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Cheshire Wedding Pianist

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Cheshire wedding pianist Liz Hendry was back at Sandhole Oakbarn to play on a beautiful sunny day for Joy and Ryan. The ceremony was in the amazing barn conducted by Cheshire East Registration service, or as they are widely known, Your Ceremony, with a gorgeous view of the Sandhole Lake in the background. https://yourceremony.org.uk/



Cheshire wedding pianist playing modern songs

Joy and Ryan were really keen to have modern music in their ceremony and Joy walked down the aisle to Liz’s version of ‘Symphony’ by Clean Bandit, which is a lovely choice and really unique. The exit song was ‘Clocks’ by Coldplay which is a great upbeat tune, full of energy for the Grand Exit. The piano at Sandhole Oakbarn is well looked after and in amazing condition so it’s always a pleasure to play it.

Outdoor drinks reception – Cheshire Wedding Pianist

Due to the amazing weather, everyone headed outside for photos during the drinks reception where Liz had set up her portable piano under the clock tower to play and entertain the guests during drinks and canapés from Top Table, who provided the catering for this lovely Cheshire wedding. Liz continued with modern covers of popular songs, everything from Oasis, Louis Capaldi with some film music, dance tunes, and indie and rock thrown in. Andy Griffiths was there taking pictures and family shots in front of the lake, and capturing all the fun in a natural way as it happened on the day.

Cheshire wedding pianist Liz Hendry with the bride and groom

A review from Ryan and Joy

Ryan and Joy were kind enough to write a Google review a few days after the wedding which was really kind of them. It said,

“Liz is absolutely amazing if anyone is looking for a pianist to play at their wedding get in contact with Liz! She played on our wedding day at The Sandhole Oakbarn where she played a great selection of music which started the day off perfectly. Thank you!

Cheshire wedding pianist and other suppliers

To get a quote for Liz to play at your Cheshire or North West wedding you can contact her using the contact form on this website. Don’t forget that her portable white piano can be used at any venue. https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/contact/
Other suppliers at this Sandhole Oakbarn wedding included

Andy Griffiths photography https://www.andygriffithsphotography.co.uk/

Top Table Weddings and events https://www.top-table.co.uk/

Flossie’s weddings room dressers

Andy Murphy DJ https://www.andymurphydj.co.uk/

Sandhole Oakbarn Website https://www.sandholeoakbarn-weddings.co.uk/

Mottram Hall

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When Sophie and David got married at Mottram Hall!!!! What wedding! A most stunning bride, gorgeous groom and lovely guests in beautiful surroundings.

Lasting memories weddings and events absolutely smashed it with amazing room dressing and it made for a really romantic setting with live piano music to add to the atmosphere.

There was fabulous documentation thanks to
Andy Griffiths Photography and
James Tracey Films and I know that the evening entertainment would’ve been fabulous as they had Andy Murphy DJ

Simply an amazing wedding!

Mottram Hall suppliers

Mottram Hall https://www.champneys.com/hotels/mottram-hall/weddings/
Andy Griffiths Photography https://www.andygriffithsphotography.co.uk/
James Tracey Films https://jamestraceyfilms.co.uk/
Lasting Memories Wedding and Events
Andy Murphy DJ https://www.andymurphydj.co.uk/


Sophie was kind enough to write me a lovely review on my Facebook page about her dream wedding at Mottram Hall.

