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Experience

 Currently                                                       

2024 - Present
Dionne Warwick | Music Director, Pianist and Conductor 

2016 - Present
Grammy Award winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir | Keyboardist and Organist

2015 - Present
City Love NYC | Music Director and Keyboardist

2017 - Present
The Andre Chez Lewis Trio Residency at Tsion Cafe in Harlem | Music Director and Pianist

2010 - Present

Private Instructor  | Beginner - Advanced Piano

 2026  

 2025                                                         

 2024                                                                                     

 2023                                                                        

 2022                                                        

 2021  

 2020         

 2019  

 2018                                                    

 2017                

 2016                                                                        

 2015                           

 2014                                                                    

 2013  

 2012             

 2011  

 2009                                                                                 

 2008                                                                       

 2007               

2026 (upcoming)
The Bride directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal | cast as the Ballroom Pianist


2025
I Will Not Be Moved album by Grammy Award winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir | Recording Pianist and Organist â€‹

2025
Godfather of Harlem season 4 | cast as the Jazz Pianist
 
2012 - 2025
Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz in NYC | Pianist

2022 - 2025
Xavier Smith: Ladies of Soul Tribute at Joes Pub NYC | Music Director

2024 - 2025
Barry Harris Institute at The New School's College of Performing Arts and The Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center | Workshop Instructor


2024
A Complete Unknown the Bob Dylan biopic directed by James Mangold | cast as Paul Griffin

2024
MJ the Musical at the Neil Simon Theater | Pianist

2024
Jelly's Last Jam at the New York City Center | Pianist

2024
Queen Esther Marrow's Inspiration at the Ferguson Center | Music Director, Orchestrator, Arranger, Conductor and Pianist

2024
Sophisticated Lady: The Songs Of Natalie Cole at 54 Below | Music Director and Pianist
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2024
Arly Lariviere & Nu Look at Palladium Times Square | Orchestrator, Arranger and Conductor
 
2024
Abiah Sings Madonna album by Abiah | Recording Pianist


2023
Langston in Harlem at 54 Below | Music Director and Pianist

2023
Pal Joey at the New York City Center | Rehearsal Pianist

2023
Queen Esther Marrow: A Rainha do Gospel e do Soul  in Almada, Portugal | Music Director

2022 - 2023
Darkness Rising: Broadway Benefit Concert Series in NYC | Music Director

2023
Xavier Smith: Wall to Wall Women of Soul at Symphony Space NYC | Music Director

2023
Mike Monford Live at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater in Detroit, MI | Keyboardist


2022; 2013
The Eve of Jackie: A Tribute to Jackie Wilson at the National Black Theater Festival | Music Director

2022
Ella an American Musical  Theater Workshop at Open Jar Studios | Rehearsal Pianist and Keys 2
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2022
Songs of the Season: Solo Piano Concert at Grace Farms | Pianist

2022
A Night of Worship album by Grammy Award winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir | Recording Keyboardist

2022
Andre Chez Lewis Quartet Live Concert in Cadman Plaza for the Brooklyn Public Library | Music Director


2021
The Andre Chez Lewis Trio Residency at Savvy Bistro in Brooklyn | Music Director & Keyboardist


2016 - 2020
Riverbank State Park Cultural Department in Harlem | Music Instructor 

2020
Save You Save Me album by Phat Man Dee | Recording Keyboardist


2019
Vivian Green Live at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, CT | Keyboardist


2018
I Am Reminded album by Grammy Award winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir | Recording Keyboardist

2018
Fly Away album by Najah Lewis | Producer and Recording Keyboardist

2018
Abiah Sings Nina album by Abiah | Recording Pianist

2018
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen single by Abiah | Recording Pianist

2018
Amma Whatt Live at the Apollo Theater Cafe | Keyboardist


2017
Raii & Whitney's Don't Worry Step Clap Video Release Concert  at Milk River NYC | Music Director

2017
The Christmas Song single by Ronnie Lewis | Recording Keyboardist


2009 - 2016
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Youth Ministry | Music Director and Keyboardist

