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The Church Ceremony

Stella includes classical, Irish and modern music in her repertoire, though this is by no means a definitive list. Generally, she works with her own organist/piano player, but this can be augmented with additional instruments, e.g. violin, cello or flute. She also regularly performs with a string quartet or string trio. If you are required to book your own church's accompanist, she can work with him/her. Although based in Dublin, Stella travels nationwide. She can also work as a solo artist – playing and singing in the church.

She is also available to play light jazz for your pre-dinner drinks reception. See here for details.

Finally, please see below for my help on how and what to choose for your wedding ceremony music.

Selecting Your Church Music

While deciding on church ceremony music, you may often have thought, "I know that piece of music but I can't put a name on it". Well, help is at hand. By clicking on any of the highlighted pieces below, you can hear a midi file of it - this will help you recognise well-known wedding pieces, as well as advising you where you will need music within the ceremony. Don't feel constrained by where songs are suggested; for example, Ag Críost an Síol could be a Communion hymn instead of an Offertory hymn. Similarly, you could have Pie Jesu at the Signing of the Register rather than at Communion etc etc, so use the song suggestions below as a guide rather than a rule. There are some cases where this is not the case, e.g. On Eagle's Wings or Lord is My Shepherd can really only be used as Responsorial Psalms. You can usually have more flexibility on instrumental pieces.

Do bear in mind that if you are getting married in a church, you should check the final music repertoire with your priest or celebrant, as occasionally non-liturgical music (and on rare occasions instrumental music, depending on the context within which it was written) is considered inappropriate. If you have a particular favourite song or piece of music you'd like us to include, we'd be delighted to oblige, once you give us plenty of notice to learn it properly, and as long as it's appropriate to the ceremony. In addition, you may also wish to have some parts of the Mass such as Alleluia, Holy Holy, Acclamation, Our Father etc sung.

Please click on the blue midi files below to listen to them. By the way, don't worry about the quality of the files, which are downloads of basic quality; their function is merely to help you recognise the music, and hence feel more confident about choosing your own ceremony music.