Bach - Sarabande from Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello
Radiohead - Creep
Billie Eilish - my future
Queen - Love Of My Life
Jake Brookman, a professional cellist based in Saint Louis, Missouri, has a passion for performing a wide range of musical genres in diverse settings.
2 reviews
William B.
November 12, 2025Jake far exceeded our expectations. His selection of music was exceptional. His talent is amazing. He was personable and engaged in conversation appropriately.
Hired as: Cellist
Dan M.
September 16, 2025Jake did a wonderful job with a beautiful prelude of classical music on the cello and then beautiful background music during the reception after the funeral. His performance added beauty to our celebration of life.
Hired as: Cellist
Price range: $300 and up
Languages: English
Unions: AFM
Jake possesses an exceptional ability to create unforgettable musical experiences for individuals of all ages and backgrounds with his extensive playlist.
Jake Brookman started playing the cello when he was 9 years old and quickly cultivated his passion for making music. In addition to school orchestras, Jake played with the CASA Young People's Orchestra and the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra serving as Principal Cellist for both ensembles. While still in high school he won solo performance opportunities from competing in the young artist concerto competitions of the CASA Young People's Orchestra, Alton Symphony Orchestra and the Brentwood Symphony Orchestra. Jake then went on to study music performance at the Mannes College of Music in New York City, NY with a scholarship.
In late 1992 shortly after his return to Saint Louis, MO he performed with The Suede Chain (a rock band based in Champaign, IL) which would be the first of many bands that Jake has been involved with throughout the years.
In 2018 he was introduced to busking (street performance) and since then has expanded his solo repertoire with backing tracks to over 12 hours of music that includes popular melodies from the last couple hundred years highlighting Jake's appreciation and understanding of multiple genres of music.
Jake regularly collaborates, performs and records with local and regional creative professionals.
Currently Performs with: HämmerString, The Metropolitan Orchestra of Saint Louis, Mr. Blue Sky, Pop! Pop! Pop!, Salt of the Earth, The University City Symphony Orchestra, Winter Opera St. Louis
Tuesday
Anniversary Party
6:30pm - 8:30pm
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St Louis, MO
Saturday
Funeral/Memorial Service
1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Lake St Louis, MO
Solo Cello Repertoire with Backing Tracks
Classical
"Aria (Cantilena)" - Heitor Villa-Lobos
"Arioso" - Johann Sebastian Bach
"Ave Maria" - Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod
"Ave Maria" - Franz Schubert
"Butterfly Waltz" - Brian Crain
"Habanera" (Carmen) - Georges Bizet
"Kanon in D" - Johann Pachelbel
"Largo from Xerxes, Ombre mai fu" - George Frideric Handel
"Nessun dorma" (Turandot) - Giacomo Puccini
"Ombre mai fu" (Serse) - George Frideric Handel
"The Swan" - Camille Saint-Saens
"Vocalise" - Sergei Rachmaninov
"Wedding March" - Felix Mendelssohn
Pop/Movies/Musicals/Standard
"1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"All I Ask Of You" (Phantom Of the Opera) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
"All My Loving" - The Beatles
"All of Me" - John Legend
"all the good girls go to hell" - Billie Eilish
"Amie" - Damien Rice
"And I Love Her" - The Beatles
"Annie's Song" - John Denver
"Apocalypse Please" - Muse
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - Elvis Presley
"As The World Falls Down" (Labyrinth) - David Bowie
"At Last" - Etta James
"Back to Black" - Amy Winehouse
"Bad Things" - Jace Everett
"bellyache" - Billie Eilish
"The Best" - Tina Turner
"Beyond the Sea" - Bobby Darin
"Billie Bossa Nova" - Billie Eilish
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" - The Verve
"Blackbird" - The Beatles
