Season 2008-09

JADE SIMMONS

Artist Promo

JADE SIMMONS

Electrifying pianist, Jade Simmons is committed to broadening the boundaries of Classical music. Conservatory-trained at Rice University and at the Foundation Bell’ Arte in Brussels, she has performed extensively across Europe and the U.S., with many performances broadcast on PBS and NPR affiliates.

Also a passionate youth advocacy speaker and former Miss America 1 st Runner-Up, she was recently honored by the Concert Artist Guild as the first-ever New Music, New Faces Fellow, through which she will continue to expand audiences by bringing traditional and new works to non-traditional and alternative venues. With exuberant stage presence and percussive flare, Jade Simmons fearlessly brings the classics to the cutting edge.

“Ferociously talented.”
-- News and Courier, Charleston, SC

“… plays with fire…”
-- Jon Kimura Parker, Classical Pianist