I am a passionate pianist with experience performing for diverse audiences across live venues and studio settings. I enjoy collaborating with other musicians and sharing music with listeners. I love teaching piano, deepening music theory understanding, sight-reading, and creating a positive learning environment for students while maintaining a passion for performance.

Elijah Jonte Gipson

I am a passionate pianist with experience performing for diverse audiences across live venues and studio settings. I enjoy collaborating with other musicians and sharing music with listeners. I love teaching piano, deepening music theory understanding, sight-reading, and creating a positive learning environment for students while maintaining a passion for performance.

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I am a passionate pianist with experience performing for diverse audiences across live venues and studio settings. I enjoy collaborating with other musicians and sharing music with listeners.

I love teaching piano, deepening music theory understanding, sight-reading, and creating a positive learning environment for students while maintaining a passion for performance.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Church accompanist at SD living water Church
September 1, 2016 - July 27, 2018
Pianist accompanist
piano accompanist & sound mixer at Missionary church
May 25, 2023 - December 18, 2024
playing gospel music and operating the soundboard leveling out sounds around the church
traditional jazz blues Piano instructor at Takelessons.com
March 1, 2022 - Present
Teaching sight reading , basic to intermediate traditional blues and jazz and intermediate chord voicings and inversions and rootless voicings
traditional jazz blues Piano instructor at Takelessons.com
February 28, 2022 - Present
Teaching sight reading , basic to intermediate traditional blues and jazz and intermediate chord voicings and inversions and rootless voicings
Church Pianist at SD Living Water Church
September 1, 2016 - July 1, 2018
Attended rehearsals; accompanied other musicians and singers during services and performances.
Piano Instructor at Takelesson.com
March 1, 2022 - December 1, 2024
Teaching basic to intermediate traditional piano; developing students' understanding of major/minor scales, sight-reading techniques, tempo, chord voicing and inversions, advanced chords and spread voicings; interval training and improvisation; fundamentals of relative majors & minors; note recognition; chord suspensions & tritone substitutions.
Church Pianist at Missionary Church
May 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Accompanied the singer on the keys; assisted with sound board operations and sound setup.

Education

Associates in Audio Post Production at San Diego City College
August 18, 2022 - May 17, 2024
Learning music programming and audio editing using adobe audition pro tools, Ableton live and Reason 13, Logic Pro
High School Diploma at O’ferral Charter School
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018
Associate of Arts in Audio Production at SD City College
August 1, 2022 - May 1, 2024

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Industry Experience

Other, Media & Entertainment