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Wedding Music Information

Music Policy
Guest Musicians
Sample Music Programs
Sample Music Clips

Music Policy

Dear Brides and Grooms,
Welcome to St. Joseph, Guardian of the Holy Family Parish! We are excited to help you with the music for your wedding!
St. Augustine thought that our singing God's praises had double the effect as our normal spoken prayer! With that in mind, the music at your wedding should give voice to the prayer of your heart: to the love and gratitude you have for your spouse, family, friends, and most of all for God. On this page, you will find a number of resources that we hope will make the process of music planning fun and easy. Here are the basic steps in the process:
1. Contact Music Director: email the music director of the location at which you are marrying. They will help you with your music choices, coordinate musicians, and answer any questions or concerns you might have.
2. Research Music: view the "Sample Music Programs" and "Sample Music Clips" tabs above for our list of wedding music.
3. Complete Online Music Selection Form: the Music Director will email you a Google Form you can use to make your music selections. Complete and submit the form to make your requests.
4. Musician Fees: fees are due one month before your wedding.
Feel free to contact us by email at anytime if you have questions.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Kanaley
Director of Music Ministry, St. Anthony Church
kkanaley@falmouthcatholic.org
Kari Fietek
Director of Music Ministry, St. Elizabeth Church & St. Joseph Chapel
kfietek@falmouthcatholic.org
Barbara Leighton
Director of Music Ministry, St. Patrick Church & St. Thomas Chapel
bleighton@falmouthcatholic.org

Guest Musicians

If you are looking for more than a cantor and organist, then our Music Directors have a number of musicians who play other instruments which they are happy to help arrange for you. Chat with your Music Director as early as possible if you would like to have other instruments at your wedding.

You may also invite your own musicians to play at your wedding. They must adhere to our music policy (Liturgical Music only) and you must give the guest musicians' names, phone number, email, business or place of work, and song list to the Music Director you are working with at least 3 months before your wedding. We will not allow guest musicians if you do not provide us this information 3 months before your wedding.

Sample Music Programs

Wedding Music Options

Order of Marriage, Hymn Locations in Red

Sample Worship Aid (Mass)
Sample Worship Aid (Ceremony Only)

Hymn Choices:

Preludes
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach	Spring - Vivaldi	Canon in D - Pachelbel	Bridal Chorus - Wagner
Gathering Hymns
Amazing Grace - Newton	Be Thou My Vision - Slane	How Great Thou Art - Boberg	Love Divine All Love Excelling - Wesley
Love Has Come - Maher	O God Beyond All Praising - Holst	This Day Was Made By the Lord - Walker	In This Place - Thomson
Responsorial Psalms
God’s Love is Everlasting - Tomaszek	Loving and Forgiving - Soper	This Day Was Made by the Lord - Walker
Offertory Hymn (Only used for Marriage within Mass)
Ave Maria - Schubert	Come Thou Font of Every Blessing - Robinson	Irish Blessing - Fabing	Prayer of St. Francis - Temple
When Love is Found - Waly
Hymn After Vows (Only used for Marriage without Mass)
Wherever You Go - Norbet	May God Bless You - Grieken
Communion Hymns (Only used for Marriage within Mass)
Miracle of Grace - Stephan	Our Blessing Cup - Hurd	Panis Angelicus - Franck	The Eyes and Hands of Christ - Kendzia
The Servant Song - Gillard	Air on a G String - Bach
Recessional Hymns
Trumpet Voluntary - Clark	Ode to Joy - Beethoven	Wedding March - Mendelssohn	Rondo - Mouret

Sample Music Clips

Note: the Recorded singer is not necessarily Your wedding cantor

St. Joseph Guardian of the Holy Family Parish · Wedding Music

Wedding Music Information

Kathleen Kanaley

Kari Fietek

Barbara Leighton

Hymn Choices:

Preludes

Gathering Hymns

Responsorial Psalms

Offertory Hymn (Only used for Marriage within Mass)

Hymn After Vows (Only used for Marriage without Mass)

Communion Hymns (Only used for Marriage within Mass)

Recessional Hymns