Live Musicians for Weddings & Special Events in Portland, Oregon
Ensemble: violin and guitar duo
Prelude: Musicians’ choice of elegant classical
1. Processional of groom, parents, and attendants: Canon in D, Pachelbel
2. Bride’s entrance: Fix You, Coldplay
3. Musical interlude: Hymn: “House of God Forever” accompanying two Bridesmaids singing
4. Recessional: Viva la Vida, Coldplay
Cocktail hour: vintage swing and contemporary pop
Ensemble: String Quartet (Justin, Lauren, Mattie, Kristin)
Prelude: musicians’ choice of traditional baroque and classical
1. Formal Seating of parents: Arioso – Bach
2. Attendants’ Processional: Yellow – Coldplay
3. Entrance of the bride: Canon in D – Pachelbel
4. Unity Candle: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Hymn) -played instrumentally by the quartet
5. Recessional: Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Ensemble: Trio of flute, violin, and cello
Prelude: musicians’ choice of baroque and classical
1. Processional for parents: Jesu, joy of man’s desiring – Bach
2. Processional for attendants: Wachet Auf – Bach
3. Entrance of the bride: Cello Suite No. 1, prelude – Bach (solo cello)
4. Hymn: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
5. Second hymn: Whitman Hymn, sung by bridesmaids and accompanied by the trio
6. Recessional: “You Make My Dreams Come True” – Hall & Oates
Ensemble: Strings + Flute quartet
Processional for everyone including bride: Winter from the Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Mid-ceremony interlude: Hymn 516 “The Holy Spirit”
(we accompanied two singers who were wedding attendees)
Recessional: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Allegro (first movement) – J. S. Bach
