Chris Cooley Pianist from New York City, NY

Chris Cooley provides elegant live piano music for weddings, cocktail hours, receptions, private parties, and fine dining environments. His repertoire includes American songbook standards, light jazz, and classical selections, performed seamlessly from memory to create an elegant and welcoming atmosphere. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Chris has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and in many of New York City’s premier hotels and restaurants, as well as internationally. He is experienced in both formal events and relaxed social settings, and adapts his playing style to suit the occasion. Chris is also an experienced church pianist/organist and is available for wedding ceremonies and funeral services. He frequently collaborates with top NYC vocalists and instrumentalists and can assist in coordinating additional musicians if needed.

• Ain't Misbehavin' | Gershwin
• Ain't no Sunshine When She's Gone
• All the Things You Are | Kern
• All the Way | Frank Sinatra
• Almost Like Being in Love | Brigadoon
• And This Is My Beloved | Kismet
• Arabeske | Schumann
• As Time Goes By
• Autumn Leaves
• Autumn Serenade | Johnny Hartman
• Ave Maria | Schubert
• Ave Maria | Bach/Gounod
• Bewitched | Pal Joey
• Bill | Showboat
• Blue Skies
• Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) | Wagner
• Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight | The Lion King
• Can't Help Falling in Love | Elvis
• Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine | Showboat
• Can't Take My Eyes Off You | Frankie Valli
• Canon in D | Pachelbel
• Cheek to Cheek
• Clair de lune | Debussy
• Close to You | The Carpenters
• Crazy | Patsy Cline
• Crush on You | Gershwin
• Deep Purple
• Dein ist mein ganzes Herz | Lehar
• Dream a Little Dream | Mama Cass
• Embraceable You | Gershwin
• Etude in A-flat, op. 25 #1 | Chopin
• Evergreen | Barbra Streisand
• Every Time We Say Goodbye | Porter
• Falling In Love Again | Marlene Dietrich
• Falling in Love with Love
• Fantasie-Impromptu | Chopin
• Fly Me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra
• Garden in the Rain
• Girl from Ipanema | Jobim
• Give Me the Simple Life | Rosemary Clooney
• Goodbye, Norma Jean | Elton John
• Gymnopedie #1 | Satie
• Happy Days are Here Again
• Harbor Lights
• Heather on the Hill | Brigadoon
• Hello | Neil Diamond
• Hello Young Lovers | The King and I
• Hey There | Pajama Game
• Hopelessly Devoted to You | Grease
• How Deep Is Your Love | The BeeGees
• I Get Along without you Very Well
• I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues | Elton John
• I Have Dreamed | The King and I
• I'll Be Seeing You
• I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
• If Ever I Would Leave You | Camelot
• Imagine | John Lennon
• Impromptu in G-flat | Schubert
• Intermezzo in A, op. 118 #2 | Brahms
• It Had to Be You
• It Might as Well be Spring | State Fair
• Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel
• Killing Me Softly with his Song | Roberta Flack
• La vie en rose | Edith Piaf
• Les chemins de l'amour | Poulenc
• Let It Be | The Beatles
• Liebesleid | Kreisler
• Lilacs | Rachmaninoff
• Look for the Silver Lining
• Love is a Many Spendored Thing
• Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me | Rosemary Clooney
• Lush Life
• Make Believe | Showboat
• Manhattan | Rodgers & Hart
• Meine Lippen | Lehar
• Merry Widow Waltz | Lehar
• Minute Waltz | Chopin
• Misty
• Moon River
• Moonfall | Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Moonlight Sonata | Beethoven
• More
• My Funny Valentine | Babes in Arms
• My One and Only You
• Nature Boy | Nat King Cole
• New York State of Mind | Billy Joel
• Night and Day | Porter
• Nobody Does it Better | Carly Simon
• Non ti scordar di me | Italian traditional
• Not While I'm Around | Sweeney Todd
• O mio babbino caro | Puccini
• Old Devil Moon | Finian's Rainbow
• On the Street Where You Live | My Fair Lady
• Only You | The Platters
• Over the Rainbow | The Wizard of Oz
• Overjoyed | Stevie Wonder
• Pennies from Heaven
• People | Barbra Streisand
• Piano Concerto #2 | Rachmaninoff
• Piano Man | Billy Joel
• Quando m'en vo | Puccini
• Rocket Man | Elton John
• Romance of a Lifetime | Kurt Weill
• Savin' All My Love for You | Whitney Houston
• Second-Hand Rose | Funny Girl
• Send In the Clowns | A Little Night Music
• Send in the Clowns | A Little Night Music
• Sisters | White Christmas
• Smile | Chaplin
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
• So in Love | Kiss Me, Kate
• So Many Stars | Tony Bennett
• Some Enchanted Evening | South Pacific
• Spring Is Here | Rodgers & Hart
• Stardust
• Stranger in Paradise | Kismet
• Summertime | Gershwin
• Tenderly | Rosemary Clooney
• The Folks Who Live on the Hill | Kern
• The Greatest Love | Whitney Houston
• The Man I Love | Gershwin
• The Man that Got Away
• The River Is So Blue | Kurt Weill
• The Summer Knows | Michel LeGrand
• The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby
• The Way We Were | Barbra Streisand
• The White Cliffs of Dover
• They Can't Take That Away from Me | Gershwin
• They Say It's Wonderful | Annie Get Your Gun
• This Masquerade
• This Nearly Was Mine | South Pacific
• Three Coins in the Fountain | Frank Sinatra
• Till There Was You | The Music Man
• Try to Remember | The Fantasticks
• Unforgettable | Nat King Cole
• Up Where We Belong | Joe Cocker
• Waltz in C-sharp minor | Chopin
• Waltz in E-flat | Chopin
• Wedding March | Mendelssohn
• What a Wonderful World | Ray Charles
• What Are You Doing the Rest of your Life? | Michel LeGrand
• What I Did for Love | A Chorus Line
• What's New?
• When I Fall in Love
• When I Marry Mr. Snow | Carousel
• When October Goes | Barry Manilow
• Where or When | Babes in Arms
• Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume | Viennese traditional
• Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | Carole King
• Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Midler
• Yesterday | Beatles
• You Are So Beautiful | Joe Cocker
• You Are the Sunshine of my Life | Stevie Wonder
• You Don't Bring Me Flowers | Streisand/Diamond
• You're the Top | Porter
• You've Got a Friend | Carole King
• Young At Heart
• Younger Than Springtime | South Pacific
• Your Song | Elton John