Will Hay

Tag: weddings

  • Pianist For Your Cheshire Wedding

    Music for a Summer WeddingAn atmospheric choice of piano music can really set the tone for your wedding ceremony or reception.  Music reinforces memory and the piano can set the backdrop for magical memories of your special day.

    Music before the ceremony:

    People often specify a particular genre of music to be played on the piano while the guests are taking their seats. Perhaps you might include a few songs with some special meaning.

    Adele- Make you feel my love, Bryan Adams – Everything I do, Glasgow Love Theme from Love Actually, Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight, Aerosmith – I don’t want to miss a thing

    Music for the Arrival of the Bride:
    Alicia Keys – If I ain’t got you, Lou Reed – Perfect Day, Lionel Richie – Say you, say me, Leona Lewis – A moment like this

    Signing of the register:

    Eva Cassidy – Songbird, Beatles – All you need is love, Elvis Costello – She, Ben E King – Stand by Me

    Music for the exit of the couple:

    Norah Jones – Come away with me, Katie Melua – Closest thing to crazy, Stevie Wonder – Isn’t she lovely?, Pachelbel – Canon in D

    If you are planning a wedding in Cheshire, North Wales, or on the Wirral and thinking of having a pianist to play during the ceremony, drinks reception, or wedding breakfast then why not give me a call. Dates are still available for bookings in 2014/15.

    Contact me for availability

  • Wedding Fayre – Trafford Hall

    I will be playing at the Trafford Hall Wedding Fayre on Thursday 8th September 2011 from 5:30-9pm

    Trafford Hall is excited to be hosting its first Wedding Fayre.

    View the magnificent venue set up for a wedding ceremony and reception.
    Meet our experienced wedding team & discuss your ideas & dreams.

    FREE entry and arrival drink.

    Wedding suppliers including entertainment, vintage cars and beauty therapists will be there to help create inspiration for your perfect day.

    Everyone welcome.

    “Trafford Hall is an ethical wedding venue which has championed environmental policies long before care for the environment become a prominent political issue.

    The Stable is a standalone carbon neutral building which provides two large function rooms; both are licensed for a ceremony. There is also a light and spacious conservatory and a late licensed bar.

    The Stable closely adheres to Trafford Hall’s environmentally friendly policies by using:

    • a combination of solar power and bio-fuels to provide all the heating for the building, including hot water.
    • low odour, environmentally friendly paints and water based stains.
    • a recycled newspaper product to insulate all walls, roofs, floors, far beyond British Building Regulation requirements
    • low water systems for showers, hand basins and toilets

    Our commitment to the environment will reach new heights in the future with our pledge to become a fully Carbon Neutral conference and events centre by 2012.”

  • Wedding Pianist, Piano Entertainer, Corporate Events Pianist

    Wedding Piano PageI 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

    1. Norah Jones – Turn me on
    2. Bach – C major prelude
    3. Sinatra -My Way
    4. Miles Davis – So What
    5. Aerosmth – I don’t want to miss a thing
    6. Bach – Sarabande from 5th French
    7. Misty
    8. Bach – Gavotte from 5th French
    9. Billy Taylor – I wish I knew how
    10. Gershwin – I got rhythm
    11. Sinatra – I’ve got you under
    12. Debussy – Le petit Negre
    13. Let there be love
    14. Come fly with me
    15. Bach – Invention in D minor
    16. Monk – Off Minor
    17. Billy Joel- Just the way you are
    18. Handel – I know that my redeemer
    19. Carmichael – Georgia on my mind
    20. Billy Joel – She’s always a women
    21. Debussy – Doctor Gradus
    22. Billy Joel – She’s got a way
    23. Monk – Round Midnight
    24. Take Five – Brubeck
    25. Nina Simone – My baby just cares for me
    26. Mood Indigo
    27. Einaudi – Una Mattina
    28. Freddie Mercury – Crazy little thing called love
    29. Blue Moon
    30. Debussy – Golliwog’s CakeWalk
    31. Bublé – Home
    32. Sinatra – The Lady is a tramp
    33. Black Coffee
    34. Billy Joel – Baby Grand
    35. Summertime
    36. Bach – Courante from 5th Suite
    37. Well you needn’t
    38. Gershwin – They can’t take that away from me
    39. Handel – Hallelujah Chorus
    40. Norah Jones – The nearness of you
    41. Ballade pour Adeline
    42. Fauré – Pie Jesu from the Requiem
    43. James Blunt – Beautiful
    44. Katie Melua – Closest thing to crazy
    45. Sinatra – New York, New York
    46. Norah Jones – Come away with me
    47. Einaudi – Le Onde
    48. Van Morrison – Moondance
    49. Schumann – Dreaming
    50. Chopin – Raindrop Prelude
    51. I get a kick out of you
    52. Debussy – Clair de lune (During the lineup)