Erik Branch Cocktail pianist, accompanist; (classical tenor, Great American Songbook, actor)

I have had many years of experience as a cocktail pianist, and have played at Bice (Portofino Bay), and at the Wyndham Palace, for weddings, engagement parties, etc. at the Howey Mansion, the Alfond Inn, the Citrus Club, and other venues, for galas at the Gaylord Palms and Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, and for such clients as Advent Health/Fish Memorial Hospital, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Skanska, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, to name just a few.

I normally perform the standard repertoire that you would expect to hear played by a cocktail pianist in restaurant or hotel lobby (standards), and can accommodate requests, particularly with a little advance notice. I am also an experienced singer and actor who has sung with opera choruses in Orlando for the past 20 years, and who has performed at Mad Cow Theatre, Theatre Downtown, and the Orlando Fringe Festival, to name but a few. I am also a composer whose music has been performed in New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Orlando, Tulsa, Austin TX; in Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Athens, York (UK), Bucharest, Constanța, Bordeaux, and Hanoi; as well as at Harvard University, and at West Point, among other places.

In terms of equipment, I am able to supply an excellent lightweight stage piano with a very realistic piano sound (suitable for cocktail piano) when an acoustic piano is not available, a small keyboard amp, microphones (if needed), and a small sound system that would be more than sufficient for an ordinary reception room or a small outdoor venue. I am also able to plug into a venue's sound system if required. I do carry liability insurance with a minimum of one million dollars per occurrence.