- Duchess -

Pianist
​Duchess was educated at the University of South Carolina with studies at the Vienna International Music Center in Austria. Her formal training grew from her parents’ realization she had the ability to duplicate almost any music she heard by ear. Throughout her childhood, she performed in various churches and schools in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina.

Following her formal training, she moved to Hilton Head Island, SC, where she began entertaining professionally. Her career began in local night clubs and soon she became sought after as a solo performer. Duchess is well known throughout South Carolina where she performs for conferences and conventions, accompanies other performers in various venues, and plays at many churches and other Christian events.
Her career has also included performances at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island, as well as several appearances for the Renaissance Weekend, a symposium which included guests such as international ambassadors and a sitting president of the United States. She is the "in-house" pianist for National Community Bible Study and the Teaching Director of the Hilton Head Day Class.

​Duchess has arranged and produced four CDs, the first of which was “Be Still My Soul” in 2005, a collection of traditional hymns and worship music. In 2008, she assembled a collection of Broadway favorites called “Music of the Night.”  “The Gift”, her third production is a compilation of her own arrangements of Christmas favorites. Duchess released her fourth cd, "SoulMate" , in 2011, which is a soothing compilation of favorite hymns. Duchess lives on Hilton Head Island, SC with her husband, Bob, and has four grown sons.

Audio Samples

All I Ask of You from "The Phantom of the Opera"
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

How Great Thou Art - Sacred Hymn
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us - Sacred Hymn
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

Silent Night - Christmas
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

Some Enchanted Evening from "South Pacific"
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

 Somewhere Over the Rainbow from "The Wizard of Oz"
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

 Summertime from "Porgy and Bess"
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

When I Fall in Love - Jazz Standard
MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

Duchess' Sample Song List


​Note: This is not a comprehensive list. Many selections available upon request. 
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PIANO SELECTIONS

BROADWAY & FILM
A Whole New World - Aladdin
An Affair To Remember Medley
Annie Medley
As Long As He Needs Me
Beauty and the Beast
Brian’s Song
Cabaret / Mame / Hello, Dolly Medley
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - The Lion King
Chariots of Fire
Cheers
Chorus Line – One
Circle of Life - Lion King
Don’t Rain on My Parade
Evergreen
Everytime We Say Goodbye
Evita
Fiddler on the Roof Medley
I Get a Kick Out of You
Ice Castles
If Ever I Would Leave You
If I Loved You
Impossible Dream
It’s De-Lovely
Les Miserables Medley
Love Story/Romeo and Juliet
Mary Poppins Medley
Mash
Memories
Moon River
My Fair Lady Medley
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
Oklahoma Medley
Oliver Medley
People Will Say We’re In Love
Phantom of the Opera Medley
Rocky / Indiana Jones Medley
Send in the Clowns
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Somewhere Out There
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Sound of Music Medley
The Way We Were
Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid
You’ll Never Walk Alone
You’re the Top
West Side Story Medley
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

CLASSICAL
Canon in D
Chopin Etude
Clair de Lune
Fascination
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Ode to Joy
Wedding March (Traditional “Here Comes the Bride”) - Wagner
Wedding March (Traditional Bridal Recessional) - Mendelssohn  

COUNTRY / AMERICAN FOLK
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Camptown Ladies
Crazy
Down By the Old Millstream
From This Moment On
Scotch and Soda
Side by Side
The Tennessee Waltz
You Are My Sunshine

JAZZ / RAGTIME
A Shanty in Old Shanty Town
Alley Cat
As Time Goes By
Autumn Leaves
Begin the Beguine
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
Bill Bailey
Blue Skies
Call Me Irresponsible
East Side, West Side
Embraceable You
Georgia
Girl From Ipanema
Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
I Can’t Smile Without You
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Just One of Those Things
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Love for Sale
Mack the Knife
Mammy/Swanee
Maple Leaf Rag
Misty
Mona Lisa
More
My Way
New York, New York
Night and Day
Pineapple Rag
Rhapsody in Blue
Stardust
Summertime
The Entertainer
OLDIES
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bye, Bye Blackbird
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Carolina in the Morning
Close to You
Could It Be Magic
Dear Heart
Deep Purple
Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Downtown
Dream, Dream, Dream
Ebb Tide
Five Foot Two
Going Out of My Head
In the Still of the Night
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
Sealed With a Kiss
Sentimental Journey
Tea for Two
Unchained Melody
What a Wonderful World
Yellow Bird

POP / ROCK / R&B
After the Loving
Alfie
All the Things You Are
Annie’s Song
Blowing in the Wind
Born Free
Both Sides Now
Carolina on My Mind
Cherish
Come Saturday Morning
Desperado
Dock of the Bay
Feelings
Fire and Rain
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
For the Good Times
Here, There, Everywhere
Hey, Jude
I Just Called to Say I Love You
I Write the Songs
If
Just the Way You Are
Killing Me Softly
Love Me With all of Your Heart
My Cheree Amour
People
Scarborough Fair
Sound of Silence
Sunshine On My Shoulder
What The World Needs Now is Love
Wind Beneath My Wings
Yesterday
You’ve Got a Friend
Your Song

SACRED
Amazing Grace
Be Thou My Vision
Day After Day
El Shaddai
Everything is Beautiful
For the Beauty of the Earth
Friends
Majesty
O, How He Loves You and Me
The Prayer
You Raise Me Up

TRADITIONAL
Danny Boy
Greensleeves
Shenandoah
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