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Biography

Jerome Brooks, Jr. is the 2023-24 Season Host of the Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Beginnings. He’s a 2022 Outstanding Musical Director AUDELCO Award Nominee for BLACK LOVE at Black Spectrum Theatre. He joined the Recording Academy as a Voting Member in 2008 and has been writing and producing music for a host of New York based Artists for over 20yrs in various genres like R&B, Pop, Gospel, House, & Musical Theater. He co-wrote and produced the 2011 Musical Soundtrack Love Happened By Chance which features Ayana George (Katherine Jackson from MJ on Broadway) as the lead. In 2022 he collaborated with DJ M. Forde for a Remix EP of “Beauty Is Found Deep Within” and most recently he’s joined forces with up and coming Japanese Singer/ Guitarist Showji Kumamoto and they started releasing original singles which all include additional Acoustic Mixes featuring Jerome on keys and Showji on Guitar. “Cold Brew” was a 3 track single released in February2024 and “Almost” was the latest 2 track April 2024 release mastered by Multiple Grammy Award Winner Mark B. Christensen. In the summer of 2023 he was the Music Director for Tony Award Winner Tonya Pinkins’ 2023 Residency at Little Island in New York. He had his big screen debut as Josh McKee in Art = (Love)2. He was the Dueling Piano Player in Amazon’s Z: The Beginning Of Everything. He was the Choir Director & Vocal Arranger for POWER Season 5 Episode 1. He is a 2021 City Artist Corps Grant Recipient for his musical SOCIAL DISTANCE with a SOLD OUT presentation at The Players Theatre, NY. He’s also the 2020 recipient of the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust. He’s the keyboardist in commercials and on the cover of the Rock Band 3 video game. He’s a SAG-AFTRA/ AEA Actor with a BFA in Music Theatre /Piano Minor from Shenandoah Conservatory. Off-Broadway he contributed additional arrangements to Duncan Sheik’s Mother Courage and Her Children. Tony Award Winner Tonya Pinkins directed staged readings of his original show COMMITTED The Musical at The Musical Theatre Factory & Emerging Artists Theatre. He performed original material from his 2017 20 song second album MultiGenre Music By: Jerome During Grammy Week 2019 at LA’s El Portal Theatre. He also performed at Carnegie Hall in 2022, the Lincoln Center as a New Song Music Finalist, LA’s Taste of Soul Festival, The Apollo, The Triad, Iguana Club, Sugar Bar, Symphony Space, AUDELCO Awards, in Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Austria and Turkey. His albums are available on all online platforms. 

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