Weddings, Church Services, etc.
Trumpet Voluntary, Rondeau, Bridal March, Water Music, Trumpet Tune, “Messiah”, Processionals, Recessionals …
You Name It!

Rich Blakemore is a professional trumpet player who performs at weddings, church services, and many other musical events throughout the Triad and central North Carolina. Since graduating from the University of Michigan (BMus) and East Carolina University (MMus), Rich has performed with ensembles such as the North Carolina Symphony, The Triangle British Brass Band, various jazz ensembles and currently with the Winston-Salem Trumpet Society. Rich has studied trumpet performance with artists such as Armando Ghitalla, Col. Gilbert Mitchell, Adel Sanchez, and conducting with H.Robert Reynolds, Elizabeth Green and others.

Rich is a member of Main Street Methodist Church in Kernersville, NC and is a regular musician with many Main Street musical events.

511 S. Main St. – Kernersville, NC 27284

Fee: $225 Wedding Ceremony & Rehearsal
(Travel outside of the Triad – Negotiable)

Processional **
Composer	Title	Example
Jeremiah Clarke	Trumpet Voluntary
Marc-Antoine Charpentier	Prelude to the Te Deum
Jeremiah Clarke	Trumpet Tune
Jeremiah Clarke	Minuet	PLAY! *
Jean-Baptiste Lully	Trumpet March	PLAY! *

Recessional **
Composer	Title	Example
Jean-Joseph Mouret	Rondeau
John Stanley	Trumpet Voluntary
Jeremiah Clarke	Trumpet Tune
Giambattista Martini	Toccata	PLAY! *
George Frederick Handel	Water Music – Hornpipe
Jeremiah Clarke	Trumpet Voluntary
George Frederick Handel	Royal Fireworks Music
Marc-Antoine Charpentier	Prelude to the Te Deum

Prelude **
Composer	Title	Example
Ennio Morricone J.S. Bach	Gabriel’s Oboe Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring	Play!
Jeremiah Clarke	Serenade	PLAY! *
Jeremiah Clarke	Ecossaise	PLAY! *
Vaughan Williams	Rhosymedre	PLAY! *
J.S. Bach	Bist Du Bei Mir
Cesar Franck	Panis Angelicus	PLAY! *
J.S. Bach / Gounod	Ave Maria
Franz Schubert	Ave Maria
Mozart	Alleluia	PLAY! *
Torelli	Concerto in D – 3rd mvmt.	PLAY! *
Handel	Let the Bright Seraphim	PLAY! *
Puccini	Nessun Dorma	PLAY! *
Hovhaness	The Prayer Of St. Gregory

The above recordings from Sound Cloud are Rich performing with Carina Sturdy, accompanist.  Originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, Carina is an organ virtuoso who has performed at Bruton Parish Episcopal Church, Main Street United Methodist Church in Kernersville, NC, and has studied with Timothy Olson from the NC School of the Arts.

* = The above selections are gathered from excellent recordings. Each of the performances are keeping with the appropriate style.

** = The PRELUDE occurs 20-30 minutes prior to the wedding service, while your guests are being seated. Organ and / or piano are the most appropriate choices, but a soloist can provide an excellent variety. The PROCESSIONAL occurs as the wedding party and the bride enter the sanctuary. The music can and oftentimes is the same for both, sometimes there is a slight break, prior to the bride entering. The RECESSIONAL occurs at the very end of the service, and is generally the most lively of musical selections.