“Liz played at our wedding September 2022. From the moment we met Liz and listened to her music at Mottram open day back in 2020 we knew she was perfect! We had to post pone our day to covid and Liz was able to move our day to the new date 😊 Liz is so down to earth and gave us lots of recommendations on songs and listened to our thoughts on what we liked. I had a call with her a couple of weeks before the big day and Liz played our walk down the aisle song and entrance song to make sure it was perfect. On our day she played absolutely beautifully. All of our guests commented on how lovely it was to listen to through the wedding breakfast.
Highly highly recommend!!! Liz you are amazing!!”
See more reviews on my reviews page https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/category/reviews/

Colshaw Hall Pianist – 3 AMAZING recent weddings

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It’s a pleasure to be a visiting Colshaw Hall Pianist. Here are 3 recent weddings there. It is a delight to work at such a stunning venue where there is a grand piano in the ceremony hall, and I can use my portable white baby grand to play in the main building for the drinks reception or wedding breakfast. https://www.colshawhall.com/

Colshaw Hall pianist- 3 recent weddings- Wedding 1

I had a wonderful time celebrating with Hannah and Tom at Colshaw Hall. I really enjoyed playing the Fleetwood Mac version of ‘Songbird’ for Hannah as she walked down the aisle, as well as some cool tunes for Tom including The Mandalorian Theme and The Super Mario Brothers Theme. I’m happy to learn one or two new songs for each bride and groom. I think it is important for the ceremony music to be a reflection of each couple!

It was great to see Harvey Films https://harveyfilms.com/ (thanks for the unexpected roadie help!!) and wonderful to work with Ian the toastmaster and Tracy from Colshaw Hall who are both really friendly, helpful and great fun.

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Johnson!


Colshaw Hall Pianist- 3 recent weddings- wedding 2


Katherine and Andrew had the most amazing day at the very beautiful and luxurious Colshaw Hall in Cheshire. I loved playing the piano for their ceremony and drinks reception and what lovely guests they had who were enjoying the beautiful surroundings whilst celebrating with Mr and Mrs Scully. Katherine chose a gorgeous entrance piece which was the John Mayer version of ‘XO,’ which I loved arranging for her, especially the beautiful introduction. I was also pleased to play another of my favourite songs for the grand exit, ‘Clocks’ by Coldplay. See my repertoire list at https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/wedding-music-ideas-liz-hendry-wedding-pianist/

Working with 

Your Ceremony (Kim and Dave)https://yourceremony.org.uk/X

Toastmaster Jason https://www.toastmasterjason.co.uk/about

The Wedding Fairy https://theweddingfairy.uk/

The RUSH band https://www.therushband.co.uk/

Jess Yarwood Photography https://www.jessyarwood.co.uk/



Colshaw Hall Pianist – 3 Recent Weddings- Wedding 3

It was beautiful in March at Colshaw Hall for the wedding of Shereen and Tom. I loved playing for their drinks reception and wedding breakfast. What a delight to be at this amazing venue and I was even lucky enough to have some delicious food provided by Barretts Event Caterers Ltd. https://www.barrettseventcaterers.com/

Shereen and Tom chose ‘Chase the sun’ by Planet Funk as a really cool entrance piece as they were announced into the room as The New Mr and Mrs Batchelor!

Congratulations to a wonderful couple 😍🎹

The Villa at Wrea Green

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The Villa at Wrea Green is a country house hotel in the beautiful Lancashire countryside. There is a beautiful hall for ceremonies, a piano lounge for drinks reception and a fantastic purpose built pavilion for wedding breakfasts and evening receptions. You can often find myself or my husband Mark the Piano Guy https://www.thepianoguy.co.uk/ playing at their open events and wedding fairs as recommended suppliers.

Here is the ceremony hall at The Villa at Wrea Green

In April Mr and Mrs Webster had an amazing wedding at the The Villa Wrea Green. I played for an emotional ceremony and there was a very fun crowd supporting this lovely couple. (Plus some unusual, gorgeous, furry guests. Alpacas!) After playing for the ceremony in the hall, I played during the drinks reception in the piano lounge.

Other suppliers at The Villa at Wrea Green.

