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(Pictured above: Classical music host Brandi Parisi and her husband)

THANK YOU FOR VISITING the "Odes to Joy" contest. We received dozens of wedding music memories from MPR listeners like you, and we are no longer accepting submissions. Browse the site and read the submissions.

We narrowed the pool of wedding music memories, and you selected your favorites—view the results.


MPR hosts and staff share their wedding music stories

We asked MPR hosts and employees to tell us some of their most precious wedding memories. Here's one from Kathryn Hauser, A Prairie Home Companion's music librarian.

"I went to a wedding where the bride was named Beth. She walked down the aisle to the song 'Beth' by Kiss, performed live by a punk band. (They did not wear the Kiss makeup.)

"That song is oddly romantic and very personal to Beth, and it reflects her fun personality. ... I was so jealous, because there are no songs titled 'Kathryn.' "

Read more memories like this one from the employees and hosts of MPR.

From Minnesota Monthly
With These Strings, I Thee Wed
Clergy. Judges. Caterers. Florists. Planning a wedding is a juggling act.

With the wedding season upon us, we thought we'd lend a hand to brides- and grooms-to-be by suggesting music for the ceremony. (Listen to a wedding medley. How to listen.)

We asked two of our resident musicians who've played at several weddings - Amy Hoelmer, pianist and assistant music director at MPR, and Brad Althoff, associate producer of Pipedreams® and professional organist - to recommend music for the big event.

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