"Blackout" - Muse
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
"Butterflies and Hurricanes" - Muse
"Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (The Lion King) - Elton John
"Can’t Help Falling in Love" - Elvis Presley
"Careless Whisper" - George Michael
"China" - Tori Amos
"City of Delusion" - Muse
"City of Stars" (La La Land) - Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
"Climb Every Mountain" (The Sound of Music) - Rogers and Hammerstein
"Closer" - The Urge
"Cologne" - Ben Folds
"Creep" - Radiohead
"Don't Bring Me Down" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Don’t Know Why" - Nora Jones
"Edelweiss" (The Sound of Music) - Rogers and Hammerstein
"Everything Has Changed" - Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran
"Fake Plastic Trees" - Radiohead
"Falling Slowly" - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
"Fever" - Elvis Presley
"Fields of Gold" - Sting
"Fly Me To The Moon" - Frank Sinatra
"Gabriel’s Oboe" (The Mission) - Ennio Morricone
"God Bless The Child" - Arthur Herzog Jr. & Billie Holiday - Standard
"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys
"Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
"Havana" - Camila Cabello
"Hello" - Lionel Richie
"Here Comes The Sun" - The Beatles
"High and Dry" - Radiohead
"Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
"How Deep Is Your Love?" (Saturday Night Fever) - The Bee Gees
"How Long Will I Love You" (About Time) - Ellie Goulding
"Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash
"Hymn for the Weekend" - Coldplay
"Hysteria" - Muse
"I Didn't Change My Number" - Billie Eilish
"I Dreamed a Dream" (Les Miserables) - Claude-Michael Schönberg
"I Get To Love You" - Ruelle
"i love you" - Billie Eilish
"I Will" - The Beatles
"I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
"If I Lose Myself" - OneRepublic
"If I Loved You" (Carousel) - Rogers and Hammerstein
"ilomilo" - Billie Eilish
"Imagine" - John Lennon
"Imagine" - A Perfect Circle
"In My Life" - The Beatles
"The Joke" - Brandi Carlile
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin
"La Vie En Rose" - Louis Armstrong
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
"Levitating" - Dua Lipa
"Lift Me Up" (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) - Rihanna
"Like Someone In Love" - Björk
"listen before I go" - Billie Eilish
"Live and Let Die" (Live and Let Die) - Paul McCartney and Wings
"Love Me Like You Do" (Fifty Shades of Grey) - Ellie Goulding
"Love Me Tender" - Elvis Presley
"Love of My Life" - Queen
"Love Theme" (Cinema Paradiso) - Ennio and Andrea Morricone
"The Luckiest" - Ben Folds
"The Luckiest" (About Time) - Ben Folds
"Mad World" (Donnie Darko) - Gary Jules
"Make You Feel My Love" - Adele
"Matte Kudasai" - King Crimson
"Memory" (Cats) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
"Michelle" - The Beatles
"A Million Dreams" (The Greatest Showman) - P!NK
"Monsters" - James Blunt
"My Favorite Things" (The Sound of Music) - Rogers and Hammerstein
"My Foolish Heart" - Victor Young & Ned Washington - Standard
"My Funny Valentine" - Lorenz Hart & Richard Rogers - Standard
"my future" - Billie Eilish
"The Nearness Of You" - Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington - Standard
"(Nice Dream)" - Radiohead
"No One Like You" - Scorpions
"No Ordinary Love" - Sade
"No Other Love" - Jo Stafford
"No Time To Die" (No Time To Die) - Billie Eilish
"Nobody Does It Better" (The Spy Who Loved Me) - Carly Simon
"Norwegian Wood" - The Beatles
"Nude" - Radiohead
"Oceans" - Hillsong United
"Only Time" - Enya
"Over The Rainbow" (The Wizard Of Oz) - Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg
"People" (Funny Girl) - Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
"People Will Say We’re In Love" (Oklahoma) - Rogers and Hammerstein
"Perfect" - Ed Sheeran
"Photograph" - Ed Sheeran
"Play Dead" - Björk
"The Portrait" (Titanic) - James Horner
"The Prayer" - Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
