Pianist

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Juilliard Jazz Ensembles | The Music of Hazel Scott and Ginger Smock

The Juilliard School

Holly grew up in East Tennessee and began playing the piano very early, always watching her parents play and wanting to copy what she heard. She was three years old or so when she picked out her first tune by ear on the piano. Loathe to take lessons, she mainly taught herself by learning music by ear and arranging it however she liked on the piano until college, when she met Donald Brown at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Brown recognized Holly's inclination for the jazz idiom and immediately took her under his wing, which quickly resulted in Holly's firm decision to pursue a professional career as a jazz pianist. During her time at UT Knoxville, Holly also studied classical piano under the direction of world-renowned pianist and Sandra G. Powell Endowed Professor of Piano Dr. Chih-Long Hu, as well as music composition under the direction of award-winning new music composer Dr. Andrew Sigler.

Holly Bean

Room 623

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles | New Orleans Music: Jelly Roll Morton and Joe King Oliver

Juilliard Jazz | The Southern Piano Style: Brown, Mabern, Miller, Morton, Newborn, and Williams

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Juilliard Jazz Ensembles | Music by the Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey and Horace Silver

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Holly Bean, Jazz Piano

Holly Bean

Pianist

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 24, 2024

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles | New Orleans Music: Jelly Roll Morton and Joe King Oliver · The Juilliard School

Feb 2, 2025

Juilliard Jazz | The Southern Piano Style: Brown, Mabern, Miller, Morton, Newborn, and Williams · The Juilliard School

Feb 17, 2025

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles | Music by the Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey and Horace Silver · The Juilliard School

Feb 28, 2025

Holly Bean, Jazz Piano · The Juilliard School

Past events

Apr 9, 2024

Juilliard Jazz Ensembles | The Music of Hazel Scott and Ginger Smock · The Juilliard School

Nov 10, 2023

Holly Bean · Room 623

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