Colleen Collins
0 reviews- Anthem, AZ
- Singing Guitarist
- Travels up to 120 miles
- $200 and up
Overview
Colleen can offer a complete music experience with classical & acoustic guitar, female vocals, and Irish & silver flute. She plays a variety of music, including classical, Celtic, jazz, Spanish, rock, folk, and pop. She can also learn anything upon request.
"We wanted to thank you for the beautiful job you did with our wedding ceremony! When you were singing for the processional, I had to stop and collect myself before walking down the aisle because I got tears in my eyes! Thank you so much for the beautiful music!"
-Laura Rekapally, Tucson, Arizona
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Booking Info
Price Range: $200 and up
What to Expect
You can expect premium sound from top-notch equipment such as Bose sound system, rich, beautiful female vocals, Taylor acoustic guitars, Yamaha classical guitar, and a custom made Irish flute, along with a standard flute and Irish tin whistle. Colleen can play anything from background music to audience participation songs!
About
With her expressive voice and crisp guitar style, Colleen ((link hidden)) can deliver tender, heart-felt songs, touching a chord with every listener. Songs of love and loss accompanied by songs of passion and longing make her a favorite among coffeehouses and weddings alike. Her influences include Kelly Willis, Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Joni Mitchell. Please visit Colleen's other web page at (link hidden) for performance information for her Celtic band, Kilted Spirit.
A classically trained guitarist, she’s been playing since she was nine. She has studied with such notable classical guitarists as Christopher Parkening, Manuel Barrueco, and David Tannenbaum. When she was just 16, she took to the roads of Mexico and toured with the Grossmont Guitar Ensemble. She also began teaching guitar at the International Music Center in San Diego, California.
Colleen is constantly in demand for weddings and other events around the Phoenix area. She is available as a soloist, as a duo with her husband Chris on bass, guitar, and Irish bouzouki, as a trio with a drummer, or as a full four-piece band with a fiddler.
Here are some of the testimonials from satisfied clients:
"My husband and I went to see Colleen perform last week with some friends. WE ALL LOVED IT!! Her beautiful voice and wonderful guitar playing made our 'rare night out' so enjoyable. I highly recommend going if you can. You will have a great time!"
-Donna Slaybough, Anthem, Arizona
"Colleen - I just wanted to thank you for making our daughter Katie's wedding so special last Saturday. Your music was wonderful and we received numerous compliments on it from neighbors, family and friends. If you ever need a referral please just let us know and we would be glad to provide one for you. Thanks again."
Mary Wright (mother of the bride, Katie) Phoenix, Arizona
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Services Offered
Past Booked Events
| February 09, 2016 | Corporate Event |
Set List
Below is a partial listing of the songs Colleen has performed in the past. She can also learn anything upon request.
**If you would like to hear samples, please visit (link hidden)
Wedding, Classical, & Spanish (Instrumental) Set
Paul Anka: My Way, The Impossible Dream
Anonymous: Catalonian Song, Kemp's Jig, Malaguena, Romanza, Simple Gifts, Cancion, Spanish Waltz, Tarantella, Scarborough Fair, Scottish Folk Song, Packington's Pound, Greensleeves, Salterello
J.S. Bach: Air on the G String, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
The Beatles: Hey Jude, Imagine
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Fur Elise
Matteo Carcassi: Study in A, Study in Em, Study in Am, English Dance
Ferdinand Carulli: Waltz in Em, Etude
John Dowland: Galliard
George Frederick Handel: Theme from Harmonius Blacksmith
Elton John: Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Robert Johnson: Alman
Hans Neusiedler: Italian Dance
Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
Jean-Phillippe Rameau: Rondo
Carlos Santana: El Feral
Franz Schubert: Ave Maria
Fernando Sor: Study in A, Study in Bm, Minuet in C
Francisco Tarrega: Estudio
Tesla: Love Song
Mason Williams: Classical Gas
Celtic Music
Altan: Adieu My Lovely Nancy
Heidi Berry: Holy Grail, Time
Mary Black (Archie Fisher): Men of Worth
Capercaille: Four Stone Walls, Beautiful Wasteland, The Miracle of Being, Stinging Rain
Solas: In a Sea of Fleur de Lis, The Silver Dagger, Bonnie Mae, The Newry Highwayman
Traditional: He Moved Through the Fair, The Water is Wide
Many Irish and Scottish tunes (instrumentals on Irish-wooden-flute and tin whistle)
Singer-Songerwriter Music
Adele: Right as Rain
The Beatles: Dear Prudence, In My Life
Mary Chapin Carpenter: Shut Up and Kiss Me
Tracy Chapman: Revolution, Baby Can I Hold You
Colleen Collins: Black and White, Once We’re Together, Letting You Go (and lots more that I wrote)
Shawn Colvin: Sunny Came Home
Elvis Costello: Allison
CSNY: Helplessly Hoping, Teach Your Children
Sheryl Crow: Strong Enough, The First Cut is the Deepest, Mother
Steven Curtis Chapman: I Will Be Here
John Denver: Follow Me, Rocky Mountain High
Dido: Thank You
Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill
Bob Dylan: You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome
Five for Fighting: 100 years
Dan Fogelberg: Longer
Nanci Griffith: Across the Great Divide, Darcy Farrow, Love at the Five and Dime
Indigo Girls: Power of Two
Patti Griffin: Long Ride Home
Mumford & Sons: Little Lion Man, I Will Wait
Norah Jones: Don’t Know Why
Alison Krauss, When You Say Nothing At All
Led Zeppelin: What is and What Should Never Be, Going to California
Lonestar: Amazed
The Lumineers: Ho Hey
Sarah McLachlan: I Will Remember You, Ice Cream
John Mayer: Say
Joni Mitchell: Free Man in Paris, Carey
Van Morrison: Have I Told You Lately, Moondance
Stevie Nicks: Landslide, Dreams
Tom Petty: Angel Dream
The Pretenders: Back on the Chain Gang
Savage Garden: I Knew I Loved You
Sting: Fragile
James Taylor: Country Road
Marshall Tucker Band: Can't You See
U2: Beautiful Day
Vampire Weekend: A Punk
Lucinda Williams: Passionate Kisses
Amy Winehouse: Rehab
Jazz Music
Ella Fitzgerald: At Last
Bebel Gilberto: So Nice
Diana Krall: Boy From Ipanema
Dean Martin: Mambo Italiano
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