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With only 33 days before the wedding, I have finally bitten the bullet and started working on putting the Ceremony programs / missalette together. Actually, I only started working on it because our officiating priest asked me to prepare it so he can take a look at our reading selections and the Filipino/Hispanic parts of the mass that he is not familiar with.

We’re having a full Roman Catholic mass. Yes, the longer one with communion and everything. I hope people enjoy music because my goal is to keep people from falling asleep with beautiful music. Not everyone attending our wedding is Catholic including Mr. Bloom so I hope to keep it interesting. Luckily, my priests and the parish are not as strict with their music requirements. It doesn’t have to be all hymnals! However, I’d still rather avoid it being like a Broadway show!

I digress! First thing to be done is to select our readings for the ceremony. My main reference is a…

My brother and I have been performing music for an average of five weddings a year.  I started playing the organ and piano for weddings when I was 11 years old. My brother plays the violin for special events. Sometimes he plays the guitar and trumpet.

Here is a list of our most requested wedding ceremony music pieces:

1. Canon in D by Pachebel
2. Ave Maria by C. Gounod
3. Ave Maria by F. Schubert
4. Panis Angelicus by C. Franck
5. Wedding March from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by F. Mendelsohn
6. Bridal March from ‘Lohengrin’ by Wagner
7. All I Ask of You from ‘Phantom of the Opera’ by Andrew Lloyd Webber
8. The Prayer sung by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion
9. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring by J.S. Bach
10. Air in G by J.S. Bach

I will have some of these pieces played at our ceremony but we’re also going to change it up a bit. What is/was your wedding ceremony music?…