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

COMMENTS! ... [2025] ....... from the owner of The Wentworth Hotel, Aldeburgh re New Year's Day Dinner for a full hotel + Piano 6.30-9.30pm   ... "Hello Nick, I have heard nothing but compliments from the guests -re last night ..... " MP
... from a restaurant guest ... same occasion as above ... "... the compliments  from the guests are down to you and your great skill of providing just the right atmosphere – it really makes our evening ..."   RT&RT
.... and from Allonsfield House Care Home [Facebook] 28/12/2024 ..... "...Thanks for another brilliant performance from Nick Raison!..." from KATHRYN
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! ..... 

THIS WEBSITE IS UPDATED AFTER EVERY EVENT/BOOKING

.... with many bookings still to come for 2025 ... TBC=to be confirmed

                                            2025

May 19th Mon/1.30pm Lunch Club, New Horizons  Melton Sports Club



May 20th Tue/2.30pm   Tea Party + Allonsfield House  Campsea Ashe


May 22nd Thur/7pm [Pvt] Banquet      Wentworth Hotel  Aldeburgh    


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


June 27th Fri/2.30pm    Thé Chansons   Garrett House Aldeburgh


Jul 17th Thur/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Grove Court  Woodbridge


Jul 25th Fri/2.30pm     Singalong/Tea    Garrett House, Aldebugh


Aug 21st Thur/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Grove Court  Woodbridge

Aug 29th Fri/2.30pm     Singalong/Tea    Garrett House, Aldebugh


Sep 18th Thur/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Grove Court  Woodbridge


Sep 23rd Tue/2.30pm   Tea and Cake and Piano    Allonsfield House


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


Oct 16th Thur/2.30pm   Tea Party + piano  Grove Court  Woodbridge

Oct 31st Fri/2.30pm     Singalong/Tea    Garrett House, Aldebugh


Nov 18th Tue/2.30pm    Tea, Cake and Piano      Allonsfield House


Nov 28th Fri/2.30pm     Singalong/Tea    Garrett House, Aldebugh


Dec 6th Sat/2-4pm         Christmas Bazaar         Orford Church

2026

Jan 1st Thu/6.30pm  New Year's Day Dinner at The Wentworth Hotel
FROM A CUSTOMER'S [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 ... and two particular favourites that our residents often request and love to sing to are' Daisy Daisy' and 'Over The Rainbow".
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's 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 ... 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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