Jackson Berkey is an American composer, pianist and singer, best known for his work with Mannheim Steamroller, which he co-founded with Chip Davis in 1974.
Early life and education
Jackson Berkey was born May 24, 1942 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He began playing the piano at age 5. His mother learned to play the piano by ear, but insisted that Jackson receive the training she had not. As a result, he was quite an accomplished pianist by the time he entered high school. He received a scholarship from the Huntingdon Music Club to attend the Chautauqua Music Festival in western New York state where he displayed his very serious demeanor as a musician. While his fellow students were enjoying the great outdoors that the area provided, Berkey was daily attending orchestra rehearsals of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
After graduating from high school in 1960, Berkey briefly attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Unfortunately, because scholarships did not adequately cover all expenses, he dropped out of school and got a job as a programming director and announcer at the classical music station, WBBF-FM in Rochester. He kept up with his piano skills by keeping a keyboard in the announcer's booth with him while working at the radio station. Weekly calls to schedule somewhat irregular sessions with his teacher at Eastman, Orazio Frugoni, allowed the continuation of Berkey's piano study and development as a musician.
Musicians speak to students, work with K-O vocalists
Musicians Almeda and Jackson Berkey offered composition and performance workshops to K-O choral students and spoke to the entire school community during their two-day visit Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 as part of the Schools Goodman Banks Series of visiting artists.
At K-O on Wednesday, the husband and wife pair held a master class with the Upper Schools elite Outlook Singers (formerly known as Chamber/Jazz), focusing on Evening Shadows. They then worked with Cantabile, the elite 7th- and 8th-grade choir, on the commissioned work Certain Am I.
On Thursday, Jackson Berkey was the featured guest of an all-school assembly, where he performed and spoke to students and faculty. The pair then held an open seminar class w...
published: 16 Apr 2010
Jackson Berkey's NOCTURNE #22 in G Minor
Steinway Artist Jackson Berkey performs his NOCTURNE # 22 in G Minor on his Steinway and Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano. This NOCTURNE features elements of Debussy and Liszt throughout.
published: 08 Nov 2009
Jackson Berkey – Ballade (Full Album)
Jackson Berkey – Ballade (Full Album)
Jackson Berkey - Ballade
Genre: Classical
Year: 1983
Ballade
La Puerta Del Vino
Vocalise, Opus 34, #14
Prelude In B Minor,Opus 32, #10
Trois Gymnopedies
Lent Et Douloureux
Lent Et Triste
Lent Et Grave
published: 27 Aug 2022
God Be in My Head (Jackson Berkey) - MannerMusik UMD - April 2013
MännerMusik performs in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Directed by Scott AuCoin.
Recorded by Christian Amonson, Arts Laureate.
published: 01 May 2013
Gloria in Excelsis Deo! -Jackson Berkey
published: 15 Feb 2023
WHS Chorus - Magnificat by Jackson Berkey
SAU Concert March 23, 2010
published: 31 Mar 2010
Cibola (Jackson Berkey) - Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College)
The Big Sing 2018 National Finale - Session One
Recorded with thanks to JX-Live and RNZ Concert
Musical Director: Mark Stamper
Accompanists: Rachel Thomson piano, Tejas Menon and TJ Shirtcliffe guitar
Cibola (Jackson Berkey)
Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College)
published: 04 Oct 2018
Ascendit Deus by Jackson Berkey
www.brethrengroup.com
published: 19 Mar 2011
Turkeys and Badgers - Jackson Berkey
Bruce Phelps conducts Jackson Berkey's folksy rendition of Turkey in the straw. Tim Kneef, Tenor
published: 09 Nov 2012
Gloria in Excelsis Deo - Jackson Berkey
Carolyn Mawby Chorale
A Festival of Christmas Music 2021
Matthew Thompson, conductor
Sarah Thune, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Flint
Sunday, December 5 2021, 4 pm
Musicians speak to students, work with K-O vocalists
Musicians Almeda and Jackson Berkey offered composition and performance workshops to K-O choral students...
Musicians speak to students, work with K-O vocalists
Musicians Almeda and Jackson Berkey offered composition and performance workshops to K-O choral students and spoke to the entire school community during their two-day visit Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 as part of the Schools Goodman Banks Series of visiting artists.
At K-O on Wednesday, the husband and wife pair held a master class with the Upper Schools elite Outlook Singers (formerly known as Chamber/Jazz), focusing on Evening Shadows. They then worked with Cantabile, the elite 7th- and 8th-grade choir, on the commissioned work Certain Am I.
On Thursday, Jackson Berkey was the featured guest of an all-school assembly, where he performed and spoke to students and faculty. The pair then held an open seminar class with interested students and faculty. Before leaving, the couple had one final master class with Cantabile.
Both have extensive musical backgrounds. Jackson Berkey is a composer, performer and teacher. His published catalog offers more than 400 titles, including choral, solo vocal and instrumental, chamber ensemble, and band and orchestral works. Perhaps best known as a pianist and recording artist, Jackson Berkey has been the featured keyboardist with the multiplatinum-selling group Mannheim Steamroller for 37 years.
