Looking for a musician, songwriter/arranger, or wedding band for hire in the Central PA Harrisburg Pennsylvania area?
Billy Wray is an acoustic piano player (pianist), keyboard player (keyboardist), pipe organ player (organist), instrumental composer and recording/studio artist available for your upcoming wedding ceremony, background piano/keyboard music for your wedding reception, private/corporate party or function, bar/bat mitzvahs, wedding anniversaries, birthday parties, sing-along, or entertainment at holiday parties and special celebrations. He plays piano/keyboard for the surrounding South Central Pennsylvania Harrisburg York Lancaster City & County area including Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York Counties.
Billy has played the piano/organ or his Yamaha digital keyboard professionally for over 40 years (since age 9) including venues such as Harrisburg's The Pride of the Susquehanna (for their riverboat dinner cruises), Hershey Park, Hershey Region AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America), Harrisburg Shipoke's Chars Bella Mundo (Harrisburg Magazine Readers' Poll Simply the Best 2007 and 2008), the Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion in Center City Harrisburg (for two Pennsylvania Governors), The late Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll, Harrisburg's own National Civil War Museum, and various area country clubs and restaurants including the West Shore C.C., Lancaster's Regents' Glen Box Hill Mansion , York's Outdoor C.C. (pianist/keyboardist/duo) and The Roosevelt Tavern (duo) in York, Pa. He also has been a church organist, pianist, and keyboardist for over 35 years, and since 1982, he's been playing services and weddings in his home church Christian Life Assembly (CLA) in Camp Hill, PA. In 2004, Bill played the piano and keyboard on CLA's own worship CD/DVD recording Christian Life Live, "Friend of God". and has just completed his first piano solo instrumental CD. His first CD is also for sale. Also visit My Space page and view some videos on me playing the Hammond B3 & 122 Leslie along with the CLA choir and orchestra.
All music styles are offered including soft/light jazz, light classical, pop, standards, show tunes, gospel, country, Latin, to dance music of yesterday and today.
Click here for his Master Song list with "live" audio sound bite clips.
Billy will even "customize" a play list based on your requests...just fax or email him with your favorites and/or provide him with your sheet music!
Want a fuller sound then what a piano player can provide? Billy's Yamaha 9000 Pro Keyboard simulates a full "combo" sound complete with a built-in realistic drum kit, upright electric bass and a plethora of musical instruments including vocal harmonies! His keyboard also duplicates a rich pipe organ, harp, harpsichord, and string quartet sound, perfect for your wedding ceremony (inside or outside!). Here are some testimonials from a few satisfied customers.
Photo 1 by Kay Wray: Billy Wray at the Grand Piano . Photo2: Billy Wray Roosevelt Tavern York, Pa Photo 3: Billy Wray CLA Worship Service Camp Hill, Pa Photo 4: Billy Wray Jr and Billy Wray Sr 2008 New Years Eve at The Outdoor Country Club in York, Pa.
Here's some recent "live" songs with vocals performed on a Yamaha digital grand piano at Hollywood Casino's Final Cut Steakhouse (Recorded 01.15.10 on my iPhone):
Way You Look Tonight Lady Is A Tramp Chances Are Girl From Ipanema Hello Dolly
How Deep Is Your Love Georgia Summer Wind Nearness Of You Moondance
Margaritaville I Wish You Love It Had To Be You I've Got You Under My Skin In The Mood
Fly Me To The Moon Embraceable You Days Of Wine & Roses Come Fly With Me Unforgettable
Just The Way You Are Chicago Beyond The Sea Ain't Misbehavin' As Time Goes By
All Of Me All The Way Angel Eyes Brown Eye Girl Brandy
Demo songs of Billy playing solo piano (on the Yamaha 9000 Pro): Unchained Melody Memory Canon In D Jesus, Joy Of Man's Desiring Clair de Lune Handel's Sarabande Pianoman Wonderful Tonight
Want more musicians? No problem... duos, trios, quartets are available in any configuration. He especially enjoys playing duos with his son (and drummer) Bill Wray III and trios with guitarist Ken Knowlton. Billy Wray also performs as a keyboardist regularly with a five piece high energy dance band called Nightwind and a trio called Nightlite. Here's a picture of the Nightwind Band when they performed for Harley-Davison at Hershey Park. Here's a video presentation of Nightwind. Sometimes Billy fills in for a great variety dance band called Cruise Control. For those who want a DJ, check out The Dan Allen DJ Show. He's also the leader and front man for Nightwind.
Click here for Nightwind and Nightlite song demo's.
Listen to a Funky Guitar/Bass Line (with a little B3 organ mixed in) composition called Laid Back
Billy is also a song arranger, songwriter, composer, (CDs entitled "Piano Meditations" and Bible Bytes Vol. I), and recording/studio artist. He just needs to listen to your vocal melody, and he can write and record a complete song, in any style, with full orchestration customized just for you. Maybe you're not musically inclined but wrote a poem and want it "put to music". No problem...Billy will custom write, sing, and record your song (with your lyrics), providing you with a finished CD you can give as a gift, use as a song demo, or for your first wedding dance as husband and wife. Or he can also provide a music track minus the vocals just in case you want to do your own serenading or entertaining! What a perfect way to express your love to that special person on that special occasion or entertain your friends at your next get-together. Maybe you found a song you like to sing to so you need an arrangement without the vocals. Our example is Andrea Bocelli's Momentos-here's an simple one minute mp3 sample of what we can do with Bocelli.
Whatever your musical needs are, Billy Wray will try to accommodate.
Please call 717.610.0048 or click today for pricing and availability.
Billy Wray Music
1724 Liberty Cove
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17055-6791
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Bible Bytes Volume I CD - Scripture Bible Promises set to Music Audio CD
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