| Description | Price |
| Wedding ceremony | £300 |
| Drinks reception - 2 x 45 min sets | £350 |
| Wedding ceremony + drinks reception | £550 |
| Hire of stunning white piano shell | £150 |
Classically trained, Sue has a huge repertoire from Bach to Bollywood. She plays at weddings, memorials and other private events, as a soloist and with other musicians including a cellist, saxophonist and harpist. Sue plays a fully-weighted Roland piano, and can also supply a stunning white baby grand piano shell. This is fully portable! Sue can supply a PA to suit your venue, and perform inside or outdoors, as required. She also teaches piano and works as an accompanist. Sue studied music at York and Cardiff University.
Choose from gentle well-known classical pieces, contemporary pop ballads, songs from films and musicals, or jazz standards. Sue is always happy to learn new songs if you have particular favourites in mind!
Based in Newport City, Newport
= areas covered (up to 150 miles)
= free travel (up to 50 miles)
Here are a few examples of frequently requested songs - classical, pop, Disney, Bollywood and jazz. If your favourite is not listed, just ask!
Classical:
Air on a G String // Bach
Ave Maria // Schubert
Butterfly // Grieg
Canon in D // Pachelbel
Clair de Lune // Debussy
Deux Arabesques // Debussy
Eliza Aria // Kats-Chernin
Farewell to Stromness // Peter Maxwell Davies
Fantasie in D minor KV397 // Mozart
Flower Duet // Delibes
Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes // Satie
Je Te Veux // Satie
Nefeli / Einaudi
Prelude in E minor Op 28 No 4 // Chopin
Prelude in B minor Op 28 No 6 // Chopin
Prelude in A Op28 No 7 // Chopin
Salut D'Amour (Liebesgruss) // Elgar
Scenes of Childhood // Schumann
Sheep may Safely Graze // Bach
Prelude in Db Op 28 No 15 // Chopin
Three Sonatas for Young People Op 18 // Schumann
Wedding Day // Grieg
Wedding March (Lohengrin) // Wagner
Wedding March // Mendelssohn
Pop Ballads:
Amazed // Lonestar
Beautiful // Linda Perry
Be Mine // David Gray
Can't Help Falling in Love // Presley
Endless Love // Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross
Especially for You // Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Fields of Gold // Sting
Fix You // Coldplay
Here Comes the Sun // George Harrison
How Deep is Your Love // The Bee Gees
How Long Will I Love You // Ellie Goulding
Iris // Goo Goo Dolls
I Can't Help Falling in Love With You // Presley
I Took a Pill in Ibiza // Mike Posner
Imagine // John Lennon
Just the Way you Are // Billy Joel
Killing Me Softly // Charles Fox
Love on Top // Beyonce
Loving can Hurt (Photograph) // Ed Sheeran
Make you Feel my Love // Adele
My Cherie Amore // Stevie Wonder
Perfect // Ed Sheeran
Put your Records On // Corinne Bailey Rae
Rewrite the Stars // Zac Efron & Zendaya
Say a Little Prayer // Aretha Franklin
Tears in Heaven // Eric Clapton
The Closest Thing to Crazy // Mike Batt
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) // Natalie Cole
Thinking Out Loud // Ed Sheeran
True Colours // Cyndi Lauper
Vincent // Don McLean
Wasn't Expecting That // Jamie Lawson
We Don't Have to Take our Clothes Off // Ella Eyre
We've Only Just Begun // Roger Nichols
What the World Needs Now // Bacharach
When I was your Man // Bruno Mars
Wherever You Will Go // Charlene Soraia
Wonderful Tonight // Eric Clapton
You're Beautiful // James Blunt
Yesterday // Lennon & McCartney
Your Song // Elton John
Songs from Musicals and Films:
A Whole New World // Alan Menken
All I Ask of You // Andrew Lloyd Webber
As Long as He Needs Me // Lionel Bart
As Time Goes By // Herman Hupfeld
Beauty and the Beast // Alan Menken
Best that You Can Do (Arthur's Theme) // Bacharach
Bring Him Home // Schönberg
Can You Feel the Love Tonight // Elton John
Falling Slowly (Once) // Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually) // Craig Armstrong
He Sleeps (Love Theme - Pretty Woman) // James Newton Howard
I Can Hear the Bells // Marc Shaiman
