
Professor
Jeremy Siskind
Piano Studies
Disciplines:
Pianist Jeremy Siskind is the winner of the 2012 Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition and the second place winner of the 2011 Montreux Solo Piano Competition. A two-time finalist for the American Pianist Association’s Cole Porter Fellowship, Siskind has performed jazz and classical music at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, in Japan, Switzerland, Thailand, Cyprus, England, Lebanon, India, Tunisia, France, and China. His 2012 CD, Finger-Songwriter, was placed in emusic.com’s Top 100 CDs of 2012 (in any genre) and hailed as “the most exciting musical project I’ve heard in a long time” by the weblog Jazz Police. His 2015 CD, Housewarming, featuring Grammy-winning vocalists Kurt Elling and Peter Eldridge, was called a “shining example” of chamber jazz in a four-star review from Downbeat magazine. Siskind served as the chair of the Keyboard Area at Western Michigan University, where he taught both classical and jazz piano, since 2014.
As a pedagogue, Siskind boasts nine publications with Hal Leonard, including the landmark instructional book, Jazz Band Pianist. A frequent contributor to Clavier Companion magazine, Siskind has presented workshops at the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) conventions in New York, Anaheim, and Chicago. Siskind is also a leader of the house concert movement, having performed in over 100 houses in 24 different states around the U.S., and given presentations on in-home concerts at Jazz Education Network, MTNA, and Chamber Music America conferences.
A proud Yamaha Artist since 2013, he holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (Jazz Performance and Music Theory) and Columbia University (English and Comparative Literature). His teachers include Tamir Hendelman, Tony Carmaia, Harold Danko, Rose Grace, Sophia Rosoff, and Fred Hersch.
MUS 265 F Piano Ensemble
MUS 265 F Piano Ensemble
Jan. 25 to May. 22 3:15pm - 4:20pm
MUS 284 F Advanced Topics in Music
MUS 284 F Advanced Topics in Music
Jan. 25 to May. 22 6:30am - 6:30am
MUSA 104 F Introduction to Concert Hour
MUSA 104 F Introduction to Concert Hour
Jan. 25 to May. 22 9:50am - 10:55am
MUSA 105 F Beginning Concert Hour
MUSA 105 F Beginning Concert Hour
Jan. 25 to May. 22 9:50am - 10:55am
MUSA 106 F Intermediate Concert Hour
MUSA 106 F Intermediate Concert Hour
Jan. 25 to May. 22 9:50am - 10:55am
MUSA 107 F Advanced Concert Hour
MUSA 107 F Advanced Concert Hour
Jan. 25 to May. 22 9:50am - 10:55am
MUSA 134 F Jazz Piano Technique and Repertoire I
MUSA 134 F Jazz Piano Technique and Repertoire I
Jan. 25 to May. 22 4:45pm - 5:50pm
MUSA 134 F Jazz Piano Technique and Repertoire I
MUSA 134 F Jazz Piano Technique and Repertoire I
Jan. 25 to May. 22 6:30am - 6:30am
MUSA 200 F Applied Music: Individual Private Study
MUSA 200 F Applied Music: Individual Private Study
Jan. 25 to May. 22 1:50pm - 2:55pm
MUSA 234 F Jazz Piano Technique and Repertoire II
MUSA 234 F Jazz Piano Technique and Repertoire II
Jan. 25 to May. 22 6:30am - 6:30am
MUSA 201 F Adv Applied Musc-Ind Priv Stdy
MUSA 201 F Adv Applied Musc-Ind Priv Stdy
Jan. 25 to May. 22 1:50pm - 2:55pm