The Nutrition Musician Jazz Pianist from Dedham, MA

Michael Leidig is a classical & jazz pianist & composer performing throughout Boston, Baltimore, Raleigh, Buffalo, and Ocala, FL in a variety of venues including weddings, private parties, farm picnics/dinners, restaurants, educational institutions including libraries & retirement and assisted living facilities. His solo piano music for weddings, parties, restaurants, lounges and dinners is described as "mellifluous" providing impressionistic interpretations of popular artists including John Lennon, Coldplay, U2, Norah Jones, David Gray, Moby, Sting, Sarah McLachlan along with contemporary new age impressionists George Winston, Philip Aaberg and Oystein Sevag. Jazz standards such as Close to You by Burt Bacharach, My Way by Sinatra, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, What a Wonderful World, Love & Marriage, and Peanuts pieces by Vince Guaraldi are incorporated into programming when appropriate. Original compositions can be requested for various celebrations (weddings, parties, etc) and memorial services. Special programs are available for major holidays including Valentine's, March Madness, Easter, Earth Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Flag Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, The Assumption, Grandparent's Day, Halloween, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's. Classical music includes solo recitals of composers in all 4 musical eras from Baroque to Modern including Purcell, Pachelbel, J.S. Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn (Felix and Fanny), Chopin, Grieg, Elgar, G.D. Wilson, Edward MacDowell and Amy Beach. Music appreciation/education workshops are available for classical composers including PowerPoint presentations with historical accounts of composers' lives, music, and as a “nod” to 20 years in health care as a Registered Dietitian and ACE Certified Personal Trainer & Health Coach, humorously reveals the eating habits of the time period. Children's programming is available in a series of "Kids Coloring Classical Composers" not only including music, but education, art, physical activity, and meditation. Virtual Musical Gifts are can be purchased allowing for tailored recitals live through Zoom with up to 50 participants or YouTube private link access for 1 week.