graduation song
Ceremony closing tune
A graduation song is music played or performed at graduation ceremonies, typically marking the transition from one educational stage to the next. "Pomp and Circumstance" is the quintessential graduation song in the United States, so associated with the occasion that hearing it evokes caps and gowns.
The term also covers songs chosen by graduating classes as their anthem: Our graduation song was "Don't Stop Believin'".
- commencementAct of starting
- commencement speechOration at graduation ceremonies
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- pomp and circumstanceShowy formal ceremony
- circumstanceCondition affecting an event
valedictorian · cap · gown · cap and gown · diploma · ceremony · procession · farewell · good riddance · school's out · alma mater · tassel · class of · bittersweet · milestone · memories · classmates · future
- celebration musichappy birthday, wedding march, anniversary waltz, bridal chorus, here comes the bride
- celebration songshappy birthday, Auld Lang Syne, wedding march, party anthem, fanfare
- school songsalma mater, school anthem, Rocky Top, Anchors Aweigh
- nostalgic songsoldies, golden oldie, classic hit, old favorite, blast from past
- ritual songsanthem, hymn, processional, recessional, dirge
- secular choral musica cappella, madrigal, glee, round, canon
graduation songfuneral dirge
Music for mourning ceremonies
requiem · mourning song · elegy · death march · lament
graduation, graduate, graduated, graduates, graduating, grad, gradual, gradually, grade