What do I play?
Almost anything including classical, jazz, cocktail, 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s, church music, etc. I have a wide range of music in my repertoire. My repertoire is continually expanding, due to requests and also keeping up to date with some more modern music.
Set List: Wedding Ceremony (Organ)
Here is a partial sample playlist I use for traditional weddings on the organ:
Processional Music
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata #l47
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208
- Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D Major
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Sinfonia from Cantata no. 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe”
- George Friedrich Handel – Air from “Water Music Suite”
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus from K. 618
- César Franck – Panis Angelicus from “Messe Solonelle” Op. 12
Bride’s Processional
- Ludwig Van Beethoven – Ode to Joy from “Symphony #9”
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Air from “Suite” in D
- Jeremiah Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary (aka Prince of Denmark’s March)
- George Friedrich Handel – Hornpipe from “Watermusic Suite No. 2 in D”
- Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March from “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
- Richard Wagner – Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin”
- Giuseppe Verdi – Triumphal March from “Aida”
- Antonio Vivaldi – Spring from the “Four Seasons”
- Pietro Mascagni – Intermezzo from “Cavalleria rusticana”
Recessional
- Ludwig Van Beethoven – “Ode to Joy” from “Symphony #9”
- Felix Mendelssohn – Wedding March from “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
- Jeremiah Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark’s March)
- George Friedrich Handel – Hornpipe from “Watermusic Suite No. 2 in D:
- Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D Major
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Gigue from “Suite #3” in D Major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Allegro from “Eine Keline Nachtmusik”
- Giuseppe Verdi – Triumphal March from Aida
- Antonio Vivaldi – Spring from “The Four Seasons”
Set List: Cocktail Piano
Here is a partial sample playlist I use for cocktail piano:
Against All Odds – Phil Collins
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller
All By Myself – Eric Carmen
All I Ask of You – Phantom of the Opera
All of Me – John Legend
Always – Atlantic Starr
American Pie – Don McLean
Angel – Sarah McLachlan
Angel of Music – Phantom of the Opera
Anywhere the Heart Goes – The Thorn Birds
Anne’s Theme – Anne of Green Gables
Arthur’s Theme – Arthur
As Time Goes By – Casablanca
Ashoken Farewell – The Civil War
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Babe – Styx
Bad Day – Daniel Powter
Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
Beauty and the Beast – Beauty and the Beast
Because You Loved Me – Up Close & Personal
Best I Ever Had – Vertical Horizon
Breathe – Anna Nalick
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
Candle In The Wind – Elton John
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Frankie Valli
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? – The Lion King/Elton John
Can You Read My Mind? – Superman
Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin
City of Stars – La La Land
The Climb – Miley Cyrus
Clocks – Coldplay
Colors of My Life – Barnum
Colors of the Wind – Pocahontas
Could It Be Magic? – Barry Manilow
Crazy For You – Madonna
Daniel – Elton John
Desperado – The Eagles
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – Elton John
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans –
Dream A Little Dream of Me –
Dream Is a Wish Your Hearts Makes – Cinderella
Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) – Train
Easy – Lionel Richie
Ebony and Ivory – Paul McCartney
Eleanor Rigby –
Eternal Flame – The Bangles
Evergreen – A Star Is Born
Everybody Hurts – R.E.M.
Faithfully – Journey
Fix You – Coldplay
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) – Frank Sinatra
Friends and Lovers –
From A Distance – Bette Midler
Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles
Glasgow Love Theme – Love Actually
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
A Good Man Is Hard to Find –
The Greatest Love of All – The Greatest
Hallelujah – Shrek 2/Rufus Wainwright
Happy Birthday –
Hard To Say I’m Sorry – Chicago
Have I Told You Lateley – Rod Stewart
Heart – Damn Yankees
Hello – Adele
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
Hotel California – The Eagles
How Could I Ever Know – The Secret Garden
How Deep Is Your Love? – The Bee Gees
How Do I Live – Lee Ann Rimes
I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
I Can’t Help Loving You – Elvis Presley
I Choose You – Sara Bareilles
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Robin Hood/Bryan Adams
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Armageddon/Aerosmith
If – Bread / David Gates
I’ll Be – Ed McCain
I’ll See You Again – Noel Coward
I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders/Carrie Underwood
Imagine – John Lennon
I’m With You – Avril Lavigne
It Had To Be You – When Harry Met Sally
I’ve Got The World On A String –
Kei’s Song – David Benoit
Killing Me Softly With His Song –
The Lady In Red – Chris De Burgh
Let It Be – The Beatles
Levon – Elton John
Little Wonders – Rob Thomas
Live To Tell – Madonna
Look for the Silver Lining –
Love and Marriage – Married…With Children
Mandy – Barry Manilow
Maria – West Side Story
May You Always –
Misty – Errol Garner
Miss Celie’s Blue – The Color Purple
Moonlight In Vermont – Frank Sinatra
The Music of the Night – Phantom of the Opera
My Foolish Heart – Tony Bennett
My Heart Will Go On – Theme from “Titanic”
My Unknown Someone – The Will Rogers Follies
My True Friend – One True Thing
My Way – Frank Sinatra
New York, New York – Theme from New York, New York
Oh! What It Seemed To Be –
100 Years – Five for Fighting
One Moment In Time – Whitney Houston
On Green Dolphin Street – Miles Davis
Open Arms – Steve Perry
Over The Rainbow – The Wizard of Oz
Paper Doll – Duke Ellington
Photograph – Ed Sheeran
Piano Man – Billy Joel
Ragtime – Movie
The Reason – Hoobastank
Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
Rock–A–Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody –
The Rose – The Rose
Save The Best For Last – Vanessa Williams
Saving All My Love For You – Whitney Houston
Say Something – A Great Big World
Send In the Clowns – A Little Night Music
Separate Lives – White Nights
The Shadow Of Your Smile – The Sandpiper
Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
Somewhere Out There – An American Tail
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word – Elton John
Suicide Is Painless – M*A*S*H*
Summer Me, Winter Me – Picasso Summer
Summer Nights – Grease
Superman – Five for Fighting
Taking A Chance On Love – Ella Fitzgerald
Teach Me Tonight – Al Jarreau
Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
Thank You – Dido
That’s What Friends Are For – USA for Africa
They Didn’t Believe Me – Frank Sinatra
Think of Me – Phantom of the Opera
This Will Be – Natalie Cole
A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
Three Times A Lady – Lionel Richie
Through the Eyes of Love – Theme from Ice Castles
Time After Time – Cindi Lauper
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Tonight – West Side Story
Tonight I Celebrate My Love –
Up We Belong – An Officer and a Gentleman
Until The Real Thing Comes Along –
La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
The Way It Is – Bruce Hornsby
When You’re Gone – Avril Lavigne
When You’re Smiling –
Wherever You Will Go – The Calling
The Wind Beneath My Wings – Beaches
The Windmills of Your Mind – Thomas Crown Affair
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
You and Me – Lifehouse
You Are The Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
You Do Something To Me – Cole Porter
You Made Me Love You –
You’re Beautiful – James Blunt
Your Song – Elton John