How much did you pay for your ceremony music?

shoegal715 · June 2010

There is a great electric harpist in my area, but her fee is $600 for half an hour.

As much I want to book her, I don't know if I can justify that cost.

How much did you pay / are you planning to pay for music during the ceremony?

JMN2010 · June 2010

I paid $350 for a cellist for about an hour and I thought that was kind of high. Looking back, maybe not so much.

waltzingmatilda13 · June 2010

Good god, it better sound like angels are singing for that price!

We used our DJ during the ceremony (ceremony/reception we at the same place, rooms right next to the deck we got married on), so it was all included in our price.

LesPaul · June 2010

Is there a Youth Symphony in your city? You might inquire there - our Youth Symphony will provide a string quartet for a 'suggested donation' of $250. Other musicians are available too for a reasonable fee, and they are fantastic.

[Deleted User] · June 2010

Yeah, that is really expensive. Our organist was $250 and our cantor/singer was $50. I would definitely check into your local colleges and universities, sometimes there are groups of kids that will play for a good fee at weddings and things.

cschuma2 · June 2010

We paid $350 for a string trio. They played music before and after the ceremony as well, so they were there for about 90 minutes.

MLC613 · June 2010

WHOA!!! That seems very high!! One of my best friends is playing the piano for us so we aren't paying anything, but one church I looked at the fee was $250. Maybe try to talk with her and see if she will lower her price. You could also check Craigs List or local universities/colleges and see if any students may want to play for extra practice or something?! Just a thought. Good luck to you!

benmel31 · June 2010

We are having our DJ do our ceremony music. It's included in his price.

psichick · June 2010

we're paying $850 for our music. it's a harp and a cellist for the ceremony as well as the cocktail hour. in total they'll be there for probably about two or two and a half hours. it's a little expensive but i asked around and they were pretty much all the same price or higher. must be the area.

kpwedkk · June 2010

We had an Indian kirtan - musical accompaniment, that did the music for two ceremonies leading up to the wedding, the wedding, and the day after. We paid for the two musician's tickets from across state, and got them a hotel room

$600

rockstar8575 · June 2010

We have a harpist playing for our ceremony and cocktail hour (2 hours) and she charges $400

ecsmiles · June 2010

We are paying our harpist $600. This will include the cermony music and then she will move to the patio and play the entire cocktail hour.

aerinpegadrak · June 2010

We just ran our music off my laptop.

emarston1 · June 2010

Our organist is $100

HRF2679 · June 2010

String Trio- $450 for about an hour (pre-ceremony, ceremony, and post-ceremony).

kelly&wayne · June 2010

I'm very lucky that I am a musician and therefore have many musician friends, so my ceremony musicians will be playing for free. However, as a singer who has sung at many weddings I can tell you that $600 for 30 minutes of music seems extremely unreasonable to me. I wouldn't pay more than $250 at the absolute extreme.

lrowe70 · June 2010

Our DJ is doing all music so it's included. We also have a friend singing, but it's her wedding gift to us.

ccbean034 · June 2010

we paid about $600 for our string trio. they were the least expensice in my area that i could find. they did a great job though.

glam70s · June 2010

We're paying our flamenco guitarist $350 for 2 hours.. He's also bringing two full sets of equipment so that he can change rooms from ceremony to cocktail hour..

luckyme502 · June 2010

I'm paying $250 for a violinist. He will play for 30 minutes before the ceremony, during the ceremony and then for one hour after the ceremony during the cocktail hour.