Daniel Hicks - Jazz Pianist
- Jackson, MI
- Jazz Pianist
- 5 Verified Bookings
Ben F. said “Daniel was great. He showed up early to prepare and started right on time. Our guests loved his performance.”
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Rena Poling is an affordable pianist, music arranger, composer and wedding music organizer.
Rena was absolutely magical playing at our daughter’s wedding reception during the cocktail hour. She is a true professional, extremely talented and terrific to work with! Thank you so much Rena for adding your beautiful touch to our daughter’s special day🤍
Thanks so much to Rena Poling for providing perfectly timed music for my ceremony! She was able to provide a non-traditional tune for my processional and it was so beautiful! She also included a couple little numbers throughout the ceremony for say the sand pouring ceremony, and seating relatives. 10/10 would definitely recommend!
Rena was incredible and so much fun to work with. We had some unusual requests for songs and if it was something she didn't know she was so quick to learn it to make our day perfect. I would highly recommend her to anyone who's looking for someone to add to your event.
Rena created a beautiful piece of music for me to sing to my soon to be born baby girl. It’s the sweetest lullaby with the most detailed lyrics. The lyrics were so special and felt like they were made for my baby girl. I love the music and I love the composer! She did an excellent job of not only writing the piece of music but providing a copy and even providing guitar chords so I can learn to play it on my guitar. My husband and I are so grateful for her talent and willingness to write such a beautiful piece of music for us!
I hired Rena about a year ago as an outside of school music accompianist to help me rehearse vocal music and play piano at performances in open mic nights and dive bars to gain experience as a performer. Rena is a very gifted pianist and composer. After rehearsing music we also co-wrote 10 original songs. Rena encouraged me to learn how to write my own lyrics after I had self doubts about my ability as a lyricist. We wrote 10 songs together 8 of which I wrote lyrics and she composed the musical arrangement and 2 that she is the full author. Thanks to Rena's strong piano and composition skills my original music I wrote with her resulted in me signing for representation with a music industry professional who helped me start my own record label and music publishing company. Thanks to Rena I'm not only a lyricist now but have 2 EPS that are about to be released on my own company.
Price Range: $200-600
Gig Length: 15 - 120 minutes
Languages: English
Highly professional classical performances, pop-arrangements and compositions.
Rena Poling is an experienced pianist, music instructor, audio mixer/editor, singer/songwriter, and music composer. She teaches private music theory and composition lessons, and also works as a freelance musician.
Born and raised in Grand Rapids; she earned her Masters in music in 2014 at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Institute in Seattle, WA, studying film music composition with Hummie Mann and Tim Huling. In 2020 she scored the feature-length documentary “Visceral: Transforming Trauma Through Theatre” produced by Capacity4Good Productions.
She received her Bachelors degree in music composition from the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theater and Dance in 2013, studying with such composers as Michael Daugherty, Kristy Kuster, and Paul Schoenfield.
She writes and plays in a variety of styles, including:
classical, orchestral, pop, folk, tango, electronic, film scores, musical theater, modern concert music, video game soundtracks, church music
The music of Rena Poling has been performed nationally and globally, including: Seattle (WA), Ann Arbor (MI), Grand Rapids (MI), Waynesville (NC), Cincinnati (OH), Chicago (IL), and Oxford (England).
Rena writes music in an attempt to be faithful with the gifts that God has given her, that her music might bring glory to God and refreshment to the human soul.
I have performed outdoor ceremony music in the past, but greatly prefer that in the event of an outdoor performance that the client either provide the sound equipment (speakers or amp), or be willing to pay a $50 fee for me to provide the equipment.
October 15, 2022 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Wedding Reception |
January 15, 2022 • 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
May 22, 2021 • 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
October 06, 2018 • 3:30pm - 5:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
January 28, 2017 • 9:00am - 9:15am | Fair |
May 07, 2016 • 12:00pm - 2:00pm | Music Lecture - Church Melodies |
April 19, 2016 • 6:30pm - 9:00pm | Imagination - BHBC Art Show |
April 14, 2016 • 8:15pm - 10:00pm | Converge - New Music Collective |
January 21, 2016 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | UMMA - Ann Arbor Concert |
Cannon in D - Pachelbel
Wedding March - mendelssohn
As the Deer - Hymn
Come Thou Fount - Hymn
The Prayer - David Foster
All of Me - John Legend
Down to the River - Alison Krauss
Your Song - Elton John
All You Need is Love - The Beatles
Thousand Years - The Piano Guys
The Great Adventure - Steven Curtis Chapman
Sonatine - Maurice Ravel
Plus many, many more!
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Ben F. said “Daniel was great. He showed up early to prepare and started right on time. Our guests loved his performance.”
Claire H. said “My husband and I are both musicians, so live music was a requirement for us when it came to our wedding ceremony and reception. Unfortunately, pricing…”
Leah K. . W. C. A. said “Judy's piano music was a highlight of our event!”
Barb L. said “Mr. Krivoshein played the piano beautifully, including music by classical (European) composers, hymns (American), and wove into the background mix some…”