LiaBraaten Live ~ Live Music
Entertainment
Affordable Live Music for Private
Parties of All Kinds
Serving All of Minnesota, Wisconsin, North &
South Dakota
Our LiaBraaten Live ~
Private Party Entertainment Offers:
- Best Live Bands, Live Piano, Live Vocalists, Piano Bar
- Weddings Ceremonies & Receptions our Specialty
- Commissioned Composer for Stage & Television
- Corporate Jazz & Classical ~ Dinner &
Cocktail Music
- LiaBraaten's Proteges, Kids & Youth Programs
- One-Man "Swing" & 50s-60s-70s Dance Band
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Craig
LiaBraaten ~ noted concert pianist, singer-songwriter,
teacher-conductor, commissioned
composer
for stage and
television,
award-winning recording artist & motivational speaker ~ has been
featured in over forty
states ~ from the Seattle Opera House to Florida's Disney World and
from the
Minnesota Convention Center to the Louisiana State Capitol.
LiaBraaten
has performed LIVE for , and has appeared on National
Television and National Public Radio for an estimated 70 million
total national audience. A truly seasoned performer.

LiaBraaten
has collaborated on stage
with , has teamed up
with
some of the world's finest
conductors ~ ~ and
performed for
royalty from Norway, Denmark
and Sweden. LiaBraaten is
a world-class
musician whose
roots ~
and
now his livelihood ~ are based on the Iron Range in Northern
Minnesota.
LiaBraaten ~
a born performer, nationally recognized
entertainer-musician, and motivational
speaker ~ and a
"premier vocalist" with a "four octave range" ~ can be booked for :
Live Wedding Ceremony &
Reception Music
Unique
Recording Studio Projects
Touring
& Artist Management
Sound &
Lighting Custom Installation for Arenas, Churches, Schools, Venues
Special
Event Live Music Entertainment
School
Events, Programs & Fundraisers
Church &
Non-profit Events, Programs & Fundraisers
Classical
Music Events, Programs & Fundraisers
Corporate
Events, Programs, Holiday & Annual Parties
Musical
Instrument Workshops
Special Fundraisers for
Church Choirs, School Choirs and Community Music Groups

Above is the internationally renowned St. Olaf Choir, Directed by
Kenneth Jennings.
Craig LiaBraaten (Third Row, Fifth From The Left)
LiaBraaten was Choir Chaplain, Section Leader, Student Rehearsal
Conductor,
Piano Soloist and Vocal Soloist from 1980 to 1983
Craig LiaBraaten
playing Dinner Music
Craig LiaBraaten, Your "One Man Band"
Is a hit with every audience
His versatility & charisma shine in every performance


Here are some of the above
LiaBraaten Live events described in more detail:
- LiaBraaten ~ Drawing
on talent from across the Tri-State area, LiaBraaten
can provide
- Live "Swing" Music, Country Music, 50s
& 60s, Rock 'n Roll, Musical Revues, Vocal Groups
- Minnesota Jazz
Trio, Minnesota Live Piano Pianist, Minnesota's Premier Live Music
Entertainment
- Minnesota's Best Broadway
Revues - Cabarets &
Vaudeville Shows - Your Theme, Our Talent
- LiaBraaten designs and
directs shows for Corporate
clients'
specific needs
- Meeting our clients and repeat
customer's changing needs with custom service for 25 years
- Whether it's celebrating milestones,
anniversaries,
reunions, birthdays, holidays, annual parties, nostalgic trips down
memory
lane ~ or a corporate theme based on a specific era, year, musical
style or type of business ~
LiaBraaten is adept at creating a unique celebration and special
music from
your concept, idea, motto or theme ~
-
Price range: Negotiable: Contact
Craig directly at 1-800-248-7225
Contact
Corporate Entertainment

