Bio in the 3rd person:
Greg Poltrock is a Grand Rapids native and has been musically active from an early age. His studies in piano, orchestral percussion, and music technology have led to a wide variety of professional music opportunities including performances with  Community Circle Theater productions, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and as a pianist/keyboardist with Fair Haven Ministries.  His musical alter ego also includes countless gigs in rock, blues, and jazz bands as well as dueling piano, piano bar, and cocktail piano events.  Greg also freelances as a studio musician, creating music for commercial, instructional, and entertainment industries. In addition, he has been an adjunct faculty member at GVSU and has travelled as far as Japan to study piano culture and manufacturing. Greg has been in the music retail industry since 1984 and serves as a sales manager for Keyboard World.
 
He is also a big name dropper and includes this small list of entertainers he has either shared a stage with of warmed up for: Bo Diddley, Huey Lewis, Henry Mancini, The Kinsey Report, Sugar Blue, Albert Collins, and Steppenwolf. Shows incude Hark Up!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Little Shop Of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Sunday In the Park With George and Nine.
 
 
Greg Poltrock Music Services
Name: 
Greg Poltrock

Instruments:
Piano
Synthesizer
Computer
Percussion

Employer: 
Keyboard World
Grand Rapids MI
Contact Info
Email: gpoltrock@comcast.net
Day PH: 616-249-9000
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Performing:
Cocktail Piano, Singing Piano Bar, Dueling Pianos, Contemporary Worship, Custom MIDI Arrangements.
Consulting:
Music Technology, Worship Music Styling MIDI applications, Keyboard Programming
 
 
 
 
    EXPERIENCE & REFERENCES
Piano Experience
Classical training, teaching, performance degree, bands, musical theater, specialty shows, custom soundtracks, jingles.
 
Music Styles
Pop, rock, blues, smooth jazz, contemporary worship, funk, eclectic.
 
Performance Credits
Hark Up! Christmas Shows
Dueling Pianos @ the B.O.B.
Dueling Pianos @ Kirby Grille
Piano Bar @ Coral Gables
Community Circle Theater
Fair Haven Ministries Pianist
Jimmie Stagger Blues Band
Horns Of Power Big Band
Grand Rapids Big Band
Basic English Band
Countless Freelance Gigs
 
Studio Credits / Composer-Performer
School Zone Children’s Book Series
Medawar Jewelers
Meijer
Amway / Alticor
Studio 28 Theater
Muskegon Community College