Amazing piano and cello for my Catholic wedding ceremony! Very easy to communicate with and was able to play any song I requested. It was one of my favorite parts of the wedding ceremony!
Talia D.
5.0
Evan and his team elevated our Catholic ceremony to new a whole new level! Our guests were in love with the music and Evan’s voice. My little cousin even described him as having a “Disney prince voice” Evan made an already busy and stressful time- very easy! He was an extremely easy person to communicate with. Evan helped us select songs for our Catholic Ceremony and him and his team made our special day truly wonderful. thank you Evan and team! Cannot recommend him enough!!
Carson H.
5.0
About this vendor
Evan Dallas
OWNER
AWARD WINNER (4X)
Thanks to recommendations from couples on The Knot
Evan Dallas Music is a wedding Ensemble based out of Cincinnati, OH. Featuring a number of instruments, including cello, piano, and violin, this ensemble curates their sound to reflect your unique personality and love story. These musicians have over 15 years of experience and know how to capture the feelings of your momentous occasion with a moving and joyful repertoire.
Evan Dallas Music is led by Evan Dallas, an award-winning pianist who has been performing for more than 10 years. He is accompanied by Evanghelina Ciobanu, an accomplished cellist who graduated from CCM’s cello performance program. Together, these musicians blend their distinct sounds to create a memorable and magical atmosphere.
Evan Dallas Music offers initial consultations, during which Evan and Evanghelina will help you plan your wedding setlist. You can then choose your songs from a large library that consists of golden oldies, classic rock, love ballads, religious classics, and Disney tunes. From beautiful piano ballads as you walk down the aisle to raucous anthems for your reception, this duo can do it all. They even can provide vocals upon request.
Speaks English
Details
Instruments
Cello
Keyboard
Piano
Violin
Vocals
Music Genres
Bluegrass
Celtic
Classical
Country
Dance
Folk
Jazz
Latin
Pop
R&B
Rock
Music Services
Live Music
Recorded Music
Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
Rehearsals & Parties
After Party
Rehearsal Dinner
Welcome Party
Wedding
After Party
Ceremony
Cocktail Hour
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner
Awards and Affiliations
4-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2024.2023.2022.2020.
Why were they selected?
Best of Weddings
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Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
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Meet the team
Evan Dallas
Owner
Evan is an award-winning pianist and vocalist with over fifteen years of experience providing music for beautiful weddings. Let Evan’s signature inspirational sound of piano and cello create the memorable atmosphere your event needs. Let's make your event the one to remember!
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The musicians provided exceptional piano, cello, and violin for ceremonies and cocktail hours, elevating the service and delighting guests. Their talent, vocal performance, and wide repertoire impressed many, and they flawlessly learned special requests. Communication was generally professional with only occasional slow initial responses, and they come highly recommended.
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Carson H
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5.0
1/12/2025
Evan and his team elevated our Catholic ceremony to new a whole new level! Our guests were in love with the music and Evan’s voice. My little cousin even described him as having a ...
“Disney prince voice” Evan made an already busy and stressful time- very easy! He was an extremely easy person to communicate with. Evan helped us select songs for our Catholic Ceremony and him and his team made our special day truly wonderful. thank you Evan and team! Cannot recommend him enough!!
Talia D
5.0
4/22/2026
Amazing piano and cello for my Catholic wedding ceremony! Very easy to communicate with and was able to play any song I requested. It was one of my favorite parts of the wedding ce...
remony!
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Brynne U
5.0
1/11/2025
While searching for a piano and cello duo for our wedding, we discovered Evan, and as soon as we heard his work, we knew he was the perfect choice! His talent is exceptional, and h...
e brought our dream wedding ceremony to life. The live music was so flawless, it felt like a professionally recorded soundtrack. I can’t recommend Evan highly enough!
Natalie B
5.0
9/10/2024
Evan and his team made our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour such a blast for not only us, but all of our family and friends. We received so many positive comments about Evan and ...
his team and how they were the best they've seen at a wedding. We were overjoyed by their generosity and willingness to go above and beyond for us! Thank you for standing by our side and contributing in such a big way on our wedding day, Evan!
Claire S
5.0
7/05/2024
We hired Evan for our Catholic wedding mass last summer and highly recommend him! Multiple guests came up to me at our reception and commented on his incredible voice. His playing ...
and singing truly added something special to our ceremony. We're so grateful that he shares his gift with the world!
