Planning a wedding?  After you have met with the Rector to discuss your wedding, you will be meeting with the organist to select your music.  Here are our guidelines and some suggestions.

All music is at the discretion of the Rector and the parish Organist and will conform to the standards set by the Episcopal Church for public worship. Secular music should be saved for the reception following the  service.  Inasmuch  as the entire congregation is expected to participate in the marriage service,  vocal soloists are discouraged, but the singing of congregational hymns is strongly encouraged.  When permitted, soloists will sing prior to the start of the service. The Lord's Prayer is a prayer offered by the entire congregation and is never sung as a solo.

In addition to the organ, and with the permission of the parish Organist and Rector, other classical musical instruments may also be played during the wedding. You may invite another organist to play at your wedding, but substitute organists must first be approved by the parish Organist and Rector. The normal wedding fee for the parish Organist must still be satisfied. 

The following hymns are taken from The Hymnal 1982, which is currently used in our parish, and are suggested as appropriate for weddings:

 353 Your love, 0 God, has called us here
 362 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
 366 Holy God, we praise thy Name
 376 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee
 377 All people that on earth do dwell
 390 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
 396 Now thank we all our God
 401 The God of Abraham praise
 408 Sing praise to God who reigns above
 410 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
 414 God, my King, thy might confessing
 416 For the beauty of the earth
 423 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
 482 Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy
 518 Christ is made the sure foundation
 522 Glorious things of thee are spoken
 525 The Church's one foundation
 556 Rejoice, ye pure in heart
 557 Rejoice, ye pure in heart
 587 Our Father, by whose Name
 645 The King of love my shepherd is
 646 The King of love my shepherd is
 664 My Shepherd will supply my need

Music for Processionals 
(under construction)

The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - G. F. Handel
“Hornpipe” and other movements from Handel’s Water Music
Stanley’s Trumpet Voluntaries 
Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntaries 
Trumpet Tune from Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum 
J. S. Bach: 
   “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring” 
    Prelude in C Major BWV 545
    Prelude in G Major BWV 541
Psalm 19 - Benedetto Marcello
"Allegro" from Adagio and Allegro K594 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Canon in D Major - Johann Pachelbel
Selected movements from the organ sonatas of Felix Mendelssohn
Rondeau - Jean-Joseph Mouret
Choral Song - S S Wesley
Rondeau from Abdelazar - Henry Purcell
Finale from Symphony No. 1 - Vierne
Trumpet Tunes - David Johnson
Widor’s “Toccata” from Symphony No. 5