Repertoire

While custom arrangements are what Colorado Guitar Weddings is known for, standard choices are also available. Below is a sample of popular choices for wedding ceremonies in the classical and contemporary styles (and some for the fantastic nerds out there). These are pieces and songs that Charlie often performs in weddings and any of the following are available upon request.

Classical & Traditional

Classical & Baroque Processional Standards

  • “Air on the G String” – J.S. Bach

  • “Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)” – Wagner

  • “Canon in D” – Pachelbel

  • “Cello Prelude in D” – J.S. Bach

  • “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” – J.S. Bach

  • “La Réjouissance” – Handel

  • “Minuet in G” — J.S. Bach

  • “Mysterious Barricades” — Couperin

  • “Sheep May Safely Graze” — J.S. Bach

  • “Sleepers Awake” — J.S. Bach

Romantic and Beyond

  • “Adelita” — Tarrega

  • “Ave Maria” – Schubert

  • “Clair de Lune” - Debussy

  • “El Noi de la Mare” – Llobet

  • “Lagrima” — Tarrega

  • “La Réjouissance” – Handel

  • “Meditation from Thaïs” – Massenet

  • “Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)” – Elgar

  • “Nocturne in E-flat Major” – Chopin

  • “Pas de Deux” — Tcahikovsky

  • “Piano Concerto II, Mvmt. II” — Rachmaninov

  • “Salut D’Amor” — Elgar

  • “Serenade to Spring” — Secret Garden

  • “The Swan” – Camille Saint-Saëns

Recessional Favorites

  • “Allegro Maestoso (from Water Music)” – Handel

  • “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” – Mozart

  • “Hornpipe (from Water Music)” – Handel

  • “Ode to Joy” – Beethoven

  • “Rondeau from Abdelazer” – Purcell

  • “Shepherd’s Song” (from 6th Symphony) — Beethoven

  • “Spring (from The Four Seasons)” – Vivaldi

  • “Te Deum: Prelude” – Charpentier

  • “The Emperor Waltz” – Strauss

  • “Wedding March” – Mendelssohn

Contemporary

Processional / Bride Entrance Favorites

  • “A Thousand Years” – Christina Perri

  • “All of Me” – John Legend

  • “Blackbird” — The Beatles

  • “Can’t Help Falling in Love” – Elvis Presley

  • “I Will Always Love You” – Dolly Parton

  • “Invisible String” – Taylor Swift

  • “Make You Feel My Love” – Adele

  • “Perfect” – Ed Sheeran

  • “Turning Page” – Sleeping at Last

  • “You Are the Reason” – Calum Scott

  • “Yours (Wedding Version)” – Russell Dickerson

Romantic & Emotional Ceremony Songs

  • “At Last” – Etta James

  • “Better Together” – Jack Johnson

  • “I’ll Follow You into the Dark” – Death Cab for Cutie

  • “Landslide” – Fleetwood Mac

  • “Love Story” – Taylor Swift

  • “Marry Me” – Train

  • “Somewhere Only We Know” – Keane

  • “Stand by Me” – Ben E. King

  • “The One” – Kodaline

  • “When a Man Loves a Woman” – Percy Sledge

  • “When You Say Nothing at All” — Keith Whitley

  • “Your Song” – Elton John

  • “You’re Still the One” – Shania Twain

Upbeat / Recessional Contemporary Songs

  • “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” – Queen

  • “First Day of My Life” – Bright Eyes

  • “Higher Love (Acoustic)” – Kygo & Whitney Houston

  • “Home” – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

  • “I’m Yours” – Jason Mraz

  • “On Top of the World” – Imagine Dragons

  • “September” – Earth, Wind & Fire

  • “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” – Stevie Wonder

  • “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” – Natalie Cole

  • “You Make My Dreams” – Hall & Oates

Nerdy Favorites

Film

  • “A Town With an Ocean View” — Joe Hisaishi

  • “A Whole New World” — Alan Menken

  • “Concerning Hobbits” — Howard Shore

  • “He’s a Pirate” — Hans Zimmer

  • “Hedwig’s Theme” — John Williams

  • “May the Force Be With You” — John Williams

  • “One Summer’s Day” — Joe Hisaishi

  • “Part of Your World” — Alan Menken

  • “Star Wars Main Theme” — John Williams

  • “The Godfather Theme” — Nino Rota & Carlo Savina

  • “The Path of the Wind” — Joe Hisaishi

  • “When You Wish Upon a Star” — Cliff Edward

Video Games

  • “Brink of Time” — Yasunori Mitsuda

  • “Dearly Beloved” — Yoko Shimomuro

  • “Fountain of Dreams” — Jun Ishikawa

  • “Great Fairy Fountain” — Koji Kondo

  • “Green Hill Zone” — Masato Nakamura

  • “Halo Theme” — Martin O’Donnell

  • “Lon Lon Ranch” — Koji Kondo

  • “Pallet Town” — Junichi Masuda

  • “To Zanarkand” — Nobuo Uematsu

  • “Underwater Theme from Super Mario Bros.” - Koji Kondo

  • “Zelda’s Lullaby” — Koji Kondo