Nathan Landis Funk is a singer-songwriter, pianist, music director, and occasional actor based in Lancaster County, PA. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada, he declared at age six: “When I grow up, I’m going to be a storyteller.” That declaration led him to pursue a Theater degree at Temple University in Philadelphia after his family moved to Pennsylvania.
Originally focused on acting, Nathan eventually found that ten years of classical piano training gave him an edge in another area. After two years of auditioning, he landed a contract with Holland America Line’s Billboard Onboard show, and began performing high-energy piano bar sets five to six nights a week at sea.
Nathan has entertained audiences on five continents, and his travels have taken him to places like Ireland, Alaska, the Amazon River (twice!), the Canadian Maritimes, and Australia/New Zealand (also twice!). Having performed a request show on average once per day at sea, he has a repertoire of over 700 songs and brings that versatility to local venues, festivals, retirement communities, and special events in Central PA.
He’s also involved in the Lancaster singer-songwriter community, writing catchy folk jams and contemplative piano ballads with dramatic storytelling true to his theater roots. His EP Stay Here With Me (2018) and single Easy to Be (2019) led to his debut full-length album Here’s to the Sojourners (2021), produced mostly in a farm cabin during the pandemic. The album features collaborations with Paul Harrold and the Nuclear Bandits, SueEllen Bontrager, and fiddler Katie Grennan of Gaelic Storm.
Nathan also wrote the Celtic musical Tales of the Phantom Ship, which premiered at the Philly Fringe Festival in 2015. He continues to work in theater as a music director and actor, having collaborated with Gretna Theater, Prima, 11th Hour, and the PA Renaissance Faire.
If nothing else, he thinks his life choices have kept him in good standing with his inner child.