Jewish weddings in Baltimore, Silver Spring, Rockville — with a real American dance set too.

Ratzon Orchestra plays the authentic simcha music your family expects, and the American music your friends actually want to dance to — from the same live band, on the same night, with no DJ swapped in halfway through.

The band a modern frum wedding usually wants

Plenty of couples in Baltimore and the DC area want both halves done properly. They want the chuppah and the first dance sets to sound the way a Jewish wedding should sound — not a keyboard preset, not a medley rushed through. And later in the night they want a horn section that can actually play Motown, classic rock and jazz without it turning into karaoke.

That is the whole idea here. One band, both worlds, both played like they matter.

The Jewish set

Chuppah, bedekkin, first dance, second dance, mitzvah tantz. Ashkenazi and Sephardi, chassidish and Israeli, and the current simcha repertoire the guests are actually singing this year.

  • Chuppah & bedekkin
  • First & second dance
  • Israeli
  • Chassidish
  • Sephardi
  • A cappella

The American set

A real dance set, played live. Motown, classic rock, jazz standards for the cocktail hour, and the horn arrangements that make a floor fill instead of politely swaying.

  • Motown
  • Classic rock
  • Jazz & swing
  • Latin
  • Cocktail hour

Where we play around here

Baltimore and the DC area are one working radius for us — the band travels between them constantly, so a Baltimore simcha does not pay a touring premium and neither does a Silver Spring one.

We also travel further — New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida and California. See the full travel page →

How a night usually runs

  1. Kabbalas panim and chosson's tisch — quiet, warm, usually a small group from the band.
  2. Bedekkin — the walk in, and the niggun that sets the tone for everything after it.
  3. Chuppah — live singer. Our bandleader sings this himself, and has for years.
  4. First dance — full band, full volume, the set the mechutanim will remember.
  5. Seudah and American set — this is where the horns earn their keep.
  6. Second dance — back up, and out on the right note.

If your family runs the evening differently, that is fine — this is a starting point for the conversation, not a template we impose.

Band sizes

From a trio for an intimate chuppah up to a full orchestra with a horn section. Chamber and string ensembles are available for the ceremony and cocktail hour. Sound and production are included for standard venues, so there is no separate vendor to coordinate.

Original chuppah music

Our bandleader writes and releases original Jewish music as Yirmi G. Mi Adir was written for the walk down, and Eishes Chayil gets sung at weddings and at the Shabbos table. If you want one of them under your chuppah, just ask.

Tell us the date and the hall.

We will tell you honestly whether we are free and what it costs. No pressure, no packages you did not ask about.

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