Also working at this wedding –

Red Sweets Photography https://www.redsweetsphotography.co.uk/gallery

PCRoadshows Entertainments https://www.pcroadshows.com/

Ivy Dene Alpacas https://www.ivydenealpacas.co.uk/

The Villa at Wrea Green
The Villa at Wrea green

Here I am with the new Mr and Mrs Webster. Abigail Webster commented on my Facebook page saying, “Ahhh Liz! We can’t thank you enough! You helped make our day truly perfect xxx”

Songs chosen by Mr and Mrs Webster included

A Thousand Years by Christina Perri

Stand by Me by Oasis

Your Song by Elton John

Perfect by Ed Sheeran

Here I am at The Villa at Wrea Green, playing at one of their Sunday open days whilst engaged couples look around.

Mere Court Wedding

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After a couple of postponements of her Mere Court Wedding, I was thrilled to finally play beautiful Laura down the aisle when she married her lovely partner Fez in the Arboreum. As you can see here they were married in front of this lovely window over looking the gardens at the Mere Court, which is just outside Knutsford. Find out more about Mere Court weddings here https://www.merecourt.co.uk/weddings/



They had chosen one of my favourite songs ‘A Million Dreams!’ which I played for Laura to walk down the aisle.

Friends and family had travelled from all over the UK to celebrate with them and they enjoyed amazing food, drinks and lots of fun here at this wonderful Mere Court wedding. I played throughout the meal for them and then I particularly enjoyed the speeches which were really entertaining.

The team here at The Mere Court did an amazing job, as well as
Your Ceremony https://yourceremony.org.uk/
Perfect Weddings Altrincham. https://perfectweds.co.uk/
Moss Wedding Films https://www.mossweddingfilms.com/
Captured by Kate Photography
You can often find myself, or my husband, Mark the Piano Guy, exhibiting at The Mere Court for their open events https://www.thepianoguy.co.uk/

Mere Court Wedding Review

Laura was kind enough to add this lovely review on my Facebook page.

“Liz played at our wedding in December. She was absolutely wonderful! We had Liz play throughout our meal and it was so relaxing to hear for the guests. Liz plays such a range of songs so nothing was too much trouble when we asked for a request. Thank you so much Liz 💓 xxx”

There is another Mere court wedding review at https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/mere-court-hotel/

Wyresdale Park Weddings

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Wyresdale Park weddings are held in a collection of beautiful rustic barns set in rolling countryside on the outskirts of Scorton, Lancashire. There is a lovely ceremony barn with amazing acoustics, perfect for couples who are looking at having live music in their wedding ceremony. My white piano looks fantastic in this room.

Wyresdale park weddings
Wyresdale Park weddings

Wyresdale Park Weddings with piano music

As well as in the ceremony room, the piano can be moved around throughout the day. It’s a lovely option to have a pianist throughout the wedding breakfast too which adds an ambience throughout the meal, without dominating too much, and allowing people to still chat. It also adds a talking point as many people naturally play ‘Name that tune.’
Here is the piano set up for a wedding breakfast. The beautiful flowers are provided by Bluebells and Daisies, who are based at Wyresdale Park Weddings.

https://bluebellsanddaisies.co.uk/

Recent Wyresdale Park Weddings

Maria and Chris booked me to play throughout their wedding breakfast and had an amazing first meal together as husband and wife, with fantastic food from The Striped Kitchen, who provide the catering here. https://www.thestripedkitchen.co.uk/

They made their entrance into the room as Mr and Mrs Hughes to ‘The You and Me Song’ by The Wannadies. I then played a selection from my repertoire including songs the couple liked including Sky full of Stars by Coldplay and The Friends Theme.
See my repertoire here. https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/wedding-music-ideas-liz-hendry-wedding-pianist/

Here I am with Maria and Chris.
Maria wrote me a review on Facebook


Special Arrangements at Wyresdale Park Weddings

I played for the ceremony and wedding breakfast for Georgia and Ethan who wanted really unique music in their ceremony to reflect their relationship. I did special arrangements of ‘Take on the World’ by You and Me at Six and ‘The World Could End with You’ by Llunr. It was lovely to play music that meant so much to them.

Wedding pianist
Wedding pianist

I received a lovely card from them in the post.

