Wedding Processional & Aisle Songs for Boston Ceremonies

What songs do you need for a wedding ceremony?

A Boston ceremony has three music moments: the prelude as your guests arrive, your entrance, and your exit as a married couple. Each one has its own feeling, and the right song makes it land.

The prelude sets the mood. The entrance is the moment everyone turns around. The exit is pure joy. Here are a few ideas for each to get you started. Mix classical and modern if you like: a familiar pop song for the prelude, Pachelbel for the aisle and something joyful to send you off.

In a church, you may also want music for a candle lighting or Communion. Tell your Band Manager, and we'll help you choose something that suits the moment and the space.

What are good modern processional songs?

Hearing your favorite songs on strings is one of those moments couples talk about for years. These modern picks feel personal and still carry all the emotion of a classic.

• A Thousand Years, Christina Perri. It starts as a whisper and swells into the chorus as you walk.
• Can't Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley. Slow and timeless, and everyone knows it.
• Memories, Maroon 5. Built on Pachelbel's Canon, so it feels classic and current at once.
• Perfect, Ed Sheeran. A love song that sounds stunning on strings.
• Ave Maria, Schubert. Dramatic and classical, beautiful in a church.

Many couples choose one song for the wedding party and a second for the bride's entrance, so the music changes the moment the doors open. That shift tells everyone to stand, turn and look. Add a singer, and hear every word of your song sung live as you walk toward the person you're about to marry.

What are the best recessional songs?

You're married. The room cheers, and the music can finally celebrate with you.

Marry You is bright and playful, and it makes everyone grin. Signed, Sealed, Delivered gets the whole room clapping along as you walk back up the aisle together. Here Comes the Sun feels like the first moment of your new life, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a gentler, happy option if you'd like something softer.

On strings, these songs sparkle. Guests who were wiping away tears a moment ago are suddenly laughing and cheering. It's the perfect bridge into cocktail hour, and the start of a celebration that carries right through to the dance floor. Choose a song you'd happily dance to, because in a way, that's exactly what you're doing.

Can we choose any song for our processional?

Almost any. For strings, we play from a library of almost 1,000 arrangements of today's biggest songs, written exclusively by us. You won't hear them played this way anywhere else.

That means your aisle song can be the song that's been yours from the very start: the one from your first road trip, your first dance in the kitchen, or the one you both sing too loudly in the car. Couples tell us we learned their song and played it perfectly, and that's the moment we live for.

If your song isn't there yet, just ask. Your Band Manager will let you know what's possible. Classical or modern, quiet or joyful, we'll make it sound like it was written for your walk.