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Paul Emmett - Singing Pianist

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Singing pianist for weddings, private events and intimate celebrations across Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands.
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Singing pianist
Grantham
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Paul Emmett is a singing pianist based in Grantham, performing for weddings, private dinners, drinks receptions, ceremonies and special events across the East Midlands and beyond. With over fifteen years’ experience as a performer, Paul brings a calm, flexible and professional approach to each booking. He can provide background music for a wedding breakfast, a relaxed drinks reception set, ceremony music, or a carefully chosen first dance. Paul has performed at venues including Belvoir Castle, Lincoln Castle, Harlaxton Manor, Oakham Castle and St Paul’s Cathedral. He can provide his own professional keyboard and sound equipment, or perform on a venue piano where suitable. Clients can choose from Paul’s wide repertoire, request favourite songs, or arrange a short planning call before the event to make sure the music fits the occasion.

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Paul's Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Louise C
8 days ago
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Paul was everything he promised and more! Went above and beyond to make our booking as smooth as possible and it was perfect. Amazing pianist and beautiful singing voice. We booked Paul for an intimate dinner and it couldn’t have been better. He was professional and discreet but we also had a great chat in between and after the music. Communication throughout was spot on, from booking to finalising last minute details. I would not hesitate to book Paul again or to recommend. He is sure to make your special day a memorable one. Thank you so much!

Reply from Paul
8 days ago

Thanks Louise, it was an absolute pleasure playing for you both and I’m so pleased to have been a part of your anniversary.

From other customers:

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Mr J
7 years ago

What a fantastic evening, Paul! The atmosphere was incredible and everyone had kept saying how much they enjoyed the music. We will have to have you back again!

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Mr A
8 years ago

Thank you for playing so beautifully for our wedding. It was so nice to take a moment while we were signing the registers to just listen to your playing. It was so nice to hear some of our favourite songs played in the ceremony. Thank you thank you thank you! X

