Special Occasions

Wedding & Event Pianist

William works in the West Midlands as a solo pianist for weddings, corporate events and other special occassions. Venues over recent years include the Hilton, Aston Parish Church, Hogarth's Hotel & Restaurant and the Big Wok Restaurant.

If there is no piano at the venue, do not worry - William is happy to bring his own digital piano and amplifier for a small additional fee.

Booking suggestions include church services, civil ceremonies, drinks receptions, wedding breakfasts and evening entertainment.

William is happy to recommend repertoire as required. Please take your time to browse his set lists below. William is also happy to do song requests as long has he has at least 2 weeks notice. This is to give him time to arrange and practise these for you.

To book William Cheung for your special occasion, a 20% deposit is required in advance, with the rest of the payment made two weeks prior to the day of the event. This guarantees that William will be totally committed to your special day!

Prices 2024-

Weddings Ceremony

Ceremony Only: £250

Covers 1 hour (flexible). This timing is based on about 20 mins pre-ceremony music and 40 mins during the ceremony, but this is only a rough guide.

2 song requests for free

Wedding Reception, Banquet & other events

£200 for the first hour

£90 for each additional hour, or £45 for an additional 30 mins

If no piano available at venue, William can bring his own digital piano

Travel expenses

Free within a Birmingham Post Code

Otherwise £10 for every 10 miles

Song Requests

Prices negotiable, starting from £25

Wedding Repertoire

Wedding ceremony repertoire suggestions and ideas:

Pre-ceremony

J.S. Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Prelude in C, Air (from Suite No.3)

Purcell - March

Haydn - St. Anthony Chorale

Arrival of the Bride

Clarke - Prince of Denmark's March

Handel - Overture (from Fireworks Music), Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Pachelbel - Canon

Wagner - Bridal March

Hymns

Amazing Grace, Give me Oil in my Lamp, Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer, Jerusalem, Love Divine

Signing of the register

Handel - Air (from Water Music), Largo (from Xerxes), Minuet (from Berenice),

Mendelssohn - Andante Religioso

Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus

Pachabel - Canon

Stolzel - Bist du bei mir

Recessional

Charpentier - Prelude (from the Te Deum)

Handel - Finale (from Water Music)

Mendelssohn - Wedding March

Purcell - Trumpet Tune

Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary

Song List

William improvises most pop/rock music and is able to play most requests if informed in advance . The lists below are tailored to a wedding setting, though William is able to play many more pop/rock hits from the 60s to the present day.

Pop/Rock Songs Artist A-C

ABBA

Dancing Queen, Thank you for the Music

AEROSMITH

I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing

ADELE

Make You Feel My Love

ARETHA FRANKLIN

I Say a Little Prayer

ARIANA GRANDE
Into You

ASHFORD & SIMPSON

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

ATOMIC KITTEN

Tide is High

The BANGLES

Eternal Flame

The BEATLES

Eight Days a Week, Here Comes The Sun, All You Need is Love, When I'm Sixty Four

BBMAK

Do You Believe In Magic

BEN E KING

Stand By Me

BEYONCE

Halo

BILL WITHERS

Lovely Day

BILLY JOEL

Piano Man, Uptown Girl

BRUNO MARS

Just the Way You Are, Marry You

CARLY JAE REPSEN

Call Me Maybe

CAROLE KING

You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman

The CARPENTERS

Close To You, We've Only Just Begun

CHRISTINA PERRI
A Thousand Years

COLDPLAY

Clocks, Everglow, My Universe, Sparks, Viva la Vida, Yellow

COUNTING CROWS

Accidentally in Love

CYNDI LAUPER
Time after Time

Pop/Rock Songs Artist D-K

The DARKNESS

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

DJ SAMMY

Heaven (candlelight mix)