Marty F
5.0
10/13/2023
We hired Evan for our son’s wedding and reception cocktail hour. He and the violinist were absolutely fabulous. They played a piece that we had specifically requested and we found ...
out later that he’d never played it before. You never would have known because it sounded flawless! Beyond our expectations! We received many compliments from family and other guests about how much they enjoyed the music. Communication was a little slow at the beginning when we first booked him, but he did respond, and my daughter-in-law had no issues when the wedding got closer and they were choosing their music.
Kayt D
5.0
8/29/2023
We used Evan Dallas Music for instrumentals for both our rehearsal dinner 8/4/23, and for our wedding 8/5/23, and he did an absolutely amazing job. His communication leading up to ...
our events was timely and professional. He also had a very wide range of music selections, and fit the needs of both the rehearsal dinner and the wedding perfectly. We had so many compliments from guests about the music, and we were beyond thrilled with it as well. We would 100% recommend Evan Dallas Music for your wedding and other events!
Danielle L
5.0
8/14/2023
Evan was so wonderful to work with. He was very professional and incredibly talented. I’ve always dreamt of that moment walking down the aisle to the love of my life, and he made t...
hat moment even more magical. I could listen to him play all day! Highly recommend.
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 08/14/2023
Thanks so much Danielle :)
Brenda S
5.0
7/27/2023
Evan was incredible. He was very responsive to questions/emails in advance of the ceremony and provided wonderful feedback on incorporating the music at the appropriate moments. ...
For our daughter's service, Evan also included a cellist, which we felt enhanced the music in a graceful manner. The song selection for the service was exactly what we envisioned when we hired him. I would highly recommend Evan Dallas Music for any event.
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 07/28/2023
Thank you so much! :)
Rachel R
5.0
7/27/2023
Evan performed last weekend at our wedding, and the music was beautiful. We received so many compliments from our guests! His communication was EXCELLENT from beginning to end with...
both me and my husband. He responded to messages promptly and worked hard with us to achieve a dream ambience. We felt so relaxed for our big day and knew that Evan would deliver! Recommend 110%! I feel so lucky to have chosen Evan!
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 07/28/2023
Thanks Rachel!
Ellie P
5.0
7/27/2023
Evan and co were awesome! We had the piano and cello at our 06/10/23 wedding for the ceremony and cocktail hour and the music was beautiful. Everyone raved about how special it wa...
s to have live music at out ceremony and I am so glad we used Evan.
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 07/28/2023
Thanks Ellie!!
Morgan C
5.0
12/30/2022
Evan was amazing to work with! Highly recommend!
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 07/28/2023
Thanks Morgan!
Mayme F
5.0
11/28/2022
Evan Dallas Music was wonderful! I booked him for my wedding ceremony on November 4, 2022. I am grateful for his ability to accommodate my last minute addition of violin. They play...
ed better than I imagined. It was beautiful. I also felt that Evan was very professional, prompt, and responsive. I have no complaints or constructive criticism at all. I highly recommend and felt this was one of the few wedding expenses in which I can say that the money was well spent.
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 07/28/2023
Thanks Mayme! :)
Michelle S
5.0
11/16/2022
Evan is an excellent pianist! He played for our wedding and reception, and it was the perfect ambiance. Evan got to the wedding early with plenty of time to set up and worked incre...
dibly well with our other vendors. He especially worked seamlessly with our officiant to put on a beautiful, organized, and perfectly timed wedding ceremony. He was incredibly organized and respected our music request and "do not play" lists. Overall, Evan did a wonderful job and I'm so thankful for him and his great work. I would hire him again in a heartbeat!
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 07/28/2023
Thanks Michelle :)
Katreen F
5.0
11/15/2022
Evan Dallas Music was great!
I booked him only a couple weeks before my wedding and he was so responsive and quick to get me scheduled! He was very helpful with deciding the perfe...
ct music for different times in the ceremony!
The sound was phenomenal and made my wedding that much more special!
10/10 recommend for your special event!
Brenna C
5.0
10/27/2022
Very professional and beautiful music! We booked them for our ceremony and it was amazing.
Emilie T
5.0
8/04/2022
We hired Evan to play piano at our ceremony and cocktail hour at French Park in Amberley Village. Evan was so great to work with, we had an open dialogue via text for both the cere...
mony music and cocktail hour until I finally could decide what I wanted played. For our ceremony he played “Heaven” by Bryan Adams, “All of me” by John Legend and “You can’t hurry love” by the Supremes. It was so memorable, fun, and beautiful. For cocktail hour, Evan played a mix of well known songs from movies, tv, and recent hits which got the party started for all of our guests enjoying their drinks and appetizers. We absolutely recommend Evan on the piano! Thank you Evan!!
