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 Michael
Eldridge has
been a pianist/entertainer for 48 years. and was the house pianist at
The Balsams Resort in New Hampshire. He had been there for 5 years.
He has also worked in various venues from Las Vegas show rooms to the
unique Boulders Resort in Carefree AZ., as well as hotels all over
Europe including; The Montreaux Palace in Montreux, Switzerland, the
Nassauer Hof Hotel in Wiesbaden, Germany, and the Stockholm Sheraton.
He has also performed on major cruise lines such as; Norwegian Cruise
Line, Princess Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, and Cunard (The QE-2).
Michael's Performing and Composing History
 Education:
Graduate South High
School, Denver Colorado 1960
Private Piano Study - 10 years
Classical, 2 years Jazz
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music - 1
year
Film Scoring: University Colorado Denver Center with Pat
Williams of Mary Tyler Moore Productions
Experience:
Long term contracts of
6 months or more
The Balsams Resort,
December 2004 - April 2005
The Balsams Resort, May 2004 - October
2004
The Balsams Resort, December 2003 - April 2004
The Balsams
Resort, May 2003 - October 2003
The Balsams Resort, December 2002
- April 2003
The Balsams Resort, December 2001 - April 2002
The
Balsams Resort, May 2001 - October 2001
The Balsams Resort,
December 2000 - April 2001
Boulders Resort, Carefree Arizona -
Jazz Quartet, September 1997 - June 1998
Boulders Resort - Jazz
Quartet, August 1996 - May 1997
Boulders Resort - Single, 8 months
2 seasons 1987 - 1988 and 1988 - 1989
Boulders Resort - Jazz Trio,
August 1988 - May 1989
Fairfield Harbortown Hotel, Ventura Ca,
single 6 months
Raddison Hotel, Mesa AZ - single 6 months
Pointe
Tapatio Resort, Phoenix AZ - single 6 months
Holiday Inn, Ventura
CA - single & trio 6 months
Writers Manor, Denver Colorado -
single & trio 6 months
Robins Nest, Denver Colorado - single &
trio 6 months
Stouffer Hotel, Dayton Ohio - single 9
months
Stouffer Hotel, Cincinnati Ohio - trio 16 months
Doubletree
Inns, Phoenix Arizona, Seattle Washington, Dallas Texas, and
Scottsdale Arizona - single & trio 11 months
Short term contracts:
6 months or less
Colony Hotel,
Kennebunkport Maine - July 2000 - Autust 2000
Hyatt Hotel, Phoenix
Arizona - trio 2 months
Wilshire Hyatt House, Los Angeles CA -
trio 2 months
Harrah's., Reno and Lake Tahoe Nevada - show
group
Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas NV - show group
Fountainbleau
Hotel, Miami Beach Florida - show group
Sunburst Hotel, Scottsdale
AZ - single 2 months
Sheraton Harbor Place, Ft. Meyers FL - single
6 weeks
Ritz Carlton, Laguna Beach CA 2 months
International
Norweigiasn Cruise Line
M/S Star – December 2010 - March 2011
Norweigiasn Cruise Line
M/S Sun - Jan 2010 - May 2010
Norweigiasn Cruise Line M/S Star -
April-June 2008
Norweigiasn Cruise Line M/S Star - April - August
2008
Princess Cruise Line - October 2005 - January 2006
Seabourn
Sun, Seabourn Cruise Line - April 1999 - November 1999
Queen
Elizabeth 2, Cunard Line - April 1999 - November 1999
Seabourn
Pride - September 1998 - October 1998
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
- November 1991 - February 1992
Holland America Cruise Line - June
1995 - September 1995
Celebrity Cruise Line - August 1993 -
February 1994
Celebrity Cruise Line - August 1994 - February
1995
Royal Carribean Cruise Line - November 1991 - February
1992
Royal Carribean Cruise Line - November 1992 - February
1993
Nassauer Hof Hotel, Weisbaden West Germany - June 1987 - July
1988
Nassauer Hof Hotel, Weisbaden West Germany - June 1989 - July
1990
Nassauer Hof Hotel, Weisbaden West Germany - October 1991 -
June 1992
Nassauer Hof Hotel, Weisbaden West Germany - July 1992 -
June 1993
Central Plaza Hotel, Zurich Switzerland - August
1989
Arabella Grand Hotel, Frankfurt Germany - 2 months in 1992
and 1993
Moniteau Palace, Montaineau Switzerland - 2 months in
1993
Swedish Tour - 1986 - 1987 6 months; Stockholm, Gothenburg,
Malmo, Umea & Silja Cruise Line
Britannia Hotel, Triondheim
Norway - 1 month 1990
International Hotel, Helsinki Finland - 1
month 1990
Central Plaza Hotel, Zurich Switzerland - August
1989
Hotel Nassauer Hof, Weisbaden West Germany - June 1998
Hotel
Nassauer Hof, Weisbaden West Germany - single July 1987
Scandanavian
Tour - single - September 1986 - April 1987:
Sheraton Stockholm,
St. Jorgen Hotel, Malmo,
Panorama Hotel, Gothenburg,
Blu
Aveny, Umeo,
Umea Silja Line, Stockholm to Helsinki,
S.A.S.
Arlandia Hotel, Stockholm
Awards:
Songwriting
American Song Festival
1980: Honorable Mention - “Days Gone By-
American Song Festival
1981: Honorable Mention - “My Silent Place-
American Song
Festival 1982: Quarter Finalist - “My Silent Place-
American
Song Festival 1983: Quarter Finalist - Lyric Competition - “I'm
Just Me”
Colorado Composers Classic 1986: Honorable Mention -
Jazz Composition “Moonscape” - Quarter Finalist - Easy Listening
- “My Silent Place”
Music City Songfest 1986: Honorable
Mention - “Days Gone By”
Music City Songfest 1987: Honorable
Mention - “My Silent Place”, Honorable Mention - “You Can Never
Forget”, Honorable Mention - “Here We Are In Love Again”
Performance
1956 Colorado
Classical Competition - 1st
Place - Piano
1986
Colorado Composers Classic - Honorable Mention, Jazz Performance -
-Moonscape-
Recording:
Albums
“Incurable
Romantic” - Michael Eldridge - Producer, Performer and Composer -
Skies Unlimited Records
“Love In The Fall” - Michael Eldridge,
Producer/Pianist, Original piano compositions
“Old Dogs &
New Tricks” - A Tribute to Jazz Pianists- - Michael Eldridge,
Producer / Pianist
“Live at The Bistro” Jazz trio CD - Michael
Eldridge and Bob McRaven producers - Stan Smart, Bass - Julie Smart,
Drums
“Michael & Michael Lost and Found” live jazz
recorded at the Boulders Resort In Carefree Arizona 1996 - 1999
“Hear
and Now” - Michael Eldridge Co-producer, Performer, and Composer -
Ampex Records
“My Silent Place” - Lea Roberts - Producer and
Composer Skies Unlimited Records
“Faces of The Heart” -
Jennifer Hart - Co-producer and Composer skies Unlimited Records
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