YOU CAN ALSO FIND AN AUTO-ENQUIRY/REPLY FORM ON PAGE 4 TO GET IN TOUCH! ... 

........ MEANWHILE .........

A  PIANO COMMENT from 2025 ... from the late and wonderful musicologist Sir Humphrey Burton [CBE] at a charity tea party "Keep doing exactly what you do, Nick! ... Don't change a thing!" EVEN MORE RECENT ... 2026 ... from a Wentworth Hotel dinner guest ... "Thanks, Nick, for a super evening of music ..."

Aug 14th  Fri/2.30-4pm    Afternoon Tea Week!! (outside)  Grove Court   


Aug 28th Fri/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Garrett House  Woodbridge


Sep 17th  Thu 2.30pm   Thé Chansons Chez Grove Court Woodbridge



Sep 24th Thur/1.30pm   Lunch with New Horizons      St Audry's


Sep 25th  Fri/2.30pm     Singalong/Tea    Garrett House, Aldeburgh


Oct 2nd Fri/2pm.30pm   Tea + Music 🎹 Allonsfield House   Campsea Ashe


Oct 15th Thur/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Grove Court  Woodbridge


Oct 30th  Fri/2.30pm     Singalong/Tea    Garrett House, Aldeburgh


Nov 19th Thur/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Grove Court  Woodbridge


 Nov 27th  Fri/2.30pm     Singalong/Tea    Garrett House, Aldeburgh


Dec 16th Wed/Lunch   Full 'Christmas' Lunch at The Wentworth Hotel 



Dec 29th Thur/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Grove Court  Woodbridge

I PROVIDE MY OWN DIGITAL PIANO!! 

...... some Private functions are  NOT listed by request ......
I prefer to  provide my own Digital Concert Piano ... that way I can be located anywhere at any  time [...indoors or outdoors...] and make a guaranteed, top-quality, full grand-piano sound.
I have long power leads [65m +] ... or access to a generator if really remote! ..... 

2027

Jan 1st Fri/night   N Y's Day Dinner     Wentworth Hotel, Aldeburgh
FROM A STAFF [CARE HOME] FACEBOOK PAGE! .... "Pianist, Nick Raison, is one of our most popular and regular entertainers here monthly, since 2010. A highly experienced solo performer and accompanist. Nick's repertoire is mainly from 'The Great American Songbook' era from the 1920's but he also has a huge variety of 'gems' which can be played ... with a lot of residents' recall and memories tested and enjoyed ; and frequently sung.
Nick has a delightful rapport with our residents and when they see any chairs being moved, they immediately ask if it's to make room for the lovely Mr Raison and his piano."

       I AM SOMETIMES ABLE TO FIT IN 2 DIFFERENT EVENTS IN A DAY ... SO PLEASE ASK ...

      [IT DEPENDS ON TIMES & DISTANCES] EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE I'M ALREADY BOOKED
                                              ... up to 3.5hrs playing in a day ...

 

COCKTAIL  PIANIST...FOR... 

Wedding Receptions, Drinks Parties, Dinners, Banquets, Care Homes, Cocktail Parties, Birthdays, Residential Homes, Funerals/Wakes,  Conferences/ Business/Corporate Functions, Tea Parties, Public Functions, Private Parties, Private Hotel Parties/Meals  Church Services ....... or just for the pleasure of soirées musicales/thé dansant and the music of a Golden Era for composers and lyricists.  

Perfect, too, for your sitting-room or dining room or ballroom perhaps? Recently I have performed in a passageway and a summer-house/posh-garden-shed and in various Livery Halls in the City and among the beach-huts at Southwold and on a lake island!

I HAVE A HIGH-QUALITY DIGITAL PIANO WITH A REAL CONCERT GRAND TONE. EXCELLENT FOR INDOORS, HALL, MARQUEE,OPEN-AIR, ETC.           POWERFUL OR quiet 

For more information, cost etc ...
Please email [info@nickraison.co.uk] & I will reply with a simple 'What-I-charge' document ... with no follow-up contact ... unless requested!
(It would be useful for you to first check my availability on this website):-
Email info@nickraison.co.uk 
or Google "nick raison" and follow various links.

RECOMMENDATIONS .... WITH WHOM I SOMETIMES WORK :-

http://www.thecrownatwoodbridge.co.uk

http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk

www.thorpeness.co.uk

www.thedrapers.co.uk

http://www.wentworth-aldeburgh.com

www.eastongrange.co.uk

www.skinnershall.com

www.butleypriory.co.uk

www.mrtimsaxophone

www.garretthouse.co.uk

www.efhl.co.uk/locations/suffolk-woodbridge

www.uffordpark.co.uk

www.hintleshamhall.co.uk

...AND MANY MORE LINKS BY GOOGLING "nick raison" (with the inverted commas) ....

.... and click on 'IMAGES' too!


... see 'Navigation' at top of this page

Every listing marked  ... "TBC"   ... means "To Be Confirmed" Many Residential Homes enjoy visitors during my performances but .....
contact the venue first, please!          

  http// WWW.NICKRAISON.CO.UK   NICK RAISON is a highly experienced solo performer and accompanist with a repertoire mainly from “The Great American Songbook” era from the 1920, 30's, 40's, 50's ... and slowing down just BEFORE Rock 'n Roll/Top 10/Skiffle etc. You are pretty unlikely to hear anything from today's Top 40! He has a wide-ranging repertoire (... repetitions by request only) playing for up to 5 hours  a day. His style is 'free and easy' with a hint of "Charlie Kunz", "Hutch" [without the voice!] and "Carroll Gibbons". For Cocktail Piano Music and Ambient Music he plays  working around a song-list of about 750+ song titles. The total repertoire extends well beyond this.  If specific songs are requested for special occasions (eg bride's entrance, birthdays, wakes etc) these can usually be included … with enough warning .  He plays at about 70+ widely varied 'gigs' per year.  www.nickraison.co.uk 

TUXEDO JAZZ     

  http://www.nickraison.co.uk

CLICK THE LINK HERE  V  FOR A 1m 10s 
AUDIO/VIDEO CLIP!                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBTXQZMjUgU

and EASTON GRANGE      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS1Xdl6gSlw

A Garden Wedding ... pianist in the distance!
Miranda Raison ... at a rehearsal
Photograph above .... actress daughter Miranda Raison at Buckingham Palace
.... just after a Garden Wedding ceremony ... at beautiful Chaucer Barn, Norfolk ... with OUTDOOR PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT [see Right/distant corner for outdoor pianist!]

               Photo:-  www.winstonsanders.co.uk

 
  NICK RAISON ... at the Piano

to be found ...  on-stage + gardens + tents + churches
   + fields + roof-tops + boudoirs + hallways + clubs + dining-rooms + gardens + trailers +
marquees +  concert halls + sitting-rooms + pubs
+ passages + streets + cellars + riverboats + front parlours + balconies + town squares + hotels + galleries etc + beaches etc
[.... these are all genuine locations where I have played ...]

 

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