Posted on 12/19/2025 3:31:30 PM PST by real saxophonist
One passion is playing the piano. Another is piloting big jets for United Airlines. He does both at DIA Captain Beau Brant plays a concourse concert before his flight Posted 9:04 PM, Dec 18, 2025 and last updated 10:25 AM, Dec 19, 2025 By: Mike Castellucci
Captain Beau Brant is a pilot for United Airlines. He's also an incredible piano player. So they wheeled a grand piano into Concourse B at Denver International Airport for a few special concerts...before his flights. Meet the United Airlines pilot wowing travelers on the piano at DIA beau brant united pilot pianoInspecting his United Airlines AirbusFrom the flight deck Concourse Concert DENVER — Captain Beau Brant walks around the new United Airlines Airbus before his flight to San Diego.
"Tires look great, this is a relatively new airplane," Brant says.
There's a lot that goes into his job before leaving the ground. Airplane inspection. Flight plans. Meetings with his crew.
Inspecting his United Airlines Airbus Mike Castellucci But on this day, he got to the airport early.
"Going to San Diego and back tonight," he said. "It's going to be a little windy. But since I have a bit of downtime, I'm going to play a little before I fly."
He's pointing to a grand piano sitting in the middle of Concourse B at Denver International Airport. Brant will play a concert for anyone who wants to stop and listen.
Watch and listen to an extended raw clip of Brant playing the piano here:
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LOL
Me too!
Wow! You had a lot of b*lls to make a statement like that.
And you probably said it with such confidence, the guy didn’t even argue.
As you know much better than I do, part of performing involves acting out the passion in some manner, even if just in your imagination, for those three to five minutes, you undertake a suspension of disbelief, and live that role within yourself. Some of that act might seem like the real thing to a ‘helpless’, tho observant young lady.
Last year, we took a month-long rail tour of the UK. London, Wales, Scotland.
Several of the major rail stations had ‘public pianos.’ At London’s Victoria Station, we heard the most beautiful rendition of Michael Jackson’s “I’ll be There” that I can remember.
It was really a highlight of our trip.
8~). She was a cute girl.
Not me.
It would have been great if there had been less talking so we could have heard him play.....nice effort tho’.
I agree, and as I said above, it was just a short news clip.
“”I wish the report had allowed us to hear more of his uninterrupted playing.””
You’re right - listen was what we were urged to do but it wasn’t possible with all the yammering.
You do have a valid point. It has long been observed that a male voice sung through an electric amplifier somehow goes right to the hypothalmus of some women. It is an common occurence that young attractive women at concerts often throw themselves at the performers. If they met these guys on the street under ordinary circumstances they wouldn’t give them a second look.
Outstanding.
“”I agree, and as I said above, it was just a short news clip.””
True but if they were there because of the captain playing the piano before boarding his flight, wouldn’t you think the purpose of the reporters being there was to have people LISTEN to WHY they were covering it? They could have left the terminal and talked if that was the only reason they were there OR just stayed away. I’ve got to stop expecting logic...
It’s been a long time since ‘the news’ is what mattered. The pilot/musician isn’t what was important here, it was the news outlet and the reporters that mattered.
‘The medium is the message’ remains.
Fun time.
Yeah, let us know when he’s climbing trails on a Yamaha bike.
You and me both...
I saw that headline and thought “Why is he also working at the Defense Intelligence Agency?”.
In fact, my Doctoral dissertation was going to be about the poor quality of Yamaha instruments. Had a Metallugist lined up and everything.
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