This wedding ceremony music planner will make organizing your wedding ceremony music a breeze.  This simple planner answers the common questions:

• How many songs do I need for my wedding ceremony?  
• What people and things do I need wedding ceremony songs for?
• What are the traditional pieces for the bride, bridesmaids, mother’s seating, etc.

Whether you would like classical music, jazz, country or popular music, this guide will be all you need to organize your wedding ceremony music.

Once you have your wedding ceremony music form filled in your music ceremony songs will be selected and organized. 

Note: The minister/officiant traditionally takes their place after the mothers are seated.  Traditionally the groomsmen either enter immediately after minister or process with the bridesmaids.  For more information about processional orders check out this article.

This wedding ceremony music planner form will get your ceremony music  100% organized.  It will also organize the information that your wedding ceremony musicians will need. 

Wedding Ceremony Music Planner Form

Ceremony Music (Fill in the no. of people for each category and select pieces.)

Prelude: (15 to 30 minutes of music in the style of ceremony music or you may select pieces)

___Mothers  ___Grandmothers Seating Music:  Pachebel’s Canon in D or_____________________

Processionals:
___Bridesmaids ___Maids of Honor ___flower girls ____ring bearers:  Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring or _______________________

Bride:  Bridal Chorus by Wagner or Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke  or________________________

Sand Ceremony or other ceremony needing music: Ave Maria or _____________________

Recessional: 

Wedding March by Mendelssohn, or ___________________
Postlude: Ode to Joy by Beethoven or ______________________

And now the party begins! Time for your happily ever after!

For cocktail hour and dinner music we suggest that you “bundle” and use ceremony musicians to save money.  Most professional ensembles can switch gears and perform different styles of music for the cocktail hour and dinner.

For song lists and tips for selecting your ensembles, styles of music and reception music organizing visit our blog guide.

Please leave a comment and let us know if this was helpful for you! If you have any questions about organizing your wedding music contact our wedding music coordinator who is happy to answer questions anytime – no sales pitch and no charge.  We are happy to help and we learn a lot from talking with brides all over the world about their weddings.

Happy wedding day!