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Wedding Music Costs
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Not sure what category to put this in, but if you had a choir perform at your wedding - 2 songs of your choice, one at the start and one at the end, plus 2 hymns, for an hour service, what would you think a reasonable cost would be?
The choir would need to arrange and learn the songs as well as travel to the venue and be there for the hour.
The choir would need to arrange and learn the songs as well as travel to the venue and be there for the hour.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As a minimum, perhaps £500 (that's £20 per head for the hour, plus a fiver each travel costs, assuming that it's fairly local) if the choir are actively seeking new items for their repertoire, and new opportunities to perform (so that you don't get charged for rehearsals, etc). In practice, perhaps double that.
However it's really a 'how long is a piece of string' question. We've got an excellent community choir around here, which (based upon when I last saw them) has around 130 singers performing together, usually just on the basis of covering their expenses. Other choirs might expect the sort of payments, per member, suggested by F-F as a bare minimum (with additional money to cover arrangements and rehearsals).
Have you got a particular choir in mind or, if not, can you tell us which part of the country the wedding will be held in?
However it's really a 'how long is a piece of string' question. We've got an excellent community choir around here, which (based upon when I last saw them) has around 130 singers performing together, usually just on the basis of covering their expenses. Other choirs might expect the sort of payments, per member, suggested by F-F as a bare minimum (with additional money to cover arrangements and rehearsals).
Have you got a particular choir in mind or, if not, can you tell us which part of the country the wedding will be held in?
Our fees for the organist are £75. The singing group is made up of 10 enthusiastic, local amateurs (we're pretty good), but you're right to note that there is a lot of work involved, buying music, rehearsing and co-ordinating rehearsal time with the organist (not local, doesn't drive and has to be fetched and carried). We're just having to find £2,300 for servicing the organ as well. We would probably do it for about £10 each. I think that is very reasonable.