EXAMPLES OF REPERTOIRE

SOLOIST – Piano

 

Classical/Wedding Processionals & Recessionals	Air [from Water Music] [Handel]
Classical Wedding Prelude Examples	Prelude in C Major [Bach]
	Presto [Pescetti]
	Waltz in B Minor [Schubert]
Showtunes	All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Showtunes/Jazz ballad improv/latin	All the Things You Are [Kern]
Swing/Jazz improv	Taking a Chance on Love [Gershwin]
1960s Pop/retro 1920s	When I’m 64 [Beatles]

Wedding Processionals & Recessionals

Air [from Water Music] [Handel]

Arioso-Bach

Bridal Chorus-Mendelssohn

Canon in D-Pachelbel

Hymne-Vangelis

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring-Bach

Joyful, Joyful [Ode to Joy]-Beethoven

Largo-Handel

Trumpet Tune-Purcell

Trumpet Voluntary-Clarke

Wedding at Trolhaugen-Grieg

Wedding March-Wagner

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Wedding Prelude Examples

Alleluia-Mozart

Ave Maria-Bach/Gounod

Ave Maria-Schubert

Bouree-Bach

The Gift of Love

My Heart Ever Faithful-Bach

Pastorale-Corelli

Prelude in C Major [Bach]

Serenade in C-Haydn

Traumerei-Schumann —

 

Cocktail & Reception Examples

All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber)

All the Things You Are [Kern]

Georgia on My Mind

Somewhere/There’s a Place for Us

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Unforgettable

When I Fall in Love

When I’m 64 [Beatles]

A Whole New World

Your Song

Taking a Chance on Love [Gershwin]

 

PIANOClassical/Wedding Processional	Air [from Water Music] [Handel]

SOLOIST – Accordion

International Traditional Music
French Café	La Mer
Klezmer [Eastern European Jewish/Gypsy]	Hora and Bulgar
Irish/Celtic traditional jig & hornpipe	Out on the Ocean and Harvest Home
German/Bavarian/Oktoberfest	Wenn Ich Auf Hohen Bergen Steh
Italian traditional folk song & tarentella	Cade L’Uliva and Abballati
other
Classical/Wedding Processional	Trumpet Voluntary [Clarke]
	Wedding March [Mendelssohn]
Calypso/Disney	Under the Sea [from the Little Mermaid]
1950s/Swing/Shuffle	Blue Moon
Country	Crazy [Patsy Cline & Willie Nelson]

Light Classical:  Bach • Scarlatti • Haydn • Mozart • Beethoven • Chopin • Schumann • Schubert • Tchaikovsky • Debussy • Rachmaninoff • Presto [Pescetti], Air [from Water Music] [Handel], Arioso, Canon [Pachelbel], Rigaudon [Campra], Gymnopedie ** [Satie], Moonlight Sonata*EDIT*, Pathetique Sonata*, Raindrop Prelude, Nocturne in Eb, Arabesque #1, Waltz in B Minor [Schubert]

Light Classical & Wedding Processionals on accordion:  Trumpet Voluntary [Clarke], Wedding March [Mendelssohn], Trumpet Tune, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bridal Chorus, Hungarian Dance #5, Blue Danube Waltz,

Broadway Showtunes/Movie Themes:  Les Miserables • Phantom of the Opera • My Fair Lady • Oklahoma • South Pacific • Cats • Miss Saigon • Fiddler on the Roof • Cabaret • Can You Feel the Love Tonight [Lion King], A Whole New World [Aladdin], Bistro Fada [Evening in Paris], All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber), Memory, Under the Sea [from the Little Mermaid], Beauty & the Beast, I Dreamed a Dream, If I Loved You, Stars and the Moon, Sunrise Sunset, Tomorrow, Send in the Clowns,  All the Things You Are [Kern], Music of the Night, The Rose, This is the Moment, Open a New Window, Somewhere, Impossible Dream, Where Do You Start, Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart, When You Wish Upon a Star, Moulin Rouge Theme, Moon River, Lara’s Theme [Dr. Zhivago]

