Jazz Music Series: Bethany Pickens Trio Livestream

Jazz Music Series presents: Bethany Pickens Trio 

Dates Available: Thursday, June 23 - June 25, 2022

Showtime: 7:45 pm 

About: 

Bethany Pickens is an Award winning Pianist, Composer and Educator. Born in Chicago she began her musical training under the watchful tutelage of her father Willie Pickens, world class Jazz Pianist. Since graduating from the American Conservatory of Music, Bethany has had the opportunity to perform, record, and conduct clinics with such artist as Clark Terry, Louis Bellson, Willie Pickens, Susan Anton, and Grammy award winners Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Hargrove and Branford Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle and Usher. As an Educator, Ms. Pickens has worked with the Ravinia Jazz Scholars Program and the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Jazz Links Program. Ms. Pickens is in her 25th year working for the Chicago Public Schools currently Teaching Piano at her Alma Mater Kenwood Academy! She sits on the Board of the Jazz institute of Chicago and the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club! Her Debut CD is available at www.bethanypickens.com & iTunes Follow Bethany Pickens on Facebook, Instagram, twitter “Steeped in tradition, committed to creativity”, is how she describes her musical outlook.