Approved Parish Music for Weddings
ST MATTHEW RC CHURCH DIX HILLS, NY
OFFICE OF MUSIC MINISTRY
(631)-499-8520 ext 116
THOMAS TIRINO, Director of Music Ministry
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WEDDING MUSIC PLANNER
Music for your Wedding
Organist Fee: $150; Cantor Fee: $100
FEES ARE DUE 2 WEEKS Before Wedding. CASH ONLy, NO CHECKS ACCEPTED
Wedding Date: ____________________ Time: ________
Priest/Celebrant _________________
Type: (check one): _______ Ceremony ______ Nuptial Mass
Bride’s Name: _____________________ Groom’s name __________________
Home phone: __________________ Home phone: ___________________
Work/cell Phone: ________________ Work/cell phone:_________________
Email: _____________________ Email: _________________________
SEATING OF PARENTS
1. _______ Please play appropriate organ music to accompany the seatings of the parents.
2. Please have the cantor sing the selection I have checked below during the seating:
____ F. Schubert-“Ave Maria”
____ Gounod-“Ave Maria”
_____ Barnby-“O Perfect Love”
_____ Grieken: “May God Bless you with your love”
_____ J. S. Bach-“Bist du bei mir” (You are Near Me) (In English or German)
_____“Beloved Let us Love”
_____ R. Schumann-“Widmung” (You are my soul, my heart) (In English or German)
_____ J.S. Bach-"Sheep May Safely Graze" from Cantata No. 208 (instrumental only)
PROCESSIONAL AND RECESSIONAL MARCHES
1. _____ Please play the ‘traditional” Wedding Marches:
a. ___ Bride Procession: R. Wagner-“Bridal Chorus” from Lohengrin
b. ___ Recessional March: F. Mendelssohn-“Bridal March” from
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
2. _____ Please play a separate processional music for the Bridal Party
& Maid of Honor, and the Wagner/“Bridal Chorus” only for bride.
Please indicate your choice of music for the attendants :
________________________________ (Name of piece) ________________ (Composer)
3. Please do NOT play the “traditional” wedding marches. We would prefer the following alternatives:
(please indicate claerly which piece is for bridal party procession, bride procession,
and march going out of church):
a. ____Clarke: Prince of Denmark’s March
b. ____ Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary in D
c. ____ Purcell: Trumpet Tune in D
d. ____ J. Haydn-St. Anthony Chorale
e. ____ Pachabel: Canon in D (Suggested for Bridal Party Procession)
f. ___ Campra: Rigadoun
g. ____ J. S. Bach-Air on the G String
h. ___ Handel-Overture (from Royal Fireworks Music)
i. ___ Handel-“Hornpipe” (Water Music)
j. ___ Handel-The Rejoicing” (Water Music)
k.___ Mouret-“Rondeau” (Theme from Masterpiece Theater/PBS Tv)
l. ___ Handel-“Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” (from Solomon)
m ___ Gluck-"Dance of the Blessed Spirits" (From Orpheus ed Euridice)
n ___ J.S. Bach-Arioso
VOCAL MUSIC/SINGERS
____ We would like the parish to provide a cantor for our Wedding.
_____ We would like to bring our own singer (only one song permitted)
in addition to the parish cantor.
Singer’s name: _____________________ Phone: ____________ Email: ________________
_____ We do not want a singer at our wedding
_____ We would like to bring our own singer,& NOT have the parish cantor sing at all.
Singer’s name: _____________________ Phone: ____________ Email: _________________
PLEASE NOTE PARISH POLICY BRINGING OUTSIDE SINGERS:
a. If you request an outside singer to sing your entire wedding and not have the parish cantor, this will only be allowed if a rehearsal is arranged between singer and Director of Music Ministry. This will require an additional fee for the Director of Music, to be negotiated by the couple and the Director of Music Ministry, to be paid in cash.
b. If you have an outside singer cantor your wedding INSTEAD of a St. Matthew’s parish staff cantor, the parish cantor will have to be paid their regular fee whether they are present or not.
