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"We had the pleasure of meeting and enjoying the incredible talent of this outstanding entertainer during our 16-day cruise in 2025 aboard the Coral Princess. Every evening after the main Princess show, we made it a point to go to the piano bar to see him perform. It quickly became the highlight of our nights on board. His talent, energy, and ability to connect with the audience are truly exceptional. What impressed us the most was his extraordinary musical repertoire. During the entire duration of the cruise, he never once repeated the same song. In all our years of cruising — more than 25 cruises — we had never experienced anything like it. His performances were always fresh, engaging, and filled with enthusiasm, humor, and remarkable musical skill. Beyond his talent as a pianist and singer, he has a natural gift for entertaining people and creating a lively, joyful atmosphere where everyone feels involved and part of the show. We were truly saddened to learn that he will no longer be performing on cruise ships. In fact, we would have gladly booked another cruise — regardless of the destination — just to experience his performances again. However, while this may be a loss for cruise audiences, it will certainly be a great gain for the venues and audiences fortunate enough to welcome him. I can confidently say that any audience will be delighted by his presence, talent, and charisma. We highly and enthusiastically recommend him to any venue looking for a truly exceptional entertainer. Your clients will undoubtedly be thrilled to discover such a talented performer in your program. Sincerely, Claude Paradis (The Coral Princess)"

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"We booked Nigel to play the piano at our wedding in May. Wow! He is an absolutely incredible pianist with a huge repertoire, spanning many genres, which he plays from memory. Our guests loved him and so did we! He made our special day even more special and created a wonderful atmosphere! Nigel also has a fabulous personality, is extremely professional and efficient and responds promptly to emails. He really works closely with you, to ensure that he understands your preferences and adapts accordingly to changing situations throughout your event. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Nigel for weddings and other special events and would definitely book his services again!"

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"I would highly recommend George Simpson. He is professional, hard working and very talented. The service he provided before the wedding was first class- nothing was too much trouble. He adapted a song to perform an acoustic version for our first dance. We loved it. He also provided an awesome disco which the guests loved. We have seen George sing at various venues, gigs, weddings and think he is brilliant at what he does."

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"Thank you so much for your performance at our wedding back on 1st August. Our guests have really enjoyed your wonderful music and we have too. Thank you also for learning "Just the way you are" for our first dance. We loved it."

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"Thank you, Simon, for making my birthday celebration at the Fowey Hall Hotel in March so special. An amazingly versatile pianist and such a nice man, you're the icing on the cake to any celebration!"

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"Hi Mark, we very much enjoyed the music. It was beautiful so thank you so much. It was really lovely to have your beautiful musical talents as part of our day."

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"Emily recently provided the music for our wedding in October 2022. Despite our original wedding being cancelled due to COVID-19 in 2020, Emily kindly honoured our deposit when we finally rebooked 2 years later, which we thought was extremely kind of her. Emily is really personable, reliable, and professional with an eye for detail. She went out of her way to keep in touch with us throughout the planning process and contacted the venue herself ahead of time to ensure everything was set up correctly for her on the day. On the day, the music Emily provided was absolutely beautiful and created the most magical atmosphere during our ceremony, with many people commenting on how fantastic she was. We can't thank you enough Emily - you really are super talented! "

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"Swynford manor on the 2nd Dec. Michael our pianist was fantastic throughout our ceremony and wedding breakfast delivering a great performance and wonderful songs. Many thanks again."

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"THANK YOU for your brilliant piping at our wedding on Saturday. I could hear you from the bridal room while I was getting ready and it sounded absolutely amazing! And having you pipe us for the recessional really made it so special."

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"Lester is an incredible musician with a great personality. Have enjoyed listen to him perform on many occasions! He has a wide repertoire in both piano and brass and loves performing Freddie songs! He is the very very best piano teacher who inspired both my children to become competent musicians with a love for music. Can highly recommend him. "

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"David truly made our day unique and memorable. As a musician myself, I was able to appreciate his creativity, originality and attention to detail, as his covers/versions of both secular and worship music embraced our day to perfection. Besides his playing, his laughter, joy and sense of humour brought calm to the chaos of our day and he was sociable and welcoming towards guests. I could not recommend him highly enough!"

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"Neil was fantastic! Played an excellent variety of songs and was very good value for money! Would definitely book again for any future events!"

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Hi Kelly Thank you so much. Was an absolutely pleasure to play music for you all, thanks again for booking 🎵👌💫🎶

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"Great session with musician Bob Gessey this afternoon on Baswich and Bromley wards. Well known songs ranging from Bob Marley, The Drifters, Boyzone, Thin Lizzy plus so many more! Patients enjoyed participating and chatting to Bob. Qoutes. He was great..really wanted to dance."

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"I hired Jamie for my wedding ​reception and ceremony music at the Dorchester Hotel, London in 2017 for a piano set up. It was a one day wedding with 40 guests. He was swift in his correspondence to my initial enquiries and was accommodating to our song request list. On the day he was prompt, professional and provided very much a memorable experience for myself, better half and guests. His playing style was well matched to the occasion and it certainly provided the intimate experience we were looking for. Overall I would not hesitate to recommend Jamie to others. Happy to be contacted for reference."

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"I have recently completed the first of what I hope will be many shows with Mark as my Musical Director on my show "A Portrait of Matt Monro". Mark is without doubt an experienced accomplished musician and wonderful accompanist. His repertoire is extensive from classics to modern and I would thoroughly recommend him to anyone who wants a top class professional pianist, whether for background music at a wedding or dinner event or as a featured pianist. "

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