JACKSON, CLIFF Cliff Jackson, piano
The pianist Cliff Jackson, a native
of Gary, Indiana, received his Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory
of Music and pursued graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music. Cited
for his sensitive accompaniments and insightful musicianship, he has been the
pianist for many internationally renowned artists including Kathleen Battle,
Renato Scotto, Simon Estes, Edda Moser, Felicia Weathers, and Gwendolyn Bradley.
His skill as a collaborative artist has justly earned him a place on the stages
of Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Vienna Musikverein, the Teatro Colón,
and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He was awarded a coaching fellowship
by the American Opera Center at The Juilliard School, where he was a coach for
two years. He was also the recipient of the Gramma Fisher Scholarship by the
American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Having studied with
such highly esteemed pianists as Leon Bates, Frances Walker, Martin Katz, and
Warren George Wilson, Cliff Jackson has been recognised as a leading pianist
of his generation. He has also gained a wide reputation as an outstanding coach
of vocal repertoire ranging in scope from the baroque to twentieth-century opera,
in addition to a breadth of song literature encompassing the vastly divergent
stylistic periods. He has performed as a solo pianist for the Dance Theatre
of Harlem, acted as pianist, organist, and harpsichordist while on musical staffs
of Miami Opera, Tulsa Opera, and the Mobile Opera, and was also invited to serve
as the head coach for the Central City Opera festival during 1995 and 1997,
and as the coach and accompanist for the Chautauqua Opera Festival. In 1992
he joined the faculty of the University of Kentuckys School of Music, where
he is currently an Associate Professor serving as Vocal Coach for the University
of Kentucky Opera Theatre and Voice Curriculum.
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