Ceremony Music

[mlfallis]

Just wondering how much everyone paid/is paying for their ceremony music assuming it doesn't come with the church.

Also what instruments did you have and how many people.

Thanks

[BethElena]

We had a string trio...$100 a person. (my mom is a music teacher and had connections...each member of the trio was like 18 or 19 years old, and sounded professional!).

Sometimes, you can find a young person who plays JUST AS NICE as a professional, and get a steal.

My mom is a pianist and charges like $125 an hour for weddings.

[Sandie78]

I had a harpist. She was $250. I got her for 1/2 hour before the ceremony and the ceremony.

[Freckles]

We paid $400. for 2 hours for (2)strings and a (1)trumpeter. It was one of my favorite touches.

[ADSigMel]

$600 for a string quartet. 2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello.

[mlfallis]

Thanks everyone. I just wanted to make sure I knew a price range before I started looking.

[shaqangel]

we were lucky we didnt pay anything for our musicians. we have lots of friends who are musicians so we had some of them do our music. we had a pianist and violinist and a few vocalists.

[lil_geek]

Hey Melissa,

I finally contacted the guy my decorator recommended. His mom said on average $100 per player.... for about 1.5 hours of 'work'.

I will let you know when I hear back a definate answer from him, and if we can get a sample of his music.

[mlfallis]

Hey Tara,

Well I found 3 people I like. 2 I can hear their music on the internet, the 3rd, I am supposed to but I can't. But with tavel costs we are looking at $450, which is kinda more than I wanted to spend, but looks like it is the norm.

[sinderstorm]

I paid $100 for the hour that my pianist was there for our ceremony. We were connected with her through our church though, so we probably got a slightly better deal due to that.