Wedding Music Selections

Weddings at Holy Family Church are in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass and are performed with the beauty of full Gregorian Propers. If you plan on having a wedding here at Holy Family or would like the choir to sing for your wedding in another location, please contact the choir director via contact form  below or email: (amanda@developingconcepts.com) between 3-6 months in advance. The more notice we have the better!

We have options for a Full Choir of 15-25 members or a small choir of 6-8 members. Both options have advantages, it depends on what you’re looking for and your budget may play a role in deciding too. Our organist is hired separately.

Typically, the choir will begin singing 30 minutes prior to the ceremony. These may be a mixture of Sacred Hymns, solos, instrumentals or Latin Motets. Plan for 6-10 pieces for this portion of the program.

During the Mass, pieces are sung only in Latin. There are MANY pieces & Mass Settings to choose from. If you have something specific in mind, we are happy to learn new pieces, given we have enough notice.  However, if you don’t have a wish list yet, we have a list for you to choose from or if you prefer,  leave the music planning to us. Many of the list below can be found on YouTube as a help in deciding if it’s something you might like. There are also some recordings of the choir singing this music on the recordings page of this website.

Hymns: (May be used either before/ after Mass) There are many…. Here is just a small list.

  • O God of Loveliness                          (Schoenster Herr Jesus, St. Alphonsus Liguouri)
  • Love Divine All Loves Excelling   ( Hyfrodol, Charles Wesley)
  • Holy God                                                 (Traditional)
  • Holy, Holy, Holy                                    (Traditional)
  • Joyful, Joyful We adore Thee       (Beethoven)

Other English Pieces:   (May be used either before/ after Mass)

  • Lift Thine Eyes                (Mendelssohn)                 3 part ladies
  • If Ye Love me                   (Tallis)                                   SATB

Polyphony options:              Offertory (1 piece),  Communion (2-4 pieces)

  • Adoro Te:   Gounod
  • Ave Verum:   1. Mozart/ 2. Byrd/  3. Elgar/ 4. Gabriel Fauré /or 5. chant
  • Ave Maria:   1. Arcadelt/ 2. Victoria/ 3. Cottone,/ 4. Biebl/ or chant
  • Ave Maris Stella:   1. Victoria with chant/ 2. Ett/ 3. Piel, or 4. chant
  • Anima Christi:   1. chant/ 2. Cherion
  • Cantate Domino:   1. Pitoni/ 2. Croce
  • Cor Dulce
  • Cor Jesu Salus:   Schultes
  • Ego Sum:   Palestrina/ Esquivel
  • Gloria Patri:   Palestrina
  • Jesu Dulcis:   Allen/ Victoria
  • Jubilate Deo:   Mozart
  • Laudate Dominum:    Pitoni
  • Locus Iste:   Bruckner
  • Magnificat:   Grassi
  • O Quam Gloriosum:   Victoria
  • O Sanctissima:   1. Traditional/ 2. Allen
  • Panis Angelicus:   1. Lambillotte/ or 2. Casciolini
  • Sancta Maria, Succurre:   Victoria (indulgence attached)
  • Salvator Mundi:   Tallis (5 voices) depends on the group of singers
  • Salve Regina:   Lotti
  • Salve Regina (Solemn):   chant with drone
  • Sicut Cervus & Sitivit:   Palestrina
  • Domine Non Sum Dignus:   Victoria
  • Ubi Caritas et Amor:   chant or Duruflé

Mass Settings (Ordinaries):

  • Mass for 4 voices                     Byrd
  • Missa Brevis                                Palestrina
  • Missa Brevis                                Lotti
  • Missa O Magnum Mysterium    Victoria
  • Mass VIII (Mass of the Angels)   Chant
  • Mass X (Alma Pater)      Chant
  • Any Mass from the Kyriale    Chant

This wedding Worksheet maybe helpful in making a list we can work from.