Although I have now managed to reinstate my old blog (four months later!) It will no longer be updated so make sure you check the current one whay.me
I have put a new page together this weekend on the gigging pianist side of my work as opposed to the teaching side which is now accessible from the main site as well as the blog and also through the domain weddingpianist.info
The sample playlist below is from a recent ‘cocktail piano’ performance just outside Chester.
SAMPLE PLAYLIST
- Norah Jones – Turn me on
- Bach – C major prelude
- Sinatra -My Way
- Miles Davis – So What
- Aerosmth – I don’t want to miss a thing
- Bach – Sarabande from 5th French
- Misty
- Bach – Gavotte from 5th French
- Billy Taylor – I wish I knew how
- Gershwin – I got rhythm
- Sinatra – I’ve got you under
- Debussy – Le petit Negre
- Let there be love
- Come fly with me
- Bach – Invention in D minor
- Monk – Off Minor
- Billy Joel- Just the way you are
- Handel – I know that my redeemer
- Carmichael – Georgia on my mind
- Billy Joel – She’s always a women
- Debussy – Doctor Gradus
- Billy Joel – She’s got a way
- Monk – Round Midnight
- Take Five – Brubeck
- Nina Simone – My baby just cares for me
- Mood Indigo
- Einaudi – Una Mattina
- Freddie Mercury – Crazy little thing called love
- Blue Moon
- Debussy – Golliwog’s CakeWalk
- Bublé – Home
- Sinatra – The Lady is a tramp
- Black Coffee
- Billy Joel – Baby Grand
- Summertime
- Bach – Courante from 5th Suite
- Well you needn’t
- Gershwin – They can’t take that away from me
- Handel – Hallelujah Chorus
- Norah Jones – The nearness of you
- Ballade pour Adeline
- Fauré – Pie Jesu from the Requiem
- James Blunt – Beautiful
- Katie Melua – Closest thing to crazy
- Sinatra – New York, New York
- Norah Jones – Come away with me
- Einaudi – Le Onde
- Van Morrison – Moondance
- Schumann – Dreaming
- Chopin – Raindrop Prelude
- I get a kick out of you
- Debussy – Clair de lune (During the lineup)
Coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the start of World War Two, the University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra will be performing this momentous work at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Sunday 3rd May, 2009 at 7:30pm.
The performance will feature renowned soloists including Amanda Roocroft, Alan Clayton and Roderick Williams as well as choristers from Manchester and Chester Cathedrals. Having sung with the university chorus as a student a number of years ago I can guarantee that this will be a performance not to be missed.
This week: Daniel, Winnie and Jacob perform in my first video enhanced podcast which looks at Eddie Harvey’s Blue Autumn from the Grade 1 ABRSM Jazz Piano Syllabus.
In conversation we look at the challenges the piece poses along with sources of inspiration for the solo section and possible embellishments for the recapitulation of the head section.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Podcast (videocast): Play in new window | Download
Half way through the first term of running piano points,
Total points leaders on February 19th are as follows:
- Sophia from St. Werburgh’s, Alice from Tattenhall Park, Rebecca and Huw from CCHS are all on 20 points
- Katherine from Upton Heath and Lucie from CCHS are both on 18 points.
- Alison from Upton Heath and Emily from Tattenall Park are both on 17 points.
Average points leaders (all on 4 points) are Mollie from St. Oswald’s, Sophia and Bella from St. Werburgh’s and Alice from Tattenhall Park.
42% of the 62 students are on 14 or more points which is half of the target number of points for the term.
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