2016
What They'll Remember Off-Broadway play at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe | Music Director and Keyboardist

2016
New York State of Mind music video cover for K-Pop Star JeiYu | Keyboardist

2016
Raii & Whitney's Free to Love Live Recording at Le Poisson Rouge | Music Director

2016
Abiah Live at the Blue Note NYC | Pianist

2016
All We Are album by Mattie Safer | Recording Keyboardist


2015
Chantae Cann Live at Minton's Jazz Club | Pianist

2015
Abiah Mini Tour  NYC & Tokyo | Pianist

2012 - 2015
Resurrection Church Clinton Hill | Pianist


2014
Holler if you Hear Me Broadway Musical at the Palace Theater | Keyboardist

2014
The Eve of Jackie: A Tribute to Jackie Wilson at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall | Music Director
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2014
The Eve of Jackie: A Tribute to Jackie Wilson at The Ark Theater | Music Director
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2014
The Eve of Jackie: A Tribute to Jackie Wilson at The Lincoln Center | Music Director

2014
Motown the Musical | Rehearsal Pianist

2014
A Part of Me EP album by Kei Owada | Recording Keyboardist


2013
Memphis the Musical on Tour | Organist


2012
Memphis the Musical on Broadway | Organist
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2012
P-Jay Johnson Live at the Apollo Theater Cafe | Music Director


2011
Wells Fargo Flash Mob - Times Square YouTube video | Pianist


2009
Dreamgirls on Tour | Rehearsal Pianist

2009
The Jazz Legends Concert: Spyra Gyra, Randy Brecker & the Jae Sinnett Trio | Solo Opening Act

2009
Tuskegee Airmen Appreciation | Solo Piano Performance

2009
Featured Musician for Congressman Bobby Scott | Solo Piano

2009
What I Do music video for Conya Doss | Keyboardist
 
2009
Rhema Fellowship Church in Cambridge, MA| Keyboardist / Guitarist 

2008 - 2009
Western Avenue Baptist Church in Cambridge, MA| Keyboardist / Guitarist 


2007 - 2008
Souljourn Band | Music Director and Keyboardist

2007 - 2008
First Baptist Denbigh | Youth Director, Pianist, Organist, Guitarist 

2007 - 2008
Souljourn Band | Music Director and Keyboardist

2008
Ke-Ke Sheard Live at the Hampton Convocation Center | Opening Act

2008
Soul Lounge Band | Music Director and Keyboardist
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2004 - 2008
Mary Helen's Jazz Restaurant Residency | Keyboardist​
 

2006 - 2007
The Last Song at the Roper Performing Arts Center American Theater | Composer and Music Director

2005 - 2007
Rob Class Act Jazz Restaurant Residency | Solo Pianist

Awards

Pianist and organist on the 2026 Grammy Award winning album "I Will Not Be Moved" by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

 

Received the "Special Achievement Award" at the 53rd Annual Audelco Awards for Excellence in Black Theater in 2025

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Received the "Alice and John Coltrane Award of Excellence" from The New School's College of Performing Arts in 2022

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Received the "Young Lion Award" from the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium at the 19th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival in 2018

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Received the "Rising Star Award" at the 41st Annual Audelco Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre in 2013

 

Selected By Renowned Jazz Saxophonist and Composer Frank Foster - Recipient of 2008/2009 Frank Foster Scholarship

 

Selected By Berklee College Of Music - Recipient Of An Annual $12,000.00 Scholarship

 

Selected By The Hampton, VA Chapter Of Omega Psi Phi - 2009 Talent Hunt - 1st Place Winner

 

Selected By The Jazz Foundation (New York) - Recipient Of Weekly Food Stipend Scholarship

Education

Studied Under Direction Of Legendary Jazz Pianist, Dr. Barry Harris (New York, NY) 2014 – 2021

 

The New School's College of Performing Arts, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music (New York, NY) 2019 – 2022

 

Berklee College Of Music  (Boston, MA) 2008 – 2009

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