Planning & Inspiration

Ceremony Playlist Recommendations?

Here are some options for your ceremony music, categorized by ceremony style!

TRADITIONAL

Processional: Bride Chorus (Wagner)

Recessional: Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

NEW TRADITIONAL

Prelude: “Apotheosis” (Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty)

Processional: “Spring” (Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons)

Bride’s Processional: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” (Bach)

Recessional: “La Rejouissance” (Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks)

GOSPEL/RELIGIOUS

Prelude: “Amazing Grace” (John Newton)

Processional: “In This Very Room” (Ron and Carol Harris)

Bride’s Processional: “St. Anthony’s Chorale” (Haydn)

Recessional: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (Hans Georg Nageli)

MODERN

Prelude: “You and I” (Stevie Wonder)

Processional: “In My Life” (The Beatles)

Bride’s Processional: “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” (Lauryn Hill)

Recessional: “Beautiful Day” (U2)