Music Question

Re: Music Question

• Calypso1977 member

  

  March 2012

  recordings are often not allowed.
  i would see if hte organist can play the piece you want.  organist should be only a few hundred dollars.

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• agapecarrie member

  

  March 2012

  Actually, this is a requirement of the liturgy. Recordings aren't (and shouldn't) be allowed anywhere.

  
  

  Musicians don't cost much in relation to everything else. I guarantee a dj or band for the reception costs at least 3 times as much. 

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• newlyseliski member

  

  March 2012

  Ditto agape that it is a liturgy requirement.
  
  If I had wanted musicians at my wedding beyond the organist included in our wedding fee, my church only permitted us to hire from their set list of musicians which were very incredibly talented professionals, but way out of our budget.  If you are set on a certain song played in a certain way for your processional, finding live musicians would probably be a worthwhile investment for you.  Since you aren't limited as to whom you hire... you can be selective and probably find a group of musicians in your price range. 
  
  Contact local high schools or colleges with orchestras and see if any of their musicians would be willing to play for a more budget-friendly fee.  A lot of high school students in orchestras are very talented and would likely charge a lot less than most since a gig would comparatively be very profitable over their weekend job at a movie theater!  Better yet, if you have any friends that play violin, viola or cello... ask them if they'd be willing to play at your wedding.

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• professorscience member

  

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_music-question-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:615Discussion:731fa80d-e48c-4ac6-ad2e-93550c895200Post:1b0855b8-f3d1-4926-bc19-010417655967">Re: Music Question</a>:
  [QUOTE]Ditto agape that it is a liturgy requirement. If I had wanted musicians at my wedding beyond the organist included in our wedding fee, my church only permitted us to hire from their set list of musicians which were very incredibly talented professionals, but way out of our budget.  If you are set on a certain song played in a certain way for your processional, finding live musicians would probably be a worthwhile investment for you.  Since you aren't limited as to whom you hire... you can be selective and probably find a group of musicians in your price range.  Contact local high schools or colleges with orchestras and see if any of their musicians would be willing to play for a more budget-friendly fee. <strong> A lot of high school students in orchestras are very talented and would likely charge a lot less than most since a gig would comparatively be very profitable over their weekend job at a movie theater!</strong>  Better yet, if you have any friends that play violin, viola or cello... ask them if they'd be willing to play at your wedding.
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  This is actually not a bad route, but you still have to treat it like a business transaction (a friend of mine hired an acquaintance of one of our friends who is a music grad student, and it was terrible).  I worked with the orchestra conductor at my school when H and I were thinking of having a quartet, and he was able to recommend a group (of adults) that was very reasonable.  I actually had a group of students who were in a string quartet, and would have loved it for them to play at my wedding, but we ended up going without.
  
  FWIW, my heart was always set on string quartet as well, but I fell in love with the fanfare that having just an organ can give you.  Good luck!

  

  
  

  
  

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• ElisabethJoanne member

  

  March 2012

  I know the hourly rates of some sort-of-pros on gigmasters are less than my parish's organist is paid per Mass. (sort-of-pros = obviously, these are people with day jobs, but they play music for payment regularly). gigmasters is basically a website collecting advertisements from sort-of-music-pros, as far as I can tell. My fiance is in charge of music. I've just looked over his shoulder (politely, of course).

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• OliveOilsMom member

  

  March 2012

  I would try to contact the local Catholic high school.  The students would already be familiar with the mass parts and could help keep costs low. 

  

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• snuff9861 member

  

  March 2012

  I went to the local Catholic highschool and neither of the 2 schools have a strings section. 

  
  

  I was just curious as I have been to a total of 6 Catholic weddings and none of them had live musicians. 2 had no extra musicians and the others all had instrumental music on their ipods/mp3 player and had it hooked into the church's sound system. 

  
  

  I understand the point of the music is to act as a prayer and encourage the congregation to pray collectively, but I have a spiritual attachment of sorts to the song I want and it gives me goosebumps to listen to it.  

  
  

  The fee for the musician is outrageous and while yes I am having a dj, they are only 50 dollars more than the musicians fee but I have them for 8 hours, not one.

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• ootmother2 member

  

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  I see that you are in Canada. Perhaps that makes a difference.
  
  a friend of mine's nephew is at University there and has a band. Not what you wan but I'll ask her if he would know of anyone to help you out.
  
  Sorry, that's about all  can do right now

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