Piano and Singing Performance Experience

With a Master’s Degree in Jazz Piano Studies from Indiana University, one of the nation’s top university schools of music performance, I have extensive experience in playing piano and singing. For parties and events I offer these musical styles:

  • Popular music with piano and voice
  • Instrumental Popular music (piano only)
  • Jazz piano (I can supply a jazz trio as well: piano, bass and drums.)

Select from a request list of 1,100 songs and 335 artists including:

  • The Beatles
  • Elton John
  • Billy Joel
  • James Taylor
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • Cat Stevens
  • Sting/The Police
  • Neil Diamond … and many more

I began playing piano and singing professionally at the age of 17 so that my performance experience spans four decades during which time I have been hired for hundreds of private events. In addition from 2003-2018, I served as the exclusive musician for more than 1,000 evenings at the Swank Key Piano Bar at Marisol, a five star restaurant in Greensboro, NC.

My song arrangements have been described as “amazing” and “authentic” as I do not rely on commercial sheet music, but instead I craft my own detailed arrangements by ear, so that these many songs sound remarkably like the vintage recordings familiar to us.

With my piano and singing performance experience I guarantee the highest satisfaction!

Contact me to book your occasion.

128 songs by The Beatles – including as soloists

my first inspiration to learn to play piano with singing and now have performance experience
my first inspiration to learn to play piano with singing and now have performance experience

125 songs by Elton John

Without Elton John I would not play piano while singing nor have any performance experience

39 songs by Billy Joel

Billy Joel the Piano Man seen here playing and singing

20 songs by Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan, not known for his singing listening to his lyrics is an amazing experience

17 songs by James Taylor

NC's James Taylor

16 songs sung by Frank Sinatra

Sinatra - a master of singing and performance

16 songs by Stevie Wonder

Stevie, probably the most talented popular music composer, performer, singer and pianist of all.
Stevie Wonder playing piano and singing another complex and accessible song performance

15 songs by Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac - a band with three singers
Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac and solo artist singing.

15 songs by U2

U2 - amazing performers. Seeing U2 live would be a great experience. Here Bono is singing while a touring non-band member is playing piano.

12 songs by The Monkees

Hey Hey we're the Monkees. The first concert I ever went to. Backed by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, we children could not comprehend his music and singing.

12 songs by The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones - at least 55 years of experience in the band, hundreds perhaps thousands of performances over the years.

And 12 songs by Sting and The Police

Without a piano the Police still experience outstanding performance including singing
Sting - a great musician - singing, to see him performing live would be a great experience.

11 songs by Cat Stevens

Cat's being followed by a Moon Shadow - great singer and song writer

10 songs by Neil Diamond

As Bill Murray said in "What About" Bob, "There are two kinds of people in the world, those who love Neil Diamond and those who don't." Count me as one who does.

Nine songs by The Byrds

Even though I play piano, the Byrds have always been on of my favorite singing groups. So I learned some guitar and gained performance experience playing in a classic rock band.
Even though I play piano, the Byrds have always been on of my favorite singing groups. So I learned some guitar and gained performance experience playing in a classic rock band.

Eight songs by Donovan

I took this photo myself at the Pier in Raleigh in 1987

Eight songs by The Eagles

Seven songs by Rod Stewart

Six songs by Barry Manilow

Six songs by Bruce Springsteen

And Six songs by The Doors

Also

Also Six songs by Neil Young

Six songs by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Five songs by Chicago

Five songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Also Five songs by Dan Fogelberg

And Five songs by Procol Harum

Two songs by Veruca Salt. I mention them because I performed with them in 2017.

No songs by The Mosquitoes – they were just a fictitious rock and roll group from an episode of Gilligan’s Island.-:)

And here they are… Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving… The Mosquitoes!! Listen to the Mosquitoes in 1965, the year of “Mosquito Mania!”

Relax! I do not play this...

and I am much less expensive than a band.

Experience in performance: playing piano and singing.