Focus Area: Piano
Haeun Joo
Haeun Joo is a jazz pianist from South Korea. She started playing the piano when she was five years old. While she was studying classical piano, she also played classical and gospel as an accompanist in church. She has great command over classical, gospel and pop music. Haeun won the Korean Composition Competition two years…
Maya Keren
Maya Keren (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based pianist, vocalist, composer and songwriter from Philadelphia. They have studied at the Creative Music Program and Settlement Music School in Philly, the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, and Mutual Mentorship for Musicians. Maya also has a degree in Music from Princeton University. Currently, Maya is writing…
Yoko Kimura-Yates
Yoko Yates, pianist and composer, was born in Sapporo City, Japan. She began her keyboard study at age four and was always exposed to variety of music in a music-loving family. In addition to her ongoing classical piano studies, as a student at Hokkaido University of Education, her interest towards “art” education motivated her to…
Lafayette Harris Jr.
Lafayette Harris Jr. is known as a “go to” pianist by many musicians, including legendary saxophonist Houston Person, for whom he has recorded on three albums. Lafayette has toured with some of the greatest musicians of all time including the luminary Max Roach; jazz, funk pioneer, trumpeter Donald Byrd; trombone plunger master Al Grey; John…
Rene Dennis
Rene Dennis has been teaching piano at BKCM for over twenty years. Rene has a Bachelor of Music from the University of the NC School of the Arts and a Master of Arts from New York University. In addition to teaching, Rene also performs with Lake Ruth.
Lucy Galliher
Lucy Galliher has been teaching piano at the Conservatory since 1989. A native of Washington D.C., Lucy has a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College. She is a regular each week playing Jazz in Harlem Chéri Harlem and the Shrine. Lucy also teaches a Jazz Vocal Workshop at Greenwich House.
Michael Brofman
Michael Brofman teaches piano and directs the Chamber Music Program at BKCM. Mike has earned a reputation as one of the finest vocal accompanists of his generation. He has performed hundreds of songs, from Schubert’s earliest lieder to premieres of new songs by today’s most-recognized composers. He was hailed by the New York Times as…
Sebastien Ammann
Since arriving on the New York jazz scene in 2008, Sebastien Ammann has made a name for himself as a versatile pianist and composer with a distinctive musical identity.Ammann leads several ensembles including Sebastien Ammann’s Gaia Quartet featuring luminaries like trumpeter Ralph Alessi, bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson. Additionally, Sebastien Ammann fronts Color…
Roger Lent
Roger Lent teaches piano and trumpet. He is a versatile, seasoned jazz musician who has performed throughout North America and many European countries. He has appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Ottawa Jazz Festival, The Aspen Jazz Festival, The Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scotts in London and…