Effesenden Music’s Current Repertoire

We want you to have creative control over the music that is played at your wedding!  Effesenden Music has an extensive repertoire in a wide range of styles for you to choose from.  The songs range from traditional favorites like Canon in D to movie themes, fiddle tunes, jazz, oldies and our signature sound:  string quartet arrangements of popular music like U2, Coldplay and Kings of Leon.  We also offer options for you to choose anywhere from 6 to 12 new songs that we arrange just for your day.  Our list is constantly growing so if you don’t see what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to ask!

Our Classical Repertoire is designed for the traditional String Trio (2 Violins and Cello) or String Quartet (2 Violins, Viola and Cello.)

Our Acoustic Repertoire is designed for ensembles containing either guitar and strings or piano and strings.  The following are some of our most popular pieces.  For a complete list of our current music, please contact us about your day.

Section 1:  Classical Quartet Performing Pop & Rock

1. All My Life (KC & Jo Jo)
2. Augusta (Theme song from PGA Masters)
3. All You Need is Love (Beatles)
4. Back in Black (AC/DC)
5. Beautiful Day (U2)
6. Bittersweet Symphony (Verve Pipe)
7. The Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
8. Breathe Me (Sia)
9. Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You (Frankie Valli)
10. Clocks (Coldplay)
11. Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
12. Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
13. Flashing Lights (Kanye West)
14. From This Moment (Shania Twain)
15. Good Life (Kanye West)
16. Hallelujah (Leonard Kohn)
17. How It Ends (Devotchka)
18. I’ll Stand By You (Carrie Underwood)
19. In My Life (Beatles)
20. Kids (MGMT)
21. Linus & Lucy (Peanuts)
22. Love Story (Taylor Swift)
23. Lovers in Japan (Coldplay)
24. Marching Bands of Manhattan (Death Cab)
25. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Elton John)
26. Moon River (Henry Mancini)
27. My Girl (Temptations/Michael Jackson)
28. One & Only (Adele)
29. Rocket Man (Elton John)
30. Starlight (Muse)
31. Sugar We’re Goin’ Down (Fallout Boy)
32. Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2)
33. Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)
34. Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
35. Where the Streets Have No Name (U2)
36. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
37. World at Large (Modest Mouse)
38. Your Song (Elton John)

Section 2:  Classical Ethereal, dreamy processionals

1. Claire de Lune (Debussy)
2. Entr’acte to Act III from Carmen (Bizet)
3. Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
4. Meditation from Thais (Massanet)
5. Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 (Borodin)
6. O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
7. Pavane Pour une infante defunte (Ravel)
8. Reverie (Debussy)
9. Sheherazade (Theme from Part 3) Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
10. Sleeping Beauty’s Pavane (Ravel)
11. The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens)
12. Theme from New World Symphony 2nd Movement (Dvorak)
13. Theme from Polovetzian Dance from Prince Igor (Borodin)
14. Symphony No 5 2nd Movement theme (Tchaikovsky)
15. Theme from Lakme (Flower Duet) (Delibes)
16. Theme from Romeo & Juliet Ballet (Tchaikovsky)

Section 3:  Traditional Processionals (in order of popularity) 

1. Canon in D “Pachelbel’s Canon” (Pachelbel)
2. Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin “Here Comes the Bride” (Wagner)
3. Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
4. Spring from the Four Seasons—Allegro 1 (Vivaldi)
5. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
6. Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
7. Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
8. Wachet Auf (Bach)

Section 4:  Classical Stately, Elegant Processionals

1. Air from Water Music (Handel)
2. Air on the G String (Bach)
3. Airioso (Bach)
4. Appalachian Spring “Simple Gifts” Theme (Copland)
5. Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 Op 11 (Tchaikovsky)
6. Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
7. Bist Du Bei Mir (Bach)
8. Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin “Here Comes the Bride” (Wagner)
9. Canon in D (Pachelbel)
10. Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel (Umperdinck)
11. Finlandia Theme (Sibelius)
12. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
13. Jupiter Choral Theme from The Planets (Holst)
14. Lascia Chio PIanga from Rinaldo (Handel)
15. Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade (Musorgsky)
16. Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
17. Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)

