Meet the players

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Jason began his piano lessons at the age of five.  While growing up in the suburbs of Seattle, he continued pursuing his love of music by playing bass in his high school's Jazz Band and singing in Jazz Choir.   Jason has been a resident of Orlando for nearly 20 years, and began his Dueling Piano career in 2009.  He has performed all over Florida as well as internationally.  After being mentored by the best in the business, he decided to branch out on his own and in 2020, created The Copper Piano.

Daniel Deal is an Atlanta based pianist and singer who has been performing on the national dueling pianos circuit since 2008. He began studying classical piano at a very early age which led him to a performing arts high school in his hometown Lakeland, Florida, where he got his music education. During those years he spent most of his time studying classical piano and piano performance. In 2008, Daniel decided to start using his voice to entertain crowds at Howl at the Moon Dueling Pianos in Orlando, Florida. He then spent five years performing at Jellyrolls Dueling Pianos at Walt Disney World just down the road. Since his stint with the mouse, Daniel has been performing for dueling pianos venues around the nation, corporate events, weddings and even military entertainment tours around the world. He now lives in Smyrna, Georgia with his wife and young daughter.

At the young age of 4, Yoel started to pick out songs on the piano.  He hasn't stopped ever since!  Yoel studied jazz piano at Manhattan School of Music and amazed audiences in the Northern Tri-State area for years before he brought his talent to Florida.  Having performed with headliners such as Natalie Cole, Jimmy Buffet and others, Yoel has had the opportunity to pick the minds of some of the great musicians of our time.  Through his tasteful use of vivacious licks and extreme knowledge of music, Yoel is a true piano voice for the 21st century.  He is currently the music director for South Florida's Heatwave Band.

Tod Kimbro has worked as a dueling pianist at Orlando’s Universal CityWalk since 2002.  In addition to his dueling gigs across the country and performances at destination weddings ranging from Miami to the coast of Spain, Tod is also a playwright and composer. He is the co-creator and author of Josephine, an award-winning one-woman musical about the life of Josephine Baker, which has been performed off-Broadway, across North America, and abroad in Australia and Europe.

From the suburbs of Detroit, MI, Jeremie fell in love with playing music at age seven.  Through his high school and college years he pursued music while performing in band, orchestra, choir, opera, and musical theatre.  He landed his first dueling piano gig in West Bloomfield, Michigan.  He has since played in Iowa, Key West, on cruise ships, as well as the traveling circuit which allowed him to play all over the country with some of the greatest musicians in the biz.  He is now breaking into the Orlando music scene, keeping people laughing, clapping, and singing along with his piano and vocal skills (along with some crazy antics!).

Rachael Rage grew up on the rocky coast of Maine.  She started playing music as early as she could, playing the family piano and writing little songs on it as a child.  She learned woodwind instruments in middle/high school and still plays saxophone today.  She is a dueling piano player as well as a keyboard/synth player for a number of original projects based out of Miami.  She lives in Fort Lauderdale and you can catch her performing all around Florida.

Pianist and jazz vocalist Harry L. Rios, continues to excel in his artistic endeavors covering a wide range of repertoire from Johann Sebastian Bach to Aaron Copland. In May of 2011, Harry completed a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance at Stetson University. At the age of seven, when playing his first notes on the piano, Harry quickly learned that he wanted to be a pianist performing in the styles of Jazz, Latin and classical music. Growing up in New Orleans, he was exposed to a wide array of jazz forms ranging from Ragtime to bebop, ballads and fast swing. His Puerto Rican heritage influenced him to blend the styles of salsa and jazz into Latin jazz. With his arranging, teaching and performing, Mr. Rios maintains an active schedule collaborating with musicians throughout Central Florida.

With over 30 years in the entertainment industry, Orin Sands is a consummate professional. Orin has performed with or as a support act for many of popular music’s true legends and icons. Sharing the stage with artists as diverse as James Brown and Cher to Cheap Trick and the Goo Goo Dolls, Orin Sands is sure to delight all audiences. Orin has been performing for audiences all over the world for 25 years.  His quick wit, extensive song list from the 50’s to today and his powerful singing voice make for a memorable show experience every time.