The Commendation
$450
One carefully chosen selection for a graveside service, visitation, or brief chapel moment.
- One selection
- Arrival 30 minutes prior
- One short consultation
- Coordination with on-site staff
In Memoriam · Funeral & Memorial Music
Some goodbyes deserve to be sung.
A trained classical voice for the hour that has to be right — spirituals, hymns and sacred song coordinated with the director and clergy, never added on top of the family.
A person, present
A voice in the room.
Not a playlist.
Music at a farewell should not feel inserted. It should feel held.
In Memoriam is Aria Amore's funeral and memorial line: live sacred and classical voice for services, visitations, graveside remembrances and chapel moments. We arrive early, coordinate quietly with funeral staff and clergy, and serve the shape of the service already being created for the family.
Same-day response whenever possible. Short-notice engagements are welcome when availability allows.
At the River · Aaron CoplandLive sacred performance excerpt
Three service formats
Enough music for the moment.
Never more than it needs.
The Vigil
$750
A complete vocal presence within the service itself, coordinated around readings, prayers and the family's wishes.
- Up to three selections
- Hymn support if desired
- Clergy / funeral-director coordination
- Sheet music handled
The Requiem
$1,100
Live music from prelude through dismissal for a service in which the music carries a larger part of the farewell.
- Up to five selections
- Prelude through dismissal
- Priority scheduling
- Two consultations
- Full coordination with firm and church
Under 48 hours' notice: +$200. Accompanist by arrangement, typically +$200 and subject to availability. Travel included within 50 miles of Charleston/Santee; Columbia and Sumter included. Family or funeral firm may be invoiced directly.
For funeral directors
Easy to place. Easy to coordinate. Quietly dependable.
In Memoriam is designed to be useful to the professionals holding everything together. Aria Amore can work from the funeral home's service outline, coordinate repertoire with clergy, arrive early, handle music directly, and invoice either the family or the firm.
Early arrival
Time to settle the room, confirm cues and avoid adding pressure to staff.
Repertoire handled
Sacred song, hymns, spirituals and classical selections suited to the service and tradition.
No chapel upsell
The agreed service is the service. We do not sell additional items to grieving families in the room.
Is There Anybody Here That Loves My JesusUndine Smith Moore · live sacred performance excerpt
Repertoire for remembrance
Sacred song. Spirituals. Memory carried in sound.
Selections are guided by the family's tradition, the service setting and what the music needs to say. Repertoire may include hymns, classical sacred song, American spirituals and works by Black American composers.
Ave MariaGive Me JesusI Want Jesus to Walk With MeAt the RiverThe Lord's PrayerPanis Angelicus
Same-day response whenever possible
For the hour that has to be right.
Funeral directors, clergy and families may request availability directly. Short notice is welcome when the calendar allows.