Thomas McBrien Pianist

Based in United Kingdom

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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LOCATION
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

TRAVEL
up to 12500 miles

PRICE
from £300 (GBP)

RATED
10 / 10 from 5 reviews

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Price Guide

Description Price
Wedding Ceremony (includes 4 song requests)£200 (GBP)
Wedding Breakfast or Reception (2 x 60m sets)£300 (GBP)
Wedding Ceremony and Reception£450 (GBP)
Private event (2 x 60m sets)£250 (GBP)
Hire an ensemble of up to five musicians, which can be a duo, trio, or quartet, with proportional pricing, all for the total cost of £1800.£1800 (GBP)
All equipment PAT tested. Public liability insurance. Both available on request.

About / Biography

Meet Thomas McBrien, the jazz prodigy reigning supreme in south east London! With TWO jaw-dropping decades of experience and degrees from prestigious music schools, he's the real deal.

Get ready for mind-blowing performances and captivating piano compositions that span hits, blues, jazz, and classical pieces fit for royalty! Thomas comes equipped with top-notch gear, delivering an audio experience like no other.

When you choose Thomas as your pianist, expect a personally tailored repertoire, seamless planning, and top-tier professionalism. Working with him is a breeze, thanks to his easy-going nature and impeccable style.

Buckle up for an unforgettable musical journey with Thomas McBrien – a true marvel in the world of jazz!

Here’s what you can expect when you choose me as your pianist:

1. A personally tailored repertoire, adaptable to suit your vibe - I welcome all kinds of song requests!

2. An extensive collection of popular hits, soulful blues, enchanting jazz, and even delightful classical pieces.

3. The highest standard of professionalism with a top-notch electric piano and sound system, ensuring exceptional audio quality.

4. Seamless planning to discuss and finalize all event details.

5. Efficient logistical coordination directly with the venue, providing you with peace of mind on your special day.

6. A warm and friendly smile from a happy pianist, ready to create a musical ambiance that leaves lasting memories for you and your guests.

Reviews (5)

There are currently 5 user ratings for Thomas McBrien

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in United Kingdom

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Travels worldwide

- Pop Repertoire -

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

All of Me - John Legend

All This Love That I'm Giving - Gwen McCrae

All You Need Is Love - The Beatles

At Last - Etta James

Big Poppa - The Notorious B.I.G.

Blackbird - The Beatles

California Dreaming - The Mamas & The Papas

Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley

Cream - Wu-Tang Clan

Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest

Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Half the World Away - Oasis

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

Heart of Gold - Neil Young

Hotel California - Eagles

How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding

Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

Imagine - John Lennon

Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G.

Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers

Let It Be - The Beatles

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

Make You Feel My Love - Adele (Originally by Bob Dylan)

Marry You - Bruno Mars

Michelle - The Beatles

Ms. Jackson - OutKast

Mumma Mia - ABBA

Pastime Paradise - Stevie Wonder

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

Rotterdam - The Beautiful South

Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Stand by Me - Ben E. King

Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

The Truth - Handsome Boy Modeling School

The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Wonderwall - Oasis

You Are the Reason - Calum Scott

Your Song - Elton John

- Jazz Repertoire -

A Child Is Born - Thad Jones

A Grand Night for Swinging - Gerry Mulligan

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin

Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, and Andy Razaf

All Blues - Miles Davis

All Of Me - Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons

All Of You - Cole Porter

All The Things You Are - Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II

Anthropology - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Armundos Rhumba - Chick Corea

At Last - Mack Gordon and Harry Warren

Au Privave - Charlie Parker

Autumn in New York - Vernon Duke

Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer

Beatrice - Sam Rivers

Billie's Bounce - Charlie Parker

Black Nile - Wayne Shorter

Black Orpheus (Manhã de Carnaval) - Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria

Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham

Blue Concept - Billy Taylor

Blue In Green - Miles Davis and Bill Evans

Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk

Blue Skies - Irving Berlin

Blues for Alice - Charlie Parker

Blues On The Corner - McCoy Tyner

Body And Soul - Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton

But Not For Me - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin

Bye Bye Blackbird - Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon

C Jam Blues - Duke Ellington

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II

Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock

Celeste - Miles Davis

Celia - Bud Powell

Cheek To Cheek - Irving Berlin

Cherokee - Ray Noble

Come Rain Or Come Shine - Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer

Concerto De Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo

Confirmation - Charlie Parker

Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Countdown - John Coltrane

Cry Me A River - Arthur Hamilton

Dance Of The Elders - Max Roach

Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça

Dig Dis - Hank Mobley

Dolphin Dance - Herbie Hancock

Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington and Bob Russell

Donna Lee - Charlie Parker

Doxy - Sonny Rollins

Emily - Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer

Eternal Triangle - Sonny Stitt

Everybody's Song But My Own - Kenny Dorham

Everything Happens To Me - Matt Dennis and Tom Adair

Everything I've Got Belongs To You - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Exactly Like You - Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields

Eye Of The Hurricane - Herbie Hancock

Feel Like Makin' Love - Gene McDaniels

Five - Bill Evans

Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard

Footprints - Wayne Shorter

Four - Miles Davis

Four on Six - Wes Montgomery

Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis

Funkerello - Horace Silver

Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You - Don Redman and Andy Razaf

Georgia On My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell

Giant Steps - John Coltrane

The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes (English lyrics by Norman Gimbel)

Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie

Have You Met Miss Jones? - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Andy Razaf

How Deep Is The Ocean - Irving Berlin

How High The Moon - Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton

How Insensitive (Insensatez) - Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes (English lyrics by Norman Gimbel)