I Dreamed a Dream // Schönberg
Love Changes Everything // Andrew Lloyd Webber
Memory // Andrew Lloyd Webber
My Favourite Things // Richard Rodgers
On My Own // Schönberg
Somewhere Over The Rainbow // Harold Arlen
Songs from 'The Piano' // Nyman
There is a Castle on a Cloud // Schönberg
True Love // Lopez
Bollywood:
Aaj Mai Upar
Baahon Ke Darmiyaan
Chhann Chhann
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
Kehna Hi Kya
Mausam Ke Sargam
Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka
Tera Saath Hai Kitna Pyara
Tu Hi Re
Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai
Jazz Standards:
A Sunday Kind of Love // Etta James
Ain't Misbehavin' // Fats Waller
At Last // Etta James
Autumn Leaves // Joseph Kosma
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered // Richard Rodgers
Blue Moon // Hart & Rodgers
Can't Help Falling in Love // George Weiss
Cry me a River // Arthur Hamilton
Danny Boy // Trad
Fly me to the Moon // Bart Howard
Have you Met Miss Jones? // Hart & Rodgers
Here's That Rainy Day // Jimmy Van Heusen
I Left my Heart in San Francisco //George Cory
I Loves You Porgy // George Gershwin
Let There Be Love //Lionel Rand
Misty // Erroll Garner
Moon River // Henry Mancini
My Baby Just Cares for Me // Walter Donaldson
My Funny Valentine // Richard Rodgers & Hart
My Way // Paul Anka
September Song // Kurt Weill
Skylark // Johnny Mercer
Someone To Watch Over Me // George Gershwin
Smile // Chaplin
Stormy Weather // Koehler & Arlen
Summertime // George Gershwin
The Girl from Ipanema // Antônio Carlos Jobim
They Can't Take that Away from Me // Gershwin
What a Difference a Day Makes // Grever & Adams
What a Wonderful World // George David Weiss & Bob Thiele
Christmas:
Blue Christmas
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting… )
Feliz Navidad
Frosty the Snowman
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
I’ll be Home for Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells (trad)
Last Christmas
Let it Snow
O Holy Night
Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
Santa Baby
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
White Christmas
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
... and many, many more!!
Sue provides a PA to suit the size of the venue. For outdoor events without electricity, she provides a very large battery for amplification.
Stage lights can be provided, if required.
It's always helpful for Sue to have a contact name for the venue to confirm directions, parking, access, egress, etc.
Yes, Sue is always happy to play music from Spotify between sets.
Sue loves performing in iconic venues such as Cardiff Castle and the National Museum, but is equally happy playing in a church hall!
Too many to mention!
Sue's first regular gig was as a cocktail pianist in the Park Hotel in Cardiff. Since then, she has played for hundreds of weddings, and each one is special!
Wedding ceremonies are Sue's absolute favourite, but she also finds it very rewarding performing at memorials.
No!
45 mins if providing a baby grand piano shell and PA. No set-up if using an acoustic piano owned by the venue.
Yes, as long as there is cover!
Sue has a huge repertoire, but is always happy to learn new songs, as it helps to keep her repertoire fresh and up-to-date.
This depends on the event! Sue always arranges a Zoom or telephone conversation with the client prior to the event to establish what feel and mood they want. This allows Sue to personalise each performance to create a romantic, relaxing or up-beat vibe, as required.
Brides and grooms (too many to mention!)
Churches and funeral homes (all denominations)
Large corporates such as Admiral Money
Celtic Manor Resort Hotel
Clearwell Castle
Eastnor Castle
Park Hotel
Blaina Wharf Pub and Restaurant
Eynsham Hall
Cardiff Castle
National Museum Cardiff
Sant Ffraed House
Congress Theatre
Morgans Hotel
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