How to Hire BILLY CHILDS For Your Event!
aka: William Edward Childs
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GRAMMY award-winning Billy Childs is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and conductor from Los Angeles, California.
In 2000, Billy Childs arranged, orchestrated, and conducted for Dianne Reeves‘s project The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan, which won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
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Other artists and producers for whom Billy Childs has arranged include Sting, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Botti, Gladys Knight, Michael Bublé, David Foster, Phil Ramone, and Claudia Acuña.
As a pianist, Childs has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, Renee Fleming, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chick Corea, The Kronos Quartet, Wynton Marsalis, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Ron Carter, The Ying Quartet, The American Brass Quintet, and Chris Botti.
Awards and honors:
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2003 New Composition Grant, Chamber Music America
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2006 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, “Into the Light”
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2006 Grammy Award, Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist, “What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?”
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2009 Guggenheim Fellowship
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2011 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, “The Path Among the Trees”
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2013 Doris Duke Artist Award
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2015 American Academy of Arts and Letters Composer Award
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2015 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals, “New York Tendaberry”
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2018 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Rebirth; Childs’ solo on the track “Dance of Shiva” was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
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2024 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album: The Winds of Change
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Frequently Asked Questions About How To Hire BILLY CHILDS for a private party or special event.
HOW TO BOOK BILLY CHILDS?
(i.e., how to hire BILLY CHILDS for an event)
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Simply click on the “Let’s Get Started!” link found on this page. Then, send us your request for booking information.
Include information about your plans for your event and how taking steps to hire BILLY CHILDS (or someone similar) might be of special interest.
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HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BOOK/HIRE BILLY CHILDS?
(i.e., what is the booking fee to hire BILLY CHILDS for an event?)
(i.e., what is BILLY CHILDS booking fee to perform at an event?)
Official booking fees for BILLY CHILDS, or any other celebrity, are determined based on a number of factors and may change at any time without prior notice.
Factors influencing pricing vary and may include date, location, type of event, whether a private party or a public concert, the artist’s calendar, whether the artist is on tour or not, how well tickets are selling at the artist’s concerts, the current demand for the artist’s music, market activity, etc.
As you might expect, the more in-demand the artist is, the more buyers are prepared to pay. Of course, this causes the artist’s price to increase as the artist becomes more popular or decrease when the artist becomes less popular.
Exclusive agents with exclusive representation frequently quote a range instead of a specific price, since changes can occur at any time. Generally, the artist’s manager has a role in the decision to accept any particular offer from a talent buyer.
To learn the most current artist’s pricing, or the estimated artist’s fee for your particular event, simply click on the “Let’s Get Started!” link found on this page. Then, send us your request for booking information.
IS BILLY CHILDS AVAILABLE TO WORK MY EVENT?
(i.e., what is BILLY CHILDS‘s availability?)
To learn the artist’s current availability for your special event, simply click on the “Let’s Get Started!” link found on this page. Then, send us your request for booking information.
Once we have your event/party information, we will be better able to assist you with putting your entertainment talent booking plans in place as your entertainment consultant. Let’s get this done right! We look forward to working with you!
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