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Paul's Song list

Addicted To Love
All Of Me
All She Wants To Do Is Dance
Alone
Always Be My Baby
American Pie
Anything For You
Bad Day
Bad Romance
Be My Baby
Beautiful
Bette Davis Eyes
Big Girls Don't Cry
Billie Jean
Bleeding Love
Bohemian Rhapsody
Borderline
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Brown Eyed Girl
Burning Down The House
Call Me Maybe
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Can't Help Falling In Love
Careless Whisper
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Cat's In The Cradle
Celebration
Clocks
Come Sail Away
Copacabana (At The Copa)
Crazy
Dance To The Music
Dancin' In The Moonlight
Daydream Believer
Deacon Blues
Don't Know Why
Don't You Want Me
Dream Lover
Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Everlasting Love
Every Breath You Take
Everyday People
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Eye Of The Tiger
Feel Like Makin' Love
Feelin' Alright
Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Flashdance...What A Feeling
For The Good Times
From A Distance
From This Moment On
Glory Of Love
God Only Knows
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Good Vibrations
The Greatest Love Of All
Hallelujah
Happy
Harden My Heart
Heartache Tonight
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Hey Jude
Hey, Soul Sister
Ho Hey
Hold On
Home
Honesty
A Horse With No Name
Hot Stuff
Hotel California
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
How Deep Is Your Love
How Do I Live
I Can See Clearly Now
I Can't Make You Love Me
I Got You Babe
I Gotta Feeling
I Hear You Knocking
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
I Want It That Way
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Will Always Love You
I Will Remember You
I Write The Songs
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
I'll Be There
I'm Yours
If
If You Don't Know Me By Now
Imagine
In My Room
Invisible Touch
Iris
Isn't She Lovely
It's Too Late
Jar Of Hearts
Jessie's Girl
The Joker
Jump
Just The Way You Are
Just The Way You Are
Karma Chameleon
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Lady
Leader Of The Band
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Let It Go
Let The Sunshine In
Let's Hear It For The Boy
Like A Virgin
Listen To The Music
Listen To Your Heart
Livin' La Vida Loca
Livin' On A Prayer
The Long And Winding Road
Longer
Losing My Religion
Love Shack
Love Song
Love Will Keep Us Together
Mack The Knife
Maneater
Material Girl
Mrs. Robinson
Moondance
Morning Train (Nine To Five)
My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From 'Titanic')
Need You Tonight
Night Fever
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
No One
Nobody Does It Better
On Broadway
Open Arms
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Peggy Sue
Penny Lane
People Get Ready
Photograph
Physical
Piano Man
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Ribbon In The Sky
Right Here Waiting
Roar
Rolling In The Deep
Runaround Sue
Sail Away
Saturday In The Park
Save The Best For Last
Save The Last Dance For Me
Say Say Say
Say You, Say Me
She's Always A Woman
Since U Been Gone
Sister Christian
Sledgehammer
Slow Hand
Smooth
Some Nights
Somewhere Out There
(You're My) Soul And Inspiration
Splish Splash
Start Me Up
Stay
Stay With Me
Stayin' Alive
Straight Up
Summer In The City
Summer Nights
Summer Of '69
Summertime Blues
Sundown
Sunny Came Home
Sunshine Superman
Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin')
Sweet Child O' Mine
Tears In Heaven
This Is It
This Love
A Thousand Miles
Time After Time
Tiny Dancer
Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Un-break My Heart
Unchained Melody
Uptown Girl
Viva La Vida
The Wanderer
The Way It Is
We Are The World
We Got The Beat
We've Only Just Begun
When A Man Loves A Woman
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Workin' My Way Back To You
Wouldn't It Be Nice
You Belong With Me
You Light Up My Life
You Needed Me
You Raise Me Up
You Should Hear How She Talks About You
You Were Meant For Me
You'll Be In My Heart (Pop Version)*
You're So Vain
You're Still The One
You've Got A Friend
Africa
Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't That A Shame
All About That Bass
All Night Long (All Night)
American Tune
Angel
Angel Eyes
Angels From Montgomery
Back On The Chain Gang
Barely Breathing
Beast Of Burden
Beat It
Beautiful Day
Because Of You
Bennie And The Jets
Blackbird
Blurred Lines
Both Sides Now
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
The Boys Of Summer
Brass In Pocket
Brave
Breathe
California Dreamin'
Candle In The Wind
Cars
Centerfold
Change The World
Chasing Cars
Complicated
Crazy In Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crimson And Clover
Dancing Queen
Daydream
Despacito
Don't Dream It's Over
Don't Stop Believin'
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Dream On
Drift Away
Dust In The Wind
Easy
Easy Lover
Ebony And Ivory
End Of The Road
Endless Love
Enjoy The Silence
Eternal Flame
Every Morning
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Faith
Faithfully
Fallin'
Fame
Fantasy
Fields Of Gold
Fire And Rain
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fly Like An Eagle
Free Fallin'
Genie In A Bottle
Get Lucky
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Happy Together
Hard To Say I'm Sorry
Have I Told You Lately
Heart Of Glass
Hello
Hero
Hey There Delilah
Hit The Road Jack
Hold My Hand
Holding Back The Years
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
How To Save A Life
Hungry Like The Wolf
I Don't Want To Wait
I Feel The Earth Move
I Finally Found Someone
I Honestly Love You
I Just Called To Say I Love You
I Need To Know
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
I Want To Know What Love Is
I Will Survive
I'll Drown In My Tears
I'm A Believer
I'm Not In Love
If I Ain't Got You
If I Were A Boy
If It Makes You Happy
If You Had My Love
If You Leave Me Now
It's Gonna Be Me
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
Jack And Diane
Just Give Me A Reason
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Kiss From A Rose
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Kokomo
Lady In Red
Lady Marmalade
Last Kiss
Le Freak
Lean On Me
Let's Dance
Let's Get It On
Like A Prayer
Locked Out Of Heaven
The Look Of Love
Love Me Like You Do
Lowdown
Mad World
Maggie May
Man In The Mirror
Mandy
Midnight Rider
Million Reasons
Missing You
Mr. Jones
More Than Words
Moves Like Jagger
New Sensation
No Rain
One
One Headlight
100 Years
The One I Love
One Thing Leads To Another
Our Lips Are Sealed
Oye Como Va
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Poker Face
Proud Mary
Pure Imagination
Put Your Records On
Rainy Days And Mondays
Red, Red Wine
Rehab
Right Here, Right Now
Rise Up
Rock The Casbah
Rosanna
The Rose
Royals
Runaway Train
Sailing
Saving All My Love For You
Say Something
Sea Of Love
Shake It Off
Shape Of You
She Drives Me Crazy
She Works Hard For The Money
So Far Away
Songbird
Stand By Me
Stay
Story Of My Life
Sunny
Surrender
Sweet Caroline
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Take My Breath Away (Love Theme)
Take On Me
Tangled Up In Blue
Thinking Out Loud
A Thousand Years
Torn
True Colors
Up Where We Belong
Uptown Funk
Walk On By
Walking In Memphis
We Are Young
What A Fool Believes
What Makes You Beautiful
What The World Needs Now Is Love
What You Won't Do For Love
What's Going On
What's Love Got To Do With It
What's Up
With A Little Help From My Friends
With Or Without You
Wonderful Tonight
Wonderwall
You Are So Beautiful
You Can Call Me Al
You Can't Hurry Love
You Give Love A Bad Name
You Oughta Know
You Should Be Dancing
You're The Inspiration
You're The One That I Want
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Paul's Prices

