BILLY EVANS
PIANIST~VOCALIST~COMPOSER~ PRODUCER~ARRANGER
BILLY EVANS HAS GAINED EXPERIENCE AND RECOGNITION AS A PROFESSIONAL PIANIST, VOCALIST AND COMPOSER THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
HE STARTED PLAYING PIANO AT THE YOUNG AGE OF TEN, IN HIS HOMETOWN OF ROSELLE, NEW JERSEY. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE MOVED TO VIRGINIA, AND ATTENDED VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELORS DEGREE.
BILLY EVANS, HAS PERFORMED FOR SUCH NOTABLES AS: MAYA ANGELOU, GOVERNOR DOUGLAS WILDER, UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN BOBBY SCOTT AND JOHN CONYERS, JR. AS WELL AS ACTOR TIM REID, NEWT GINGRICH AND RICH FAIRBANKS, CEO OF CAPITAL ONE.
NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE, BILLY PERFORMED THE ROLE OF FATS WALLER, IN THE THEATER PRODUCTION OF “AIN’T MISBEHAVIN,” AND PERFECTED THE ROLE OF JIMMY POWERS IN THE PRODUCTION OF “LADY DAY”, WHERE HE CORROBERATED WITH MS.CHRIS CALLOWAY, DAUGHTER OF THE FAMOUS CAB CALLOWAY.
MR. EVANS, IS FREQUENTLY REQUESTED FOR STUDIO SESSIONS WITH OTHER ARTISTS BECAUSE OF HIS RECORDING EXPERIENCE AND KEYBOARD SKILLS.
HE HAS RECENTLEY COMPLETED HIS OWN PROJECT, ENTITLED, “UNCONDITIONAL LOVE,” WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL BALLAD THAT CHARACTERIZES THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. MR. EVANS, COMPOSED THE LYRICS, MUSIC, ARRANGED AND PRODUCED THE PROJECT.
HIS MOST RECENT WORK, Prisoner Remix WAS RELEASED IN OCTOBER OF 2017 AND IS GETTING RAVE REVIEWS.
Mr. Evans also finds time to teach and is the current director of music at First Baptist Centraila.