Traditional music for Wyresdale Park weddings

In March, Lauren and Daniel booked me to play for them all day, and Lauren choose to walk down the aisle to the more traditional option of ‘Canon in D.’ This made for an absolutely beautiful entrance. They then wanted a more alternative mix of music during the meal which included Indie, dance and rock music.

Lancashire Pianist
Lancashire Pianist

Check out this amazing venue at https://wyresdaleweddings.co.uk/ It’s such an amazing place where you can celebrate in style with everything under one roof, lovely outside areas, and very attentive staff to make your wedding day perfect.
Wyresdale Park Weddings

Liz Hendry. Wedding Pianist



Lancashire Pianist

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2023 began with the most beautiful wedding for Lancashire Pianist Liz Hendry.

Suzanna and Ewan became the new Mr and Mrs Simpson at the amazing Bartle Hall Hotel. What a beautiful winter wedding.

Suzanna and Ewan say their vows

Suzanna has great taste and picked ‘I’m Kissing You’ as her entrance music – one of the most emotional and dramatic bridal entrance pieces!!! If you are looking for a Lancashire Pianist, Liz can set up her Dutchgrand white baby grand piano anywhere to play beautiful piano music as you walk down the aisle.

Lancashire Pianist
Lancashire Pianist


Ewan and Suzanna had a fantastic day managed by the amazing team here at Bartle Hall Hotel. https://bartlehall.co.uk/
They added some great unique touches to their wedding, the highlight being a blessing from their friend who is the Pastor at their church. There were some amazing room decorations and lots of treats and activities for the kids. This was a day filled with music, love and fun!!!

Bartle Hall bride and groom
Bartle hall bride and groom


I loved working with
Flower Design
Kerry Baker: Make-up Artist
Elaina Daley Weddings
Creative Venue Styling

Congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs Simpson!

Lancashire Pianist Review

Suzanna said

“Highly Recommend. We met Liz at a wedding fair at Bartle Hall in May 2022. From the moment we heard her playing Bryan Adams as we walked into the venue we knew we wanted to speak to her and find out more. We knew that having Liz playing on our wedding day would be special and she was. Our wedding was 14/1/23 and everyone loved her and the different songs that were being played. Something for all ages. We can’t imagine what the day would have been like without Liz there.
Thank you Liz for making our day special.
Ewan and Suzanna Simpson x

Liz Hendry Lancashire Pianist
Liz Hendry Lancashire Pianist

Lancashire Pianist for your Wedding Breakfast

Liz Hendry can also play throughout the meal at your wedding venue. Her repertoire is modern and varied with something for everyone. https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/wedding-music-ideas-liz-hendry-wedding-pianist/

Here she is playing in the coaching barn for a wedding breakfast at Bartle Hall. This picture was taken by Natalie Rawding photography https://natalierawdingphotography.com/

Lancashire Pianist wedding breakfast
Lancashire Pianist Bartle Hall. Wedding Photography

Simply The Best – Bartle Hall Pianist

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Bartle Hall was the setting for this beautiful winter wedding and Claire and Tim were an amazing and lovely couple to work for with great taste in music. Featured songs were ‘True’ by Spandau Ballet and ‘Hey Ho’ by the Lumineers. Their guests really knew how to celebrate and were all having a great time.




Image by Natalie Rawding Photography https://natalierawdingphotography.com/blog/

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Leather. It was also great to work with Chumley Films and Flower Design who are both regulars, like myself, at Bartle Hall in Preston. https://www.chumleyfilms.com/


https://www.flowerdesign.co.uk/

Claire and Tim wrote me a wonderful review on Instagram

Simply The Best – Bartle Hall Pianist

Myself and Tim cannot thank Liz enough for making our wedding day the day it was. It was the most easiest decision to make on hearing her play at the Bartle Hall open day back in April, as soon as we heard her we wanted her! We booked her there and then, had a lovely call with her to go over the song choices and she just got us and what we’re about. We wanted a song from the Lumineers for the brides entrance song. It wasn’t listed on her repertoire but Liz did it for us, absolutely loved it!!!