Elizabeth O
5.0
7/19/2022
Evan and his team are fabulous musicians, and wonderful people to work with! He is professional, kind, and incredibly talented. I am always grateful to him for his diligent communi...
cation and comfort in any musical setting. He is very helpful to our clients, and thorough in his planning. I refer him regularly, and am always grateful to have him on our team!
Meg F
5.0
7/12/2022
Evan was a pleasure to work with! He has such talent and so accommodating. We shared what we wanted and he ran with it!
The music was so classic and exactly like I dreamt the ...
ceremony would go.
Eliza S
5.0
7/11/2022
Evan was awesome to work with. He made it a collaborative process, and even played our weird song requests that made the day extra special and memorable to us. Highly recommend!
Chris D
5.0
2/09/2022
Evan and Diana were a beautiful keyboard and cello duet for our ceremony and cocktail hour. Evan was easy to work with regarding song selection and logistics. He and Diana helped m...
ake our wedding day special and memorable for us. We will always look back on it fondly.
Grace G
5.0
1/14/2022
Evan did an amazing job at my Catholic wedding ceremony in December. His music was beautiful and he was very professional during the entire process. He gave great suggestions on so...
ngs and was very responsive when I had any questions. It was hard finding a musician who was familiar with a full length Catholic mass, but I am so glad I found Evan! I would highly recommend him!
Annie T
5.0
10/05/2021
Evan is great. He is a talented musician and easy to work with! He played for my ceremony, cocktail hour and during dinner. The ceremony was really personal to us. I hand selected ...
the music that was very sentimental that Evan used. It was a Flute and Piano duet. I actually had to come out before my ceremony to listen to the two play this special composition before I walked down the aisle because I knew I would cry. And I lost it. It was so beautiful. They did a great job playing during the ceremony. The cocktail hour and dinner music was great. It was perfect to have background music that was from all sorts of different genres and not too loud so folks could easily hear each other at the table. We had a cellist and pianist for dinner. I highly recommend Evan!
Response from Evan Dallas Music on 07/28/2023
Thank you Annie! :)
Shelby B
5.0
9/16/2021
I booked with Evan during 2020 when we knew we wanted a musician for our ceremony outside of the specific church ensemble. We did a full catholic mass for our ceremony in July. We ...
had a few curveballs, as our preist wanted things done in a specific manner and timing through the ceremony. Evan was able to accommodate these changes and our ceremony could not have been more beautiful. Our guest and family thought Evan and the cellist were amazing. I would recommend Evan Dallas if you are in need of a musician for your wedding.
Shelby M
5.0
9/13/2021
Evan played at my wedding ceremony alongside a cellist and was truly phenomenal. He was easy to communicate and work with throughout all of the planning, making coordinating the ce...
remony very easy. He was able to play all of the songs we could have possibly wanted and the sound was outstanding. His music brought our wedding ceremony vision to life. I would recommend him to anyone, everyone at the ceremony was very impressed!
Sarah C
5.0
9/12/2021
Loved working with Evan - he made the process for planning the ceremony music smooth and simple! Particularly, he found a violinist to play alongside the piano, and offered suggest...
ions for songs which I appreciated. He was timely and reliable, and came to the rehearsal also! Our ceremony music was so lovely, I highly recommend!
Maria G
5.0
9/12/2021
Evan was phenomenal to work with! He is extremely talented, and his performance at our wedding exceeded all our expectations. I did not think live musicians were within our budget,...
but he is very reasonably priced!
He was very easy to schedule consultations with, he arranged a custom piece at my request and even helped me keep the custom request a surprise for the groom! He and his accompanist were punctual, professional, and I received compliments from every guest on the music. Do not hesitate to book Evan Dallas, his music was one of the most memorable parts of our big day!
Katie A
5.0
9/11/2021
Evan played piano at our wedding and his work is absolutely beautiful! He was professional, punctual and so kind. He even gave us recommendations on songs he’s played at other wedd...
ings. Thank you, Evan!
Aimee K
5.0
10/12/2020
Evan was amazing to work with, he was always willing to help and definitely went above and beyond to make my day perfect. Whenever I was stressed or didn't know enough about music...
to make a knowledgeable song choice, he walked me through it and always had several suggestions. I would definitely book him again and will recommend him to anyone and everyone! Thanks Evan!
