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.

Tyler Robinson brings 10 years of professional experience to the table. Originally from Illinois, he has called Florida home for 7 years. Having played various venues around the country, including bars, restaurants, retirement homes, private parties, grocery stores, theme parks and resorts, he brings a wide variety of music, and entertainment value to any event! From the 40s to now, he will try almost anything!

Her unique name might be what is remembered first, but when you hear the small town girl with the giant voice sing, everything about singer/ songwriter Ddendyl Hoyt becomes unforgettable.

Born in South Carolina but raised in rural Western New York, Ddendyl began her musical career as a child studying classical violin, opera and teaching herself the piano. She grew up listening to Gospel and Country, being inspired by artists such as Johnny Cash and Reba McEntire. Ddendyl’s compelling voice and emotional storytelling, make for an authentic musical mix of rock, pop, and blues

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Ddendyl has opened for artists such as Hunter Hayes, Scotty McCreery, Collective Soul,  Sebastian Mikael, Elle Varner, and along side colleagues for Justin Moore following her appearances  on Season 6 of NBC’s “The Voice”.  In addition, Batavia Daily News named Ddendyl the “2014 Artist of the Year” for Western New York. Ddendyl was also named the Nash Next 2017 New York Winner and most recently the 2021 Henderson, NV Battle of the Bands winner.

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For the last decade Ddendyl has held multiple performance residencies in Las Vegas, New York City, Baltimore, and Washington DC. She also performs for weddings, corporate and private events nation wide.

Scott is a high energy musician originally from Tennessee.  He has over ten years of experience performing on cruise ships, country clubs, restaurants, and dueling piano bars all over the country.  His vast repertoire of hits spanning the past 100 years provides an element of variety to his show most musicians don't have.  When you come into the piano bar with Scott, you can expect a fun environment with all requests, sing-a-longs and many laughs throughout the night.  

From Tallahassee Florida, Josh has been performing his entire life, hitting the stage as an infant. Briefly working with bands from the label of George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Josh was introduced to the world of touring and has been hooked since. Recently coming off a 4 year touring stint with Grammy Winner Trae Pierce, Josh has been using Orlando as his home base for entertaining. With over 15 instruments under his belt, he has found a passion in keyboards.

Rachael Rage has been performing in piano bars and dueling piano shows since 2015, getting her start at a little piano bar in South Beach Miami called The Cabaret, where she was hired as a singing bartender.  She would move to being the house piano player after a couple years and started doing dueling piano shows in Florida.  

She got her start in music growing up in Maine, playing flute then moving to saxophone.  She played in the jazz band and sang with the school choir. Rachael performed in regional and state-wide high shows and in 2001, she performed Joseph Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass in Carnegie Hall with the York High School Chamber Singers and other selected choirs from around the United States.

Later, she performed with bands in Maine and Miami, including her rockabilly project, Rachael Rage & The Magic City Mad Men, who you can hear on her track, Let's Play Doctor on all major music platforms.

In 2022, she moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where she is currently based.  You can catch her performing all over the east coast at dueling clubs and piano bars.

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.

Growing up in the northeast, Mark has spent a lifetime giving back to his community both personally and professionally.  After studying voice performance at Westminster Choir College, he has entertained a wide variety of audiences as a vocalist and pianist for the last 20 years.  As a multi-instrumentalist, Mark has toured four continents playing bass guitar and tuba.     From his premiere as a vocal soloist in Manhattan at age 5, to operatic and theater performances throughout the New York area, and guest appearances at countless conferences and events, Mark can’t resist a stage and a microphone. When not performing at a Dueling Pianos show, you can find him live on Twitch.tv or on his collaborative Podcast!

Donovan is an accomplished and critically acclaimed pianist/keyboardist, composer and singer. He is a favorite performer in many upscale hotels, resorts, Cruise ships and “Dueling Piano” bars across the US, Europe and the Caribbean.  He was one of the original players who opened Pat O'Briens at Universal Studios in 1998.

Over the years, Donovan has had the privilege of working with some legendary stars of the music industry, including Andy Williams and Della Reese. During his time in Chicago, he was fortunate enough to play with some of Chicago’s iconic blues greats.

Donovan has done guest appearances with smooth jazz artists like Steve Reid (formerly of the 70’s multi-Grammy groups ABBA and SUPERTRAMP and founding member of smooth jazz and Grammy Award winning group The Rippington’s), as well as smooth jazz solo artist Jeff Kashawa and many others.

As for his dueling piano performances, Donovan currently performs nationwide as well as internationally with some of the best players in the business, in the some of the most premier venues from Las Vegas to LA… from New York to the Caribbean and Europe. He is the epitome of FUN as he solidly performs Pop, Rock, Classic R&B/Soul, Motown, Country, Blues and timeless standards from artists known and embraced by generations. You say it…He’ll play it!

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.

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.