Jacob Khalil

I consider it my responsibility to help things run as simply and as smoothly as possible for my clients. I try to take as much off their plate as I can. From the first moment of contact, I will ask for any song requests a client may have. For weddings, I always take personalized requests for congas during the ceremony processional and the recessional. I also ask for specific songs what might want to replayed during cocktail hour and dinner. I have a song list of over 300 songs, and I know just about every song sung by Sinatra, as well as the most popular songs sung from 1920 up until this very week. Because of my vast repertoire, I often have songs requested of me in the moment, that I'm able to play.

On the day of each event I arrive early to the venue, and I am sure to survey the space before-hand. Hours before guests even arrived, I have all of my gear set-up with the sound perfectly checked, so we are ready for an awesome party! Below is a sample schedule for what I've done for weddings. Other parties are similar, without the added time slots for wedding ceremony activities.

3:30 Jazz Band Arrives
4:30 Guests Begin to Arrive
5:00 Ceremony
Processional Song
Bridal Party Walking Aisle
5:30 Ceremony Finished
Recessional Song
Rose Petal Toss
5:30 Cocktail Hour & Photos
Cocktail Music
6:30 Guests Seated
6:40 Formal Entrance
Song
Welcome Speech - Bride & Groom
Excuse Tables for Food
Dinner Music

His training began on the knee of his mother and at the foot of his grandfather’s piano. At first he mimicked his mother’s beautiful vibrato, and just hoped and prayed he could play and write music as well as his grandfather one day. Eventually, Jacob started singing with a local boys choir, and before he was even an adolescent, he was writing songs. In High School, he won state awards for acting and singing, including the coveted Tommy Tune award. He earned a bachelor’s degree in classical music, singing lead roles in operas, and touring the world with choral and musical theatre ensembles. Jacob has toured internationally to Brazil, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Austria, and Italy.

By day, Jacob is the soundtrack of the Salt Lake International Airport in Terminal 1 (go say hi!). By night, you can find him singing at a wide host of clubs, piano bars, and theaters. There’s virtually no musical medium that Jacob isn’t dabbling in on a professional level — both as a pianist and vocalist.

Jacob was most recently a headlining vocalist in Pure Imagination at the Tuscany Casino just off the Las Vegas strip. The show featured some of Jacob’s original songs, as well a selection of some of his favorite American Songbook tunes.

Jacob is writing new melodies everyday, and is practically performing in at least two venues per day. To see Jacob’s full performance schedule visit (link hidden). To see some awesome collaborations Jacob has had with professional musicians and singers passing through the airport, be sure to follow @jacobkhalilmusic on Instagram.

So Long as I have electrical access, I am good to go!