Josephine Nicholson

musician and composer
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Weddings - piano 


Most pieces - including those I've listed for string/wind ensemble - can be arranged for piano, so these are just some samples in different styles.  Hymns of all sorts are also easily arranged.

  • Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Grieg
  • Peer Gynt, Morning Mood, Grieg
  • Bridal Chorus, Wagner
  • Wedding March, Mendelssohn
  • Trumpet Voluntary, Clarke
  • O Perfect Love, Gurney/Barnby
  • Rondeau, Mouret
  • Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us, Thrupp/Bradbury
  • classical selections (Chopin, Mozart, Bach etc.)
  • original music (Psalm 16:11, Jeremiah 32:40, etc.)

 

with vocalist:

  • Longer, Dan Fogelberg
  • All Creatures of Our God and King
  • How Beautiful, Twila Paris
  • The Broken Road, Rascal Flatts
  • Wedding Song (There is Love)
  • Be Thou My Vision
  • Take My Hand

 

 

Weddings - ensembles


These too are just examples.  I'll do my best to accommodate any special requests!

 

  • Meditation from Thais, Massenet
  • Le Cygne (The Swan), Saint-Saens
  • Sleeper's Awake, Bach
  • Air, Bach
  • Canon, Pachelbel
  • Spring and Largo, Winter from The Four Seasons, Vivaldi
  • Nocturne, Op. 9 #2, Chopin
  • Traumerei, Schumann
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach
  • Ave Maria, Gounot/Bach
  • Ode to Joy from Symphony #9, Beethoven
  • Duets for violin and cello, Albrechtsberger
  • Assorted duets for 2 flutes or flute/violin
  • You Raise Me Up, Josh Groban
  • You and Me, Lifehouse
  • Only Hope, Switchfoot

 

Receptions and other events

Besides wedding ceremonies, I love to play at other kinds of events - receptions, dinner parties and private events. 

The most requested ensembles are as follows, but don't hesitate to contact me if you have something specific in mind:

 

 

  • classical piano (keyboard available if required)
  • classical string/flute duo or trio
  • jazz violin/flute and piano duo

 

 

Don't forget to check the calendar for public events such as coffee houses and recitals!

 

 

Esquisses - track list  

1. Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence is fullness of joy
2. Psalm 103:10-14 - He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities … as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.  For he knows how we are made; he remembers that we are dust
3.
Psalm 56:8 - You have kept count of my tossings, put my tears in your bottle
4. Prayer
5. Psalm 38:9 - O, Lord, all my longing is known to you and my sighings are not hidden from you
6. Amos 5:24 - Let justice roll down like waters, righteousness like an everlasting stream
7. Jeremiah 10:24 - Correct me, O Lord, but in just measure, not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing
8. Immortal
9. Song of Songs 8:6-7 - For love is as strong as death,its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love,it would be utterly scorned
10.Jeremiah 32:40 - I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them.  I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so they may not turn from me
11.Experiment in Invention
12.O Come, O Come Emmanuel