Piano Spheres
A Los Angeles-based organization that supports and encourages the composition and performance of major new works for the piano.
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Paul Cornish – Emerging Artist
October 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Los Angeles based pianist Paul Cornish strives to inspire freedom and collaboration in his music and community. Currently the pianist for the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance, he regularly performs at premier venues around Los Angeles and has been heard on stages around the world from Europe, Australia, and South America to Carnegie Hall. He is the winner of the 2018 American Jazz Piano Competition. Also an accomplished composer and educator. He was a finalist in the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Competition and is on faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He has performed and worked with artists Herbie Hancock, Gary Bartz, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Lehman, Kanye West, Terrace Martin, Mary Stallings, Thumpasaurus, Louis Cole, John Legend,Theo Croker, Sara Gazarek, David Binney, and many more.
Paul has been mentored by Piano Spheres’ Core Artists HOCKET as part of our Emerging Artist program supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.