What is a wedding without music? Either if you plan a civil or a religious or a symbolic wedding, music is one of the most important wedding services to give emotion and flavour to a wedding ceremony. We highly suggest live musicians for the ceremony and, from our experience, the most loved for Italian weddings are:

• Harpist
• String duo composed by Violin and Cello
• String trios or quartets
• Guitar and Mandolin
• Classical guitar
• Singer and pianist
• Singer (Soprano or Tenor)
• Organist for the church with a soprano or tenor
• Choir (Gospel choir or classical choir)

Cocktail is another important part of a wedding that should be accompanied with music. Usually cocktail takes 1h30m and it is essential to let your guests enjoy very professional musicians. This is the time where your guests are relaxed and love the idea to listen to nice music and they do pay lot of attention to the quality of the band! The most common musicians for cocktails are:

• Classical Guitar duo
• Swing duo/trio/quartet
• Jazz duo/trio/quartet
• Classical ensembles such as 5/6 elements of strings

Music for the wedding lunch or dinner is usually on the background. Usually it might be enough to have a CD player playing, but we do suggest a pianist or a pianist + guitar.

The party usually starts with the wedding cake and the first dance. A live band is always suggested as live music makes everybody feel good! Bands can be of various tastes and quality, but usually wedding bands have a long and various repertoire ideal for any taste. It is possible for you to provide a long list of songs that the band can learn.

Usually a band plays for 2 hours maximum, than the DJ will lead the night until very late hours!

How to choose your music?

1. The 1st choice to make is “Live or Recorded”?
   • Live = Musicians
   • Recorded = DJ or CD player or sound system
2. The 2nd choice is “Instrumental or Vocal”?
   • Instrumental wedding music = a string quartet, harpist, violinist, or guitarist (or, if recorded, a full orchestra)
   • Vocal wedding music = a capella, or with a piano (or keyboard) or guitar accompaniment
3. The 3rd choice is “Classical or Modern”?
   • Classical = strings, or an older song
   • Modern = 20th century songs

Ideas of music for weddings?

• Enjoy our section "music for weddings" click here for some classical ideas

Processional most requested:

• Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - Wagner (often called "Here Comes The Bride")
• Canon in D  - Pachelbel
• Mio Babbino Caro from ‘Gianni Schicchi'  - Puccini
• Laudate Dominum - Mozart

Unity candle most requested:

• Ave Maria  - Schubert
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring  - Bach

Recessional most requested:

• Wedding March  – Mendelssohn
• Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark's March)  – Clarke