Traditional

Processional: Bridal Chorus (Wagner) Recessional: Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

New Traditional

Prelude: “Apotheosis” (Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty) Processional: “Spring” (Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons) Bride’s Processional: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” (Bach) Recessional: “La Rejouissance” (Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks)

Gospel/Religious

Prelude: “Amazing Grace” (John Newton) Processional: “In This Very Room” (Ron and Carol Harris) Bride’s Processional: “St. Anthony’s Chorale” (Haydn) Recessional: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (Hans Georg Nageli)

Modern

Prelude: “You and I” (Stevie Wonder) Processional: “In My Life” (The Beatles) Bride’s Processional: “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” (Lauryn Hill) Recessional: “Beautiful Day” (U2)

Hipster

Prelude: “J’ai Dormi Sous L’Eau” (Air) Processional: “Luna” (The Smashing Pumpkins) Bride’s Processional: “Fade Into You” (Mazzy Star) Recessional: “Love Song” (The Cure)

Popular selections for a Christian wedding:

Trumpet Voluntary by Purcell, The Bridal Chorus by Wagner, Wedding March by Mendelssohn, Postlude in G Major by Handel, Canon in D Major by Pachelbel, Adagio in A Minor by Bach

Popular selections for a Jewish wedding:

Erev Shel Shoshanim, Erev Ba Hana' Ava Babanot