John Sawoski, Pianist

John Sawoski works alone and with distinguished colleagues to provide the highest quality musicianship to a diverse array of discriminating clients.

Accompanying and Musical Direction

John Sawoski has musical directed and orchestrated for The Leading Ladies and Dennis McNeil. He has also musical directed for MTG's Saturday Night and Dear World; LATC's Assassins; Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah; Funny, You Don't Look Like A Grandmother at the Santa Monica Playhouse; the legendary Peruvian operatic jazz singer Yma Sumac; the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (asst. MD); and John Forster's Both Barrels. He has accompanied Audra McDonald, Davis Gaines, Dennis McNeil,  Rodney Gilfry, Lisa Vroman, Les Miserables, Disney's Beauty and The Beast, The Secret Garden (click here for a photograph of John with composer Lucy Simon), Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan, The Mark Taper Forum, The Sunrider International Industrial (produced by Carabiner), Diahann Carrol, Mabel King, Rhonda Fleming, Cardinal Archbishop Roger Mahoney, and more. Click here for piano accompanying flyer.

Recording

John Sawoski's piano-playing can be heard on the soundtracks of numerous films, including the recent HBO movie Live from Baghdad. He recently arranged, played, conducted, and co-produced the first album for The Leading Ladies. He also recently arranged, orchestrated, played and conducted the music for The Feast of Lights, by Tannoz. He has played piano on a lounge revival version of "Nun Seh Ich Woll" (from Gustav Mahler's Die Kindertotenlieder) on the Skip Heller CD, Couch, Los Angeles (click here to listen). John Sawoski's recording credits also include playing on an album for Saylor Shin (Korean vocalist and #1 hit songwriter), Seoul, South Korea, and playing on the Japanese pop CD The Adam Yurman Project. Mr. Sawoski has composed and played music for the children's variety TV show pilot What's Shakin', played on  the TV show Wings, and played and arranged music for the independent film The Woman Chaser (featured at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center). He was also pianist for The Baloney Song, Oscar Mayer Fat Free Ham (Radio Commercial), and has performed on and produced countless demonstration recordings for numerous artists, many at his own studio. Please click here for complete resume.

Sideline

Appearances on TV and Movies - Live from Baghdad, Wings, Will & Grace, Veronica's Closet, LA Confidential, The Wedding Singer, Frasier, Jim Carrey's Man on the Moon, Las Vegas, and more. Click here for a large page of images and animations.

Solo Piano

Music for your social functions and corporate events. Click the links for:

• Solo piano demo - sit back and enjoy 20 minutes of piano music.
• List of suggested Tunes for Piano Entertainment.

Symphonic Concerts

Concerto appearance with the Stanford Symphony. Pianist/keyboardist, The Riverside County Philharmonic, the Capistrano Valley Symphony and the Orange County Four Seasons Orchestra. Please click here for resume.

Weddings

Click here for information on hiring John Sawoski and Distinguished Colleagues for Weddings, including RealAudio samples

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