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About Rachel Jones

Professional wedding and events pianist in Kent and the surrounding areas. Offering a broad range of repertoire from jazz standards, to pop.

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Hythe

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I am Rachel Jones; a professional pianist who loves exploring and playing music from all genres. I received a 1st BA(Hons) in music and education from The University of Reading where I developed my love of performing through various recitals and performing opportunities. My highlights included performing Ligeti's Musica Ricercata, Khachaturian's Toccata and Britten's Night Piece (Notturno). After University, I taught as a primary school teacher and then a school music teacher for 10 years before becoming a full-time musician and piano teacher. During that time, I continued my professional development, including a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto no.24 in C minor K491. I love working with couples to create a bespoke playlist for their special day. I especially enjoy creating arrangements of more unusual requests that you wouldn't expect to hear on the piano.

Rachel Jones

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5 out of 5

Fantastic. Wonderful music and Rachel was a delight to work with. Highly recommend.

5 out of 5

Fantastic performance and a pleasure to have at our party, really kicked the day off with a swing and was brilliant in the run up with organisation and making sure we had the perfect set for the event, thanks so much!

5 out of 5

Rachel played during our wedding ceremony and whilst guests arrived and she was incredible. I was fortunate that I could hear her beautiful music playing through the window as I was getting ready with my bridesmaids. The only regret we have on our wedding day is that we didn't ask Rachel to play for longer - after the ceremony. I loved Rachel's website which was extremely helpful in compiling our playlist. I loved the music. Thank you so much, Rachel, you made our wedding so much more special and I will always recommend you to others. Playing Lord of the Rings The Shire music put a massive smile on my husband's face.

5 out of 5

Rachel played at our wedding in the summer. It was perfect! We couldn’t recommend enough, the music for our ceremony we lovely and made us feel so relaxed. Thank you Rachel!🩷

