Live Music for Civil Weddings

When people think of live music at a civil wedding it is usually a band for the "evening do".

However, it is possible to have live music at just about every stage of the wedding day, infact, it will enhance the mood of the ceremony, the drinks reception perhaps as the photographes are being taken and also the wedding breakfast too. Why have a CD player when you could have live musicians?

Of course there are some consideration to take into account such as the amount of space available and the cost.

If space is limited in the ceremony room or dining area, a string quartet may be a little difficult to "fit in", but a classical guitar and flautist will take up a lot less room, as will a harpist or solo guitarist.

The cost is of course something that must be taken into account for most weddings but live musicians for the ceremony and drinks reception can be a lot less expensive than the photographer for example.

Wedding Music - Traditional & Contemporary

If there is one piece of music that is indispensible at weddings, it would be Pachelbel's Canon in D - whatever would we do without it!

However, before the popularity of the Canon in D, "Here Comes The Bride" and the "Wedding March" were the regular "in and out" of the wedding ceremony.

Although the Canon is still regularly in use, and rightly so because it is a lovely piece of music, wedding couples are also choosing contemporary music from their favourite artists. This is great but can challenge the organist or civil ceremony musicians so it is a good idea to take this into account.

Youtube can provide a great starting place for getting ideas about wedding music.