He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Nebraska Individual Artist Fellowship for Performing Arts Distinguished Achievement in Composition Award and first prize in the New Music for Young Ensembles Composition Contest.
Almeda Berkey, known as a conductor, lyric soprano, lyricist and teacher, co-founded Nebraskas Professional Chorale Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum in 1988 and continues to direct its artistic endeavors. She also has conducted the Omaha Cantata Choir for 30 years.
She has played keyboard with Mannheim Steamroller in concerts since 1973, taking her across the United States, Canada and Europe. She continues to sing and guest conduct.
Musicians speak to students, work with K-O vocalists
Musicians Almeda and Jackson Berkey offered composition and performance workshops to K-O choral students and spoke to the entire school community during their two-day visit Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 as part of the Schools Goodman Banks Series of visiting artists.
At K-O on Wednesday, the husband and wife pair held a master class with the Upper Schools elite Outlook Singers (formerly known as Chamber/Jazz), focusing on Evening Shadows. They then worked with Cantabile, the elite 7th- and 8th-grade choir, on the commissioned work Certain Am I.
On Thursday, Jackson Berkey was the featured guest of an all-school assembly, where he performed and spoke to students and faculty. The pair then held an open seminar class with interested students and faculty. Before leaving, the couple had one final master class with Cantabile.
Both have extensive musical backgrounds. Jackson Berkey is a composer, performer and teacher. His published catalog offers more than 400 titles, including choral, solo vocal and instrumental, chamber ensemble, and band and orchestral works. Perhaps best known as a pianist and recording artist, Jackson Berkey has been the featured keyboardist with the multiplatinum-selling group Mannheim Steamroller for 37 years.
He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Nebraska Individual Artist Fellowship for Performing Arts Distinguished Achievement in Composition Award and first prize in the New Music for Young Ensembles Composition Contest.
Almeda Berkey, known as a conductor, lyric soprano, lyricist and teacher, co-founded Nebraskas Professional Chorale Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum in 1988 and continues to direct its artistic endeavors. She also has conducted the Omaha Cantata Choir for 30 years.
She has played keyboard with Mannheim Steamroller in concerts since 1973, taking her across the United States, Canada and Europe. She continues to sing and guest conduct.
Steinway Artist Jackson Berkey performs his NOCTURNE # 22 in G Minor on his Steinway and Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano. This NOCTURNE features elements of De...
Steinway Artist Jackson Berkey performs his NOCTURNE # 22 in G Minor on his Steinway and Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano. This NOCTURNE features elements of Debussy and Liszt throughout.
Steinway Artist Jackson Berkey performs his NOCTURNE # 22 in G Minor on his Steinway and Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano. This NOCTURNE features elements of Debussy and Liszt throughout.
Jackson Berkey – Ballade (Full Album)
Jackson Berkey - Ballade
Genre: Classical
Year: 1983
Ballade
La Puerta Del Vino
Vocalise, Opus 34, #14
Prelude In B Minor,...
Jackson Berkey – Ballade (Full Album)
Jackson Berkey - Ballade
Genre: Classical
Year: 1983
Ballade
La Puerta Del Vino
Vocalise, Opus 34, #14
Prelude In B Minor,Opus 32, #10
Trois Gymnopedies
Lent Et Douloureux
Lent Et Triste
Lent Et Grave
Jackson Berkey – Ballade (Full Album)
Jackson Berkey - Ballade
Genre: Classical
Year: 1983
Ballade
La Puerta Del Vino
Vocalise, Opus 34, #14
Prelude In B Minor,Opus 32, #10
Trois Gymnopedies
Lent Et Douloureux
Lent Et Triste
Lent Et Grave
MännerMusik performs in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Directed by Scott AuCoin.
Recorded by C...
MännerMusik performs in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Directed by Scott AuCoin.
Recorded by Christian Amonson, Arts Laureate.
MännerMusik performs in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Directed by Scott AuCoin.
Recorded by Christian Amonson, Arts Laureate.
The Big Sing 2018 National Finale - Session One
Recorded with thanks to JX-Live and RNZ Concert
Musical Director: Mark Stamper
Accompanists: Rachel Thomson pian...
The Big Sing 2018 National Finale - Session One
Recorded with thanks to JX-Live and RNZ Concert
Musical Director: Mark Stamper
Accompanists: Rachel Thomson piano, Tejas Menon and TJ Shirtcliffe guitar
Cibola (Jackson Berkey)
Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College)
The Big Sing 2018 National Finale - Session One
Recorded with thanks to JX-Live and RNZ Concert
Musical Director: Mark Stamper
Accompanists: Rachel Thomson piano, Tejas Menon and TJ Shirtcliffe guitar
Cibola (Jackson Berkey)
Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College)
Carolyn Mawby Chorale
A Festival of Christmas Music 2021
Matthew Thompson, conductor
Sarah Thune, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Flint
Sunday, December 5 20...
