| Description | Price |
| Solo piano for up to 3 hours | £175 |
Iain is an extremely versatile pianist, fluent in a wide range of repertoire of all different styles, with a wealth of experience performing for wedding ceremonies, drinks receptions, dinner parties and all manner of occasions. Classically trained at The Royal Academy of Music and The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire he is also a self taught jazz pianist who worked for several years on cruise ships including P&O and Carnival. Iain now performs regularly with his own group Grandma's Biscuit Tin who play jazz standards and originals with a retro feel, as well as featuring in the personnel of The Nick Ross Orchestra.
Iain has an extensive repertoire of well known pop, jazz and classical favourites at his fingertips and is available to play for any occasion, either as a soloist or as an accompanist. Iain uses a top of the range Roland RD700NX stage piano and amplifier which has an extremely realistic piano sound. (Samples on this webpage were recorded on this machine.) Use of this equipment is included in any quote. Of course if a suitable piano is available at the venue he will be very happy to play it!
*Singers* - if you are looking for an accompanist at short notice give Iain a call, he's an excellent sight-reader of all genres and also has the facility to record at home. Iain works in the weekdays accompanying singing actors at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Acting Department so is particularly familiar with a vast array of Musical Theatre repertoire.
Based in Birmingham, West Midlands
= areas covered (up to 150 miles)
----Classical / Wedding----
Air from Suite No. (Bach)
Arrival of The Queen Of Sheba (Handel)
Ave Maria (Gounod)
Bridal March (Wagner)
Bridal March (Mendelssohn)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
Chanson de Matin (Elgar)
Chanson de Nuit (Elgar)
Clair de Lune (Debussy)
Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)
I Giorni (Einaudi)
Jerusalem (Parry)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
Portugese Love Theme (Love Actually)
Primavera (Einaudi)
River Flows In You (Yiruma)
Salut D'Amour (Elgar)
Trumpet Tune & Air (Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
----Pop----
All Of Me
American Pie
And So It Goes
Angels
Annie's Song
Bed of Roses
Blackbird
Both Sides Now
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Candle In The Wind
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Close To You
Closest Thing to Crazy
Crazy
The Dance
Delilah
Don't Know Why
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Don't Stop Me Now
Feeling Good
Fields Of Gold
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
For Once In My Life
Georgia On My Mind
Get Here
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Greatest Day
Halo
Hallelujah
Have I Told You Lately
Heaven
Hero
Hey Jude
How Deep Is Your Love
I Want You Back
Just The Two of Us
Just The Way You Are
Lately
Life On Mars
Love Me Like You Do
Love Story
Make You Feel My Love
Meet You At The Moon
A Million Love Songs
More Than Words
Mr Blue Sky
Nut Rocker
One Day Like This
Ordinary People
Perhaps Love
Piano Man
Rainbow
Rocket Man
Rolling In The Deep
Satin Doll
Set Fire To The Rain
She's Always A Woman
Songbird
Someone Like You
Sophisticated Lady
Starman
A Thousand Miles
Unchained Melody
Valerie
What A Wonderful World
When I Fall In Love
When You Say Nothing At All
Wonderful Tonight
Wonderwall
Yesterday
You Are Not Alone
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Your Song
----Show & Movie Themes----
Anthem (Chess)
The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)
Beauty And The Beast
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (The Lion King)
Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)
A Change In Me (Beauty & The Beast)
Colors Of The Wind (Pocahontas)
From Now On (The Greatest Showman)
Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)
Godfather Love Theme (The Godfather)
I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)
If I Loved You (Carousel)
If I Were A Bell (Guys And Dolls)
James Bond - theme tunes from films
Let It Go (Frozen)
Maybe This Time (Cabaret)
Memphis Stomp (The Firm)
The Music Of The Night (Phantom)
My Favourite Things (The Sound Of Music)
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
My House (Matilda)
On The Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady)
Romeo & Juliet Love Theme (Rota)
Secret Love (Calamity Jane)
Send In The Clowns (A Little Night Music)
She Used To Be Mine (Waitress)
The Sound Of Music
Stars (Les Miserables)
Think Of Me (Phantom)
The Trolley Song (Meet Me In St Louis)
What Kind Of Fool Am I? (Stop The World)
You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
----Jazz Standards----
'S Wonderful
A Foggy Day
Ain't Misbehavin'
Anything Goes
As Time Goes By
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Bewitched
But Not For Me
Come Fly With Me
Embraceable You
Fly Me To The Moon
Have You Met Miss Jones
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I Got Rhythm
It Ain't Necessarily So
It Had To Be You
Misty
Mona Lisa
Moondance
Moon River
My Funny Valentine
Nature Boy
The Nearness Of You
Night And Day
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Over The Rainbow
Smile
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Someone To Watch Over Me
Stormy Weather
Summertime
Tea For Two
They All Laughed
You Make Me Feel So Young
----Ragtime and Boogie----
Bearcat Crawl
Black And White Rag
Bohemia
Cakewalk Parade
Calico Rag
Classical Rag
Cow Cow Boogie
Elite Syncopations
The Entertainer
The Harlem Rag
Honky Tonk Train Blues
Peacherine Rag
Pleasant Moments
Root Beer Rag
The Sycamore
Triplets Bass Boogie
Plug socket within 20m
Sound amplification can be provided. I don't need or bring lighting equipment.
