Chris Cooley Pianist from New York City, NY
Will travel up to 100 miles
- Avg 5.0 | 31 Reviews
- 55 Verified Bookings
- Member Since 2014
- 7 Awards & Badges
- Virtual Services Offered
- Accepts Online Payment
- Starting at $200 per event
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Chris Cooley will give your party or wedding a delightful, sophisticated ambiance with classical pieces, song standards, light jazz, and more. Chris plays an extensive, diverse repertoire to match any event or provide an elegant background for fine dining. With a doctorate from Manhattan School of Music, Chris has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and on five continents. With a seamless mix of light classical, jazz, and song standards played from memory, let Chris set just the right elegant atmosphere at your wedding, restaurant, reception, party, or other event. As choirmaster at a Lutheran church, he is very experienced with both weddings and funerals. Chris is also a frequent collaborator with nyc's finest singers and instrumentalists, should you need additional musicians for your wedding or party. Also available for Christmas parties and can lead a sing-along! Contact him today!
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Review by Bridget C.
Christmas Party Reviewed on December 15, 2024 From Ossining, NY
Review by Corinne W.
Anniversary Party Reviewed on November 15, 2024 From Rahway, NJ
Chris Cooley:
Thank you so much Corinne! It was a pleasure!Review by David S.
Cocktail Party Reviewed on April 10, 2024 From Allamuchy, NJ
Chris Cooley:
Thank you so much for this Dave! It was a pleasure. Would love to do it again some time!Awards & Badges
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Song List
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- Ain't Misbehavin' | Gershwin
- Ain't no Sunshine When She's Gone
- All the Things You Are | Kern
- All the Way | Frank Sinatra
- Almost Like Being in Love | Brigadoon
- Always a Woman to Me | Billy Joel
- And This Is My Beloved | Kismet
- Arabeske | Schumann
- Autumn Leaves
- Autumn Serenade | Johnny Hartman
- Ave Maria | Schubert
- Ave Maria | Bach/Gounod
- Bewitched | Pal Joey
- Bill | Showboat
- Blue Skies
- Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) | Wagner
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight | The Lion King
- Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine | Showboat
- Canon in D | Pachelbel
- Cheek to Cheek
- Clair de lune | Debussy
- Crazy | Patsy Cline
- Crush on You | Gershwin
- Deep Purple
- Dein ist mein ganzes Herz | Lehar
- Embraceable You | Gershwin
- Etude in A-flat, op. 25 #1 | Chopin
- Every Time We Say Goodbye | Porter
- Falling in Love with Love
- Fantasie-Impromptu | Chopin
- Fly Me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra
- Garden in the Rain
- Girl from Ipanema | Jobim
- Give Me the Simple Life | Rosemary Clooney
- Goodbye, Norma Jean | Elton John
- Gymnopedie #1 | Satie
- Happy Days are Here Again
- Harbor Lights
- Heather on the Hill | Brigadoon
- Hello Young Lovers | The King and I
- Hey There | Pajama Game
- I Could Have Danced All Night | My Fair Lady
- I Get Along without you Very Well
- I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues | Elton John
- I Have Dreamed | The King and I
- I'll Be Seeing You
- I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
- If Ever I Would Leave You | Camelot
- Imagine | John Lennon
- Impromptu in G-flat | Schubert
- Intermezzo in A, op. 118 #2 | Brahms
- It Had to Be You
- It Might as Well be Spring | State Fair
- It Never Entered my Mind | Rodgers & Hart
- Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel
- Killing Me Softly with his Song | Roberta Flack
- La vie en rose | Edith Piaf
- Les chemins de l'amour | Poulenc
- Liebesleid | Kreisler
- Lilacs (transcription) | Rachmaninoff
- Look for the Silver Lining
- Love is a Many Spendored Thing
- Make Believe | Showboat
- Manhattan | Rodgers & Hart
- Meine Lippen | Lehar
- Merry Widow Waltz | Lehar
- Minute Waltz | Chopin
- Misty
- Moon River
- Moonfall | Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Moonlight Sonata | Beethoven
- My Funny Valentine | Babes in Arms
- My One and Only You
- Nature Boy | Nat King Cole
- New York State of Mind | Billy Joel
- Nobody Does it Better | Carly Simon
- Non ti scordar di me | Italian traditional
- Not While I'm Around | Sweeney Todd
- Not While I'm Around | Sweeney Todd
- O mio babbino caro | Puccini
- Ol' Man River | Showboat
- Old Devil Moon | Finian's Rainbow
- On the Street Where You Live | My Fair Lady
- Only You | The Platters
- Over the Rainbow | The Wizard of Oz
- Overjoyed | Stevie Wonder
- Pennies from Heaven
- People | Barbra Streisand
- Piano Concerto #2 | Rachmaninoff
- Piano Man | Billy Joel
- Quando m'en vo | Puccini
- Rocket Man | Elton John
- Savin' All My Love for You | Whitney Houston
- Second-Hand Rose | Funny Girl
- Send in the Clowns | A Little Night Music
- Sisters | White Christmas
- Smile | Chaplin
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- So in Love | Kiss Me, Kate
- So Many Stars | Tony Bennett
- Spring Is Here | Rodgers & Hart
- Stardust
- Stranger in Paradise | Kismet
- Summertime | Gershwin
- Tenderly | Rosemary Clooney
- The Folks Who Live on the Hill | Kern
- The Greatest Love | Whitney Houston
- The Man I Love | Gershwin
- The Man that Got Away
- The Summer Knows | Michel LeGrand
- The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby
- The Way We Were | Barbra Streisand
- The White Cliffs of Dover
- They Can't Take That Away from Me | Gershwin
- They Say It's Wonderful | Annie Get Your Gun
- This Masquerade
- This Nearly Was Mine | South Pacific
- Three Coins in the Fountain | Frank Sinatra
- Till There Was You | The Music Man
- Try to Remember | The Fantasticks
- Unforgettable | Nat King Cole
- Waltz in C-sharp minor | Chopin
- Waltz in E-flat | Chopin
- Wedding March | Mendelssohn
- What a Wonderful World | Ray Charles
- What Are You Doing the Rest of your Life? | Michel LeGrand
- What I Did for Love | A Chorus Line
- What's New?
- When I Fall in Love
- When I Marry Mr. Snow | Carousel
- Where or When | Babes in Arms
- Wien, du Stadt meiner Traume | Viennese traditional
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | Carole King
- Wouldn't It Be Loverly | My Fair Lady
- You Are So Beautiful | Joe Cocker
- You Are the Sunshine of my Life | Stevie Wonder
- You're the Top | Porter
- You've Got a Friend | Carole King
- Younger Than Springtime | South Pacific
- Your Song | Elton John
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