anybody have guest cantors at their church?

My good friend from Philly has a beautiful voice and we've asked her to cantor our wedding (we're doing the full mass)

If you did somethign similar, did you still use the musicians/organists from the church, or did you make other musical arrangements?

I am doing this....

I am also havign a guest organist, random I knwo... but a good friend of mine happens to be an organist so there you go! :)

Usually, you need to speak with the musicians at your church. They depend on the money they get from weddings and funerals...HOWEVER, usually whatever you pay the church in a donation, a piece of that money should be going to the musicians anyway. So in essence, they're making money without having to perform at your Mass. Even though you don't need the cantor, you're going to need the organist, and he/she will probably still do it without a problem, they don't care who's singing. I've sung in several weddings where I was the guest cantor, but the organist was the organist at that church. So, I guess what I am saying is you soulhd be fine with this... jsut make sure you communicate to the church musicians that you don't need the cantor, but you do need the organist. GOOD LUCK!