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Terry Musselman is a Pennsylvania-based piano player who specializes in performing light jazz, standards, show tunes, and soft pop music for restaurants, wedding receptions, and special celebrations.
Terry has been performing in the southeastern Pennsylvania region for over forty years. He has been a regular piano entertainer at Krista's Restaurant in Bethlehem since 1995. Over the years, he also has performed regularly in many other Lehigh Valley restaurants, including the Well House, the Black Forest Chalet, and Benetz's Inn. In addition, Terry has played for many private parties, including wedding receptions, 50th anniversary parties, reunions, and other special events. He has entertained at country clubs, Rotaries, American Legions, and women's organizations, as well as at private homes. In December 2005 and 2006, Terry performed at Bethlehem's Christkindlmarkt Christmas fest, and will be performing again in December 2007. He is part of the Lehigh Valley musical organization Olde Towne Performances. Terry is featured as the pianist on soprano Jennifer Graf's
2006 CD, "Tidings of Christmas." More information
can be found at: In addition to Terry's solo piano jobs, he is also the piano player
for the Terry Randall Trio. The Trio has been performing at area
restaurants – including the Well House, the Black Forest Chalet,
The Bay Pony Inn, Hilton Hotel, Benetz Restaurant, the Chit Chat
Club, the Maples, and the Palace Gardens Restaurant – for
over thirty years. Most recently, the Trio has been performed most
Saturday evenings at Krista's Restaurant in Bethlehem. Click
here to visit the Terry Randall Trio website. SAMPLES Terry is proud to offer a few excerpts of his piano playing here. These clips feature Terry playing piano with the Terry Randall Trio and were recorded live at Krista's Restaurant. (Unfortunately, we are unable to provide professional-quality clips of Terry playing by himself – but these clips provide an idea of his style.) Video Clips (Quicktime): "How Little We Know" | "Sometimes I'm Happy" MP3 Audio Clips: "Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You" | "The Sunny Side of the Street" Terry is also a regular performer with the Olde Towne Performances
and accompanied professional soprano Jennifer Graf on her CD, "Tidings
of Christmas." Audio and video clips are available
on the Olde Towne Performances website: REPERTOIRE Terry's style is akin to that of George Shearing, Oscar Peterson, and Erroll Garner, and he plays a diverse repertoire of smooth music that is easy to listen and dance to. His repertoire includes songs from 1890 to today, as well as all popular styles, including ragtime, dixieland, swing, jazz, Broadway, pop tunes, waltzes and light classical. Terry has over 2,000 songs in his huge repertoire! Terry also takes requests and if you need a specific song for a particular occasion, such as a wedding or anniversary, he will do his best to accommodate your request. A sample night of songs played might include: Stardust, Body and Soul, All the Things You Are, Night and Day, Sweet Georgia Brown, Moonlight In Vermont, Always, Embraceable You, Time To Say Goodbye, As Time Goes By, Moonglow, The Entertainer, All Of Me, Over the Rainbow, Satin Doll, Misty, A Foggy Day, I Get a Kick Out of You, My Heart Belongs To Daddy, I Write the Songs, After the Lovin', Crazy, The Shadow of Your Smile, Yesterday, Theme from "Dr. Zhivago", Fascination, Fly Me To the Moon, Meditation, Close To You, Jersey Bounce, Danny Boy, Come Back To Sorrento, Piano Man, Just the Way You Are, You Are So Beautiful, Send In the Clowns, How Little We Know, All the Way, September Morn, Watermelon Man, Rosetta, Something, Europa, Sunny, Through the Years, New York New York, You Light Up My Life, Be My Love Terry frequently plays songs by the following composers: Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Henry Mancini, Stevie Wonder, Scott Joplin Terry often plays songs from these shows: The Producers,
Cats, A Chorus Line, Kiss Me Kate, Bye Bye Birdie, Showboat, the
Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, the Sound of Music, Les Miserables,
West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret Thank
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Copyright © 2006–2007 Terry Musselman, Quakertown, PA