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Amy Papiransky - Young Trad Finalist 2018

About Amy

BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Finalist 2018

Singing pianist

Glasgow

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Since becoming a finalist for the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition 2018, North East singer / songwriter Amy has continued to carve her name on the Scottish folk scene. Amy has toured in Canada, America, Ireland and Germany. Having performed numerous times on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Proms in the Park and played keys for Glasvegas on Roddy Hart’s BBC Quay Sessions to name a few, Amy’s album ‘Read Me Write’ will be released this coming September. Classically trained in all three instruments throughout her school years, shortly after taking up the violin in second year of High School, Amy found a love for folk music and joined the local Strathspey Fiddlers. She then moved to Aberdeen where she gained her BMus Ed Music Teaching Degree from the University of Aberdeen and followed on to complete a Masters in Scottish Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2018.

Amy

5 out of 5

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Amy's Reviews

5 out of 5

Massive thank you to Amy for playing the most amazing set during our wedding ceremony. Don't be fooled by her trad roots, she is equally as awesome when it comes to jazzing up modern songs or putting her own twist on your requests. We trusted Amy to do whatever she wanted with our song choices and each song was more amazing than the one before. Thank you Amy!! We will be stalking you at future gigs and all the best with the album launch!

5 out of 5

Amy’s performance at our wedding ceremony was fantastic. All of our guests commented upon how truly amazing she was. Amy made our day extra special. Amy also created a wonderful atmosphere on our train journey back to our reception where she played keyboard and sang.

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Amy's Song list

POPULAR:

A Life That’s Good – Nashville (Lenon and Maisy)

Angels – Robbie Williams

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

All of me – John Legend

Alloway Grove – Paolo Nutini

Back for Good – Take That

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Ella Fitzgerald

Blackbird – The Beatles

Blank Space – Taylor Swift

Boom Clap – Charli XCX

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Budapest – George Ezra

Candy – Paolo Nutini

Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Cheerleader – OMI

Cherry Wine – Hozier

Close To You – The Carpenters

Come Away With Me – Norah Jones

Counting Stars – One Republic

Count On Me –Bruno Mars

Daydreamer – Adele

Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones

Drag Me Down – One Direction

Every Breath You Take – Sting

Everything – Michael Buble

Feels Like Home – Chantal Kreviazuk

Fields Of Gold – Sting/Eva Cassidy

Fireflies – Owl City

Fix You – Coldplay

Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra

Greatest Day – Take That

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

Halo – Beyonce

Harvest Moon – Neil Young

Heal Over – KT Tunstall

Heartbeats – Jose Gonzalez

Hero – Enrique Iglesias

Ho Hey – The Lumineers

Hold Back the River – James Bay

Hold My Hand – Jess Glynne

I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith

Imagine – John Lennon

I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

In the Arms of The Angel – Sarah McLachlan

Iris – Goo Goo Dolls

I Will Never Let you down – Rita Ora

I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz

Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode

Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars

King – Years and Years

Let Her Go – Passenger

Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet

Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding

Love Story – Taylor Swift

Mandy – Barry Manilow/Westlife

Marry You – Bruno Mars

Mountains – Biffy Clyro

Next to Me – Emeli Sande

Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

Oh Happy Day – Edwin R. Hawkins

One Day like This – Elbow

One Moment In Time – Whitney Houston

Paradise – Coldplay

Payphone – Maroon 5

Photograph – Ed Sheeran

Poison – Rita Ora

Rather Be – Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne

Read All About It – Emeli Sande

Rule The World – Take That

Runaway – The Corrs

She Loves You – The Beatles

She’s The One – Robbie Williams

Shine – Years and Years

Songbird – Eva Cassidy

Starlight – Muse

Stay With Me – Sam Smith

Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams

Sunrise – Norah Jones

Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran

The Wind Beneath My Wings – Gary Morris

Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

This Year’s Love – David Gray

Through the Dark – KT Tunstall

To Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan/Adele

What A Wonderful World – Katie Melua & Eva Cassidy

Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift

With or Without You – U2

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

Wonderwall – Oasis

Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus

You Make Loving Fun – Fleetwood Mac

You’re Still The One – Shania Twain

Your Song – Elton John

Yours – Ella Henderson & Joshua Record

You’ve Got a Friend in Me

7 Years – Lukas Graham

1234 – Feist

MUSICALS:

All I Ask Of You – Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom Of The Opera)

A Whole New World – From Aladdin

Can You Feel The Love Tonight – From The Lion King

For Good – Wicked

For The Love of a Princess – Theme from Braveheart

Glasgow Love Theme – From Love Actually

I Could Have Danced All Night – My Fair Lady

I Dreamed A Dream – Les Miserables

I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter

Kissing You – Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

Love Changes Everything – From Aspects of Love

Over The Rainbow – From The Wizard of Oz

Part of Your World – The Little Mermaid

Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin (“Oh Kay”)

Summertime – George Gershwin (Porgy and Bess)

Tell Me It’s not True – Blood Brothers

The Rose – From The Rose

What I did for Love – A Chorus Line

With You – Ghost

SCOTTISH / TRADITIONAL / FOLK:

Ae Fond Kiss – Robert Burns

Blackbirds and Thrushes – Trad. Arr

Blue Mountain River – Cara Dillon

Bold Jamie – Cara Dillon

Caledonia – Dougie MacLean

Daisy – Karine Polwart

Dark Island – Trad

Dumbarton Drums – Trad

Fear a Bhata – Trad

Follow The Heron – Karine Polwart

Get Me through December – Natalie MacMaster

Green Grow the Laurals – Trad

John Anderson, My Jo – Robert Burns

Silver Dagger – Joan Baez

The Beggar Man

There’ll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame – Robert Burns

The Morning Lies Heavy – The Fureys

The Old Rustic Bridge – Foster & Allen

The Rothes Colliery - Findlay Napier

Seasons - Trad.

What Can A Young Lassie - Trad.

Wild Mountainside – Eddie Reader

Amy's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£60
Up to 1 hour	£180
Up to 2 hours	£450
Up to 3 hours	£600

Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

I always try my best to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run up to the event just let us know a month in advance.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. This is a really popular request.

How much time do you need to set up?

I take 40 mins to set up.

If I have a piano at my venue, are you happy to perform on that?

Yes, ofcourse - as long as the piano is in working order and in tune, then i'm more than happy to play it.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Yes - this is no problem at all. You can pick any from my repertoire and my prices also include me learning up to 3 songs of your own choice that aren't on my set list.

Are you able to bring your own piano or keyboard?

Yes.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes no problem. I can learn up to 3 songs of your choice and any more are priced at £15 each.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Inglewood House Resort and Spa, Alloa Alexander House, Perthshire Monachyle Mhor, Lochearnhead Oran Mor, Glasgow WEST brewery, Glasgow Carver Church, Windemere Crear, Tarbet The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Kings Theatre, Edinburgh City Halls, Glasgow Elsick House, Stonehaven Brig O Doon House, Ayr Lodge on Loch lomond,

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

KT Tunstall Norah Jones Vance Joy Foy Vance Fleetwood Mac

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

BBC Proms in the Park

Musicianship

Genres:

Christmas, Contemporary Christian, Traditional church music, 1990s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, Folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Easy listening, Light music, Originals, Pop, Acoustic, Covers

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Instruments:

Singing pianist

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Event types:

Wedding, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Concert, Recording session, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Lyricist, Songwriter, Instrumental teaching, Singing teaching, Theory teaching

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