Bill Edwards regularly performs Ragtime and Jazz at Festivals and all manner of shows across the US and Canada. He is often available at non-festival times with a bit of advance booking, is easy to work with provides some of the publicity material AND publicity, and has many top-notch references.

Bill can be available for the following types of events or a combination thereof both in the US and abroad:

• Festival appearances and seminars
• Ragtime Concerts in Auditoriums or Town Hall Venues
• Private Parties and Home Concerts
• Industrials Such as Company Parties Complete With Tailored Content

• Educational Institutions from Elementary to University
• Television/Radio Appearances
• Film Scores in a Variety of Genres, As Well As Performances
• Silent Film Accompaniments

As the Symposia Director for the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, Bill has accrued a wide range of Shows and Seminars that can also be tailored, if desired, to some of the following topics:

• Ragtime Era Composers
• Ragtime Era Publishers
• Ragtime Era Performers
• Women Composers and Publishers of the Ragtime Era
• Women Performers and Artists of the Ragtime Era
• Ragtime Styles
• Classical Music in Ragtime
• Early Traditional and non-Traditional Jazz
• Ragtime and the Begining of the Music Industry as an Industry

• Sheet Music Cover Artists and Art
• Sheet Music Collection and Preservation
• Real Stories and People Remembered in Ragtime Songs
• Ragtime Piano of the 1930s and 1950s
• Ragtime in 20th and 21st Century Popular Culture
• Honky-Tonk Piano of the 1950s
• Giving Musical Voice to Silent Films
• Geneology and Ragtime Research
• Race and Ragtime

Stage shows include a variety of elements including some audience participation, multiple styles of ragtime piano rags and songs, the occasional classical or pop interlude, comedy and family-friendly humor, silent film shorts if a screen is available, and a satisfied and happy audience at the end of the performance. Needs are also minimal. A piano and/or sound can be provided in certain situations for extra, but otherwise just a piano (or two), sound, screen for A/V elements and Films, and an audience.

Seminars and Workshops can be incorporated into personal appearances which can also include visits to schools relating the importance of ragtime as the first truly American Music evolved into the musical styles heard today. Needs for those are also minimal, as above. References from those who have seen presentations are readily avilable.

Bill Edwards at a classic Steinway Grand Piano