- Location:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Travel Radius:
- Will travel up to 100 miles from Chicago.
- Pay Range:
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$200-$800 per event
- Member Since:
- 2008
- Primary Category:
- Classical Piano
- Additional Categories:
- Keyboards
- Genre:
- Children's Music, Classical, Folk, Oldies
- Influences:
- Not Available
Description
Brian Christian is a classically trained PIANIST and COMPOSER. He holds a Master of Music degree from the Peabody Institute, and specializes in playing for CONCERTS, WEDDINGS and DINNERS. He also performs Frank Sinatra songs and Broadway showtunes, and has extensive experience with church music. He enjoys playing his own compositions and writing new songs for special occasions.
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Wedding Song List:
(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You Carl Sturken And Evan Rogers
A Man And A Woman Francis Lai
All My Life Rory Bennett; Joel "Jo Jo" Hailey
All My Love Jolson, Al / Akst, Harry / Chaplin, Saul I
All The Way James Van Heusen Sammy Cahn
Amazed Chris Lindsey
Amazed Marv Green; Aimee Mayo
And I Love You So Don Mclean
Angel Of Mine Travon Potts; Rhett Lawrence
As Long As You Love Me Max Martin
As Time Goes By (From "Casablanca") Herman Hupfeld
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Beautiful (As You) Jamie Jones
Beautiful (As You) Jim Brickman; Jack Kugell
Because Of You A Bagge/A Birgisson/C Karlsson/P Tucker
Breathe Holly Lamar; Stephanie Bentley
Bridal Chorus (From "Lohengrin") (P.D.)
Can't Smile Without You (Print Only) Chris Arnold, David Martin,
Canon In D (Print Only) Arranged By Robert Schultz
Change The World Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy,
Conga Enrique Garcia
Could I Have This Dance
Crazy For You John Bettis; Jon Lind
Cutting The Cake (The Farmer In The Dell) Arranged By Pamela Schultz
Endless Love Lionel Richie
Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born") Paul Williams; Barbra Streisand
Every Woman In The World Dominic Bugatti Frank Musker
Everybody Have Fun Tonight Jack Hues, Nick Feldman, Peter Wolf
Everything I Do) I Do It For
Faithfully Jonathan Cain
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Print Only) Ewan Maccoll
For My Wedding Larry John Mcnally
From This Moment On Shania Twain And R.J. Lange
Glory Of Love David Foster; Diane Nini
Glory Of Love Peter Cetera
Good Morning Beautiful Todd Cerney; Zack Lyle
Hava Nagila Arranged By Pamela Schultz
Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison
Hawaiian Wedding Song Al Hoffman, Charles King, Dick Manning
Here And Now Terry Steele David Elliot
I Believe (Print Only) E Drake, I Graham, J Shirl & Al Stillman
I Believe In You And Me (From "The Preacher's Wife Sandy Linzer; David Wolfert
I Do (Cherish You) Keith Stegall And Dan Hill
I Got You Babe Sonny Bono
I Love You Truly
I Only Have Eyes For You (From "42nd Street") Al Dubin; Harry Warren
I Only Want To Be With You Mike Hawker; Ivor Raymonde
I Swear Gary Baker; Frank Myers
I Want You To Need Me Diane Warren
I'll Walk With God Paul Francis Webster Nicholas Brodszky
I'm Alive (From "Stuart Little 2") Kristian Lundin; Andreas Carlsson
I'm Your Angel R. Kelly
Let It Be Me Print/3rd Party Becaud/Curtis/Delanoe
Love And Marriage (Ed) (Print Only) Sammy Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen
Love Is All Around Reg Presley
Love Is Here To Stay (From "Goldwyn Follies") George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin
Love Like Ours Alan Bergman
Love Like Ours Marilyn Bergman; Dave Grusin
Love Of My Life Brian Mcnight
Love To Love You Baby Moroder, Giorgio G. / Bellotte, Pete / Sum