c. All singers must be approved by the Director of Music Ministry.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
The Responsorial Psalm will be: _______ read by someone; _______ sung
If you wish the Responsorial Psalm to be sung, please make your selection below:
(The letters and numbers correspond with those in your “Together for Life” booklet)
_____ (C-1) “The Earth is Full of the Goodness of the Lord” (Psalm 33)
_____ (C-2) “I will bless the Lord at all times” (Psalm 34)
_____ (C-3) “The Lord is Kind and Merciful” (Psalm 103)
_____ (C-4) “Happy are those who do what the Lord Commands” (Psalm 112)
_____ (C-5) “Happy are those who fear the Lord” (Psalm 128)
_____ (C-6) “The Lord is Compassionate to all his Creatures” (Psalm 145)
_____ (C-7) “Let all Praise the Name of the Lord” (Psalm 148)
_____ Psalm 90: "Fill us with your Love O Lord, and we will sing for joy!"
_____ Psalm 128: “Blest are those Who Love you” (Haugen)
_____ Psalm 24: M. Joncas- “I have Loved You”
_____ “All I ask of you” (Weston Priory)
_____ "Wherever you Go" (Weston Priory)
_____ Haas-"Wherever you Go"
UNITY CANDLE/EXCHANGE OF RINGS:
(Music During Candle Lighting or after Exchange of Rings)
____ Joncas: “I have Loved you”
____ Bernstein- “One Hand, One Heart”
_____ F. Schubert- “Ave Maria”
_____“Where love is found” (O Wally wally)
_____ Please play appropriate organ music during the candle lighting.
IF YOU ARE HAVING ONLY A CEREMONY AND NOT A NUPTIAL MASS
STOP HERE!
IF YOU ARE HAVING A NUPTIAL MASS, PLEASE CONTINUE ON ……
PRESENTATION RITE
Presentation of Gifts/Offertory
____ F. Schubert-“Ave Maria” (traditional)
____ Gounod- “Ave Maria”
____ Joncas-"I have Loved you"
____ Lafferty-"Seek Ye First" (In English, Italian, or French)
____ "Where Love Is Found" (O wally wally)
____ Barnby- “O Perfect Love”
____ Grieken-"May God Bless you with your love"
____ Lady of Knock (Irish)
____ "Tu sei la mia vita" (Italian)
____ "Mira il tuo Popolo o bella Signora" (Italian)
____ "Resta con noi, Signore la Sera" (Italian)
____ "Zdrowaś bądz Maryja" (Polish)
____ "Amar" (Spanish)
____ "Madre, oyeme" (Spanish)
____ "Mettons le vin" (French)
____ J.S. Bach-"Bist du bei mir" (You are near me) (In English or German)
____ Please play appropriate organ music during the Presentation Rite.
COMMUNION
____ Franck-“Panis Angelicus” (traditional) (in Latin)
____ Lambilotte-"Panis Angelicus" (in Latin or English)
____ Kreutz- “Gift of Finest Wheat”
____ Handel-“Where e’er you Walk” (from Semele)
____Lennon-“Grow Old with Me”
____ Rosania-“The Supper of the Lord”
____ Weber-“Love Changes Everything”
____ Landry-“Companions on The Journey”
____ Haugen-"I Receive the Living God"
____ P. Stookey-"The Wedding Song"
____ I. Bettinger-"The Irish Wedding Song" (Irish)
____ J. S. Bach-“Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring” (from Cantata No. 147)
___ R. Schumann-“Widmung” (You are my soul, my heart) (In English or German)
_____ Handel-“Wedding music” from Ptolemy
____ "T'Adoriam Ostia Divina" (Italian)
____ "Mistero della Cena" (Italian)
____ "Hola, Jesus" (Spanish)
____ "Pan de Vida" (Bi lingual: Spanish-English)
____ "Lord When you came to the Seashore"/"Pescador de Hombres"/
"Ti Ringrazio, O Mio Signore"/"Barka"/"Mangingisda ng Tao"
(In English, Italian, Spanish, Polish, or Tagalog-Filipino)
____ "Tanging Yaman" (Tagalog-Filipino)
____ "Le Seigneur nous a aimes" (C'est mon corps, prenez et mangez) (French)
____ "Pan du Ciel" (French)
____ Please play appropriate organ music during Communion
MUSICAL SETTINGS OF THE MASS PARTS
_____ I would like the parts of the Mass with A musical setting
(e.g. Gospel Acclamation-Alleluia/Holy, Holy/Memorial Acclamation/Great Amen/Lamb of God)
to be sung by the cantor and congregation.
_____ I would prefer the parts of the mass to be recited instead of sung.
_____ I would like the following parts of mass to be sung in Latin: (specify):
_____________________________________
MUSICAL SELECTIONS NOT LISTED ON THE SHEET
_____ I would like to request the following musical selection, not listed on the music sheet:
______________________________________ (Name )
___________________________(Composer)
Part of Liturgy where this selection is to be performed: ______________________
**PLEASE NOTE: ALL MUSICAL SELECTIONS NOT ON THE APPROVED LIST ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY.
