MOELLER MUSIC EVENTS
Contemporary Wedding Ceremonies
Paul and Kerena Moeller provide the finest ceremony music for contemporary weddings in Chicago.
Choosing the right musical selections for your wedding ceremony can be very difficult. After all, the music you choose will help convey the right mood and feeling that reflects you as a couple. If you have decided that traditional selections from master composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Wagner just isn’t your style, Paul and Kerena have an extensive repertoire of contemporary musical selections that will capture your spirit and be every bit as meaningful.
With so many ceremonies taking place at unique locations throughout region, it seems only natural that more and more couples are choosing selections of music that show a little personality and fun. Although music is constantly changing from season to season, Paul and Kerena have put together a play list comprised of the best contemporary selections of music that will compliment your style and taste beautifully.
At a typical wedding ceremony, music is usually provided during the following segments:
– Thirty minutes of prelude music before the ceremony begins as guests are being seated.
– Processional of the wedding attendants.
– Seating of the mothers of the bride and groom.
– Bridal Party’s Processional.
– The Bride’s Processional.
– Unity Candle, Communion, Reflection, Rose Ceremony.
– Recessional or exit music following the presentation of the newly married couple.
– A short postlude of joyous music as your guests leave the ceremony.
Generally, a one hour contract will cover all of the above listed segments.
CEREMONY AND COCKTAIL HOUR COMBINATION
Many couples recognize the added value of hiring the Moeller’s to perform for their cocktail hour immediately following the ceremony. You can relax knowing that your event will flow seamlessly as they will be there to see that everything is taken care of from the first arrival of your guests up to just before your grand entrance at the reception. Paul and Kerena provide a wonderful variety of cocktail music ranging from swing standards to current pop favorites. Please click on to the Cocktail Hour page to learn more.
Contemporary Ceremony Play List
- A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
- Only Time - Enya
- Marry Me - Jason Derulo
- Marry Me - Train
- Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
- Main Titles - From “Cider House Rules”
- Count on Me - Bruno Mars
- Just the way you are - Bruno Mars
- Without You - David Guetta
- Flightless bird, American Mouth
- Latch (Acoustic) - Sam Smith
- The Blower’s Daughter - Damien Rice
- All I Want Is You - U2
- Beautiful Day - U2
- Halo - Beyonce
- The One I Love - David Gray
- Story Book Love (The Princess Bride)
- The Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
- Ours - Taylor Swift
- Two is Better Than One - Taylor Swift
- Love Story - Taylor Swift
- Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
- Lay me Down - Sam Smith
- I Won’t Give Up - Jason Mraz
- I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
- Then - Brad Paisley
- She’s My Kind of Rain - Tim McGraw
- It’s Your Love - Tim McGraw
- When You Say Nothing at All - Alison Krauss
- You are the sun - Sara Groves
- Better Together - Jack Johnson
- I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman
- The Prayer - Steven Curtis Chapman
- Be Still and Know - Steven Curtis Chapman
- You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
- When You Say You Love Me - Josh Groban
- Wanted - Hunter Hayes
- Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
- I Will follow you into the dark - Death Cab for Cutie
- I Choose You - Sara Bareilles
- Making Memories of Us - Keith Urban
- Bring it On Home - Little Big Town
- Whale and Wasp - Alice In Chains
- Lead Me To The Cross - Hillsong
- Wanted - Hunter Hayes
- Turning Page - Twilight
- Feels Like Home - From “The Notebook”
- Kissing You - From “Romeo and Juliet”
- Little Wonders - Rob Thomas
- A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson
- I Love N.Y.E. - Badly Drawn Boy
- You and Me - Lifehouse
- You and Me - Dave Mathews
- The Space Between - Dave Mathews
- Stay or Leave - Dave Mathews
- I Want You - Bob Dylan
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Bob Dylan
- Never Going Back - Fleetwood Mac
- Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
- Shut up and Dance With Me - Walk the Moon
- She’s a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
- Lullaby - Dixie Chicks
- Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales
- Dog Days are Over - Florence and the Machine
- I won’t let go - Rascal Flatts
- Feels Like Today - Rascal Flatts
- Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
- I Do - Colbie Caillat
- Emmylou - First Aide Kit
- Home - Edward Sharpe
- Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
- You are the best thing - Ray LaMontagne
- Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
- For the Dancing and the Dreaming - from How to train a Dragon 2
- Wouldn’t it be Nice? - Beach Boys
- I Won’t Let Go - Rascal Flatts
- Down in the valley - Head and the Heart
- Luna - Smashing Pumkins
- Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumkins
- 1979 - Smashing Pumkins
- Feels Like Home (From Michael) - Randy Newman
- Kiss Me - Sixpence none the richer
- Who I Am - Brett James
- I’m Gonna Be - The Proclaimers
- Where is my mind - Pixies
- From Where You Are - Jason Wade
- The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
- Walking on Sunshine - Kimberly rew
- My wish - Rascal Flatts
- Everlong - Foo Fighters
- You make my dreams - Hall and Oats
- What is This - Mary Mary
- You are the Sun - Sara Groves
- I Will Love You - Fisher
- The Sweetest Gift - Sade
- At My Most Beautiful - R.E.M.