Such a talented Pianist and can literally play anything. She gave us goose pimples throughout the ceremony and all through dinner, everyone in the room loved her and commented. Thank you Liz for such a wonderful vibe at our wedding, you were definitely meant to be and so glad we saw you when we did. You’re amazing! Thank you! Claire and Tim xxx

You can see Liz’s repertoire at https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/wedding-music-ideas-liz-hendry-wedding-pianist/

Liz Hendry with Claire and Tim Leather at Bartle Hall


Instagram review of Liz Hendry from Claire and Tim

Heaton House Farm Pianist

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As a recommended Heaton House Farm Pianist, Liz can often be found there playing for beautiful weddings, or playing at one of their experience days, where Heaton House Farm invite their brides and grooms to meet suppliers that they recommend.

Heaton House Farm Pianist
Heaton House Farm Pianist

Here is a picture of Heaton House Farm Pianist Liz Hendry playing as guests are seated for the wedding breakfast. Photography by https://www.lesleymeredith.co.uk/


Heaton House Farm Pianist reviews

Here are two recent reviews from couples who booked Liz to play at their Heaton House farm wedding.

Mr and Mrs Bani with Heaton House Farm Pianist Liz Hendry
  • Mr and Mrs Bani booked Liz Hendry to play the piano at their wedding. Here is what they had to say about Liz’s playing after the wedding.

    “We saw how fabulous Liz’s videos were and really wanted her to add that extra something to our day Our wedding day felt so romantic and the atmosphere was so lovely, Liz did such a great job and was very professional. Highly recommended. Thank you Liz.”
Mr and Mrs Morton with Heaton House Farm Pianist Liz Hendry
  • Mrs Morton’s Father sent this feedback after booking Liz for his daughters wedding.

    “We saw and heard Liz playing at a wedding fayre and after a quick discussion around the sort of music we were looking for and atmosphere we were looking to create, the options that Liz gave us fitted perfectly. Fantastic addition to our daughters wedding day, appreciated by all. Couldn’t have been any more professional or helpful. A big thank you for making the day that extra bit special.”

Here is a link to Liz’s repertoire, which includes Disney music. This fitted in with the theme of the Morton Wedding https://www.lizhendry.co.uk/wedding-music-ideas-liz-hendry-wedding-pianist/

Wedding Pianist

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Chloe and Joe decided that they needed a wedding pianist after hearing Liz play at the Ashfield House open evening, where she can regularly be found playing in the ceremony room.

Wedding Pianist at Ashfield House

Wedding Pianist at Ashfield House

Chloe said ’We fell in love with Liz when we visited an open day at Ashfield House back in 2019. As soon as we heard her play, there was no option but to book her straight away…… Just amazing!  Our wedding day wouldn’t have been the same without Liz. Thank you Liz for learning a brand new song (Live Forever by Oasis) It was so special to us and is something we will remember forever. The atmosphere was amazing…. Thanks so so so so much!!’

Thank you to the beautiful and kind Chloe Redford for these lovely words and thanks to DMC Photographic for this gorgeous photograph!
https://www.dmcphotographic.co.uk/index.html

Wedding pianist
Wedding pianist

Mr and Mrs Redford at their dream Ashfield House wedding!                                                 


Liz was delighted to be chosen as Chloe and Joe’s Wedding Pianist. This wedding was so sunny and everyone was very happy!!!!!! Chloe and Joe (the brand new Mr and Mrs Redford) said their vows in the gorgeous ceremony room here and Liz loved their Bridal entrance choice which was her arrangement of ‘Live Forever’ by Oasis.
Chloe looked absolutely stunning- just check out that dress 😍😍😍😍

What great suppliers including
James Tracey Filmshttps://jamestraceyfilms.co.uk/

DMC Photographic
@Flowertimeashton https://www.flower-time.co.uk/