As a Wedding Pianist since 1999, I have played the piano for literally hundreds of Weddings. I have the confidence and range which is ideally suited for both the Wedding Ceremony (with the option of choosing music I have written myself) and the Wedding Reception, as well as a repertoire wide enough to be able to take guests'requests during the Wedding Breakfast. For evening entertainment you might
like to consider my band - Nick Wiley's Little BIG Band. There is no substitute for experience in almost any walk of life and I can claim plenty of that! I've played the piano for tiny, intimate weddings (one with only 5 guests!); enormous weddings (one Bollywood Wedding with hundreds of guests); Weddings for the rich and famous (guests including Jools Holland at one, England footballers at another) as well as being televised by the BBC for a Wedding Documentary programme called 'Don't Tell The Bride' (screening 9pm, Thursday 8th November, BBC3).. My guiding principles always stay the same: to provide music which is personal to the Bride and Groom and creates the right atmosphere for different parts of the day. Piano music is flexible and versatile in this respect: other instruments simply can't move effortlessly from classical to swing, or from Hollywood to Bollywood! I play in local areas such as Wolverhampton, Birmingham and the West Midlands, but am happy to travel as far as North Wales, Nottingham, Coventry, Worcester and Shrewsbury. Please click on the 'Venues Where I Have Played' page for more details. I play a wide range of music - things you might expect such as love ballads, musicals, shows and films, but I can also offer melodic jazz such as Duke Ellington, some Gershwin, as well as Queen, Elton John, Beatles etc. My range includes many songs from the 1930's - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square and Cole Porter songs such as So In Love. Up-to-the-minute contemporary songs are also available - Coldplay, Daniel Bedingfield, Katie Melua, Norah Jones and Robbie Williams to name a few. If you wanted me to play for your Wedding Ceremony as well, I play many classical pieces by JSBach as well as Romantic pieces such as Clare de Lune. Some couples choose to have music I have written myself - I'm definitely not claiming to rank amongst any great composers, but it can be refreshing to have music which is entirely oroiginal! If your Wedding venue doesn't have a piano, I provide a high quality digital piano as part of my service. My Roland digital slim-line grand piano is also available for me to play at your Wedding.