- Edelweiss - Sound of Music
- Forrest Gump Suite - Alan Silvestri
- Happy Ever After in Your Eyes - Ben Harper
- From This Moment On - Shania Twain
- A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
- Green Eyes - Coldplay
- Clocks - Coldplay
- Yellow - Coldplay
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay
- The Scientist - Coldplay
- Magic - Coldplay
- Thank You - Dido
- Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
- Heavenly Day - Patty Griffin
- Upside Down - Jack Johnson
- You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
- The Luckiest - Ben Folds
- Still Fighting It - Ben Folds
- Whiter Shade of Pale - Procal Harum
- Theme from Forrest Gump Suite - Alan Silvestri
- Tuesday’s Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- From This Moment On - Shania Twain
- Do You Realize - Flaming Lips
- Waiting For You - Ben Harper
- Happy Ever After In Your Eyes - Ben Harper
- Power of Two - Indigo Girls
- She - Elvis Costello
- If I Should Fall Behind - Bruce Springsteen
- Somebody - Depeche Mode
- Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
- 1,2,3,4 - The Plain White T’s
- Only You - Joshua Radin
- Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
- Somebody - Depeche Mode
- The Wedding Song (There is Love) - Paul Stookey
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo
- Wouldn’t it Be Nice - The Beach Boys
- God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
- Angels - Robbie Williams
- Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
- Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
- Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
- Fields of Gold - Sting
- More Than Words - Extreme
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
- Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
- Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
- Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
- Forever - Kari Jobe
- The Rainbow Connection - from the Muppet Movie
- I’m A Believer - Niel Diamond
- Old Pine - Ben Howard
- She (from Notting Hill) - Elvis Costello
- Ride - The Cary Brothers
- You are the best thing - Ray LaMontagne
- Fourfiveseconds - Rihanna
- Holocene - Bon Iver
- Lullaby - The Dixie Chicks
- Little Wonders - Rob Thomas
- The Prayer - Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
- My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
- Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
- The Power Of Love Celine Dion
- The Prayer - Celine Dion
- Once Upon A Time…Storybook Love - Mark Knopfler
- Ashokan Farewell - Jay Unger
- Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
- Thank You - Dido
- A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson
- Before Your Love - Kelly Clarkson
- Only Hope - from “A Walk to remember”
- Now and Forever - Richard Marx
- This I promise You - Richard Marx
- Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
- Your Song - Elton John
- Endless Night - Elton John
- A Whole New World (Disney) - from Aladdin
- I’ve Had the time of my life - from Dirty Dancing
- I Got A Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
- Love Song - Tesla
- You’re My Best Friend - Queen
- Chapel of Love - Phil Spector
- Once upon a time…storybook love - Mark Knopfler
- Amazed - Aerosmith
- I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
- Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
- Dancin in the moonlight - Van Morrison
- Sweet Child o’ Mine - Guns and Roses
- Patience - Guns and Roses
- That’s All - Genesis
- Against All Odds - Phil Collins
- Annie’s Song - John Denver
- Maybe I’m Amazed - Paul McCartney
- Calico Skies - Paul McCartney
- Here Come The Sun - The Beatles
- The Fool on the Hill
- All You Need Is Love
- Yesterday
- Across the Universe
- Blackbird
- I Will
- Eleanor Rigby
- Hey Jude
- In My Life
- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Michelle
- Here, There & Everywhere
- When I’m Sixty Four
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Let It Be
- Good Day Sunshine
- Something
- Imagine - John Lennon
- Love
- Grow Old With Me
- Annie’s Song - John Denver
- I can see Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
- The Hawaiian Wedding Song
- True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
- Kissing You From Romeo and Juliet
- The Book of Love
- Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
- Forever and Ever Amen
- I’ll Stand By You - The Pretenders
- Stand By Me - Ben E. King
- Dee - Randy Rhodes
- My Girl - Smokey Robinson
- Happy Together - The Turtles
- I Can’t Help Myself
- I’ll Be There
- Fire And Rain - James Taylor
- How Sweet it is (to be loved by you) - James Taylor
- Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis
- You Are So Beautiful - Preston/Fisher
- God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
- Don’t Cry For Me Argentina - Andrew Lloyd Weber
- Scarborough Fair - Paul Simon
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon
- Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
- Forest Gump Theme - Alan Silvestri
- Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
- I Say A Little Prayer - Burt Bacharach
- Moon River - From “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
- Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
- You’ve Got A Friend - Carole King
- Longer - Dan Fogelberg
- She’s Always A Woman - Billy Joel
- Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
- You’re My Home - Billy Joel
- You Make Me Feel Love - Bob Dylan
- You’ve Got A Friend - Carole King
- My Girl - Smokey Robinson
- You are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m yours - Stevie Wonder
- Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
- My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
- For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
- Now and Forever - Richard Marx
- Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
- Against All Odds - Phil Collins
- I Can’t Help Myself - The Four Tops
- Rose Of My Heart - Johnny Cash
- I’ll be There - Maria Carey
- Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein
- Maria
- America
- Tonight
- One Hand, One Heart - from “Westside Story”
- Music of the Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
- I Can See Clearly Now
- Stolen - Dashboard Confessional
- Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional
- She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
- Time of My Life - from Dirty Dancing
- Sucha Woman Niel Young
- This Will Be and Everlasting Love - Natalie Cole
- Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
- Africa - Toto
- Dreams - Cranberries
- Morning has broken - Cat Stevens
- Glasgow Love Theme - Craig Armstrong
- Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s