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I'm not really in your position, as we're doing a more secular ceremony (with the reception at the same venue, so we're just using our DJ for the whole thing). However, I've heard rumors about people not being allowed to use anyone except for the church's organist. So, before you go through the trouble of looking for a string group, I just wanted to make sure that you've verified with the church that you're allowed to bring someone else in.
Yeah, I saw the same thing checking out different churh websites, but I double checked when we met with our priest. You have to pay the organist no matter what (just a nominal fee) but you can bring in your own musicians/soloists.
We're using a string trio for our ceremony referred by a friend but I also looked into using local CMU musicians (since I was a CMU music major myself and can vouch for their talent!!).
Because we're getting married in the summer, we ran into trouble finding students that would still be around, and it got annoying to have to call/email them all individually and match up instrumentation so we ended up just going with a company - but PM me if you're interested, and I can send you the student list I got from the Music department. Duquesne also has a pretty extensive music school.
We are using a string trio from Steve Vance strolling violins....they have all different kinds of ceremony musicians from one person to 4 I beleive. Also, my friend contacted a high school and had a few people from their band or orchestra play for the ceremony-they only had to give a donation to the high school for them to play.
HTH!
Thanks girls. The student I was talking to disappeared but my aunt found a local music school, Waddell's Music Center in Wexford, and a couple of their instructors perform at weddings. Rachel is the nicest person!
We hired a guitarist, and that worked out really well! The church organist charged her normal fee, but she was very helpful in helping us pick out the hymns and other songs, setting up the sound system, etc.
The classical guitar was really nice and unique, everybody loved it. He served as our cantor as well.
I would've Loved a guitarist (my dad probably would've too) but my mother was Insisting on string trio - and since I have given in so little to her demands I figured she could have this one thing lol. Our church organist, even though we're not using her (and yes, paying her her normal fee) has been wonderful helping with the music selections and told me to feel free to call her anytime.
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My parents truly dislike the talents of the organist at the church I'm being married in (can't say I'm thrilled myself) - so I'm thinking of maybe having a string trio, maybe music students from a local college? Has anyone hired done that & have recommendations/warnings?