Dixieland/Ragtime/1920s:  Scott Joplin • Fats Waller • Jelly Roll Morton • Maple Leaf, The Entertainer, Pineapple, 12th St. Rag, Kitten on the Keys, Puttin’ on the Ritz, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, When the Saints Go Marching in, Bill Bailey, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Ain’t She Sweet, If You Knew Suzie

Jazz Standards & Swing: Glenn Miller • Duke Ellington • Sinatra • Jobim • All the Things You Are [Kern], Meditation, Take the ‘A’ Train, Satin Doll, Basin St., Birth of the Blues, St. James Infirmary, Cry Me a  River, Taking a Chance on Love [Gershwin], Summertime, Wave, La Bekina, Just the Two of  Us, This Masquerade, BIue Bossa, Black Orpheus, It Don’t Mean a Thing, Fly Me to the Moon, My Funny Valentine,

90s-Present Love Songs & Pop:  Downton Abbey Theme, My Heart Will Go On [Titanic], A Whole New World, Can You Feel the Love Tonight [Lion King], Under the Sea [from the Little Mermaid]

70s-80s:  Stevie Wonder • Billy Joel • Elton John • I Just Called to Say I Love You, Just the Way You Are, Your Song, All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber), Music of the Night, Send in the Clowns, Evergreen, lf, Speak Softly Love [Godfather], Desperado, Longer Than, Yellow Brick Road, You Are the Sunshine, Love is Blue, Starry Night, Georgia On My Mind, On the Road Again, Rocky Top, Crazy, Chariots of Fire, Overjoyed, Endless Love, Up Where We Belong, Wind Beneath My Wings, Somewhere Out There, Songbird, You’re the Inspiration

50s-60s:  Nat King Cole • Mancini • Elvis • Beatles • Simon & Garfunkle • When I’m 64 [Beatles], Unforgettable, Moon River, Pink Panther, Charade, Love Me Tender, San Francisco, The Way You Look Tonight, Blue Moon [accordion], Strangers in the Night, Mona Lisa, Never on Sunday, Twilight Time, Misty, Wooden Heart, Dream, Blueberry Hill, Bye Bye Love, I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Breaking Up, Under the Boardwalk, Summer Place, Puff the Magic Dragon, Clouds, Those Were the Days, California Dreaming, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Daydream Believer, Happy Together, House of the Rising Sun, My Girl, Dock o’ the Bay, Proud Mary, Twist & Shout, Love Story, Yesterday, Can’t Buy Me Love, All My Loving, Something, And I Love Her, Obladi Oblada, Monday Monday, Dream a Little Dream of Me

30-40s:  George Gershwin • Cole Porter • Glenn Miller • All the Things You Are [Kern], Embraceable You, So in Love, Rhapsody in Blue, September Song, Deep Purple, As Time Goes By, Moonlight in Vermont, Taking a Chance on Love [Gershwin], Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Tennessee Waltz, Taking a Chance on Love, Stormy Weather, In the Mood, Trolley Song, The Glory of Love, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Peg O’ My Heart, It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie, Kiss Me Once [It’s Been a Long Long Time], I’ll Be Seeing You, Sentimental Journey

Pre-30s:  Victor Herbert • Sigmund Romberg • Irving Berlin • George M. Cohan • John Phillip Sousa • Gilbert & Sullivan • Noel Coward • Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Indian Love Call, Stouthearted Men, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, Nola, In the Good Old Summertime, And the Band Played On, Sidewalks of New York

INTERNATIONAL & TRAD MUSIC

French Cafe:  La Mer , La Vie en Rose, Valentina, 1000 Violins, Mimi, Milord, Waltz at Maxim’s, Under Paris Skies, C’Est Si Bon, Pearlfishers, Petit Fleur, Parisiens, Bistro Fada [Midnight in Paris]

