The Wedding Singer

A future bride and groom should not count on prayer to guide them to the wedding singer. Still the hand of God has certainly played a role in helping to reveal the man or woman who could be the wedding singer for at least one church-going couple. How is that possible?

Recall the characteristics of the traditional white wedding. A traditional, white wedding calls for the presence of a full choir. Often when a choir performs, a soloist sings out the notes during one part o the song. That fact showed many couples what the right singing voice can add to a wedding ceremony. Couples stirred by the soloist realized the benefits of a wedding with a vocalist. The idea for the wedding singer thus took root.

No doubt the first couples to search for some type of wedding singer approached the pastor at the church where the ceremony would take place. They probably contacted the choir director. They sensed that the pastor and choir director could suggest the ideal person to be named as the wedding singer.

Today, a larger number of young couples might feel less than comfortable talking with a church’s pastor about their plans for a wedding singer. Today, one finds much fewer church-going couples among the ranks of those couples about to say their marriage vows. Yet that fact should not be seen as evidence that a couple without a “church connection” could not hope to have a singer from a church choir.

A couple could expedite their search for the wedding singer by approaching their local interfaith group. Today, a growing number of cities and towns have established interfaith groups. In fact, during the year 2005-2006, the co-chair of one California interfaith group was a woman who frequently sang at weddings.

Another way to find the wedding singer demands attention to flyers. The couple that wants to have a singer should watch for any type of flyer about a planned musical presentation. If there is to be any type of singing at that presentation, then one or more or the vocalists might be a possible wedding singer.

A couple that’s on the lookout for their possible wedding singer should expect to hire more than just a singer. Most vocalists need to have an accompanist. Some vocalists prefer to work with one particular accompanist. A bride and groom should plan to pay not just the wedding singer, but the needed pianist or organist as well.