Andrea Keller – Australian pianist and composer.
Dedicated to the performance and creation of contemporary jazz and improvised music, Keller has created a considerable body of work, which includes devising and leading projects such as Still Night: Music in Poetry, Transients, Five Below, Masters & Apprentices, The Composers Circle, The Komeda Project, The Company of Pianos, From Ether, Three Lanes, The Andrea Keller Quartet/Quintet, The Wayne Shorter Project, and The Bartok Project. The diversity of Keller’s approach has seen her collaborate as performer, composer and arranger with Australian large ensembles such as; the Black Arm Band, the Australian Art Orchestra, Ten Part Invention, Mike Nock’s BigSmallBand, the Bennetts Lane Big Band, & the Sydney Women’s Jazz Collective, jazz musicians including; Sandy Evans, Mike Nock, Barney McAll, Bernie McGann, Allan Browne, contemporary classical musicians and ensembles such as; Genevieve Lacey, the Song Company, Ensemble Offspring, Flinders Quartet, James Crabb, Marshall McGuire, Zephyr Quartet, Trio Solstice, Claire Edwardes and Seraphim Trio, plus Internationals including; John Surman (UK), Silke Eberhard (GER), Ronan Guilfoyle (IRE), and Nicole Lizee (CAN). Lauded for her music, Keller has received three ARIA Awards, five Australian Jazz Bell Awards, two Art Music Awards, an APRA Professional Development Award, the Merlyn Myer Composing Women’s Commission, and fellowships from the MCA/Freedman Foundation and the Australia Council. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Improvisation (Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts (2001) and a Master of Arts (Research) from Queensland University of Technology (2011). www.andreakellerpiano.com.auFind out more about Andrea Keller Meagher's experience
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Merlyn Myer Composing Women's Commission 2017
Art Music Award for Excellence in Jazz
Professional Development Award: Jazz
'Consider This' wins Best Australian Instrumental Jazz Album
'Wave Rider' wins Best Australian Modern Jazz Album
The Andrea Keller Quartet wins Australian Jazz Ensemble of the Year
Art Music Award for Jazz Work of the Year 'Affectations'
two-year fellowship
'Footprints' wins Best Jazz Album
'Little Claps' wins Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album
'Mikrokosmos' wins Best Jazz Album
'Mikrokosmos' wins Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album
'Thirteen Sketches' wins Best Jazz Album
Jazz Fellowship
Credentials
Positions
Lecturer In Music (Jazz & Improv - Piano)
Melbourne Conservatorium Of Music
Yamaha Artist
Yamaha Music
Represented Artist
Australian Music Centre
Composer Member
APRA/AMCOS
Education
Master of Arts (Research)
Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Music Performance Honours
Victorian College of the Arts
Bachelor of Music Performance (Improvisation)
Victorian College of the Arts