Celtic:  Jigs • Reels • Hornpipes • Strathspeys • Airs • Waltzes • Polkas–Irish: Out on the Ocean and Harvest Home, Londonderry Air/Danny Boy, Star of the County Down, Road to Lisdonvarna, Si Bheag Si More, Sean Ryan’s Polka, Merrily Kiss the Quaker, Morrison’s Jig; Scots: Scotland the Brave, Flowers of Edinburgh, Scots Wha Hae, Wild Geese, Balquidder Strathspey, Will Ye No Come Back Again?, Skye Boat Song, Petronella

German/Oktoberfest:  Landler • Polkas • Plattler • Hofbrau Haus, Kufsteiner, Wenn Ich Auf Hohen Bergen Steh, Wenzel, Liechtensteiner, Happy Wanderer, Lili Marlena, Mus I Den, Schützen Liesl, Schwarzbraun Ist Die Haselnuss, You Can’t Be True Dear

Italian:  Opera Themes • Cade L’Uliva and Abballati, Wedding Tarentella, O Mari, Santa Lucia, Sorrento, O Sole Mio, Mattinata Fiorentina, Fenesta Che Lucive, Speak Softly Love [Godfather], Addio Mi Bella Napoli, Ciuri Ciuri, That’s Amore!

JEWISH:  Klezmer  • Israeli •  Yiddish • Ladino • Horas • Choisdls • Freilachs/Bulgars • Fiddler on the Roof •  Hora and Bulgar, Lebedig Un Freilach, And the Angels Sing, 7:40 am, Oifn Pripitchik, Ale Brider, Zemer Atik, Dodi Li, Erev Shel Shoshanim, Hevenu Shalom, Mayim, Hava Nagila, Toras Chaim, Tsena Tsena, Dayenu, Artsa Alinu, Simon Tov, Am Yisraél Chai, Hora Hadera, David Melech Yisraél, Od Yishama, V’Haer Enenu, Hine Ma Tov, A Glezele Lechayim, Rohzinkes Mit Mandlen, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Yossel Yossel!, Ocho Kandelikas, Cuando El Rey Nimrod, Los Bilbilicos/Tsur Mishelo, Yo M’enamori D’un Aire

AMERICAN:  Southern • Black Spirituals • Cowboy • Appalachian • Stephen C. Foster • Arkansas Traveler, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Shenandoah, Redwing, Clementine, Home on the Range, Aura Lee, Tenting Tonight, Rocky Top, Cripple Creek, Short’nin’ Bread, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, I’ll Fly Away, This Train, 16 Tons, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Red River Valley, Nellie Bly, Under the Double Eagle, Put on your Old Grey Bonnet, Laredo, Wabash Cannonball, Old Joe Clark

Vintage Country:  Crazy [Patsy Cline & Willie Nelson], On the Road Again, Last Dance, Rocky Top, Tennessee Waltz, Could I Have this Dance for the Rest of My Life, Your Cheatin’ Heart,

LATINO:  Mexican • Cuban • Bolivian • Tangos • Taquiraris  • Violetera, Jealousy, Por Una Cabeza, La Bamba, Cielito Lindo, Guantanamera, Jalisco, Rancho Grande, Guadalajara, Bésame Mucho, Siboney, Frenesi, Green Eyes, Malagueña, La Paloma, La Golondrina, El Condor Pasa, Viva Santa Cruz, Mysterios Del Corazon

Gypsy • Russian • Polish:   Schottisches • Polkas • Waltzes • Dark Eyes, Bublitchki, Clarinet Polka, Moscow Nights,Those Were the Days, Lara’s Theme [Dr. Zhivago], Tum Balalaika, Kalinka, Yablochko, Kohanochka, Golden Earrings, Kretchma, Baruska, Cieszmy Sie, Helena, Syrena

SCANDINAVIAN:  Schottisches •  Polkas •  Waltzes • Old Time • Morgon Solen, Nar Syrenerna Blomma, AalIot, Blomsterin Jenkka, A Janta a Ja, Varvindar Friska, Halsa Dem Darhemma