Music (Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers)
- Jerome Kern – My Romance
- Henry Mancini – The Days Of Wine And Roses
pop
- Stevie Wonder – For Once In My Life
- My Blue Heaven
reception
classical
- Beethoven - Adagio, slow movement from Piano Sonata op. 2 no. 1
- Beethoven - Opening of finale to Sonata in E major, op. 109
- Mozart - first movement from Sonata in B-flat major, K. 570
- Schubert - Impromptu in G-flat major
- Bach - Allemande from French Suite no. 5 in G major
- Mendelssohn - Sleeping Music excerpt from A Misummer Night’s Dream
- Chopin - Mazurka in B-flat major
- William Byrd - selected Galliards from My Ladye Nevells Booke
- plus other selections mentioned above
traditional/folk music
- Danny Boy
- Red, Red Rose
- Pigeon on the Gate
jazz and musicals
- Duke Ellington – various tunes
- George Gershwin – The Man I Love, Strike Up The Band, S’Wonderful, Someone To Watch Over Me
- Jerome Kern – All The Things You Are, The Song Is You, The Way You Look Tonight
- Cole Porter – Night And Day
- Sweet Lorraine (Mitchell Parish and Cliff Burwell)
- Fats Waller – Ain’t Misbehavin’, Honeysuckle Rose, The Jitterbug Waltz
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo a la Turk, It's A Raggy Waltz, In Your Own Sweet Way
pop
- Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (George David Weiss/Bob Thiele)
- Beatles – Blackbird, Yesterday, Imagine, Something
- Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Gus Kahn,)
- Sting - Fields Of Gold
