Recorder and Piano World: Performance

DIGITAL STAGE PIANO as Symphony Orchestra with Timpani

Performance

Music for Weddings, Parties
& Special Occasions

on Piano and/or Recorder.

Need help selecting music?  Call Kay for suggestions.
 She will try to match your interests with available music and musicians.

  Wedding Music: Piano and/or Recorder

Having an outdoor wedding? The Digital Stage Piano can be set up anywhere electricity is available.

Settings on the Digital Stage Piano include "concert grand piano," "harpsichord," "organ," "string orchestra," and "chamber woodwinds."  In all, the keyboard authentically replicates over 100 instruments—including orchestral brass with timpani. It is perfect for the Wedding March and other fanfares!

Regular acoustic Piano is also suitable for wedding music or recorder selections with piano, organ, or harpsichord accompaniment.

16th- and 17th-century recorder music is especially appropriate for Renaissance-style weddings. Most recorder music is performed on soprano or alto, although the tenor recorder is sometimes used as a solo instrument.

Piano and/or recorder music are lovely for receptions and parties—indoors and outdoors. The Digital Stage Piano may be used outdoors in a patio or garden setting.

Kay offers a variety of repertoire from classical piano repertoire to Broadway musicals, wedding music, songs, George Winston and other piano improvisations, orchestral transcriptions, Christmas holiday music, and contemporary Christian music. Requests are also welcome.

Especially for outdoor parties—Irish, Scottish, and English songs and dances on the recorder are bright and lively. The sound carries well on soprano instruments, although a microphone is available.

The Roland Digital Stage Piano is a full-size, 88-key keyboard. It is available for performance on all occasions. The default piano setting closely replicates the sound of a 9-foot concert grand piano.  A beautiful sound! The keyboard also has settings for electric piano, organ, and harpsichord.

The full-size keyboard allows for the performance of all solo piano literature. Volume control allows for setting the music to either concert level or as background dinner music.

A special feature of Kay's performances on recorder is the use of pre-recorded CD.  Accompaniments on the CD's include harpsichord and cello, lute, orchestra, and traditional Irish instruments. 

The benefit of performing with a CD background is that a single musician can fill a room with the sound of a "trio" or "orchestra."  Recorder sounds beautiful in combination with many other historic and modern instruments.

Other musicians will be included as available and upon request:

American Recorder Society, Redding Chapter
George & Anwyn Leverett, Celtic Harp
Francis Mangels, Saxon Harp and Guitar

See also:

For  Dunsmuir 2006 Renaissance Faire and other pictures in the Photo Gallery, click on highlighted text.