The Rob Bennion Band: Salt Lake City's complete event entertainment
An event goes through several phases. Your live music should also . . .
1. Welcome Reception/Cocktails: Imagine a cool downtempo/electronica vibe while guests are arriving and socializing. The music is a conversation starter, but at a volume that doesn't drown the conversation out. Or go for the traditional jazz quartet. Listen to samples:
Downtempo/electronica:
Jazz quartet:
2. Dinner Music: Bring out the Rat Pack! Nothing says class and sophistication like popular jazz favorites: from Frank Sinatra to Ella Fitzgerald, Los Angeles native Hayley and Conn can sing it all! Hayley Kirkland's award-winning voice was recently showcased singing the national anthem for a Dodger's game back in L.A. And Conn Curran (son of Doug Curran of "The Lettermen") has a crooner's swagger and style on stage.
Jazz band with Hayley:
Jazz band with Conn:
3. It's time to get moving. With dinner plates cleared and speeches winding down, the event goers want to dance! The only band of its kind in Salt Lake City, the Rob Bennion band adds Indianapolis vocalist 2uce Betta to the lineup. With a bumping rhythm section and full array of electronic and acoustic instruments, the band keeps the party moving with hip-hop, R&B, and popular favorites from current chart-toppers Beyonce and Jay-Z to classic Michael Jackson and Run-DMC. The band also keeps the content and lyrics clean and positive.
Popular music/dance band:
Rob's groups have performed all over the US and abroad at high class venues including the Dallas Hotel Westin, Osaka Japan's "Azul" nightclub, the Red Butte Gardens, the Salt Palace, the Devereau House, the Grand America Hotel, the Joseph Smith Memorial building, various Marriott Hotels, the Gallivan Center, Memorial Grove, Thanksgiving Point, the Riverside Country Club, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, the BYU Museum of Art, Mill Creek Inn, the Tabernacle on Temple Square, Pierpont Place, the Tuscany, the University of Utah Stadium, La Caille, the Gallivan Center, Sleepy Ridge Clubhouse, the Rose Sachs Gardens, the Hotel Monaco, the Hotel Park City, the Salt Lake City Sheraton, the Sundance Resort, Snowbird Resort, Solitude Resort, and many other reception centers; as well as restaurants and night clubs ranging from Park City's Harry-O's to the now old Port 'O Call sports bar of downtown Salt Lake City. He's performed at numerous outdoor festivals including both Salt Lake City's and Provo's "First Night" celebrations, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, the University of Utah's May-Fest, the Crescent Jazz Festival, Ogden's Harvest Moon Festival, and the Salt Lake City Arts Festival. Rob was even invited to perform one night on top of a mountain in pitch black during a meteor shower for an organization's annual party!
Rob's client list includes Ernst & Young, Salt Lake City mayor Ralph Becker, former Utah governor Jon M. Hunstman Jr., Novell, Meeting Planners International, Tahitian Noni International, Countrywide Financial, Ballet West, Xango, Melaleuca, Hindsight Trading, Humana, Omni-American Bank, Eliot Management Group, the National Recreation and Park Association, and the Park City Jazz Foundation among many other companies and private parties. He's performed at wedding ceremonies of local celebrities like Terry Wood of Channel 4 News and has traveled for performances all over the United States and abroad, from Vancouver to Miami Beach and everywhere in between. Please read reviews written by past clients. In August 2008 Rob was interviewed live on KUER 90.1 fm by Jazz Guru Steve Williams, and in October 2008 was the headlining performer of the Okayama Jazz Festival in Japan. Later that month the band was the musical guest for KJZZ TV's "Cooking Delight" with Jennifer Burns. Rob's band was named "Best Jazz/Blues band 08-09" by local paper the Daily Herald, and appeared live on Fox 13's Fat Tuesday morning show Spring of 2010.
