2018 Wedding Season in Review {FALL}
2018 was a busy year! Here are the highlights from our fall weddings!
September
M + N
VENUE :: Private Vermont Estate
VIBE :: Ethereal Pop
PRELUDE/NEW YORK COCKTAIL HOUR :: Beyonce Selections, Empire State of Mind, Is This Love, Crazy, I Love It, Don’t Stop Believing, Sorry, What Goes Around, Young and Beautiful, Fantasy, Enter Sandman, Happy, Umbrella, Africa
PROCESSIONAL ::
Bride {Aston Martin Music}
RECESSIONAL :: Sia Chandelier
MEMORIES :: This was a beautiful event on a private estate with Storied Events. This was our first event in a busy September/October season. This wedding was actually recently featured on Martha Stewart Weddings! Check out the article: A Moody Gothic Inspired Wedding in a Vermont Birch Grove
The early evening ceremony was preceded by a New York style cocktail hour. Guests made their way up the hill to an ethereal ceremony site complete with hundreds of candles.
Thank you Lindsey Roman for the wonderful pictures!
K + J
VENUE :: Warfield House Inn
VIBE :: Modern Disney
PRELUDE :: Disney Mix, Greensleeves
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {Wind Beneath My Wings}
Bridesmaids {For Good}
Bride {Can You Feel the Love Tonight}
RECESSIONAL :: Concerning Hobbits
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Perfect, What a Wonderful World, Wonderful Tonight, All of Me, Just the Way You Are, Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, Can’t Help Falling in Love, Unchained Melody, I Do Cherish You, A Whole New World, Circle of Life, Beauty and The Beast, What You Mean to Me, This is Me, A Thousand Years, I See the Light, Music of The Night
MEMORIES :: This wedding was held atop a beautiful mountain top in Western MA. I performed this as a solo violin wedding and decided to bring my whole little family along. My husband got a chance to take a nice walk with baby to see some amazing views of the valley below. The wedding was a beautiful celebration of K + J. K loves Disney movies, so the central theme of the music and the wedding was Disney. It was wonderful to celebrate such a great couple!
J + J
VENUE :: The Villa at Ridder Country Club
VIBE :: Regal Pop
PRELUDE :: All of Me, Paradise, Lucky, Can’t Help Falling in Love, What A Wonderful World, Over the Rainbow, I’m Yours
PROCESSIONAL ::
Groom {You Shook Me All Night Long}
Bridesmaids/Groomsmen {Story of My Life}
Parents {Beethoven’s 5 Secrets}
Flower Girls {Photograph}
Bride {Bridal March + A Thousand Years}
SPECIAL MUSIC :: Ring Bearer {Mission Impossible}
RECESSIONAL :: Sugar
MEMORIES :: This was a beautiful ceremony performed in Portuguese and the couple had arranged for a translator to speak through head sets for anyone who needed translation. The most memorable moment came when we started playing the Mission Impossible theme as the ring bearers made their way into the ceremony.
C + M
VENUE :: The Cape Club
VIBE :: Vintage Classical
PRELUDE :: Classical Mix, Over the Rainbow, Stay With Me, It Had To Be You, Moon River
PROCESSIONAL ::
Groom/Groomsmen {Everything}
Mothers/Grandmothers/Bridesmaids {Canon}
Bride {At Last}
RECESSIONAL :: Come Fly With Me
MEMORIES :: This was one of two weddings we played in one evening in September. Laura was joined by Joanna and Luke for the event.
C + M
VENUE :: Saint Anne Saint Patrick Parish
VIBE :: Classical Vintage with a Hint of Italian
PRELUDE :: Wachet Auf, All I Ask of You, La Vie en Rose, O Sole Mio, Can’t Help Falling in Love With You, Salut d’Amour, Ave Maria
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers/Grandmothers {Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring}
Bridesmaids {Canon}
Bride {Canon}
RECESSIONAL :: Wedding March/That’s Amore
MEMORIES :: This wedding was performed in a quaint church atop a hill in Sturbridge. The groom’s mother took great care in planning the music with me for her son’s wedding.
Vermont Marathon Day!
S + M
VIBE :: Eclectic Classical Pop Vintage
PRELUDE :: Bist Du Bei Mir, The Trout, Arioso, Clair De Lune, Traumerei, Air on the G String
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers/Grandmothers {She}
Bridesmaids {La Vie En Rose}
Bride {Can’t Help Falling in Love}
UNITY CANDLE :: How Long Will I Love You
RECESSIONAL :: I Want To Hold Your Hand/Viva La Vida
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Back in Black, Make You Feel My Love, Stairway to Heaven, Best Day of My Life, You and Me, Love Story, Dream On, Yesterday, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Nothing Else Matters, Hey There Delilah, I Will Wait, Ho Hey
MEMORIES :: This was the first wedding of an entire day of weddings up in Vermont. This wedding was performed in a beautiful field outside of a family house in Chester, VT. The weather was great for an outdoor wedding and tents were set up for guests to enjoy cocktails and the reception.