Carolyn Mawby Chorale
A Festival of Christmas Music 2021
Matthew Thompson, conductor
Sarah Thune, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Flint
Sunday, December 5 2021, 4 pm
Carolyn Mawby Chorale
A Festival of Christmas Music 2021
Matthew Thompson, conductor
Sarah Thune, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Flint
Sunday, December 5 2021, 4 pm
Musicians speak to students, work with K-O vocalists
Musicians Almeda and Jackson Berkey offered composition and performance workshops to K-O choral students and spoke to the entire school community during their two-day visit Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 as part of the Schools Goodman Banks Series of visiting artists.
At K-O on Wednesday, the husband and wife pair held a master class with the Upper Schools elite Outlook Singers (formerly known as Chamber/Jazz), focusing on Evening Shadows. They then worked with Cantabile, the elite 7th- and 8th-grade choir, on the commissioned work Certain Am I.
On Thursday, Jackson Berkey was the featured guest of an all-school assembly, where he performed and spoke to students and faculty. The pair then held an open seminar class with interested students and faculty. Before leaving, the couple had one final master class with Cantabile.
Both have extensive musical backgrounds. Jackson Berkey is a composer, performer and teacher. His published catalog offers more than 400 titles, including choral, solo vocal and instrumental, chamber ensemble, and band and orchestral works. Perhaps best known as a pianist and recording artist, Jackson Berkey has been the featured keyboardist with the multiplatinum-selling group Mannheim Steamroller for 37 years.
He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Nebraska Individual Artist Fellowship for Performing Arts Distinguished Achievement in Composition Award and first prize in the New Music for Young Ensembles Composition Contest.
Almeda Berkey, known as a conductor, lyric soprano, lyricist and teacher, co-founded Nebraskas Professional Chorale Soli Deo Gloria Cantorum in 1988 and continues to direct its artistic endeavors. She also has conducted the Omaha Cantata Choir for 30 years.
She has played keyboard with Mannheim Steamroller in concerts since 1973, taking her across the United States, Canada and Europe. She continues to sing and guest conduct.
Steinway Artist Jackson Berkey performs his NOCTURNE # 22 in G Minor on his Steinway and Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano. This NOCTURNE features elements of Debussy and Liszt throughout.
Jackson Berkey – Ballade (Full Album)
Jackson Berkey - Ballade
Genre: Classical
Year: 1983
Ballade
La Puerta Del Vino
Vocalise, Opus 34, #14
Prelude In B Minor,Opus 32, #10
Trois Gymnopedies
Lent Et Douloureux
Lent Et Triste
Lent Et Grave
MännerMusik performs in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD on Monday, April 29, 2013.
Directed by Scott AuCoin.
Recorded by Christian Amonson, Arts Laureate.
The Big Sing 2018 National Finale - Session One
Recorded with thanks to JX-Live and RNZ Concert
Musical Director: Mark Stamper
Accompanists: Rachel Thomson piano, Tejas Menon and TJ Shirtcliffe guitar
Cibola (Jackson Berkey)
Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College)
Carolyn Mawby Chorale
A Festival of Christmas Music 2021
Matthew Thompson, conductor
Sarah Thune, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Flint
Sunday, December 5 2021, 4 pm
Jackson Berkey is an American composer, pianist and singer, best known for his work with Mannheim Steamroller, which he co-founded with Chip Davis in 1974.
Early life and education
Jackson Berkey was born May 24, 1942 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He began playing the piano at age 5. His mother learned to play the piano by ear, but insisted that Jackson receive the training she had not. As a result, he was quite an accomplished pianist by the time he entered high school. He received a scholarship from the Huntingdon Music Club to attend the Chautauqua Music Festival in western New York state where he displayed his very serious demeanor as a musician. While his fellow students were enjoying the great outdoors that the area provided, Berkey was daily attending orchestra rehearsals of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
After graduating from high school in 1960, Berkey briefly attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Unfortunately, because scholarships did not adequately cover all expenses, he dropped out of school and got a job as a programming director and announcer at the classical music station, WBBF-FM in Rochester. He kept up with his piano skills by keeping a keyboard in the announcer's booth with him while working at the radio station. Weekly calls to schedule somewhat irregular sessions with his teacher at Eastman, Orazio Frugoni, allowed the continuation of Berkey's piano study and development as a musician.
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The officers who responded to the attack found victims at the Berkey Hall on the campus’s north side, and the adjacent MSU union building ... Another student jumped out of a first-floor window at Berkey Hall, her parents said.
The announcement came early Tuesday, four hours after shootings were reported, first at Berkey Hall and then nearby at the MSUUnion, a popular hub to eat or study ... at Berkey Hall on the East Lansing campus.
Slain individuals were found at both shooting scenes — two at Berkey Hall and one at the MSUUnion, police later said at a news conference after midnight Tuesday morning... She reported being in class in Berkey Hall and hearing gunshots.