Nick's piano playing is sensitive, beautiful and profoundly pleasing as he connects with his audience through the piano. You will immediately feel comfortable, relaxed and in a "new zone" far away from the trials of the day.
A few of Nick's most recent performances include a Corporate Event in Miami Beach, a wedding reception in Miami, anniversary & birthday parties in Boca Raton, a birthday party in Parkland and weekly performances at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston. Nick's clients and their guests have been very pleased with his playing.
Nick plays a variety of music such as A Thousand Years, Fly Me To The Moon, Fields of Gold, Unchained Melody, When I Fall in Love, Hello...
2 reviews
Taryn G.
February 15, 2017He played and sang beautifully- Was an excellent addition
Hired as: Pianist
Nick Raspa
Thank you, Taryn, for the great review! I enjoyed working with you and it was my pleasure to perform for such as nice group of people.
McGowan, T.
March 25, 2016He played for an event of one's 92nd birthday. A great family eent, and a musician who immediately "got it." He made the event exponentially better, and I highly recommend him.
Hired as: Pianist
Price range: $150 and up + expenses
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes
Nick's playing is sensitive, beautiful and profoundly pleasing as he connects with his audience through the piano. You will immediately feel comfortable, relaxed and in a "new zone" far away from the trials of the day. Nick offers a fresh approach to the songs he plays by improvising which brings a new, spontaneous and wonderfully personal dimension to the music. Previous clients have always been pleased and indicated they would hire Nick again.
Nick plays a variety of music such as familiar jazz standards like "Misty", "Fly Me To The Moon"; show tunes like "Cabaret" and "The Impossible Dream"; hit songs from the movies like "Unchained Melody" from Ghost, "When I Fall in Love" from Sleepless in Seattle, and contemporary hit tunes like "Hello" by Lionel Richie, "Sweet Dreams" by Annie Lennox and "Crazy For You" by Adele.
I am a pianist, teacher and award winning composer. I graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Catholic University of America and subsequently studied music composition privately with Fulbright scholar and Pulitzer Prize nominee Frank Retzel. Many of my compositions have been selected, through competition, for performance both here in the United States as well as in Europe. I have also served as President of the Minnesota River Valley Music Teachers Association and as state/national liaison for the Minneapolis Music Teachers Forum. I was also the founding conductor of the Audubon Symphony Orchestra and conducted that orchestra until moving from Pennsylvania in 1993. I have lectured in seminars for both students (how to compose music) and teachers (how to teach music composition).
I am currently performing and writing music in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area. I re-work and improvise many of the songs I perform adding my own personal touch. I always take great care to keep the original composer's intentions intact as I re-work the music. You will find my arrangements both fresh and thoughtful. My performances are passionate and careful consideration is given to each piece as it is performed.
The venue should have a piano available. If the piano is acoustic, it should be near electricity for music lamp.
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Current song list:
A Thousand Years (Christina Perry)
All of Me (John Legend)
And The Angels Sing (from And The Angels Sing) (Benny Goodman)
Angel Eyes (Frank Sinatra)
As Time Goes By (from Casablanca)
Auld Lang Syne (Scottish folk song)
Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
Bewitched (from Pal Joey) (Frank Sinatra)
Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino)
Call Me Irresponsible (from Papa’s Delicate Condition) (Frank Sinatra)
Can’t Help Falling in Love (from Blue Hawaii) (Elvis Presley)
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (from Showboat)
Chapel of Love (Dixie Cups)
Cherish (The Association)
Come Fly With Me (Frank Sinatra)
Crazy for You (Adele)
Cry Me A River (Julie London)
Earth Angel (The Penguins)
Feeling Good (The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Fly Me To The Moon (from Once Around) (Frank Sinatra)
The Fool on the Hill (Beatles)
Frankie and Johnny (from Frankie & Johnny) (Elvis Presley)
Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles)
The Girl From Ipanema (Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra)
God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday)
The Good Life (Frank Sinatra)
Happy Together (The Turtles)
Hello (Lionel Richie)
Here’s That Rainy Day (Frank Sinatra)
Hooked on a Feeling (B. J. Thomas)
I Dreamed a Dream (from Les Miserables)
I Will Follow Him (from Sister Act)
If I Were A Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
Imagination (Glen Miller)
In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington)
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Frank Sinatra)
I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face (My Fair Lady)
Jean (from the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) (Rod McKuen)
The Lady Is A Tramp (from Babes in Arms) (Frank Sinatra)
Laura (from the movie Laura)
Let It Be Me (Everly Bros)
Love Me Tender (from Love Me Tender) (Elvis Presley)
Mack The Knife (Bobby Darin)
Misty (from Play Misty for Me) (Erroll Garner)
Moon River (from Breakfast At Tiffany’s) (Andy Williams)
Music of The Night (from The Phantom of the Opera)
My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic)
My One And Only Love (Frank Sinatra)
One (from A Chorus Line)
Open Arms (Journey)
Our Day Will Come (Ruby & the Romantics)
Over The Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz)
Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Paul Anka)
Rainy Days and Mondays (Carpenters)
Satin Doll (Count Basie)
Same Old Saturday Night (Frank Sinatra)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (from Roberta) (The Platters)
Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh Kay) George & Ira Gershwin
Somewhere (from West Side Story)
Spring Is Here (I Married An Angel) (Frank Sinatra, Vic Damone, Julie London)
Sunrise Sunset (from Fiddler on the Roof)
Take My Breath Away (from Top Gun)
Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Maurice Chevalier)
That’s Life (Frank Sinatra)
The Way You Look Tonight (from Swingtown) (Frank Sinatra)
Then He Kissed Me (The Crystals)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
This Guy’s In Love With You (Burt Bacharach)
Three Coins in the Fountain (from Three Coins in the Fountain)
Unchained Melody (from Ghost)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra)
The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)
We’ve Only Just Begun (The Carpenters)
What A Wonderful World (from Good Morning Vietnam) (Louis Armstrong)
Where is Love (from Oliver)
When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge)
When I Fall in Love (from Sleepless in Seattle)
Where is Love (from Oliver)
Where Is Your Heart (from Moulin Rouge)
Yesterday (Beatles)
You’re Still the One (Shania Twain)
Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Keith Jarrett, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Jackie Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Barbara Streisand, Julie Andrews, J. S. Bach,
piano available at venue
if the venue piano is acoustic, it should be close to an electric source for music lamp
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