Section 5:  Classical Recessional Music

1. 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
2. Brandenburg Concerto No 3 Mvmt 1 (Bach)
3. Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Vivaldi)
4. Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
5. Hornpipe from Water Music (Handel)
6. Hopak (Musorgsky)
7. March from the Nutcracker (Tchaikvosky)
8. Minuet (Boccherini)
9. Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
10. Peter and the Wolf Opening Theme (Prokofiev)
11. Spring from the Four Seasons–Allegro movement 1 (Vivaldi)
12. Spring from the Four Seasons–Allegro movement 3 (Vivaldi)
13. Sonata for Violin and Piano 4th Movement Theme (Franck)
14. Wedding March from Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mendelssohn)

Section 6—Acoustic Ensemble—Contemporary Processional/Recessional

1. All You Need is Love (Beatles)
2. Angel Eyes (Jim Brickman)
3. At Last
4. Bittersweet Symphony (Verve Pipe)
5. Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
6. Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
7. In My Life (Beatles)
8. In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
9. It Had to Be You
10. Life in Technicolor (Coldplay)
11. Over the Rainbow (IZ)
12. Sliding Down (Edgar Meyer)
13. Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
14. What a Wonderful World
15. With a Little Help From My Friends (Beatles)

Section 7:  Acoustic Ensemble—Classic Rock

1. All You Need is Love (Beatles)
2. And I Love Her (Beatles)
3. The Book of Love (Peter Gabriel)
4. Don’t Stop Believing (Journey…Glee)
5. Here, There & Everywhere (Beatles)
6. In My Life (Beatles)
7. Jump Jive & Wail (Big Bad Voodoo Daddies)
8. Have I Told You Lately
9. How Sweet it is (James Taylor & Marvin Gaye)
10. Kind and Generous (Natalie Merchant)
11. Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear (Elvis)
12. The Longest Time (Billy Joel)
13. Love is All Around (The Troggs)–from the movie Love Actually
14. Moondance (Van Morrison)
15. Mustang Sally
16. My Girl (Jackson Five)
17. Take a Chance on Me (ABBA)
18. Time After Time (Cindy Lauper)
19. To Make You Feel My Love (Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Adelle)
20. True Companion (Mark Kohn)
21. Oh Darlin’ (Beatles)
22. Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll
23. Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
24. Rock around the Clock
25. So Happy Together
26. Stand By Me
27. Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
28. Sweet Home Alabama (Leonard Skynrd)
29. Vienna (Billy Joel)
30. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
31. With a Little Help From My Friends (the Beatles)
32. Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
33. You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
34. You’re My Best Friend (Queen)
35. Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)

Section 8:  Acoustic Ensemble–Folk & Singer Songwriter

1. 3×5 (John Mayer)
2. Babylon (David Gray)
3. Beautiful Wreck (Shawn Mullins)
4. Better Together (Jack Johnson)
5. The Blower’s Daughter (Damien Rice)
6. Breathe Me (Sia)
7. Come on Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
8. Daughters (John Mayer)
9. Divine Romance (Phil Wickham)
10. Everlong (Foo Fighters)
11. Everything (Lifehouse)
12. Fields of Gold (Sting)
13. For Baby For Bobbie (John Denver)
14. Hey There Delilah (Plain White T’s)
15. Kiss Me (Six Pents None the Richer)
16. Lucky (Colbie Calliat/Jason Mraz)
17. Lullaby (Billy Joel)
18. More Than Life
19. This is Us (Mark Knopfler)
20. Out of the Woods (Nickel Creek)
21. Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)
22. Walking After You (Foo Fighters)
23. When You Say Nothing at All (Alison Krauss)
24. You’re Beautiful (James Blunt)

Section 9—Pop & Rock

1. Accidentally in Love (Counting Crows)
2. Beautiful Day (U2)
3. Bittersweet Symphony (Verve Pipe)
4. Brighter than Sunshine (Aqualung—from A Lot Like Love)
5. Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
6. Clocks (Coldplay)
7. Ice Cream (Sarah Maclachlan)
8. Life in Technicolor (Coldplay)
9. Lover Lay Down (Dave Matthews Band)
10. Love of My Life (Dave Matthews Band/Santana)
11. Lovers in Japan (Coldplay)
12. One (U2)
13. The Scientist (Coldplay)
14. Up and Away (Dave Matthews Band)
15. Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
16. Wonderwall (Oasis & Ryan Adams)

Section 10—Acoustic Ensemble—Bluegrass/Celtic/Americana*
(please note that we have an extensive repertoire of traditional fiddle music but since the names are often less familiar we invite you to inquire directly.)

