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Upcoming Appearances
None Posted
Past Appearances
- Sunday, February 05, 2012
- 9:00AM - Peace Lutheran
- Eau Claire, WI
- Saturday, February 04, 2012
- 6:00PM - Peace Lutheran
- Eau Claire, WI
- Sunday, January 22, 2012
- 9:00AM - Peace Lutheran
- Eau Claire, WI
- Saturday, January 21, 2012
- 6:00PM - Peace Lutheran
- Eau Claire, WI
- Saturday, December 03, 2011
- 7:00PM - Drammen Lutheran Church Christmas Dinner
- Mondovi, WI
- Sunday, February 28, 2010
- 1:00PM - Bridal Fair@ the Masonic Ballroom
- Eau Claire, WI
- Saturday, February 13, 2010
- 7:00PM - Fischer's on the Green
- Eau Claire, WI
- Location:
- Altoona, Wisconsin
- Travel Radius:
- Will travel up to 100 miles from Altoona.
- Pay Range:
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$150-$1000 per event
- Member Since:
- 2010
- Primary Category:
- Piano
- Additional Categories:
- Variety Singer, Wedding Singer
- Influences:
- Classically trained by a member of the Minneapolis Piano Guild.Continued study at the University of Minnesota, followed by the Navy School of music in Little Creek, Virginia.
Group Members
- Don Crane - Piano/Vocalist
Description
Don entertains audiences with piano music and a vocal style that people love. His style blends a lifetime of classical study with contemporary improvisation to create arrangements of popular classics, jazz standards, and renowned love songs. Don graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Vocal and General Music. He later went on to study in Norfolk at the Navy School of Music and graduated "Top in his Class" as a Keyboard player/Vocalist. After graduation he spent the next five years touring with the Navy Band entertaining through out Australia, Japan, the Phillipines and the eastern United States while based out of Newport, Rhode Island. He and his group were featured on television shows, and entertained dignitaries including the Vice President of the United States. Don has served as a Band Director in Altoona Wisconsin since leaving the service. He has written and arranged music for band that is published on the Really Good Music site.
Don's repertoire includes a wide variety of music including the show tunes of Broadway & Classic to Modern Jazz. Such artists as the songs of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Richard Rodgers & Chick Corea. Don also plays current songs by Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Edwin McCain, Josh Groban, Bryan Adams, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Elton John, the Beatles, Lionel Richie, Bread among others. He also does acoustic guitar tunes by Jack Johnson, Don McLean, Dan Fogelberg, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, the Eagles and more. His keyboard allows him to do piano as well as guitar tunes so they sound authentic to the original.
Don provides music for wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours, dinner parties - social gatherings of all types and sizes.
Song List
Available For:
Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Banquets, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Concerts, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Easter Celebrations, Engagement Parties, Events, Funerals, Happy Hours, High School Reunions, Holiday Parties, Private Parties, Rehearsal Dinners, Restaurants, Reunions, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.
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