Kathleen S
5.0
12/01/2019
Evan was so unbelievably easy to work with from day one! I was feeling indecisive and decision exhaustion from all the wedding planning and he was happy to choose most of our cerem...
ony music for us while hearing what preferences we knew we wanted. He was so reasonably priced and played beautifully! We highly recommend Evan for your ceremony music!
Jay O
5.0
11/27/2019
Evan played "Thousand Years" better than I have every heard while I walked down the isle. It was perfect! Evan was very professional and made it easy to choose pieces for our cere...
mony. He is a very talented pianist as well as vocalist.
Kristen C
5.0
10/24/2019
Evan was wonderful when he played for our wedding. He has a lot of talent and I would recommend him to anyone that’s looking for a beautiful pianist.
Danielle P
5.0
10/09/2019
Evan played the music for our ceremony in February and I received so many compliments on the music. I gave him the songs we wanted and he put together a beautiful version, just ho...
w I wanted. Evan was so professional and was great to work with. Thank you Evan for making our day so special!
Kaitlyn R
5.0
10/08/2019
Evan played for my wedding back in 2015 & did an absolutely fabulous job. My husband & I had some friends involved with our ceremony music too (a few of my bridesmaids sang, his bu...
ddy played a song on guitar, etc). Evan did an excellent job working with all the other musicians & making sure everyone was on the same page. He was well-prepared & on time for both the rehearsal & ceremony. He is friendly, approachable & of course, super talented. My brother & his wife had Evan play for their wedding in May of this year too. Highly, highly recommend!
Rachel E
5.0
10/05/2019
Evan is a wonderful musician and made our wedding ceremony extra special by sharing his talent with us! He was easy to work with, extremely talented, and did a fantastic job! I wou...
ld highly recommend having Evan play at your wedding or special event!!!
Stephen A
5.0
10/04/2019
I couldn’t say anything that would even describe how wonderful Evan was. He played for my wedding this summer and was AMAZING. Everyone complimented me on the music. He was easy to...
work with and always prompt with his responses. He is fair in his pricing and up-front about everything. I can’t imagine having anyone but Evan do it. Get this guy to do your wedding! You won’t be disappointed!
Lauren U
5.0
10/04/2019
Evan is the BEST guy to get for your wedding - hands down. He has a voice of an angel, plays piano like no one else, and is just a super down-to-earth guy. Everyone just couldn’t...
stop talking about how beautiful our wedding was. He can play and sing anything, and is more than happy to give song suggestions. Just the nicest, most talented guy out there.
Sonya S
5.0
10/03/2019
Evan is extremely gifted; both his piano playing and singing are outstanding! Evan is very intuitive when assisting with music selection, and is able to accommodate almost any req...
uest. He is always professional and courteous of your time.
Andrea D
5.0
10/01/2019
Evan played piano for our wedding and did an amazing job! He sounded so wonderful and we heard from so many people about how great he was. I just picked what songs we needed for ou...
r ceremony and there were no issues! I would highly recommend him to others.
Jordan T
5.0
9/30/2019
Evan played for my wedding several years ago, and he was able to completely accommodate every request. He was able to play every song we requested on the spot, and he did so with s...
uch beauty. Would highly recommend him!
Chelsie D
5.0
9/30/2019
We were honored to have Evan play at our wedding. We still get comments about how beautiful his piano playing made our ceremony. He was very flexible and met all of our schedule de...
tails perfectly. Evan was able to perform all of our requested songs with beauty and ease. We were so pleased with everything that Evan was able to do for our wedding! Highly recommend.
Emilee M
5.0
9/30/2019
We have the honor of hearing Evan play on a regular basis, but the most special time was when he played at our wedding almost 5 years ago. People still come up to us and ask who pl...
ayed the piano at our wedding. Evan was amazing to work with and accommodating to our specific song requests and made the wedding all the more magical with his masterful piano playing. It is a true joy to be a witness to his incredible gift and was a blessing to us on our wedding day!
Tyler R
5.0
9/30/2019
Evan played the piano during the ceremony at my wife and I’s wedding. He was very professional and punctual during our meetings via phone and in person leading up to the big day. O...
ur ceremony included a Catholic Mass along with our nuptials. Evan was right on time and sounded fantastic the entire time. I highly recommend him.
Madison K
5.0
9/30/2019
Evan is the most amazing pianist that I have ever heard! He played for my wedding ceremony in May and it was beautiful. I am certain that he can play any song given to him. Evan is...
kind, accommodating, and great to work with. I would definitely recommend him for your big day!
