ANDREA KELLER
Genres: 21st Century Modern, Third Stream, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Eclectic Fusion, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Jazz Related Soundtracks • Australia

Pianist Andrea Keller grew up in Sydney, Australia. Committed to creating new music with an emphasis on improvisation and collaboration, she has released twenty-three albums as bandleader and has recorded for others, including the Black Arm Band Company, the Australian Art Orchestra, and the Vanessa Perica Orchestra. Andrea has also been commissioned as a composer by ‘Across Silence’ (the art of music, Auslan and haptics), the Monash Art Ensemble, and Ensemble Offspring. The three-time ARIA award winner, is a champion of Australian creative music and a nurturer of emerging musicians. She runs the educational program Gender Defying Jazz and is Head of Jazz & Improvisation at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne. Andrea lives in Melbourne with her three children, aged eleven, fifteen, and twenty-five. from https://ukjazznews.com