Chess Taylor
Classical Singer
(21 Reviews)Country: United Kingdom
Based In: Chalfont St Peter, South East
Performs: Worldwide
From: £200
Audio
Description
Chess Taylor is an international Classical Crossover vocalist and recording artist with a 'stunning' soprano voice. She signed with a record label in the beginning of 2022 and has music released with over 200,000 streams. Chess provides bespoke entertainment for concerts, weddings, festivals, hotels, funerals, corporate events, private events and cruise ships. Her enchanting 'pure voice' compliments a wide variety of genres and she is sure to impress any audience with her 'effortless' four octave range.
Set-List
Classical/Classical Crossover/Opera:
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
Pie Jesu - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Time To Say Goodbye - Francesco Sartori
Nella Fantasia - Ennio Morricone
Ave Maria - Schubert
Nessun Dorma - Pavarotti
Jerusalem - Hymn
Panis Angelicus - Cesar Franck
The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli/Celine Dion
Amazing Grace - Hymn
You Raise Me Up - Celtic Woman
L’amore Sei Tu (I Will Always Love You) - Katherine Jenkins
World In Union - Hayley Westerna
I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady
If I Loved You - Carousel
You’ll Never Walk Alone - Carousel
Wishing You Were Some
... how Here Again - Phantom of the Opera
Think of Me - Phantom of the Opera
May it Be - Enya
Never Enough - The Greatest Showman
Love Never Dies - Love Never Dies
Moon River - Frank Sinatra
Somewhere - West Side Story
Danny Boy - Hymn
Run - Leona Lewis
Someone To Watch Over Me - Crazy For You
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Bring Him Home - Les Miserables
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz
The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
Abide With Me - Hymn
How Great Thou Art - Hymn
I Watch The Sunrise - Hymn
Jealous Of The Angels - Donna Taggart
Musical Theatre Set List:
Never Enough - The Greatest Showman
This Is Me - The Greatest Showman
A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman
Greatest Showman Medley (Never Enough/This Is Me/From Now On/ Never Enough)
I Dreamed a Dream - Les Mis
On My Own - Les Mis
Bring Him Home - Les Mis
I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady
If I Loved You - Carousel
You’ll Never Walk Alone - Carousel
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Phantom
Think Of Me - Phantom
Love Never Dies - Love Never Dies
Somewhere - West Side Story
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - The Wizard Of OZ
Feed The Birds - Mary Poppins
A Spoonful of Sugar - Mary Poppins
Movie In My Mind - Miss Saigon
I Still Believe - Miss Saigon
Memory - Cats
Hopelessly Devoted To You - Grease
Seasons Of Love - Rent
The Wizard and I - Wicked
Popular - Wicked
Don’t Rain On My Parade - Funny Girl
All That Jazz - Chicago
Cabaret - Cabaret
What I Did For Love - Chorus Line
Still Hurting - The Last 5 Years
The Trolley Song - Meet Me In St Louis
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Let It Go - Frozen
Part Of Your World - The Little Mermaid
Easy listening:
At Last - Etta James
Come Fly With Me - Sinatra
Fly Me To The Moon - Sinatra
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Sinatra
Fever - Peggy Lee
Sway - Dean Martin
Every Time We Say Goodbye - Ella Fitzgerald
My Baby Just Cares - Nina Simone
Single Ladies - Post Modern Jukebox version
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Acoustic Piano version
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
Fields Of Gold - Eva Cassidy
Something - The Beetles
Yesterday - The Beetles
Let It Be - The Beetles
Hey Jude - The Beetles
Your Song - Elton John
Amazed - Lonestar
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Fever - Peggy Simon
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
My Way - Sinatra
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mamas And The Papas
Moon River - Sinatra
Piece Of My Heart - Dusty Springfield
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole
If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys
My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
One And Only - Adele
The Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
Close To You - The Carpenters
Top Of The World - The Carpenters
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Beauty And The Beast - Celine Dion
The Power Of Love - Celine Dion/Jennifer Rush
From This Moment On - Shania Twain
Landslide - The Dixie Chicks
Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Run - Leona Lewis
Halo - Beyonce
Someone Like You - Adele
How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
How Will I Know - Sam Smith (slow version)
Upbeat:
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Lipstick On Your Collar - Connie Francis
La Bamba - Los Lobos
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Diana Ross
Que Sera - Doris Day
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Let’s Twist Again - Chubby Checker
You Cant Hurry Love - The Supremes
She Loves You - The Beetles
Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
December 63 - Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
Do You Love Me - The Contours
9-5 - Dolly Parton
Puppet On A String - Sandie Shaw
Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield
Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
River Deep Mountain High - Tina Turner
Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Cher
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
Keep On Running - The Spencer Davis Group
You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Stanton
I’m So Excited - The pointer Sisters
Sign Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Last Dance - Donna Summer
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Somebody To Love - Queen
Don’t Stop Me now - Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
New York - Frank Sinatra
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Honey Honey - ABBA
Does Your Mother Know - ABBA
Waterloo - ABBA
Money Money Money - ABBA
Super Trouper - ABBA
SOS - ABBA
Fernando - ABBA
Thank You For The Music - ABBA
Its Raining Men - The Weather Girls
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Housten
Don’t You Want Me Baby - The Human League
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
Venus - Bananarama
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves
Freedom - Wham
Material Girl - Madonna
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Conga - Gloria Estefan
Simply The Best - Tina Turner
Reach - S Club 7
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Man I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain
Strong Enough - Cher
Believe - Cher
Let’s Ged Loud - Jennifer Lopez
123 / Get On Your Feel - Gloria Estefan
The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
Oops I Did It Again - Britney Spears
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Forget You - CeeLo Green
Mercy - Duffy
Happy - Pharell Williams
Black Magic - Little Mix
Titanium - David Guetta
Firework - Katy Perry
I’m A Believer - Smash mouth
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
Can’t Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne
Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself - Jess Glynne
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepson
Love On Top - Beyonce
Rather Be - Clean Bandit
Havana - Camila Cabello
One Last Time - Ariana Grande
Break Free - Ariana Grande
Biography
Chess' singing career began in 2014 and quickly lead her to performing in the cast onboard cruise ships. She has been lucky enough to have travelled to some of the worlds most beautiful places, including The Caribbean Islands, Venice and the Norwegian Fjords. It was during her ship contracts that Chess began putting together her very own Classical Crossover show. This concert celebrates all things crossover, including well known Opera favourites, Classical covers and modern pop songs sung with an Opera twist.
In 2018, Chess had the pleasure of performing with classical quartet harmony grou
... p; Crescendo. They travelled on luxury cruise lines and performed their concerts on international waters. During their travels, more countries were visited including Iceland and the Mediterranean. When they had their feet on dry soil, Crescendo toured the stunning locations of the Warner Leisure Hotels.
Chess has also toured some of the country's most beautiful theatres with the 80’s Live Tour. This all singing and dancing show has an ever growing following and is still touring today. This Theatre tour began in 2019 where Chess was part of the original cast, since then she has performed at venues such as The New Wimbledon Theatre, Richmond Theatre and many more. She loves working as part of a production cast and still performs in some of the shows now.
The summer of 2022 holds a high point in Chess' career. she closed a huge festival in Sutton Coldfield by leading the 'Last Night of the Proms'. With the help of her 3000 strong audience, they all sung their hearts out, waved their arms, and felt very patriotic.
Reviews (21 Reviews)
Experience
I have performed as a guest act on cruise ships and Warner Leisure Hotels as part of a classical quartet. I have performed in a UK theatre tour. I have headlined for Little Aston festival performing in front of 3000 people.
Previous Clients
Proud to have performed with Warner Leisure Hotels, Fred Olsen Cruises, Saga Cruise Lines, The Entertainers, and many more.
Suitable for
Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Baby Shower Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Bridal Shower Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christening Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Conference / Meeting Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event Jewish Wedding New Year's Eve Party Nursing / Care Home Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party School Event Session Work Social Club Theaters / Stage Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Virtual Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception
Additional Information
Insured for Public Liability at 10 million
Equity
Full clean UK driving license
DBS checked
PA system
PAT test certificate
Virtual Services Offer
Chess Taylor Virtual Greetings
Book now for a virtual show, I offer all of my shows and performances through the comfort of a camera. If you still want to celebrate your special occasion with a singer, why not book a virtual performance? Whether it is for relaxing background music, or a party celebration, it will be like I am in the room with you!
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