WEDDINGS
A wedding is a joyous and special time in your life, and we are confident that you are planning to make it a memorable experience for everyone involved. CSEA provides elegant and tasteful music tailored to your specific needs, so that your wedding day will hold many fond memories for you, your family and friends.
Creating a wedding day as perfect as the one you’ve imagined involves hard work and careful planning. At times the number of details to arrange may seem overwhelming. Naturally you want everything to be perfect, including the music.
Music sets the right mood and tone for the entire wedding and adds much more than one can imagine. Our service is designed to add that special magical touch.
Let us assist you in planning the best possible wedding music for your special day, a day you will remember forever, a day you will want everyone to remember!
Selecting music and musicians for a wedding is not a difficult task.
As professional musicians and experts in our field, we will provide the most beautiful wedding music possible. After listening to our extensive wedding music selections at your leisure, you will customize your own wedding by choosing the selections and the instrumentation you prefer for the various parts of the wedding ceremony.
We can also play many pieces not featured on this list. If there are any questions, we are only a phone call away. You can hear all of our selections on this site, or if you prefer, we will send you our info package (including CD).
We look forward to working with you as you celebrate this wonderful day! We are here to help whenever you need us, FULL TIME! By phone, email and through our website. No matter how far in advance you plan.
ON THE WEDDING DAY
It is recommended that on your wedding day, the music begin fifteen minutes before the ceremony starts as guests arrive and are seated. The chosen group will then continue to play until it has received a signal that the bridal party has arrived.
At this point the music selected by the couple is played, beginning with the processional. The two other standard moments where music is required are signing the register and the recessional. There is no limit to the number of additional pieces you can have in your ceremony.
Many couples have music for communion, after a reading, preparation of the bread and wine, gift offerings etc… You are encouraged to customize your ceremony as you wish.
WEDDING MUSIC
After choosing the type and size of group, the next step is to make your selection of music for the ceremony from pieces 1 to 31. They are arranged in random order. Each one is presented in a short version to give you an overall idea of the 31 choices available. For Jewish ceremonies, all of the traditional songs are available as well as everything from “Fiddler.” All of the wedding music is performed by the Festival String Quartet. The selections also apply to most of the other combinations.
It is recommended that on your wedding day, the music begin fifteen minutes before the ceremony starts as guests arrive and are seated. The group will then continue to play until it has received a signal that the bridal party has arrived. At this point the music selected by the couple is played, beginning with the processional.
Many brides want a processional piece for her, and a different one for the bridesmaids. Whatever you choose, you will be selecting music for some or all of the following:
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PROCESSIONAL (Bridesmaids)
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PROCESSIONAL (Bride)
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AFTER A READING
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LIGHTING CANDLES
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COMMUNION
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SIGNING
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RECESSIONAL
BOOKING INFORMATION
Once you have decided on the desired group and amount of time, the following steps are taken:
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Verbal or email confirmation.
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Contract sent out.
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Signed contract returned with a cheque for the full amount post-dated to the wedding day. No deposit is required.
In the event you are unable to listen to the musical samples,
we will send you our package (incl CD), please fill out our request form.