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John Wise specializes in piano-based classic rock and pop music, performing music by Billy Joel, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Carole King, and others. "The Project: Classic Piano Rock" has performed for several years in Pennsylvania and Western New York at festivals and clubs.

John studied music performance at the Fort Hayes School for the Performing Arts in Columbus, Ohio and at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana. His current projects include performing with "The Strangers" rock cover band in the Buffalo area, "The Project: Classic Piano Rock", and developing "Speranza", which will be based on "Jesus Music" from the 1970s.

John has appeared with Cliff Turner and the Afterburners, J.P. Rocks, The Hounds of Soul, The Gill Street Band, The Project (Classic Piano Rock), Slinky, DB-WAN (The "Dance Band Without a Name"), Yank the Cover, and The Strangers over the past couple of decades. He has performed at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College, PA, the People's Choice Festival in Boalsburg, PA, the Bedford Fall Festival in Bedford, PA, the Bellefonte Arts and Crafts Fair in Bellefonte, PA, The Palmer Opera House in Cuba, NY, the Taste of Belfast in Belfast, NY, and several locations in the Buffalo area.

Email: jwisemusic@gmail.com
Text: 814-441-1796
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