Our Majestic Option is our recommended option for our most discerning of couples. It’s for those who adore music, those who dare to dream and would like to literally ‘wow’ their guests by spoiling them with a feast for the eyes & ears. It is for those who want to truly captivate and enthral their guests with music as lush and deep as they can only imagine at a wedding ceremony.

Encore Occasions is the only service in Ireland offering this scale of truly bespoke music as a regular option for wedding ceremonies. We limit our Majestic Option to an exclusive number of weddings each year, so that we can dedicate the time required to produce this exceptional offering. Having arranged music for over 200 wedding ceremonies at this level, we are confident in our assertion that we are experts in the creation of grand-scale ceremony music; music that your guests are unlikely to have experienced before or will again.

Popular Instrument Combinations:

6 to 10+ Performers:
Combination featuring singer(s)/piano/string section/concert harp/flute/feature instruments such as classical guitar/oboe/trumpet.

Final instrument line-up discussed & decided during consultations to bring out the best in your chosen music pieces.

Music arrangements are written especially to match your chosen combination of instruments. (Depending on repertoire choice, this work may involve our Musical Director spending time writing & preparing your music, so additional costs may apply and can be determined during the process of your consultations).

Optional sound engineer to professionally enhance the sound of your music & ensure an even spread of all instruments to all of your guests. A sound engineer can also provide raw sound files to your videographer team to ensure your music can be optimally mixed into your wedding video.

Encore Occasions has charmed wedding guests with our Fairytale option since our inception in 2007. Opting for 4-5 performers opens a whole new realm of possibilities with your music, where the layers of sound begin to emulate a mini orchestra and leave guests feeling like they’ve experienced something really special.

Popular Instrument Combinations:

4 to 5 Performers:
• Singer/Piano/Strings
• Singer/Piano/Strings/Flute
• Singer/Piano/Guitar/Strings
• 2 Singers/Piano/String/Flute
• Singer/Piano/Strings/Feature Instrument (e.g. Oboe, Trumpet, Uileann Pipes)

Instrument choice discussed and decided during consultations.

Repertoire choice from 400+ existing pieces plus up to 2 new pieces arranged specifically for you.

Our Enchanted option has enthralled couples and guests at over 600 weddings. Perfect for a Church or Civil setting, the combination of 2-3 performers can be chosen to suit your style. Perhaps you’d like a classical touch? A more contemporary vibe? Maybe you’d like a distinctly Irish feel to your music? Or a combination of all 3? We will work with you to ensure your music reflects you as a couple and fits each moment of your ceremony perfectly.

Popular Instrument Combinations:

2 to 3 Performers:
• Singer/Piano
• Singer/Guitar
• Singer/Harp
• Singer/Piano/String (Violin/Cello)
• Singer/Piano/Flute

Instrument choice discussed and decided during consultations.

Repertoire choice from 400+ existing pieces plus up to 2 new pieces arranged specifically for you.

Naoise Stuart Kelly

Naoise established Encore Occasions in 2007 alongside her successful international singing and touring career. She brings a unique and rich tapestry of 20 years experience to the Music Planning world; a background that spans music performance, theatre production, event management, public relations and luxury wedding planning. In each one of these areas, there is only one opportunity to execute perfection and Naoise takes that responsibility extremely seriously.

Vocally, Naoise is an especially versatile singer, having trained in both classical voice and in musical theatre at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music, London. As a singer, she has performed on world stages from London, Berlin & New York to Hong Kong, Tokyo & Mexico. Her professional singing career started with Riverdance where she first performed that famous ethereal solo in Paris. In London, she won ‘RAM Singer of the Year’ awarded by the Directors of Les Miserables, and went on to perform alongside Dame Judi Dench at Drury Lane Theatre in London’s West End and at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. Naoise then set off to tour across almost every state in the USA with several different theatrical productions and concerts over the following years. Her powerful, emotive vocal and ability to cross musical genres with ease makes hers a popular voice for both industry associates and clients alike.

In her downtime from tour, Naoise continued to work with passion expanding Encore Occasions and undertook studies in both Public Relations (H DIP PRII) and Event Management (H DIP). She worked as a freelance PR & Marketing Consultant for theatre companies, produced stage shows and managed teams of performers & musicians for studio & TV recordings. Naoise worked alongside her former agent Julian Benson to produce his now famous annual Winter Wonderland Ball and during the pandemic, she took on the role of Senior Wedding Planner for a prominent luxury wedding business, guiding 100’s of couples through those tumultuous times and working to future-proof the planning of many destination & lavish weddings in Ireland. During all of this, Naoise continued to perform with Encore Occasions.

Naoise is widely regarded for her attention to the finest of details. Her ambition to create the very highest quality events underpins every step of her planning processes. Driven by innovation and a passion for originality, Naoise is continually adding new repertoire and adapting to changing music trends, whilst providing the most unique instrument combinations that are on offer in Ireland for ceremony music.

Now a Mum to her little daughter Éabha-Belle and a recent Bride herself (2023), Naoise has hung up her touring shoes and is keeping her feet firmly planted at home in Dublin. With her absolute love for quality music and the many ways it can be adapted to ‘fit the moment’, she considers it a true privilege to work with couples and families to make the most personal of memories at the times in life when it matters most.

To read Naoise’s CV, click on her LinkedIn profile here.