A + T
VENUE :: Grafton Inn Vermont
VIBE :: Eclectic Classical Pop Vintage
PRELUDE :: Bist Du Bei Mir, The Trout, Arioso, Clair De Lune, Traumerei
PROCESSIONAL ::
Bridesmaids {Air on the G String}
Bride {Bach Prelude from Suite No. 1}
RECESSIONAL :: La Réjouissance
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Back in Black, Make You Feel My Love, Stairway to Heaven, Best Day of My Life, You and Me, Love Story, Dream On, Yesterday, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Nothing Else Matters, Hey There Delilah, I Will Wait, Ho Hey
MEMORIES :: This was the second wedding of our marathon day of weddings up in Vermont. The bride ended up leaving it up to us to select a lot of the music, so thankfully we had similar selections for both weddings of the day. This was a beautiful wedding held on the grounds of the Grafton Inn in Vermont. Grafton is a special place for my family as we have a family house in town. We have spent many summers visiting Grafton and it has been wonderful to be able to celebrate love for other couples in a place that is so special to me!
OCTOBER
K + K
VENUE :: Priam Vineyards
VIBE :: Modern Disney
PRELUDE :: All of Me, I’m Yours, Marry You, Lucky, Moon River, All You Need is Love
PROCESSIONAL ::
Bridesmaids {Can You Feel the Love Tonight}
Bride {Tale as Old as Time}
RECESSIONAL :: Can’t Help Falling in Love
MEMORIES :: This was one of three weddings we had in one evening. It was held at the beautiful Priam Vineyards in Colchester, CT. Laura was joined by Susan and Abbie.
N + C
VENUE :: Oceancliff
VIBE :: Vintage Modern Mix
PRELUDE :: Blackbird, Marry You, Make You Feel My Love, Yellow, Can’t Help Falling in Love, Wonderful Tonight, At Last, I Will Wait, Stay With Me, Pull Me Through
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring}
Bridesmaids {What a Wonderful World}
Bride {Over The Rainbow}
RECESSIONAL :: Love On Top
MEMORIES :: This was one of three weddings we had in one evening. It was held at one of our regular and favorite venues Oceancliff in Newport, RI. Ben was joined by Zach for this beautiful wedding.
K + N
VENUE :: Harrington Farm
VIBE :: Vintage Modern Mix
PRELUDE :: All of Me, Make You Feel My Love, Marry Me, When I Said I Do, Lost in this Moment, In My Life, Game of Thrones Theme
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {The Rose}
Bridesmaids {Thinking Out Loud}
Bride {A Thousand Years}
RECESSIONAL :: Best Day of My Life
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Vintage, Trendy and Country Mix
MEMORIES :: This was one of three weddings we had in one evening. It was held at one of our regular and favorite venues Harrington Farm in Princeton, MA. I performed this beautiful wedding with Luke. The weather held out for this outdoor October wedding!
R + C
VENUE :: Harrington Farm
VIBE :: Vintage Classical Modern Mix
PRELUDE :: Stand By Me, Single Ladies, Love Story, Lucky, Can’t Help Falling in Love, I’m Yours
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers {Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring}
Bridesmaids {Africa}
Bride {Canon + Iris}
RECESSIONAL :: All You Need is Love
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Yesterday, Crazy in Love, Stairway to Heaven, Take on Me, Smooth Criminal , Shake it Off, Don’t Stand So Close To Me, Viva La Vida, Dream On, Enter Sandman, Back in Black, Best Day of My Life, Nothing Else Matters, The Luckiest, In My Life
MEMORIES :: This was the second wedding in one weekend at one of our favorite and regular venues Harrington Farm. It was a rainy afternoon and thankfully we were able to take shelter under the cocktail hour tent while we performed for the ceremony and cocktails. It was a beautiful wedding and guests were thrilled with the mix of music for the cocktail hour. This was also one of our first weddings as a full quartet after I had baby in June!
M + D
VENUE :: Tuckerman Hall
VIBE :: Jewish Traditional Ceremony + Classical Modern Cocktails
PRELUDE :: Classical Mix
PROCESSIONAL ::
Mothers/Bridesmaids {Sunrise, Sunset}
Bride {Canon}
RECESSIONAL :: Simon Tov
COCKTAIL HOUR :: Stay With Me, Laudate Dominum, Viva La Vida, Naked As We Came, Panis Angelicus, Airplane, Marry You, Is This Love, If With All Your Hearts, All of Me, The Luckiest, The Rose, Unchained Melody, Moon River, Can’t Help Falling in Love, Arioso, Vivaldi Largo
MEMORIES :: Laura and I played a violin/piano duo in the beautiful Tuckerman Hall. I was able to perform on two excellent grand pianos. As with most Jewish weddings we have performed, the recessional was a joyous exit filled with shouts and clapping along with a traditional wedding recessional Simon Tov.
November
M + G
VENUE :: Church of the Covenant
VIBE :: Classical Religious Modern Mix
PRELUDE :: Holy, Holy, Holy, Unthinkable, Thinkin’ Bout You, Landslide, Allegro Maestoso, Hallelujah, All Creatures of Our God and King
PROCESSIONAL ::
Parents {In Christ Alone}
Bridesmaids {Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring}
Bride {Ave Maria}
CEREMONY :: Be Thou My Vision, Great is Thy Faithfulness
RECESSIONAL :: Wedding March/La Valse d’Amelie
MEMORIES :: This was a beautiful wedding performed in a historic church in the heart of Boston on Newbury Street. Our quartet was joined by Maegan on vocals who led the hymns beautifully.
We cannot wait to begin a new season of weddings with our first wedding of the season this weekend! Stay tuned for more updates!
XOXO - Sylvia