Musical Entertainers
Our team of professional vocal artists and DJs will bring your event to life!
Musician
Andrew Scheib
Andrew Scheib, a vibrant musician hailing from West Orange, NJ, brings a diverse repertoire spanning from 70s classics to contemporary pop and jazz to the stage. With boundless energy and a dynamic nature, Andrew captivates audiences with his electrifying performances, ensuring an unforgettable musical experience every time.
Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer
Gary Reed
Gary is active performing at clubs and festivals in the tri-state area. His repertoire includes great solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements, progressive song arrangements and original music.
He was honored to be featured/main stage performer at the 2001 Chet Atkins Society in Nashville. Also, he was a guest performer at the New Jersey Gutiar Show alongside of Les Paul, George Benson and other premier NJ guitarists.
Gary Reed's music is an intriguing mix of fingerstyle guitar and songs that tell tales of love, loss and life in the tradition of JJ Cale, Mark Knophler and Neil Young. He brings fresh interpretation of classic Americana Singer songwriter compositions giving them new life and meaning to audiences. He has opened for some great performers such as : Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Jerry Jeff Walker and Joe Walsh.
Musician
Barani Krishnan
From Bollywood's Kishore Kumar to Brooklyn King Neil Diamond to Indonesia's Broery Marantika, Barani Krishnan covers it all. Sitting before a gramophone at the age of three to learn his first song, Barani has been a retro pop cover artist for the past three decades, performing in his native Malaysia before coming to the US. He accepts bookings across the Greater New York and Tri-State areas.
Guitarist, Songwriter, Vocalist
Ed Fogarty
Ed Fogarty, a seasoned guitarist and singer-songwriter, brings decades of musical passion to every performance. From his early start to sharing stages with icons like Tammy Wynette and Stephane Grappelli, his journey is a testament to his versatility. His repertoire, a vibrant blend of 60s-80s jazz, pop, country, and rock, features captivating arrangements with unexpected rhythms and strong melodies.
Beyond covers, Ed is an accomplished composer, releasing two albums rooted in acoustic swing, jazz, and bluegrass, and scoring an award-winning documentary. His stage presence, honed through collaborations with The Marshall Tucker Band and others, aims to ignite joy and leave audiences smiling.
A fixture in Hoboken's music scene since the 80s, Ed cherishes long-standing musical friendships while embracing new collaborations. He continues to perform locally, eager to connect with audiences and explore fresh musical avenues.
Violinist
David Rimelis
David Rimelis’ music has been performed by orchestras nationally and internationally, including the Boston Pops, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Western Australia Symphony, Minnesota Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the New York pops and the New Jersey pops. He has been a featured artist with the Colorado Symphony, Eugene Oregon Symphony, Waco Texas Symphony, Concordia Orchestra, Plainfield New Jersey Symphony and many others.
He holds a position as artist-in-residence for the New Jersey State Council on The Arts. In 2007, Rimelis was commissioned by the Louisiana Philharmonic to compose a piece dedicated to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In 2010, Dave was commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony to compose an anthem for their Orchkids Program. In 2012 he was the recipient of a commission from the Alabama Allstate orchestra. In 2016 Dave released a collection of string quartets composed for the Madison String quartet. In 2018 he released a collection of world music viola duets. His music is featured in the 2021 film “The Conductor”.
As a guitarist, violinist, and educator, Rimelis has toured the United States, South America, Canada, Mexico, Europe, China, Africa and the Middle East. He is the founder and leader of the band “Life,” which performs original world jazz. The son of country western singer “Idaho Ed,” Rimelis was raised on American folk and popular music; he has won prizes in a number of regional fiddle contests.
Bag Piper
Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan has played bagpipes for twenty seven (27) years and has played for both the New York Shields Pipes and Drums (formerly the NY Transit Police Emerald Society) and the NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums. He is a member of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association and has performed in parades and for audiences all over the United States, in Canada, and in Ireland.
Percussionist
Gabriel
Percussionist Gabriel Globus-Hoenich blends a multitude of musical influences together in his work as a performer, composer, and educator. A Montreal native, Gabriel is now based in New York City, where his career reflects a deep love for the worlds of jazz, classical, and world music. Gabriel has performed and recorded on drumset and percussion with a wide variety of artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Jack Harlow, Morgan James, Jim James, Chris Thile, Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Yuja Wang, Omara Portuondo, Telmary Díaz, Roberto Fonseca, Tirso Duarte, Steve Hackman, the Philly Pops, Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and Louisville Orchestra, among others. He performed on the 2024 Grammy-winning album The American Project by Yuja Wang and Teddy Abrams and toured with Chris Thile and the Louisville Orchestra performing Thile’s concerto ATTENTION.
