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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 joined the Recording Academy as a Voting Member in 2008 & has written, produced, engineered, & performed as an Artist on over a dozen projects in various genres like Progressive R&B, Gospel, Musical Theater, Pop & Urbano Latino which can be found on all streaming platforms. He’s done studio work with Emmy Winner RuPaul, Grammy Winner Mark B. Christensen, & co-wrote the 2011 Musical Soundtrack Love Happened By Chance feat Ayana George from MJ on Broadway. “Para Que Llorar” is his latest release! 

In the summer of 2023 he was the Music Director for Tony Winner Tonya Pinkins’ 2023 Residency at Little Island in New York. She also directed staged readings of his show COMMITTED The Musical at Musical Theatre Factory & Emerging Artists Theatre. He’s a 2022 Outstanding Musical Director AUDELCO Award Nominee. His big screen debut was 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’s the 2020 recipient of the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust & a 2021 City Artist Corps Grant Recipient for his musical SOCIAL DISTANCE which had a SOLD OUT One Night presentation at The Players Theatre. He can be seen as the keyboardist in commercials & on the cover of the Rock Band 3 video game. He a member of The Dramatists Guild, SAG-AFTRA & AEA with a BFA in Music Theatre /Piano Minor from Shenandoah University Conservatory. Off-Broadway he contributed additional arrangements to Grammy & Tony Winner Duncan Sheik’s Mother Courage and Her Children. He performed original material from his 20 track 2017 album MultiGenre Music During Grammy Week 2019 at LA’s El Portal Theatre. His Carnegie Hall debut was in 2022. He also performed at 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 compositions are all available to stream. 

Follow on Instagram: @JeromeBrooksJrACTOR @CommittedMusical & @SocialDistanceMusical 

YouTube: @Azeyol & @CommittedTheMusical 

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Twitter: @JeromeBrooksJr & @SocialDistanceA