Ceremony Music

Denise O'Rourke

Denise started her professional singing career in 1995.  As a highly experienced, professional singer, Denise always endeavours to create the perfect atmosphere and ambience whether it be a Church Ceremony, Civil Ceremony or Funeral.  She has sung both nationally and internationally and has fronted her own wedding and corporate band, The Illusion Band for eighteen years. She has appeared many times on Irish TV and has sung backing vocals for some of Ireland’s well known entertainers. She owns and manages Special Events along with her own Stage School in Ratoath called Stage Performers.  A selection of  YouTube links are available below so that you can see and hear 100% live recordings.

Live footage of Denise at a Church Wedding

For some Contemporary Choices/ Suggestions

For some Lithurgical Suggestions

Wedding Repertoire

Church / Civil Ceremony/ Humanist Ceremony

  • The Wedding March ……….. Handel  (Traditional)      
  • A Thousand Years ………. Christina Perry
  • This I Promise You ……….. Ronan Keating
  • Songbird ………. Eva Cassidy
  • How Long Will I Love You ………. Ellie Goulding
  • Feels Like Home ………. Chantal Kreviazuk                  
  • The Prayer ………. Celine Dion
  • Footprints in the Sand ………. Leona Lewis
  • Make you feel my Love ………. Adele
  • Falling Slowly ………. Glen Hansard
  • All of Me ………. John Legend
  • Thinking out Loud ………. Ed Sheeran
  • Yours ………. Ella Henderson
  • You’re my Everything ………. Michael Bublé
  • What a Wonderful World ………. Nat King Cole
  • Kissing You ………. Des’ree
  • Somewhere Only We Know ………. Lily Allen
  • Endless Love ………. Diana Ross/Lionel Richie
  • When I Fall in Love ………. Nat King Cole
  • Fallen ………. Lauren Wood
  • The Wedding Song/There is Love ………. Church Hymn
  • Morning Has Broken ………. Church Hymn
  • Be Not Afraid ………. Church Hymn
  • Today While the Blossoms ………. Church Hymn
  • Amazing Grace ………. Church Hymn
  • The Rose ………. Bette Midler
  • Wind Beneath My Wings ………. Bette Midler
  • Halleluia ………. Alexandra Burke
  • You Raised me Up ………. Josh Groban
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow ………. Eva Cassidy
  • You Raised Me Up ……….  Westlife
  • Ave Maria …… Beyonce
  • Fields of Gold ………. Eva Cassidy
  • No Frontiers ………. Mary Black
  • Little Things ………. Ed Sheeran
  • Still The One ………. Shania Twain
  • From This Moment ………. Shania Twain
  • We’ve Only Just Begun ………. Carpenters
  • At Last ………. Etta James
  • True Colours ………. Cindy Lauper
  • Shine Bright Like a Diamond ………. Rhianna
  • In a Country Church Yard ………. Chris DeBurg
  • She Moved Through the Fair ………. Van Morrisson
  • The Voyage ………. Christy Moore
  • Black is the Colour ………. Christy Moore
  • Heaven ………. Brian Adams
  • To Love Somebody ………. Bee Gee’s
  • She ………. Elvis Costello
  • People Get Ready ………. Eva Cassidy
  • Joyful Joyful ………. Lauren Wood
  • Thank You my Lord ………. Beth Neilsen Chapman
  • The Clouds Veil ………. Liam Lawton
  • All I Want is You ………. U2
  • Let it Be ………. Beatles
  • When I Fall in Love ………. Nat King Cole
  • What A Wonderful World ………. Louis Armstrong
  • Never Tear us Apart ………. INXS
  • Grow Old with You ………. Adam Sandler

Recessional (popular suggestions)

  • Higher and Higher ………. Jackie Wilson
  • All you Need is Love ………. Beatles
  • Put a Little Love in your Heart ………. Annie Lennox
  • Everlasting Love ………. Love Affair
  • Marry You ………. Bruno Mars
  • Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours ………. Stevie Wonder
  • You Got the Love ………. Florence & the Machine
  • The Greatest Day ………. Take That
  • I Get the Sweetest Feeling ………. Jackie Wilson
  • Everything ………. Michael Bublé

Christmas Songs (seasonal weddings)

  • Silent Night ………. Christmas Carol
  • O Holy Night ………. Christmas Carol
  • White Christmas ………. Bing Crosby
  • All I Want for Christmas ………. Mariah Carey

Responsorial Psalm

  • Wherever you Go I will Go
  • Eagles Wings
  • Yahweh I know you are Near
  • Here I am Lord
  • Down to the River to Pray
  • How Great thou Art
  • I Watched the Sunrise
  • Only in God
  • Mo Ghrá Thú
  • The Lord is my Shepard
  • Thank You My Lord
  • Be Not Afraid

Offertory

  • Ave Maria (Schubert)
  • Here I am Lord
  • Gifts of Bread & Wine
  • Ag Chríost an Síol
  • A Mhuire Mhathair
  • Take Our Bread