Last updated: 2026

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

Standard Prices
DurationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£75
Up to 1 hour£200
Up to 2 hours£300
Up to 3 hours£400
Packages
First dance live performance30 minutes
A live version of your first dance or another special song, performed as a focused moment during your evening. Best added to another package rather than booked alone, unless local.
£187.50
Proposal package1 hour
A short, personal live performance for a proposal or private romantic moment. Includes one special song request, short background set, and timing planned carefully around the proposal.
£312.50
Wedding ceremony2 hours
Music for the key moments of your ceremony, including guest arrival, entrance music, signing of the register, and exit music. Ideal for creating a personal, elegant atmosphere without needing a full reception performance.
£312.50
Drinks reception2 hours
Relaxed live piano and vocals while your guests mingle, enjoy drinks, and photographs are being taken. Includes two live sets of up to 45 minutes each, with background playlist music available before and between sets if needed.
£312.50
Intimate dinner2 hours
Warm, unobtrusive live piano and vocals for private dinners, anniversaries, proposals, family celebrations, and restaurant events. The music can stay relaxed and atmospheric, or include a few special requests for key moments.
£312.50
Christmas drinks reception2 hours
Seasonal live piano and vocals for Christmas parties, festive dinners, winter weddings, and private gatherings. Includes a mix of classic songs, gentle Christmas music, and popular favourites.
£437.50
Wedding ceremony + Drinks reception + Dinner4 hours
- Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. - 2 x 45 min performances at the drinks reception. - 2 x 45 min performances as dinner is being served.
£437.50
Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

Clients often comment on my calm, professional approach, clear communication, and ability to create the right atmosphere. They value the mix of warm vocals, sensitive piano playing, and flexible song choices that feel personal to the event.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

I have performed at a wide range of venues including Belvoir Castle, Lincoln Cathedral, Harlaxton Manor, Oakham Castle and Nottingham Theatre Royal, as well as hotels, churches, private homes, wedding venues and intimate dining spaces.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

My influences include Billy Joel, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman and Jamie Cullum. I’m drawn to artists who combine strong songwriting, expressive piano playing and honest, characterful vocal performance.

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

One of my most high-profile performances was at Nottingham Concert Hall. I have also performed at prestigious venues including Belvoir Castle, Lincoln Cathedral and Harlaxton Manor, bringing professional live music to weddings, private events and formal occasions.

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

I will always do my best to be flexible. If your timings change slightly before the event, just let me know as soon as you can. I’ll work with you to help the day run as smoothly as possible.

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

Yes. I can provide background playlist music before and between my live sets at no extra cost. This is useful for setting the atmosphere while guests arrive, during gaps in the schedule, or between performances. I do not provide a full DJ service.

How much time do you need to set up?

I usually arrive around 1 to 1.5 hours before the performance time. This gives me time to set up, check sound levels, and make sure everything is ready before your guests arrive. Once my equipment is set up, I can also provide background playlist music before the live performance begins.

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

Yes, as long as the piano is in good working order and in tune. I’m happy to use a venue piano where suitable. If needed, I can liaise with the venue beforehand to check the details and make sure it will work well for the event.

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

Yes. You are very welcome to choose favourites from my repertoire. I can also help shape the set list around the mood of your event, whether you want relaxed background music, ceremony music, or something more upbeat. If there is a song you would like that is not already on my list, I may be able to learn it for you. A small fee may apply for new requests.

Are you able to bring your own piano or keyboard?

Yes. I can bring my own professional keyboard and equipment. This means I can perform in most venues, even if there is no piano available.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes. If there is a special song you would like, I am happy to discuss it with you. I may already know it, even if it is not listed on my profile. If I need to learn or arrange it specially for your event, I can usually do this with enough notice.
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Pop, Christmas, Traditional church music, Classical, Classical crossover, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, 1990s era music, 1980s era music, 1970s era music, 1960s era music, 1950s era music, 1940s era music, Jazz, Blues, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Swing, Gospel, Easy listening, Light music, Originals, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Covers, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, Hip Hop, Karaoke, Motown, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Pop rock, Indie, Rock 'n' Roll
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Event types:
Wedding, Bar / Club / Venue event, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Virtual event, Charity event, Burns night, Church service
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Other skills:
Arranger, Composer, Orchestrator, Songwriter, Transcription, MC, Fluent sight-reader, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Singing teaching, Composition teaching
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