Alma Macbride

Alma Macbride
Born (1995-04-21) 21 April 1995
Origin Hartford, Connecticut
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, filmmaker, cartoonist
Instruments Piano
Website almamacbride.com

Alma Macbride (born 21 April 1995) is an American jazz pianist, composer, film maker, cartoonist, and artist based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of classical pianist David Macbride and painter Lisa Macbride, and the younger sister of jazz drummer and composer Jimmy Macbride.[1]

Biography

Macbride graduated from the Harvard University, where she studied film production with Robb Moss and Guy Maddin. She also has a wide musical background, and was taught piano from the age of 4. She picked up jazz piano at the age of 8, and has composed music thereafter, for which she has won an ASCAP Award and full scholarships to Grammy Camp and the Skidmore Jazz Institute. She has performed with a series of musicians like Jimmy Greene, Wynton Marsalis, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.[2][3]

Honors

  • 2012: Recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for the composition Full House[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Celebration of the Macbride Family". University of Hartford. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  2. ↑ Regen, Jon (2010-04-01). "MAJORminor Alma Macbride Award-Winning Piano Pro". Keyboardmag.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  3. 1 2 "Alma Macbride". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
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