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Rachel Jones' Song list

I'm Kissing You- Des'ree- Romeo and Juliet

A Million Dreams- The Greatest Showman

All I Ask of you- The Phantom of the Opera

City of Stars- La La Land

Come What May- Moulin Rouge

Edelweiss- The Sound of Music

Falling Slowly- Once

Love Never Dies

One Day I'll Fly Away- Moulin Rouge

Rewrite the Stars- The Greatest Showman

Seasons of Love- Rent

Shallow- A Star is Born

Something Good- The Sound of Music

Somewhere- West Side Story

The Music of the Night- The Phantom of the Opera

How Far I'll Go- Moana

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes- Cinderella

A Whole New World- Aladdin

Beauty and the Beast

Can you Feel the Love Tonight- The Lion King

Go the Distance- Hercules

I See The Light- Tangled

Let it Go- Frozen

Married Life- Up

Once Upon a Dream- Sleeping Beauty

Part of your World- The Little Mermaid

When You Wish Upon a Star- Pinocchio

As Time Goes By- Casablanca

Balcony Scene- Romeo and Juliet

Cavatina- The Deer Hunter

Cinema Paradiso

Dawn- Pride and Prejudice

For the Love of a Princess- Braveheart

Feather Theme- Forest Gump

Now We are Free- Gladiator

Glasgow Love Theme- Love Actually

Portuguese Love Theme- Love Actually

Love Story

My Heart Will Go On- Titanic

One Summer's Day- Spirited Away

Romeo and Juliet Love Theme

Take My Breath Away- Top Gun

Love Theme- The Godfather

The Luckiest- About Time

Up Where We Belong- An Officer and a Gentleman

A Sky Full of Stars- Coldplay

A Thousand Years- Christina Perri

Afterglow- Ed Sheeran

All of Me- John Legend

All of the Lights- Kanye West

Amazed- Lonestar

Blinding Lights- The Weekend

Circles- Post Malone

Crazy in Love- Beyonce

Dance Monkey- Tones and I

Despacito- Luis Fonsi

Easy on Me- Adele

Fallin'- Alicia Keys

How Long Will I Love You- Ellie Goulding

I Get to Love You- Ruelle

I Won't Give Up- Jason Mraz

The Joker and the Queen- Ed Sheeran

Just the Way you Are- Bruno Mars

Lay me Down- Sam Smith

Let me Love You- DJ Snake

Love me Like You Do- Ellie Goulding

Make You Feel My Love- Adele

Marry Me- Train

No One- Alicia Keys

Ordinary People- John Legend

Hey Ya- Outkast

Perfect- Ed Sheeran

Rather Be- Clean Bandit

Say you won't let go- James Arthur

Senorita- Shawn Mendes

Shape of You- Ed Sheeran

Skinny Love- Birdie

Something Just Like This- Coldplay

Paradise- Coldplay

Teenage Dream- Katie Perry

The Best Day- Taylor Swift

The Edge of Glory- Lady Gaga

Thinkin' 'Bout You- Frank Ocean

Thinking out Loud- Ed Sheeran

Umbrella- Rihanna

We've Found Love- Rihanna

Basket Case- Greenday

Chasing Cars- Snowpatrol

Faithfully- Journey

Open Arms- Journey

Good Riddance- Greenday

I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing- Aerosmith

Nothing Else Matters- Metallica

One Day Like This- Elbow

Somewhere only we Know- Keane

Sugar We're Going Down- Fall Out Boy

Wherever You Will Go- The Calling

With or Without You- U2

Wonderwall- Oasis

All My Loving- The Beatles

All You Need is Love- The Beatles

Always on Your Mind- Willie Nelson

And I Love You So- Perry Como

Can't Take My Eyes of of You- Frankie Vali

Close to you- The Carpenters

Endless Love- Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

Fields of Gold- Sting

Halleluja- Jeff Buckley

Have I Told You Lately- Van Morrison

Heaven- Bryan Adams

Here Comes the Sun- The Beatles

Here, There and Everywhere- The Beatles

Hey Jude- The Beatles

How Deep Is Your Love- The Bee Gees

I Don't Know Much- Linda Ronstadt

I Just Called to Say I Love You- Stevie Wonder

I Want to Hold Your Hand- The Beatles

I Will Always Love You- Dolly Parton

In my Life- The Beatles

Isn't She Lovely- Stevie Wonder

Just the Two of Us- Bill Withers

Just the Way you are- Billy Joel

Lady in Red- Chris De Burgh

Lean On Me- Bill Withers

Make You Feel My Love- Bob Dylan

Real Love- John Lennon

Saving all my Love- Whitney Housten

She- Elvis Costello

She Will be Loved- Maroon 5

She's Always a Woman- Billy Joel

She's Got a Way- Billy Joel

Songbird- Fleetwood Mac

Strange Magic- ELO

Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper

Together in Electric Dreams- Philip Oakey

We've Only Just Begun- The Carpenters

When You Say Nothing at all- Westlife

White Flag- Dido

Wonderful Tonight- Eric Clapton

Your Song- Elton John

At Last

Cheek to Cheek

Come Fly with me

Fly me to the Moon

I Get a Kick Out of You

I'm in the Mood for Love

I've Got You Under My Skin

Moon River

One Moment in Time

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Smile

Someone to Watch Over Me

Something Stupid

The Nearness of You

The Very Thought of You

The Way you Look Tonight

True Love

Unforgettable

What a Wonderful World

When I Fall in Love

When You're Smiling

Canon in D- Pachelbel

Arabesque No1- Debussy

Claire de Lune- Debussy

Air on a G String- Bach

Ave Maria- Schubert

Ave Maria- Bach

Gymnopedie No.1- Satie

Fur Elise- Beethoven

Nocturne's- Chopin

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring- Bach

Raindrop Prelude- Chopin

The Swan- Saint-Saëns

Valse- Chopin

Wedding March- Mendelssohn

Natural Light- Ludovico Einaudi

Watermark- Enya

Nuvole Bianche- Ludovico Einaudi

A River Flows in You- Yiruma

Le Onde- Ludovico Einaudi

Kiss the Rain- Yiruma

Bluebird- Alexis French

Comptine d'un autre et- Yann Tiersen

I Giorni- Ludovico Einaudi

When Hearts Collide- Alexis French

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

The range of pieces and genres I can provide. Clients love hearing pieces of music that they would not normally expect to hear on the piano.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Westenhanger Castle, Solton Manor, Port Lympne, Allington Castle, Dover Marina, Lympne Castle, Chilston Park, Rowhill Grange, Cooling Castle Barn, Swarling Manor, Chapel House Estate, Many Churches.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

I love a variety of music from different genres including Chopin, Mendelssohn, Einaudi, Yiruma, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Metallia, Pink Floyd, Coldplay and John Legend (a real mix). My absolute favourite is film music and video game music (Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, Joe Hisaishi).

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

I try my best to be as flexible as possible on the day. If timings change slightly just let me know as soon as possible.

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

How much time do you need to set up?

I take about 30min to set up the electric piano and speaker.

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

Yes, as long as in working order and in tune!

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

Yes. I love requests and arranging new songs. You can choose as many of the songs as you would like in the playlist.

Are you able to bring your own piano or keyboard?

Yes. I have a Yamaha electric piano and speaker which I can bring to events.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes. I love requests and arranging new songs. You can choose as many of the songs as you would like in the playlist. I ask for a month's notice to learn new songs so that I can ensure it is perfect.

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical, Christmas, Traditional church music, Baroque, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Jazz, Blues, Swing, Easy listening, Light music, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Covers, R&B, Top 40, Vintage, Classical crossover

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Instruments:

Piano

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert

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Other skills:

Accompanist, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching

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