Venue location and parking information is useful.
I can play some suitable background music through my amplifier to cover any breaks (assuming I'm using my own electric piano setup).
The best gig I've ever done.. that's tricky! I wouldn't like to pin it down to any specific occasion to be honest. The gigs I have particularly enjoyed recently have been with my 5-piece band Grandma's Biscuit Tin, usually to a small audience of family and friends. When you know everyone in the crowd then it always feels friendly and special.
I would say I am most influenced by pianist singer-songwriters like Elton John, Billy Joel and Stevie Wonder. I enjoy performing music that is piano focused (obviously) and generally prefer classics and songs from the 30s to 70s, and things with a jazzy feel, though there are some great songs that have been written more recently too. I love playing golden-age music by composers such as Cole Porter and George Gershwin also - those songs will never fade. The greatest song of all time? That's impossible to answer!
I was classically trained, playing a lot of Chopin and Bach for instance, but I always played pop and jazz music for fun aswell. After doing a degree in music and studying composition at The Royal Academy of Music I needed some adventure and took a job working on cruise ships for a couple of years. I realised at this time that I thrive on variety, playing all styles of music, and also play much better in a relaxed environment such as in a theatre, jazz venues, and for weddings and drinks events rather than classical recitals. So since then I have combined this work with teaching and accompanying for other people.
I love playing at events where everyone is there to enjoy themselves and have a good time, its as simple as that! I love that I can contribute to people's enjoyment of their occasion with my musical performance.
30 mins setup
If cover is available then yes.
I welcome suggestions for repertoire - genres, artists or specific songs, as long as the music is published and accessible online. I am a capable transcriber for music that isn't published but there would be an additional charge for transcription services.
I've usually been described as being professional and creating a beautiful atmosphere with the music I play.
B:Jazzfest 2023
Birmingham, Sandwell & West Side Jazz Festival
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music & Acting
Rebecca Schwarz (Cocomad)
The Nick Ross Orchestra
The Neil Coley Big Band
Kal's Kats & Kalamazoo Dance Band
Handsworth Community Choir
Solihull Chandos Choir
Bournville Young Singers
Bournville Vocal-Ease Ladies Choir
Bournville Parish Church Choir
Phoenix Singers
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space (Symphony Hall, Birmingham)
Walkabout, Broad Street, Birmingham (Sandwell & West Side Jazz Festival)
Cradley Heath Library (Sandwell & West Side Jazz Festival)
The Eric Morecambe Centre, Harpenden
Lichfield Garrick Theatre
Princess Alexandra Auditorium, Yarm
The Quarry Theatre, Bedford
St. Johns House, Lichfield
Pigeon Parlour, West Bromwich
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Bournville Parish Church
OIKOS Cafe, Erdington
Velvet Music Rooms, Birmingham
CoCoMAD Festival (Cotteridge Park)
Midlands Roller Arena, Lutterworth
Santa Pod Raceway
The Three Tuns, Sutton Coldfield
Edgbaston High School for Girls
St. Marys Church, Handsworth
Shirley Methodist Church
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