Craig
LiaBraaten's piano artistry ~ entertaining personally at an upscale
resort in Minnesota
- LiaBraaten ~
- Playing
the very
best in REAL
dance music
- Minnesota's Best Swing, playing the best standards from
yesterday and today
- Minnesota's Best Big
band,
playing the best in big band dance
music from 40's to today
- Minnesota's Best 50's
& 60's Rock & Roll
- "Rednecks" Country Band ~ both traditional
Country Western and Today's Top Country Hits
- "Classic Spice" playing the best dance music
from the 70's, 80's and
90's
- Polkas,
Waltzes, Foxtrots, Tangos, Ethnic Dance
Music (Add Accordion by Request)
- See LiaBraaten's
discography at Available
Recordings for his latest 2004 release of new
LiaBraaten
arrangements of great
big-band
and "swing" tunes like Sentimental Journey, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,
Satin
Doll, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Mack The Knife, and Basin Street
Blues
as well as old favorites like Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, Stormy
Weather,
It Had To Be You, plus ballads and patriotic numbers. Entitled , all the proceeds
from
this CD go to the American Cancer
Society.
- See Also Catalog for other CDs by Craig LiaBraaten
Call now to book LiaBraaten
Live for your next private or corporate party. Base
rate: $450.00
Contact
One Man Band
- LiaBraaten
~
- Elegant Cocktail or
Dinner Music
at the Piano
- From Simple Elegance to
Lavish Extravagance ~ Customized to your guests
- Jazz Trio ~ from Vince Guraldi and
Ray Charles to
Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea
- Swing, Blues, Ragtime,
Stride, Dixieland ~ from Joplin to Zez
Confrey and BB King
- Standards ~ from Frank Sinatra and
Duke Ellington to
Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters
- Television & Movie
Themes ~ from "Snoopy" to "Cheers" to "All
In The Family" and "Love and Marriage"
- Country ~ both old and new ~
from Hank Williams to
Garth Brooks, from Patsy Cline to Shania Twain
- Light Rock ~ from Billy Joel and
Elton John to Styx
and Eric Clapton
- Classical &
Semi-Classical ~ from Gershwin, Enya and Yanni to Bach, Beethoven
and
Chopin
- Sacred and contemporary
Christian ~ from worship music
and hymns to southern and black gospel
- Portable digital piano, including
"sampled" digital string orchestra sounds,
harp, harpsichord,
etc.
- LiaBraaten
has
thousands themes and tunes in his memorized repertoire
- LiaBraaten
also provides upon request his extensive
library of over 500,000 songs in two attractive, medium-sized
portable
music crates. This library ensures virtually every possible request is
instantly available on
site
- LiaBraaten's
ability to sight read and play by ear means he
can create his amazing arrangement of your request on the spur of the
moment,
and make it sound like an award-winning studio recording
- When you hear , you won't believe your ears.
Base
rate: $300.00
for two hours of dinner music.
Add $50.00 if we provide piano.

- LiaBraaten
~ ~
With the amazing "Piano Man".
- Taking requests from 1920 to the present
- Sing-along booklets provided for your
guests
- Fun, casual atmosphere with a real
entertainer
- Popular "Piano Man's" unique "Name
That Tune" game
- LiaBraaten's
dazzling
piano solos will leave you breathless, which once brought him fame as a
Finalist
in the
- Plus,
LiaBraaten's amazing
vocals
in all styles ~ from Billy Joel to Buddy Holly, from Garth Brooks to
Willie Nelson, from Elton John to Rod Stewart, from Glenn Miller to
Frank Sinatra ~ will get your group singing
up a storm in
no time
- Fun and
casual, but always clean and in good
taste
- Not risque or "off-key" humor like so
many tacky wannabee piano bar guys or gals try to force on you Contact
Piano Bar
Base
rate: $450.00 (or $150.00 per hour - plus $50 if we provide piano)
Base rate: $450.00


- from the LiaBraaten
Studios ~
Award-winning
piano and voice students of LiaBraaten from across Northern Minnesota
and Northern Wisconsin put on a
fantastic
show. Credits include
- Donnie
& Marie Television Show
- "On
The Road" with Charles Kuralt
- Blueberry Arts
Festival (Ely, MN)
- Land of
the Loon (Virginia, MN)
- Judy Garland
Festival (Grand Rapids, MN)
- Sonshine Festival (Willmar, MN)
- Wild Rice
Festival, Minnesota
State
Fair
- Duluth Dukes
Professional Baseball
- Duluth Lumberjacks
Professional Football
- Mines and Pines
Jubilee (Hibbing, MN)
- Ironworld
U.S.A. (Chisholm, MN)
- Minnesota State Fair (St. Paul, MN)
- Minnesota Vikings (National Football
League)
- Minnesota
Timberwolves (National Basketball Association)
- Minnesota Twins (Major League Baseball)

Andrea Cole ~ LiaBraaten Protege & Recording Artist
(see LiaBraaten
Teaching Studios)
Price Range: Contact Craig
directly at 1-800-248-7225 or Contact
Us
- ~
Sing-Along,
audience participation, and "name that tune" for ages 3-10. LiaBraaten recorded a new
children's album in Nashville for Grammy-winner
Dennis Morgan ~
- International
release of "10
Classroom Songs" (see below)
- kids
are crawn to Craig's unique and personable stage presence
- Craig has
a unique ability to "connect" with kids
- Find out more
about his
Nashville release for kids at this
link:
Available
Recordings or simply click on Catalog
Here
Base rate: $350.00

- ~
(see Professional
DJ Service)
- Weddings
- Private Parties
- Corporate parties
- $575.00 for
up to four hours of
non-stop, interactive professional DJ entertainment.
- Special Rate for Non-Profits

Call Now to Inquire
1-800-248-7225
or
Contact LiaBraaten
Live
 
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