Elliot Sneider DUO: Gershwin Songbook 

Saturday, August 24, 2024 - 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
The Main Stage

Pianist Elliot Sneider has performed around the world in jazz and vocal music settings with groups such as Michael Arenella’s Dreamland Orchestra, Asiko Afrobeat, Sunroom, The Rhapsody Players and Players Handbook. His one-man show “My Brother George” about George and Ira Gershwin featuring Rhapsody in Blue was performed up and down the east coast in 2013. He studied Improvisation and Piano with Paul Bley and Danilo Perez and has a Bachelors degree from New England Conservatory of Music (jazz composition), Masters from NYU (composition) and Doctorate (composition) from Arizona State University. His compositions have been featured on tv shows and commercials, as well as performed at Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, and Gammage Auditorium. Elliot currently resides in Lewiston, NY with his daughter, big dog, and two cats.

Elliot Sneider - Piano and vocal
Mark Seymour - Drums and percussion

About Elliot Sneider

I studied Improvisation and Piano with Paul Bley and Danilo Perez, Composition and Musicianship with Hankus Netsky, Michael Gandolfi, James DeMars and Rodney Rogers. My Bachelors degree is from New England Conservatory of Music (jazz composition), Masters from NYU (composition) and Doctorate (composition) is from Arizona State University.

I have had compositions featured on tv shows and commercials, as well as performed at Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, and Gammage Auditorium.

I have performed around the world in jazz and vocal music settings with groups such as Michael Arenella’s Dreamland Orchestra, Asiko Afrobeat, Sunroom, The Rhapsody Players and Players Handbook. My one-man show “My Brother George” about George and Ira Gershwin featuring Rhapsody in Blue was performed up and down the east coast in 2013. I currently reside in Lewiston, NY with my daughter, big dog, and two cats.