"Your Love Story, Serenaded Live"
chicagoland area and beyond
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Nicole Cooper Hoke
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Where your wedding serenade becomes an heirloom
The Wedding Serenade creates an unforgettable, emotion-filled single wedding moment through a beautifully timed performance just for you. We offer a personalized wedding experience designed around your love story. A single intentional serenade moment. Whether shared privately between the couple, offered as a surprise, or woven into the reception or ceremony itself, each serenade is designed to feel personal, cinematic, and unforgettable. Each serenade is thoughtfully curated to reflect your style, your story, and the moments that matter most. The result is a refined musical keepsake-an heirloom moment couples carry with them for a lifetime.
With professional, classically trained voices and beautifully arranged accompaniment, we transform weddings into meaningful, heirloom-worthy memories—a moment you and your guests will feel long after the day is over. Whether you’re dreaming of a breathtaking aisle moment or a surprise serenade, The Wedding Serenade brings heart, artistry, and timeless romance to your “I do.”
Following the serenade, couples may choose to elevate their experience with our fairy tale heirloom keepsake. Couples receive a beautifully presented box containing elements from the performance, such as custom sheet music and memories from the moment itself. This tangible keepsake allows the serenade to live on long after the wedding day, transforming music that can be held, revisited, and remembered.
✨ Your love story, serenaded live. We preserve the moment -in sound, in story, and in sight.
Operating out of South Elgin, IL, The Wedding Serenade offers bespoke wedding music services.
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Vocals
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Classical
Jazz
Pop
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Live Music
Wedding Activities
Rehearsals & Parties
After Party
Rehearsal Dinner
Welcome Party
Wedding
After Party
Ceremony
Cocktail Hour
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner
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Meet the team
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- Nicole Cooper HokeSopranoSoprano Nicole Cooper Hoke (professionally known as Nicole Cooper) is a winner of vocal competitions including the Chicago division of Lyric Opera Theaters National Competition, making it to the top eight and performing at Carnegie Hall. She performed in Speed Dating with Bellissima Opera, Donna Elvira with FIO Italian Festival in Urbania, Italy. Mimi in La Boheme with Mi Opera and made her debut Il Corsaro with Opera Festival of Chicago. She has performed internationally touring Scotland, England, Wales and Canada has also performed on stages across the U.S. She holds a Masters Degree in Voice Performance from Chicago College of Performing Arts.
- Russell HokeBaritoneRussell Hoke is a principal operatic baritone whose international career has taken him from Brazil to Italy and throughout the United States, performing leading roles and concert repertoire on distinguished stages. Classically trained in the Italian operatic tradition, he is known for a rich, resonant baritone voice, refined technique, and commanding dramatic presence that brings depth and authenticity to every performance. In addition to his operatic work, Russell Hoke is deeply rooted in the crooner tradition, seamlessly blending classical breath control and legato singing with a smooth, conversational delivery. Renowned for flowing romantic melodies and an instinctive sense of phrasing, he transforms each song into a remarkable, memorable moment. Whether performing classic standards, theatrical ballads, or crossover repertoire, Russell creates an intimate and timeless connection with audiences, leaving a lasting emotional impression long after the final note.
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