"The Rainbow Connection" (The Muppet Movie) - Paul Williams, Kenneth L. Ascher
"Real Love" - Regina Spektor
"Rewrite the Stars" (The Greatest Showman) - Ben J. Pasek, Justin Paul
"Rio" - Duran Duran
"Ripple" - The Grateful Dead
"Roads" - Portishead
"The Rose" (The Rose) - Bette Middler
"Royals" - Lourde
"Save A Prayer" - Duran Duran
"The Scientist" - Coldplay
"The Shadow of Your Smile" - Astrud Gilberto
"Shallow" (A Star Is Born) - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
"A Sky Full of Stars" - Coldplay
"Slow Dancing in the Dark" - Joji
"Slow Like Honey" - Fiona Apple
"Sober" - Tool
"Soma" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Somebody Loves Me" - Bing Crosby
"Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
"The Sound Of Music" (The Sound of Music) - Rogers and Hammerstein
"The Sound Of Silence" - Disturbed
"The Sound Of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Sour Times" - Portishead
"Speechless" - Dan + Shay
"Stay With Me" - Sam Smith
"Still Loving You" - Scorpions
"The Story" - Brandi Carlile
"Strangers in the Night" - Frank Sinatra
"Street Spirit" - Radiohead
"Summertime" - DuBose Heyward & George Gershwin - Standard
"Sunflower" (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) - Post Malone & Swae Lee
"Sway" - Rosemary Clooney
"Thank You" - Dido
"They Long To Be (Close To You)" - The Carpenters
"Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran
"A Thousand Years" (Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1) - Christina Perri
"Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
"Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole
"Uninvited" - Alanis Morissette
"Until I Found You" - Stephen Sanchez
"Uprising" - Muse
"Video Games" - Lana Del Ray
"What A Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong
"What Was I Made For?" (Barbie) - Billie Eilish
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - The Beatles
"A Whole New World" (Aladdin) - Alan Menken & Tim Rice
"Witchcraft" - Frank Sinatra
"Without You" - David Guetta feat. Usher
"Yellow" - Coldplay
"Yesterday" - The Beatles
"You and Me" - Lifehouse
"You Don't Own Me" - Lesley Gore
"You Know I'm No Good" - Amy Winehouse
"You're Still the One" - Shania Twain
"You've Got A Friend" - James Taylor
"Young and Beautiful (DH Orchestral Version)" - Lana Del Ray
Holiday
"Angels From The Reals Of Glory" - Henry T. Smart, James Montgomery
"Angels We Have Heard On High" - Traditional French Carol, James Chadwick
"Away In A Manger" - James R. Murray, John T. McFarland
"Blue Christmas" - Michael Bublé
"Bring A Torch Jeanette, Isabella" - 17th Century French Provencal Carol
"The Chipmunk Song" - Ross Bagdasarian
"The Christmas Song" - Mel Tome, Robert Wells
"Christmastime Is Here" - Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson
"Deck The Hall" - Traditional Welsh Carol
"Do They Know It's Christmas" - Band Aid
"Feliz Navidad" - José Feliciano
"The First Noel" - W. Sandy's Christmas Carols, 17th Century English Carol
"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" - Elmo & Patsy
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Felix Mendelssohn, William H. Cummings, Charles Wesley, George Whitefield
"I’ll Be Home For Christmas" - Kim Gannon, Walter Kent
"Jingle Bells" - J. Pierpont
"Joy To The World" - George Frideric Handel, Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts
"O Christmas Tree" - Traditional German Carol
"O Come All Ye Faithful" - John Francis Wade, Latin words translated by Frederick Oakley
"O Come, O Come Emmanuel" - The Piano Guys
"O Little Town Of Bethlehem" - Lewis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks
"Silent Night" - Franz X. Gruber, Joseph Mohr, John F. Young
"Silver Bells" - Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
"Snowman" - Sia
"We Three Kings" - John H. Hopkins Jr.
"What Child Is This" - 16th Century English Melody, William C. Dix
"White Christmas" - Bing Crosby
"Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney
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