Welcome to Sam's music page! Here you will find sound clips of various styles of music as well as various combinations of instrumentation. I play in several ensemble formats, including violin/flute duo, violin/guitar duo, violin/piano duo, as well as solo violin. Upon request other instrument combinations with violin may be possible.
Here
is a list of songs for your consideration. Those with sound clips are
marked 
. Also, tunes
are categorized as to their appropriateness for different parts of wedding
ceremonies (while I play for several types of occasions, weddings are
by far the most frequent).
tunes (P)=processional option, (R)= recessional option:
Celtic/Folk
If Ever You Were Mine (P)
Da' Slokit Light (prelude)
Inis Oirr (P)
Far Away (prelude)
Kean O'Hara First Air (P)
Kean O'Hara Second Air (prelude)
Kean O'Hara Third Air (prelude)
Carolan's Draught (prelude)
Si Beog Si Mhor (P)
My Dancing Day (prelude)
Captain O'Kain (prelude)
The Belle of Newcastle (prelude)
The Crown of the Bride (R)
Gentle Maiden (P)
Haste to the Wedding (R)
Kesh Jig (prelude)
Allie Crocker (prelude)
Banish Misfortune (R)
Speed the Plough (prelude)
Calliope House (R)
The Silver Spire (prelude)
Merrily Kiss the Quaker (R)
Blarney Pilgrim (prelude)
Ballykeal Jig (prelude)
Another Jig Will Do (prelude)
Angus Campbell (R)
Carolan's Concerto (prelude)
Flowers of Edinburgh (prelude)
Maggie brown's Favorite (prelude)
Maid Behind the Bar (prelude)
Morpeth Rant (prelude)
Off to California (prelude)
St. Anne's Reel (prelude)
Swallowtail Jig (prelude)
Swinging on a Gate (prelude)
Buttercup's Air (P)
Eleanor Plunkett (P)
Give Me Your Hand (P)
Carabeth's Waltz (prelude)
The Princess Augusta (P)
Carolan's Ramble to Cashel (prelude)
We Drank and Danced" (R)
*Mairi's Wedding (R)
Flowers of Edinburgh (R)
Classical/Baroque
Bach Air (prelude)
Ave Maria- Meditation sur le 1er prelude de J.S. Bach, Charles Gounod
(prelude)
Ave Maria (Franz Schubert) (prelude, interlude)
Bach Arioso (prelude)
Bridal Chorus (P)
Pachelbel's Canon (P)
Trumpet Voluntary in D Major (Jeremiah Clarke) (P)
The Wedding March (Mendelssohn) (R)
Teleman Sonata No. 2, Spirituoso (R) (*all of Sonata 2 is beautiful and
appropriate)
Teleman Sonata No.2, Larghetto (P)
Teleman Sonata No.1, Vivace (R) (*all of Sonata 1 is beautiful and appropriate)
Meditation from Thais (Massenet) (prelude, interlude)
Bach Partita II- Allemanda (solo vln.)
“Bach 1 & 2” (transcriptions, either solo vln. or vln./gtr
duet)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) (prelude)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) (P, prelude)
Romanza (Mozart) (prelude)
Traumerei (Schuman) (prelude)
Largo from Xeres (Handel) (P)
Menuet- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) (Mozart) (prelude)
Gigue from suite #3 in D maj (Bach) ( R)
Allegro from Sonata in F Maj. (Handel)
Brandenburg #5 (Bach) ( R)
Fireworks Music (Handel) ( R)
Jazz
Standards/Ballads
(*these tunes are
mostly appropriate for a cocktail hour following a wedding, as well as
private parties)
Lover Man
But Beautiful
The Man I Love
God Bless the Child
Manoir de Mes Reves
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Deep Purple
The Nearness of You
Alone Together
Solitude
Be My Love
A Child is Born
Someone to Watch Over Me
My One and Only Love
Darn That Dream
I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good
Along Came Betty
Beautiful Love
les Nuages
(Imagination)
Autumn Leaves
Black Orpheus
Bewitched, Bothered and
Bewildered
(How Insensitive)
(I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart)
(In Your Own Sweet Way)
(It Ain’t Necessarily So)
Meditation
Moonglow
Young and Foolish
My Foolish Heart
Moonlight in Vermont
My Funny Valentine
Body and Soul
Nardis
Nature Boy
My Silent Love
Round Midnight
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Some Other Time
Souvenir de Villingen
Like Someone in Love
Old folks
Moon River
The More I See You
(Something to Remember You By)
The Folks Who Live on the Hill
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes