Weddings
1. Prelude
2. Processional
3. Ceremony
4. Recessional
 

The Processional music is played for entrances of the bridal party and the bride. Generally, this begins right after the seating of the special people in the prelude.

The Processional starts with the bridesmaids, with or without the groomsmen, and usually ends with the ring bearer and flower girls.

Sometimes parents and family members are also part of the bridal party processional.

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Frederick Strings Bride

Usually, a separate selection for the bride’s entrance is played, unless the bridal party is very small. The bride’s processional music is typically more spirited than the bridal party’s processional music.

See list of processional music suggestions below. To view our complete repertoire please click on one of these links: Trio Repertoire / Quartet Repertoire.

  
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* These selections can also be performed with a trumpet.
** These selections can also be performed with a vocalist.
All selections can be performed by both the quartet and trio unless otherwise noted.

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Processional Music Suggestions:
Air on the G String*
(Bach)

Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate**
(Mozart)

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
(Handel)

Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride*
(Wagner)

Canon in D
(Pachelbel)

The Heavens Declare (Marcello)*
this clip was not recorded by our musicians, but is included so you can hear how it sounds with when performed with a trumpet

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring*
(Bach)

March from The Marriage of Figaro
(Mozart)

My Heart Ever Faithful
(Bach)

Ode To Joy*
(Beethoven)

Prelude from Te Deum*
(Charpentier)

Salut d’Amour
(Elgar, quartet only)

Rigadoun*
(Campra, quartet only)

Rondeau (Masterpiece Theater Theme*
( Mauret)

Sheep May Safely Graze*
(Bach)

St. Anthony's Chorale
(Haydn)

Trumpet Tune*
(Purcell)*

Trumpet Tune* (Purcell)
this clip was not recorded by our musicians but is included so you can hear how this piece sounds when performed
with a trumpet

Trumpet Voluntary*
(Clark)

Trumpet Voluntary* (Clark)
this clip was not recorded by our musicians but is included so you can hear how this piece sounds when performed
with a trumpet

Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music*
this clip was not recorded by our musicians, but is included in case you want to remember how this piece goes. This was the piece heard in the movie version with Julie Andrews.

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