1. 1B
2. After the Battle of Aughrim
3. Ashokan Farwell (from Ken Burns documentary on Civil War)
4. The Atholl Highlanders/Johnnie Cope
5. Banish Misfortune
6. Be Thou My Vision
7. Big Country
8. Blacksmith
9. Bonaparte Crossing the Rockies
10. The Bricklayer’s Beautiful Daughter
11. Butterfly’s Day Out
12. Caldedonia
13. Charlie is My Darling
14. Da White Wife
15. Devil’s Dream
16. The Geese in the Bog/Jig of Slurs
17. Irish Medley
18. Lover’s Waltz (from the movie Legends of the Fall)
19. Midnight on the Water
20. My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
21. Red River Valley
22. Second Time Around
23. Short Trip Home
24. Sliding Down
25. Star of the County Down
26. Vagabond Waltz
27. Wedding Jig
28. Wedding Song

Section 11—Acoustic Ensemble–Jazz/Casablanca/Frank Sinatra/Classic Hollywood

1. A Kiss to Build a Dream On
2. All of You
3. As Time Goes By
4. At Last
5. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
6. But Beautiful
7. Cheek to Cheek
8. Come Fly With Me
9. Days of Wine and Roses
10. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
11. Dream a Little Dream
12. East of the Sun
13. Embraceable You
14. Fascination
15. Fly Me to the Moon
16. How High the Moon
17. I’ve Got the World on a String
18. If I Were a Bell
19. In a Sentimental Mood
20. It Don’t Mean a Thing
21. It Had to Be You
22. Moon River
23. My Baby Just Cares for Me
24. My Favorite Things
25. My Funny Valentine
26. My One and Only Love
27. My Romance
28. Night and Day
29. Night in Tunisia
30. On the Sunny Side of the Street
31. One Fine Day
32. Our Love is Here to Stay
33. Round Midnight
34. So This is Love
35. Some Enchanted Evening
36. Someday My Prince Will Come
37. Someone to Watch Over Me
38. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
39. Summertime
40. Take Five
41. The Best is Yet to Come
42. The Way You Look Tonight
43. Unforgettable
44. What a Diff’rence a Day Made
45. What a Wonderful World
46. When I Fall In Love
47. Where or When
48. You are So Beautiful

Section 12—Acoustic Ensemble—Adult Contemporary

1. Angel Eyes (Jim Brickman)
2. Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
3. Don’t Know Why (Norah Jones)
4. I Will Be Here (Steven Curtis Chapman)
5. The Love of My Life (Jim Brickman/ Michael W. Smith)
6. Over the Rainbow
7. The Prayer (Josh Groban)
8. Time to Say Goodbye/Con Te Partiro (Andrea Bocelli)
9. Unchained Melody
10. Valentine (Martina McBride)
11. You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)
12. Your Song (Elton John)

Section 13—Acoustic Ensemble—World Music /Jazz Violin

1. All Blues
2. Autumn Leaves (Stephane Grapelli)
3. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
4. Besame Mucho
5. Black Orpheus
6. Caravan
7. Chan Chan (Buena Vista Social Club)
8. Charade
9. Cinama Paradiso (Ennio Marracone)
10. Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
11. Girl From Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
12. It Don’t Mean a Thing
13. Kiss Waltz (Johann Strauss)
14. La Vie en Rose (Edith Piaf)
15. Lakme (Flower Duet) (Delibes)
16. Misty
17. Moon River
18. Nature Boy
19. Night & Day
20. Nuages
21. Pavane (Faure)
22. Pavane (Ravel)
23. Summertime

Section 14—Acoustic Ensemble—Movie Themes

1. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)
2. All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera)
3. Brighter than Sunshine (A Lot Like Love)
4. Cavatina (the Deer Hunter)
5. Come What May (Moulin Rouge)
6. The Eternal Vow (Crouching Dragon Hidden Tiger)
7. The Falls (The Mission)
8. John Dunbar Theme (Dances with Wolves)
9. The Kiss (Last of the Mohicans)
10. Kisses and Cake (PS I Love You)
11. Love is All Around (Love Actually)
12. Lovers Waltz (Legends of the Fall)
13. My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
14. Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
15. Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera)
16. When I Fall in Love (Sleepless in Seattle)
17. When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
18. Your Song (Moulin Rouge)

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