Sam Keevers

Filed under: Artists profiles — Peter Knight at 8:20 am on Monday, April 2, 2007

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Sam Keevers was born in Mount Isa Queensland and began playing piano and cello at age nine. After finishing high school, Sam studied piano at the QLD Conservatorium of music and the Victorian College of the Arts (with Mickey Tucker). Since then he has performed and recorded with many Australian and International artists including: Scott Tinkler, Ian Chaplin, Mark Simmonds, Bernie McGann, Phil Slater, James Muller, Jamie Oehlers, Stephen Magnusson, Katie Noonan, Chris Potter, Bobby Previte’s Bitches Brew Project and Joe Bataan.

Sam was a finalist for the Freedman Jazz Fellowship in 2005 and was nominated for an ARIA award for the album “Grace”, a duo recording with Jamie Oehlers.

Sam is currently studying Screen Composition at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and tutoring at Monash University.

Sam’s fringe festival solo performance will include improvisations, original compositions and explorations of music he’s discovered through his studies at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
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