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Wedding Music Questionnaire

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Wedding Music Program Form

You’re getting married! Congratulations!

Planning the music for your wedding can be somewhat overwhelming. Hopefully, this step-by- step series of questions will make it a little less daunting, while giving me all the information I need in order to help you. Please complete this form. You can also print, fill it out, and then return it to the rectory or scan it and email it to ecmusic@mountvirgin.com. Once I have this information, I can contact you back and we can finalize your details.

There are multiple recordings of all of the selections available for free listening on YouTube. You can also send me YouTube links of music you don't see recommended here.

And don’t worry if you don’t have all the information yet – just fill it in as best you can, and it will give us a place to start.

*NOTE* Due to COVID-19, meeting in person to plan liturgies will be difficult, if not impossible. Please reach out via phone or email. I am also available to set up Zoom or Facetime meetings. Also, please note that weddings are currently restricted by order of both the Governor and the Archdiocese. If you need help planning or rescheduling your wedding music, please don't hesitate to reach out. Hoping you are all safe and healthy.
- Evan Tintle Charpentier
  
  Music Director
  
  ext. 233
  ecmusicmountvirgin.com
  Website
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- First things first, let's do the easy part:
- Wedding Date REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter a date.
- Wedding Time REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Priest REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Bride Information
  
  First Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Last Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Email REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter an email address.
  
  Cell Number REQUIRED Maximum 20 characters Please fill out this field. Please enter a phone number.
  
  Home Number Maximum 20 characters Please enter a phone number.
  
  Work Number Maximum 20 characters Please enter a phone number.
  
  Address REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  City REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  State REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
  
  Zip REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter a zip code.
- Groom Information
  
  First Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Last Name REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  Email REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter an email address.
  
  Cell Number REQUIRED Maximum 20 characters Please fill out this field. Please enter a phone number.
  
  Home Number Maximum 20 characters Please enter a phone number.
  
  Work Number Maximum 20 characters Please enter a phone number.
  
  Address REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  City REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
  
  State REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
  
  Zip REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter a zip code.
- What language will your wedding be in? Would you like to incorporate any songs in a different language? Please enter valid data.
- Your wedding fee includes me (Evan T. Charpentier) playing the organ and singing. If paying by check, please make your check out to Evan Makes Music, LLC. Some additional musicians brides choose to add are another cantor, choir, violin, trumpet, flute, guitar, harp, etc. Just be aware that those fees are separate, not included.
- Are there any additional musicians you’d like to hire for your wedding? Yes, we want additional musicians and would like you to hire them. Yes, we want additional musicians, but we’ll find and hire them No, no additional musicians. Not sure yet – we’ll get back to you
- Please specify what additional musicians you would like- if any.
- Great! Now I’m going to ask some questions about your wedding, and the music that you’ll need. This will walk us through the entire ceremony, from beginning to end. When there’s a place to select music, I’ll give you two favorite options, and then a blank, if you’d prefer to write in your own choice. Remember, if you don’t know yet, it’s okay to leave a question blank and go to the next one.
- Is there any song in particular that you would like played during the Prelude, while your guests are being seated? Please list Title and Composer Please enter valid data.
- Ok, cool. I’ll start playing about a half-hour to twenty minutes before your wedding start time.
  Many couples have their parents and grandparents announced and seated before the bridal party enters – if they process, they’ll be accompanied by music. Who is announced and processes, or who just starts the wedding seated upfront is entirely up to you.
  
