She added that she wanted a song that made her “incredibly happy,” not one that honored tradition. Ms. Pedroza isn’t the only one ditching traditional processional music.

Tales of Weddings and Music in the Mountains” explores the laughable experiences that Joan Shaw, a Grand County resident, ...

Bradenton Soft strains of processional music drifted through Manatee County’s historic courtyard as fourteen couples walked in a column to line up in front of a white gazebo. Manatee County ...

Berry wants her students to finish their music theory class with their own scores and a recording in hand. "I have a feeling that these students will hang on to their scores and they will show up ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 23, 2024, Section ST, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Their Wedding Became Sort of a Music Festival.

By Moeryae Sunshine Smith ~ Special to Southeast Missourian A wedding processional, led by a traditional New Orleans jazz band, paraded through downtown Cape Girardeau on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

To Grieg, Percy Grainger owes his start in folk music. He has made more than 500 phonograph records; has composed more than 60 pieces for piano, voice, orchestra, chamber.

Ten blaring jazz bands serenaded them along the way. After them came 400 wedding guests, including Music Hall Star Mistinguett and U.S. Vice Consul William Bates.