Love Until The End Of Time Lee Holdridge Carol Connors
Mexican Hat Dance Arranged By Pamela Schultz
Never My Love Dick Addrisi; Don Addrisi
Never On Sunday Billy Towne; Emmanuel Manos Hadjidakis
Now And Forever Richard Marx
O Perfect Love (Print Only)
Only You (And You Alone) Buck Ram And Andre Rand
Pledging My Love F Washington D Robey
Power Of Love/Love Power Teddy Vann Luther Vandross
Right Time Of Night Peter Mccann
She Believes In Me Steve Gibb
Something About The Way You Look Tonight Elton John; Bernie Taupin
Sunrise, Sunset (From "Fiddler On The Roof") Jerry Bock; Sheldon M. Harnick
Tara's Theme (My Own True Love) (From "Gone With The Wind") Mack David; Max Steiner
Tarantella (Italian Wedding Dance) Arranged By Pamela Schultz
Thank You Dido Armstrong; Paul Herman
Thank You For Loving Me Richard Sambora Jon Bon Jovi
The Irish Wedding Song Ian Betteridge
The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern; Dorothy Fields
The Wind Beneath My Wings (From "Beaches") Larry Henley; Jeff Silbar
There You'll Be (From "Pearl Harbor") Diane Warren
This I Promise You Richard Marx
This Magic Moment Doc Pomus; Mort Shuman
Time After Time (Cahn Pop) Jule Styne Samny Cahn
To Love You More David Foster; Bronfman, Edgar, Jr. (Aka "Junior Miles")
Tonight I Celebrate My Love Gerry Goffin; Michael Masser
True Love (From "High Society") Cole Porter
Valentine Jack Kugell; Jim Brickman
We Are Family (Angel's Style) Nile Rodgers; Bernard Edwards
Wedding March (From "A Midsummer Night's Dream") (P.D.)
Wedding Song
When A Man Loves A Woman Calvin Lewis; Andrew Wright
When I Said I Do Clint Black
With This Ring I Thee Wed Edward Nelson, Steve Nelson, Jack Rollin
Wonder Of You, The Baker Knight
Wonderful Tonight-Clapton Bk0232462
You Can't Hide Beautiful Jason Sellers Michael Dulaney
You Needed Me Randy Goodrum
You're Still The One Shania Twain And R.J. Lange
Your Song (Print) Bernie Taupin Elton John
Song List
- All the Things You Are - Kern and Hammerstein
- Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard
- Honeysuckle Rose - Waller and Razaf
- In the Still of the Night - Cole Porter
- The Lady Is a Tramp - Rodgers and Hart
- My Funny Valentine - Rodgers and Hart
- Nice Work if You Can Get It - Gershwin
- Ol' Man River - Kern and Hammerstein
- Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
- Summertime - Gershwin
- Bewitched - Rodgers and Hart
- Edelweiss - Rodgers and Hart
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' - Rodgers and Hammerstein
- On the Street Where You Live - Loewe and Lerner
- Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
- Mack the Knife - Kurt Weill
- Some Enchanted Evening - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Available For:
Anniversaries, Apres Ski Parties, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Coffee Shops, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Resorts, Restaurants, Reunions, Showers, Sorority Function, Studio Session, Temples, TV Soundtracks, Weddings
Feedback
- Brian did an excellent job at my wedding. I highly recommend him. He is familiar with a wide variety of music and plays very well. He was very accomadating and worked diligently to make sure my bride and I were happy. My wife and I hired Brian a few weeks before the wedding and he did a phenomenal job. Moreover, he has a pleasant personality. It was a pleasure to have him perform on our special day. On the day of the wedding when the officiants were late he filled in with beautiful prelude music.A large amount of our guest commented on how great the music was on the wedding day. I suggest to anyone hosting a function to hire him.
Michael Riddix -- Michael R, Baltimore, MD, 3/21/2009