A brilliant music director and arranger, Cole has crafted dazzling orchestral and concert programs that showcase the genius of American composers Marvin Hamlisch, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin. BLUE RHAPSODY is a program for symphonies with Cole as soloist for Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F in one performance, and COLE PLAYS GERSHWIN is a solo piano show for concert and festival series that includes Gershwin’s own arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue and Cole’s arrangements from the Gershwin songbook. PLAY IT AGAIN, MARVIN combines Hamlisch’s award-winning music along with personal photos and stories from the many musical collaborations Kevin Cole had with Hamlisch. AN EVENING WITH COLE PORTER includes famous Porter songs that are the very essence of the American songbook. Kevin Cole’s extensive repertoire and personal experience with legendary American songbook composers and performers make it possible for him to deliver signature programs for orchestras and concert series with personal anecdotes and original arrangements like no other American pianist performing today. 

Selected programs offered:

• Blue Rhapsody for Symphonic Performances
• Play It Again, Marvin for Symphonic Performances
• An Evening with Cole Porter for Symphonic Performances
• Cole in Your Stocking – a holiday extravaganza
• Cole Plays Gershwin – Kevin in Solo Concert for series and festivals
• Ira Gershwin Evening
• The Gershwin Years
• The Great American Songbook – tailored for you from Kevin Cole’s vast library of arrangements of America’s great composers