GlorySound
35025378, Complete Collection Solo Piano Book/Vocal Solo Parts, $55.99
35025379, 2-CD Listening CD Set $19.98
Date released: 2004

This is the ultimate wedding collection for pianists and vocalists featuring styles from classical to contemporary. It contains service music for preludes, processionals, bridal marches, unity candle lightings, recessionals and postludes. Pieces can be played as piano solos or in conjunction with optional instrumental obbligatos for some pieces (parts included), featuring cello, oboe, trumpet, flute, violin. There are 30 solo piano pieces and 11 vocal songs (with separate vocal scores for the singer); a double listening CD, and accompaniment CDs for the vocal selections, a wedding checklist, and a sample ceremony outline.

This collection has special binding that allows it to stay open on any page. Separate music sheets for the vocalist and melodic instrumentalists can be loaned out for rehearsals and performances, ending the need to duplicate from the piano score. The vocalist will appreciate having the piano accompaniment on a separate CD for rehearsal purposes. Even if you accompany the vocalist in a live setting, he or she will appreciate having the piano accompaniment on a separate CD for rehearsal purposes when you’re unavailable. LEVEL: Moderate to Advanced

The double listening CD provides an easy way for the prospective bride and groom to “audition” the music they’d like you to play for their ceremony. Simply loan them the listening CDs and they can make their choices at their leisure. This saves the pianist from having to play through all the possibilities for the bride and groom. The publisher is making extra copies of the listening CDs available in case they are not returned to you. Range: a-f2.

There is a wealth of information in the book such as:
*reproducible wedding planning guide
*sample ceremony outline
*repertoire suggestions

This collection is sold as a whole and not available as separate products, except for the double listening CDs.

The following song list contains both vocal and instrumental titles. The vocal solos are indicated in parentheses. All others are instrumentals.

Song List

1. A Wedding Blessing (vocal solo)
2. Air on the G String
3. Andante from Piano Concerto in C
4. Ave Maria
5. Be Thou My Vision
6. Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin”
7. Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major
8. Danse Joyeux
9. Forever (Interlude)
10. Holy Ground with The Majesty and Glory of Your Name
11. Hornpipe from Handel’s “Water Music”
12. I Will Be Here (vocal solo)
13. In This Very Room (vocal solo)
14. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
15. Joyful March
16. Joysong
17. Largo from “Xerxes”
18. Liebestraum
19. Lord, Be Glorified
20. Love Will Be Our Home (vocal solo)
21. Loving You is Joy (Interlude)
22. My Heart Ever Faithful
23. Ode to Joy
24. Bach’s Prelude No. 1
25. Rondeau
26. Savior, Like a Shepherd, Lead Us
27. Seasons of Life
28. Sheep May Safely Graze
29. Song of Community (vocal solo)
30. Spring Comes Early
31. The Greatest of These is Love (vocal solo)
32. The Irish Wedding Song (vocal solo)
33. The Lord’s Prayer by Malotte (vocal solo)
34. The Rejoicing from “Music for the Royal Fireworks”
35. To Make You Feel My Love (vocal solo)
36. Together (Interlude)
37. Trumpet Tune
38. Trumpet Voluntary
39. Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
40. Wedding Song (There is Love) (vocal solo)
41. You Are The One That I Want (vocal solo)