  If NO, go ahead and skip this part.
- If YES, please list which parents/grandparents will be walking down the aisle ahead of the bridal processional:
- And select some music for the “Seating of the Family”: Bach, First Prelude Bach, Arioso A different song (list below) I dunno, just play something pretty
- Please name the "different song" (Title and Composer) if applicable. Please enter valid data.
- Will you have bridesmaids in the processional? If so, how many? (Please include the maid/ matron of honor and any junior bridesmaids.) REQUIRED Yes (list number below) No I don't know yet. Please fill out this field.
- Number of Bridesmaids Please enter valid data.
- Will you have flower girls in the processional? If so, how many? REQUIRED Yes (list number below) No I don't know yet. Please fill out this field.
- Number of Flower Girls. Please enter valid data.
- Will you have ring bearers in the processional? If so, how many? REQUIRED Yes (list number below) No I don't know yet. Please fill out this field.
- Number of ring bearer. Please enter valid data.
- What music would you like for the Bridal Party Processional?
- What other song would you like played- if applicable. (Title and Composer) Please enter valid data.
- Now comes the big moment – the bride’s entrance! What music do you imagine hearing when you walk down the aisle? REQUIRED Please fill out this field.
- What other song would you like played- if applicable? (Title and Composer) Please enter valid data.
- The next thing that happens is the Liturgy of the Word. You’ve probably already picked your readings and your psalm as part of your pre- cana.
- The one I need to know is the psalm. What psalm text have you selected? REQUIRED Please fill out this field. Please enter valid data.
- Now that you have your psalm text chosen, it’s time to pick a musical setting. If you have a specific psalm setting in mind, that’s great. If not, you can give me the text, and I will try to find a musical setting of that psalm. Be aware though, that the musical setting may have slightly different wording. If it’s very important that you have the exact wording of that psalm text, let me know, and I can intone it with some light chords in the background, rather than try to find a musical setting.
- Psalm Music Selection REQUIRED I have a psalm in mind. (Please list below) We’d like “Where There is Love,” by Davis Haas I’ve chosen the text, but you can pick the musical setting We want the precise text – please intone it, with chords. Please fill out this field.
- Please list your psalm setting- if applicable (Title and Composer) Please enter valid data.
- Next is the Gospel Acclamation. This is a setting of "Alleluia" accompanied by a single line of text. You should also have selected this as part of your pre-cana.
- Gospel Acclamation We'd like the Gregorian Alleluia We'd like the Celtic Alleluia You can pick for us. We'd like to select our own (please list below)
- Please name the Gospel Acclamation you would like- Title and Composer Please enter valid data.
- And our Gospel Acclamation Verse: "God is love; let us love one anther as he has loved us." We chose a different text, please see below.
- Please write the full text of your chosen Gospel Acclamation
- Will you be doing a Unity Candle during your ceremony? If yes, Select your music: One Hand, One Heart You Alone Something different. Please list below We are, but we don't want music for this. We are not doing a unity candle. We are doing the Unity Candle at the reception, not the church.
- Please list the title and composer for your Unity Candle song. Please enter valid data.
- Is your wedding going to be a full mass with communion? Or a simple ceremony? REQUIRED Full Mass with Communion Simple Ceremony Please fill out this field.
- If you chose "simple ceremony," you can SKIP the questions about the Eucharistic Acclamations and the Communion Hymn, and having an Offertory hymn is OPTIONAL. If you chose "full mass" you must answer all questions.
- What would you like for your Offertory Hymn? Make Me a Channel Of Your Peace I Have Loved You, Joncas Something different I will list below We don't want one (Simple Ceremony ONLY)
- The "different" song we'd like for Offertory is: (Title, Composer) Please enter valid data.
- Eucharistic Acclamations (or "Mass Setting." This is for a FULL MASS only. Skip if you're having a simple ceremony.) Mass of Creation, Haugen Mass of St. Anne, Bolduc A different setting I'll list below. You can pick for us.
- The "different" Mass Setting we'd like is: (Title/Composer) Please enter valid data.
- Communion Hymn (For FULL MASS only. Skip if you're having a simple ceremony.) Panis Angelicus One Bread, One Body Taste and See (Angrisano) Something different I'll list below.
- The "different" communion hymn we'd like is: (Title/Composer) Please enter valid data.
- Will you be presenting flowers to the Virgin Mary? If so, please select your music below. If not, just select "We're not doing this." Ave Maria, Schubert Ave Maria, Bach-Gounod Hail Mary, Gentle Woman Something different we'll list below. We're not doing this.
- The "different" song we'd like to present flowers: (Title/Composer) Please enter valid data.
- Time to go party! What music is going to play as you recess? The Bridal March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn. (This is the traditional "Just Married" music.) Hornpipe, from Handel's Water Music Ode to Joy Something else I'll list below.
- The "something else" I'd like to recess to: (Title/Composer) Please enter valid data.
- And you're DONE! Again, don't worry if you didn't fill out every single thing. I will compile all of your answers onto one neat reference sheet. If you'd like to hear me sing or ask me questions in person, you're always welcome at mass! Feel free to come up before mass or just after the final hymn, and introduce yourselves. You can also call the Rectory (ext. 233 for Music Ministry) or email ecmusic@mountvirgin.com, and I'll be happy to answer all your questions. Again, congratulations!
  
  Sincerely,
  
  Evan T. Charpentier
  OLMV Music Director
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