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Saint Louis Catholic Mass
Wedding Ceremonies
Rite of Marriage
Catholic Weddings
We can provide musical accompaniment for Rite of Marriage ceremonies accommodating Catholic church traditions as well as music that embodies each couple's unique bond.
"Make your wedding a real celebration - because marriage is
a celebration!"- Pope Francis addressing engaged couples
in Rome, February 14, 2014
Ensembles
A string quartet is our most popular option for all types of wedding ceremonies. Our string players can perform music of almost any style. We can also have our strings accompany a vocalist, pianist, guitarist, trumpeter, organist, and other instrumentations.
String Quartet
String Quartet + Cantor
String Quartet + Cantor + Piano/Guitar
String Quartet + Cantor + Trumpet + Organ
Most accessible Catholic Mass music is written for vocals and piano, and sometimes includes a part specifically written for guitar in PVG format. Providing us with a list of the music you would like with what instruments you prefer as soon as possible will give us more opportunity to produce exactly what you want.
Custom arrangements can also be written for mass music. For example we have multiple versions of the Twila Paris song How Beautiful. One is arranged for string quartet, another for string quartet accompanying a cantor. Both are very beautiful. We
even have a third arrangement for string quartet that has no modulation for a shorter duration.
Catholic Mass Music
The following list shows some of the traditional songs we have performed for Catholic wedding ceremonies. Some of these can be performed by small, instrumental ensembles like our string quartet, or accompanying singing.
Amazing Grace
Air on the G String-Johann Sebastian Bach
Arioso-Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria-Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria-Franz Schubert
Canon in D-Johann Pachelbel
How Beautiful-Twila Paris
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring-Johann Sebastian Bach
Joyful, Joyful, Adoration and Praise (Ode to Joy)-Ludwig van Beethoven
Lamb of God-Marty Haugen
Mass of a Joyful Heart-Steve Angrisano, Tom Tomaszek
Mass of Creation
One Bread, One Body-John B. Foley
Panis Angelicus-Cesar Franck
Psalm 118 Celtic Alleluia-Fintan O'Carroll, Christopher Walker
Psalm 128 Blest Are Those Who Love You-Marty Haugen
Taste and See-James E. Moore
Modern couples often request contemporary music that they feel strongly identifies with their marriage. Permission is often granted for our string quartet to perform popular music such as the following:
A Thousand Years-Christina Perri
All of Me-John Legend
Bless The Open Road-Rascal Flatts
Every Breath You Take-Sting
Everything-Michael Bublé
Firework-Katy Perry
From This Moment On-Shania Twain
Heaven-Bryan Adams
I Won't Give Up-Jason Mraz
Just the Way You Are-Bruno Mars
Let It Go-Frozen
Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley
Marry Me-Train
Over the Rainbow-The Wizard Of Oz
Scarborough Fair-Simon & Garfunkel
The Prayer-Andrea Bocelli, Céline Dion
This Little Light of Mine
Viva La Vida-Coldplay
What A Wonderful World
Without You-David Guetta
Yellow-Coldplay
Yesterday-The Beatles
You Raise Me Up-Josh Groban
● Italicized titles indicate that we have these arrangements available for our string quartet.
Communion
Entrance Rite
Flowers to Mothers
Gospel Acclamation
Lighting of the Unity Candle
Presentation of Gifts
Psalm Response