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UpBeat Orchestra
Reception pricing
Prices start at $4,500
Category: Live Band or Ensemble
Type: Multi-piece live band
Genres: Americana
- Blues
- Bollywood or Bhangra
- Classical
- Country/Folk
- Disco/Funk
- EDM/House
- Gospel/Christian
- Jazz
- Latin
- Motown/Soul
- Pop/Top 40s
- R&B
- Rap/Hip Hop
- Reggae
- Rock
- Scottish or Irish
About UpBeat Orchestra
UpBeat Orchestra
Michael is an accomplished band leader and producer in a broad range of styles – as one student put it, ‘The Indiana Jones of the music world.’ He has been performing jazz and pop professionally 25 years with the likes of Branford Marsalis, Eric Clapton, Clark Terry, Brian Culbertson, an Kat Parsons Group to name a few. For the past decade, Michael's group, UpBeat, has performed in clubs, corporate galas, weddings, social events, and festivals throughout Chicago land – UpBeat has performed for numerous celebrities / exceptional events, including Jennifer Aniston, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Vince Vaughn, and recently opened for Lionel Richie.
UpBeat Orchestra delivers a seamless, polished, high energy show - we prepare and customize a playlist including all of the songs/format you envision for the event, and we are known for our "song medleys" - these are groups of songs that segue seamlessly from one song to the next, and create excitement and keep the momentum going all night long (no breaks in between songs) - we personalize our play list and everything with you in our planning stages. The quality of our preparation, performance and musicianship is the reason we get so many referrals, and I invite you to see for yourself on our website link and reviews below.
Performance samples
Services
Services
- Band Backdrop
- Ceremony microphones and sound
- Dance floor special effects
- Event planning
- Hear us live
- Learning new songs
- Master of ceremonies
- Music during breaks
- Sound system capability audience <300 -
- Sound system capability audience >300
- Stage design
- Uplighting
Musical genres
- Americana
- Blues
- Bollywood or Bhangra
- Classical
- Country/Folk
- Disco/Funk
- EDM/House
- Gospel/Christian
- Jazz
- Latin
- Motown/Soul
- Pop/Top 40s
- R&B
- Rap/Hip Hop
- Reggae
- Rock
- Scottish or Irish
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
1 review
100% Recommend
Michael & UpBeat were EXACTLY what we needed for our wedding. Michael set up multiple phone calls with us before the wedding to go over details and understand what we wanted for our day. The band set up rehearsals just to practice our exact set list. We decided on Piano & Violin for the ceremony, with additional Piano for cocktail hour. The full band played a wonderful and creative 3 hour set during our reception. Upbeat set up all of our sound equipment and did a comprehensive sound check early that day. They even had a sound tech on their staff. Upbeat customized our wedding to our exact requests. They ensured to perfect our precessional, recessional, and prelude music. We requested contemporary love songs in which they rocked!! Our cocktail hour was perfect and the guests were complementing how talented the musicians were. Michael was our emcee for the nights events and ensured to follow my timeline to a T. He checked in multiple times with our wedding planner, as well as me and my husband. The 3-hour reception was full of energy, talent, and craftsmanship. Upbeat performed multiple medleys allowing songs to flow seamlessly into each other. The vocalists were top tier and were able to sing a wide variety of genres. The instrumentalists all played a critical role in the feel of the party! I 100% recommend adding the horn to your band! It made every song feel rich & full. Shout out to Reid Spears, piano & vocals, THE TALENT IS POURING OUT OF HIM. If you're thinking about a live band, DO IT. This band is worth every penny!!! We will forever be a fan of UpBeat! Maddy & Sean
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