In 2017, Gabriel founded People of Earth, a 13-piece Cuban Timba band filled with some of NYC's best musicians representing a myriad of countries. People of Earth has performed at venues such as Disney Hall, Carnegie Hall, New World Center for the Arts, Mann Center, and Kennedy Center. For more information, visit www.peopleofearthmusic.com(http://www.peopleofearthmusic.com/).
An active composer and arranger, Gabriel has written orchestral arrangements for Grammy winners Sam Bush, Cory Henry, and Sara Jarosz, as well as Achilles Liarmakopolous of the Canadian Brass, Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre, and the Louisville Orchestra. Gabriel received a 2023 BRIO Award from the Bronx Council for the Arts for his work in composition.
In addition to his work in the orchestral and jazz music worlds, Gabriel has completed extensive world percussion studies, having studied Afro-Brazilian percussion in Salvador, Bahia, with Gabi Guedes and Mario Pam, as well as Cuban percussion with Giraldo Piloto, Rociel Riveron, and Adonis Panter Calderon. Gabriel continues to work as a teaching artist for the 92nd Street Y and Marquis Studios and was formerly a teaching artist with Play On Philly! and musician-in-residence at The Please Touch Museum. He is a 2008 graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Don Liuzzi and Robert van Sice.
Violinist
Efrat
EFRAT believes in the power of music to transform, heal, and create change. As a songwriter, the title track from her debut CD in 2010, No Strings Attached, was in the movie soundtrack, How To Seduce Difficult Women, and in the trailer (which garnered 9 Million Views Worldwide!!). Efrat previously received rave reviews as the onstage violinist in the Broadway touring company of Oliver in USA and Canada. Efrat has shared the stage (or studio) with many known artists in folk, jazz, pop, and more! To name a few… Olivia Newton John, Ashanti, JaRule, Joe Magnarelli (Harry Connick Jr.), Spuyten Duyvil, Harry Whitaker (Miles Davis), Brother Sun, Reggie Harris, and many many more. She leads a jazz/folk combo, a string quartet, and acoustic pop trio and records for many great musicians across the globe. She revels in bringing music of all kinds to all ages and in getting people singing and dancing along with her. Efrat has been known since college as Eclectic Efrat…. Her love of music is varied and whether performing for a holiday event or just a happy hour at a senior center her shows have something for everyone!
Musician
Herve Gaspard
Herve Gaspard is a naturally talented and gifted musician. His studies began at an early age at home in Port-au-Prince Haiti. With parents whom are music and visual artists, it was easy for every Gaspard to have an appreciation for art and to be involved as an artist himself. Herve attended the prestigious American Boychoir school in Princeton New Jersey for middle school. He excelled at piano and vocal. Herve attended Arts high school in Newark New Jersey Alma Mater of legendary tap dancer Savion Glover and actress Tisha Campbell .As an undergrad student Herve studied under mentor Chris White who was one fourth of the Dizzy Gillespie Jazz quartet. Going on to produce and write his own music and music for others Herve has shifted from performance to teaching. Herves classical and jazz training mixed with a Carribean upbringing and street smarts Herve communicated easily with students of any background. With 11 years of teaching music at a middle school in the South Bronx Herve has developed is own methods of seeing to it that children who are under exposed to the arts see the arts as a viable way to make a living.
Lately he hast taken the initiative to see to it that underrepresented students from lower income areas of have the same opportunities and access to high quality training as those who can afford it. Let by a love for the arts and a love for teaching, Herve Gaspard has developed cost efficient methods for students and families to receive quality arts training and lessons.
Vocalist/ Keyboard Player
John Micalizzi
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Pianist
Lee Tomboulian
Pianist/composer/educator Lee Tomboulian has performed on piano, accordion, and keyboards with noted jazz artists Airto, Nat Adderley, Doc Cheatham, Larry Coryell, Jack DeJohnette, Herb Ellis, Eddie Harris, Marc Johnson, Sheila Jordan, Dick Oatts, Bucky Pizzarelli, Pharoah Sanders, and Steve Swallow. He studied composition at the University of Arkansas under James Greeson, his M.M. in Jazz Studies (piano performance) at the University of North Texas, and studied privately with ECM artist Art Lande and Hal Willner at the Naropa Institute. Mr. Tomboulian teaches jazz improvisation, jazz small group performance practice, applied jazz piano, and more at multiple well-known institutions such as Long Island University-C.W. Post, Lawrence University Conservatory, the University of North Texas at Arlington Jazz Camp to name a few. His expertise sets him apart from others and will jazz up your event!