Live Music Services
Michelle approaches all of her corporate and private clients with professionalism and reliability, coupled with a client-focused approach. Her goal is to provide a musical mood to complement the occasion, to create an acoustic background as your event unfolds. Michelle’s keen musicality, and her connection to the audience, ensures that the musical offerings create the perfect mood for the occasion. This isn’t just background music – the audience goes on a musical journey complete with mood, variety, and beautiful sound.
Michelle offers a range of ensembles based on event size, budget, and desired mood. Whether you are looking for an intimate musical evening, or a celebration punctuated with more energy and musical personality, Michelle can provide the appropriate ensemble to meet your needs, from solo piano to smaller groups.
SOLO PIANO
As a solo player, Michelle provides a balanced and imaginative musical offering, while creating a direct connection with the listener. Solo piano is a perfect choice for cocktail parties, private house parties, dinners, and small banquets. This offering provides a continuous musical background that shifts with the mood of the room, ranging from a quiet intimacy to an energetic liveliness, and provides a more direct communication with the audience.
“Your selections added tremendously to a beautiful and memorable evening.” Joel Morris, Sandy Hyman (Jewish Child and Family Services)
“The music was great! If you only knew how many people congratulated us on our choice of music, and on the ambiance that you created.” Suzanne Druwé
JAZZ DUO
Typically formed by piano and almost any other instrument, a jazz duo provides an economical yet musically rich backdrop for your function. With two players, there is a depth and variety to the sound, and it provides visual interest for the listeners. A jazz duo is perfect for small spaces and intimate parties, but can also provide the energy needed to fill up a larger space.
“Thank you very much for a wonderful performance last night…You made an excellent impression on everyone who attended. I hope that we will be able to have you again at another function” Donna Kramer (Greystone)
“Grégoire is clearly in command of a broader harmonic knowledge, yet her playing style is all about elegance, subtlety, and understatement. No sharp edges mar her approach, and she builds her solos gradually and with great care.” John Kelman, All About Jazz
JAZZ TRIO
The piano, bass, and drums configuration of a jazz trio speaks to the classic jazz combo, and provides the musical background for cocktails, dinner, and dessert to house parties and larger events. Like the jazz duo, there is depth and variety to the sound and the visual presentation, and the jazz trio can provide the musical personality and energy needed to fill up larger spaces.
“Thank you again for a marvelous evening of music … You put together a wonderful group of talented individuals, and all of our guests enjoyed the music at the reception, during dinner, and at the dance.” Elaine Goldie, (Executive Director-External Relations, U of M)
JAZZ QUARTET
Balanced, colourful ensemble able to provide the depth and complexity of a larger group, but performed with the appropriate dynamic intensity for your event. Comprised of piano, drums, bass, and horn (saxophone, trumpet, trombone), this is the ensemble for more energetic, larger functions.
Musical offerings range from jazz standards, Latin, popular, and classical, to acoustic background music, Christmas arrangements, and special requests
“You really added to the success of our event!” Dina Wood (Bayer)
“Gregoire herself plays transparent figures, clear melodic lines with a light touch and a glowing finish, and influences her quintet to play like a little big band — without the punch, but full of colour, leaving the intensity to the improvised solos — just exactly the kind of environment in which these first-rank players thrive.” – Stephen Pedersen – Chronicle Herald, Halifax