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Shelly Berg was born on 18 August, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is an American pianist and music educator. Discover Shelly Berg's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 18 August, 1955
Birthday 18 August
Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Nationality United States

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1955

Shelton "Shelly" Glen Berg (born August 18, 1955) is an American classical and jazz pianist and music educator.

He is the dean of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida and the school's Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music.

Berg was born in Cleveland, the son of entrepreneur and jazz trumpeter Jay Berg.

At age six, he entered the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying classical piano with Maxine Priest.

At age nine, he composed his first work for a children's choir and orchestra at the opening of a synagogue.

His father took him to sit in at jazz jam sessions beginning at age 12.

He was introduced to gospel piano by organist Ricky C. Watkins, son of Pentecostal Church Bishop Charles Watkins, who recorded for Savoy, Praise, and LaCross.

In middle school he played piano for Heights Youth Theater and summer stock musicals.

He was also an accompanist for the vocal group Happiness Unlimited.

At age 15, Berg moved with his family to Houston, where he continued classical piano studies with Lucien Lemieux.

He performed at jam sessions with jazz saxophonist Arnette Cobb and with Gatemouth Brown.

He was the student conductor for choirs at Clear Creek High School and played French horn and trumpet in the band.

1977

Berg earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (1977) and a Master of Music in Piano Performance (1979) from the University of Houston School of Music, where he studied piano with Albert Hirsh and Abbey Simon, and was the student conductor for choir and orchestra.

During his freshman year he substituted for a week with the Woody Herman Band.

1979

He lectured at the University of Houston from 1979 to 1981 and was a teaching assistant in music theory from 1977 to 1979.

Berg began his career at San Jacinto College North in Northshore, Houston, Texas, as chair of instrumental music from 1979 to 1981.

1981

He then served as chair of instrumental music and commercial music at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas from 1981 to 1991.

He performed with trumpeter Larry Martinez and singer Marilyn Savage in Larry and Marilyn and the Brass Connection He learned to play Latin montunos from Kido Zapata during this time.

He composed and arranged music for regional and national advertising campaigns and worked with Mickey Gilley and Bill Watrous.

1991

In 1991, Berg moved to Los Angeles to join the music faculty at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

1993

He was a composer and arranger for the CBS television series A League of Their Own (1993), the weekly ABC television series Fudge (1995–1997), and was orchestrator for the motion picture Almost Heroes.

1995

He recorded with the Shelly Berg Trio, including The Joy (DMP, 1995), The Will: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson (CARS, 1998), and Blackbird (Concord, 2005).

1996

Berg was president of the International Association for Jazz Education from 1996 to 1998.

1999

He was named one of three "Educators for the Millennium" by The Los Angeles Times in 1999 and received the Dean's Award for Scholarship and Research from the USC Thornton School of Music in 2005.

He wrote Jazz Improvisation: The Goal-Note Method (Kendor), the Chop-Monster jazz improvisation series (Alfred), Essentials of Jazz Theory series (Alfred), and co-wrote Rhythm Section Workshop for Jazz Directors (Alfred) plus arrangements for big band published by Kendor and Walrus.

Berg worked with Hollywood studio arranger Dick Marx and Tom Halm at Sunset Sound Recording Studios.

2004

He was the McCoy/Sample endowed professor of jazz from 2004 to 2007, chair of Jazz Studies from 1994 to 2004, professor from 1998 to 2007, associate professor from 1995 to 1998, and assistant professor from 1991 to 1995.

2006

In 2006, he arranged songs on the album Ray Sings, Basie Swings (Concord, 2006) and was music director and pianist on the Great Performances television show ''We Love Ella!

2007

A Tribute to the First Lady of Song'' (PBS, 2007).

In 2007, Berg was named dean of Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

He is a teacher for the Frost Experiential Music Curriculum.

Berg is a Steinway artist, music director of The Jazz Cruise, artistic advisor to Larry Rosen's JazzRoots Series at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, and host of the monthly Generation Next radio show on Sirius XM.

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