Memorial Service Music Selections & Audio
These lists are intended for families to use in making music selections for a memorial service.
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Note that not every piece listed has an audio clip associated with it. Pieces listed are for solo harp.
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Clicking on highlighted text will allow you to hear an audio clip from that piece.
Note that not every piece listed has an audio clip associated with it. Pieces listed are for solo harp.
Enter choices in this form.
Prelude:
Music During Service - Contemplative
Music During Service - Sacred
Music During Service - Popular
Postlude
- Styles: Classical, contemplative, sacred, popular
- Song requests: I can include any songs from the lists below. If you are interested in a selection not on the lists, let me know. I may be able to accommodate special requests.
Music During Service - Contemplative
- Acceptance (Janet Collison)
- Ashokan Farewell (Jay Ungar, arr. Friou)
- Going Home (Antonin Dvorak, arr. Tonioli)
- Gratitude (Kim Robertson)
- Silent Falls the Gentle Dew (Traditional Czech, arr. Burton)
- Simple Gifts (Joseph Brackett, arr. Woods)
- Time to Say Goodbye/Con te Partiro (Francesco Sartori)
- The Water Is Wide (Traditional, arr. Woods)
Music During Service - Sacred
- Amazing Grace (Traditional, arr. McDonald and Wood)
- Be Still, My Soul (Jean Sibelius, arr. Burton)
- Be Thou My Vision (Traditional, arr. Burton/Brumwell)
- Deep River (Harry Burleigh, arr. Staneslow)
- God Be with You Till We Meet Again (William Tomer, arr. Alexander)
- Great Is Thy Faithfulness (William Runyan, arr. Staneslow)
- It Is Well with My Soul (Philip Bliss, arr. Tonioli)
- Nearer, My God, to Thee (Lowell Mason, arr. Staneslow)
- On Eagle’s Wings (Michael Joncas, arr. Ice)
- Softly and Tenderly, Jesus is Calling (Will Thompson, arr. Wienand)
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Charles Converse, arr. Ray)
- When Peace, Like a River (Philip Bliss, arr. Burton)
- see a longer list of sacred options here
Music During Service - Popular
- Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
- Angels Among Us (Becky Hobbs and Don Goodman)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon, arr. Brimhall)
- Go Rest High on the Mountain (Vince Gill)
- Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, arr. Fell)
- Somewhere Out There (James Horner, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, arr. Lovelace)
- Think of Me (Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Woods)
- What a Wonderful World (George David Weiss and Bob Thiele, arr. Bradley)
- The Wind Beneath My Wings (Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, arr. Coates)
- You Raise Me Up (Brendan Graham and Rolf Lovland)
Postlude
- Typically only one song is needed for postlude. You may request any song from the lists above, indicate a style preference, or leave the selection up to me.
- If you are interested in a selection not on the lists, let me know. I may be able to accommodate special requests.