DUA LIPA

Levitating, Love Again

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

September

ED SHEERAN

Lego House, Perfect, Shivers, Thinking Out Loud

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS

Hero

ELVIS PRESLEY

Love Me Tender

ELTON JOHN

Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Tiny Dancer, Your Song

ERIC CLAPTON

Wonderful Tonight

The FEELING

Fill My Little World Right Up

FEEDER

Seven Days in the Sun

A GREAT BIG WORLD

Already Home, Oasis

HARRY STYLES

Adore You, Watermelon Sugar

JACK JOHNSON

Better Together

JAMES BLUNT

Bonfire Hearts

JASON MRAZ

I'm Yours

JOHN LEGEND

All of Me

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Rock Your Body, Senorita

KATY PERRY

Teenage Dream

The KOOKS

She Moves in Her Own Way

KOOL & the GANG

Celebration

Pop/Rock Songs Artist L-R

LADY GAGA

The Edge of Glory

LUKAS GRAHAM

Love Someone

MAROON 5

She Will Be Loved, Sugar

MCFLY

Five Colours in Her Hair, All About You, Star Girl, Please Please Please

MICHAEL JACKSON

ABC, Blame it on the Boogie, I Want You Back

MICHELLE BRANCH

Breathe, Everywhere, Set Me Free

NORAH JONES

Come Away With Me, Turn Me On

OASIS

Lyla, Songbird

OLLY MURS

Dance With Me Tonight

ONE DIRECTION

Kiss You, What Makes You Beautiful

OWL CITY

Good Time

PHARRELL WILLIAMS

Happy

PLAIN WHITE T's

Hey There Deliilah

The POLICE

Every Breath You Take

QUEEN

Don't Stop Me Now, Somebody to Love, Crazy Little Thing Called Love

The REMBRANDTS

I'll Be There For You

ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Angels, She's The One

RONAN KEATING

When You Say Nothing At All

Pop/Rock Songs Artist S-Z

SAM SMITH

Stay With Me

SHANIA TWAIN

You're Still the One

SIMON & GARFUNKEL

Bridge Over Troubled Water

SMASH MOUTH

All Star, I'm a Believer

SNOW PATROL

Chasing Cars

SPICE GIRLS

2 Become 1

STEPS

Heartbeat, Here and Now, It's The Way You Make Me Feel, Say You'll Be Mine

TAKE THAT

Greatest Day, Rule The World, Shine

TAYLOR SWIFT

Love Story

TRAIN

Drops of Jupiter

The TURTLES

Happy Together

VAN MORRISON

Brown Eyed Girl

VANESSA CARLTON

A Thousand Miles

WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance

WESTLIFE

You Raise Me Up, The Rose, Flying Without Wings

WET WET WET

Love is All Around

WHAM
Wake Me Up

WHITNEY HOUSTON

I Will Always Love You

WILL YOUNG

Evergreen

Film & Musicals Repertoire

ALADDIN

A Whole New World

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

Moon River

CATS

Memory

EVITA

Don't Cry For Me Argentina

DIRTY DANCING

Time of My Life

GREASE

Summer Nights, You're The One That I Want

JAMES BOND

Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Nobody Does It Better

The LITTLE MERMAID

Kiss the Girl, Part Of Your World, Under the Sea

MOULIN ROUGE

Come What May, Elephant Love Medley

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

All I Ask of You, Music of the Night

The PINK PANTHER Theme

The SOUND OF MUSIC

The Hills Are Alive, Eidelweiss, Something Good

SWEET CHARITY

Big Spender

TITANIC

My Heart Will Go On

TOY STORY

You've Got a Friend In Me

The WIZARD OF OZ

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Classical Repertoire

J.S. BACH

Prelude No.1 in C from "The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I", Twelve Little Preludes, Six Little Preludes

BEETHOVEN

Fur Elise, 'Pathetique' Sonata in C minor Op.13 2nd mvt

BRAHMS

Intermezzo in A, Waltzes Op.39

CHOPIN

Nocturnes & Prelude (including No.15 in D flat "Raindrop")

DEBUSSY

Arabesques 1 & 2, Preludes

ELGAR

Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Salut D'Amour

EINUADI

I Giorni, Nuvole Bianche

MOZART

Sonata in Bb, Piano Concerto No.21 in C 2nd mvt

OFFENBACH

Barcarolle from 'The Tales of Hoffman'

PUCCINI

Nessun Dorma from 'Turandot'

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Scheherezade from 'The Young Prince and the Young Princess'

SATIE

Gymnopedies No.1, 2 & 3

TCHAIKOVSKY

Sleeping Beauty Waltz

VERDI

March from 'Aida'

VIVALDI

The Four Seasons

YIRUMA

Kiss the Rain, Maybe, River Flows in You

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