I Can't Get Started - Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin

I Fall In Love Too Easily - Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn

I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin

I Wish I Knew... - Harry Warren and Mack Gordon

I'll Remember April - Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, and Don Raye

Impressions - John Coltrane

In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington and Manny Kurtz

In A Mellow Mood - Duke Ellington

In A Mellow Tone - Duke Ellington

In Walked Bud - Thelonious Monk and Jon Hendricks

Infant Eyes - Wayne Shorter

Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

Israel - John Carisi

It Could Happen To You - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

It's Only A Paper Moon - Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg

Jordu - Duke Jordan

Joy Spring - Clifford Brown

Just A Gigolo - Leonello Casucci and Irving Caesar

Just Friends - John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis

Kind Folk - Kenny Dorham

L-O-V-E - Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler

Lazy River - Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin

Let's Get Lost - Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser

Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard

Long Ago and Far Away - Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin

Lonnie's Lament - John Coltrane

Love For Sale - Cole Porter

Lover Man - Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, and James Sherman

Lucky To Be Me - Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green

Lullaby For Helen - Bill Evans

Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock

Manhattan - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Milestones - Miles Davis

Misty - Erroll Garner (with lyrics added later by Johnny Burke)

Moanin' - Bobby Timmons

Moon River - Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer

Mr. PC - John Coltrane

My Favorite Things - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Naima - John Coltrane

Nardis - Miles Davis

Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez

Never Will I Marry - Frank Loesser

Night and Day - Cole Porter

Night Dreamer - Wayne Shorter

Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli

Night Train - Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, and Oscar Washington

No Blues - Miles Davis

Now's The Time - Charlie Parker

Oleo - Sonny Rollins

Oliloqui Valley - Herbie Hancock

On Green Dolphin Street - Bronisław Kaper and Ned Washington

On The Street Where You Live - Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner

On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields

Once Upon A Summertime - Michel Legrand, Johnny Mercer, and Eddie Barclay

Ornithology - Charlie Parker and Benny Harris

Out of Nowhere - Johnny Green and Edward Heyman

Parisian Thoroughfare - Bud Powell

Passion Dance - McCoy Tyner

Peace Piece - Bill Evans

Peel Me A Grape - Dave Frishberg

Penthouse Serenade - Will Jason and Val Burton

Perdido - Juan Tizol, Hans Lengsfelder, and Ervin Drake

Poinciana - Nat Simon and Buddy Bernier

Polkadots and Moonbeams - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

Pure Imagination - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

Recorda-Me (Recuerdame) - Joe Henderson

Rhythm-A-Ning - Thelonious Monk

Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk

Satin Doll - Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Johnny Mercer

Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker

Second Balcony Jump - Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine, and Don Redman

Secret Love - Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster

So What - Miles Davis

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II

Solar - Miles Davis

Some Other Time - Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green

Someday My Prince Will Come - Frank Churchill and Larry Morey

Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg

Song For My Father - Horace Silver

Spartacus Love Theme - Alex North

Speak Low - Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash

Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter

St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins

Star Eyes - Gene de Paul and Don Raye

Stella By Starlight - Victor Young and Ned Washington

Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk

Summer Time - George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward

Sunny - Bobby Hebb

Take Five - Paul Desmond

Take the "A" Train - Billy Strayhorn

Tea For Two - Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar

Teach Me Tonight - Gene De Paul and Sammy Cahn

Tell Me A Bedtime Story - Herbie Hancock

The Days of Wine and Roses - Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer

The Kid From Red Bank - Neal Hefti

The Nearness Of You - Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington

The Peacocks - Jimmy Rowles

The Song Is You - Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II

The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields

There Is No Greater Love - Isham Jones and Marty Symes

There Will Never Be Another You - Harry Warren and Mack Gordon

This I Dig Of You - Hank Mobley

Time Remembered - Bill Evans

Tune Up - Miles Davis

Unsquare Dance - Dave Brubeck

Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock

Waters Of March (Águas de Março) - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim

When Lights Are Low - Benny Carter and Spencer Williams

What Is This Thing Called Love - Cole Porter

Windows - Chick Corea

Yesterdays - Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cole Porter

500 Miles High - Chick Corea

- Classical Repertoire -

Ave Maria - Franz Schubert

Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel

Children's Corner - Claude Debussy

Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

Comptine d'un autre été - Yann Tiersen

Fantaisie-Impromptu - Frédéric Chopin

Fantasia in D minor (K. 397) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Für Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven

Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie

Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach

I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi

Impromptu in G-flat major (Op. 90) - Franz Schubert

La fille aux cheveux de lin - Claude Debussy

Liebesträume No. 3 - Franz Liszt

Moment Musical No. 3 in F minor - Franz Schubert

Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven

Nocturne in C-sharp minor (Nocturne Op. 27) - Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne in E-flat major - Frédéric Chopin

Now

Pavane pour une infante défunte - Maurice Ravel

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major (K. 331) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Prelude in C major (WTC Book 1) - Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude in C-sharp minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Prelude in D-flat major (Raindrop Prelude) - Frédéric Chopin

Prelude in G minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Partita No. 1 in B-flat major - Johann Sebastian Bach

Reverie - Claude Debussy

River Flows In You - Yiruma

Rondo Alla Turca - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman

Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach

Traumerei - Robert Schumannk

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Power supply needed.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

Standard booking are 2 x 60m sets. Extra sets can be arranged for a fee.

Recent Clients

Thomas McBrien has performed for these clients:

L'Oreal

Ronnie Scotts

AstraZeneca

Lauderdale House

The Hotel Continental

The Magnet

Boyles' Bar

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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