BIO

Amy Rowe is a jazz pianist, composer, educator, and recording artist born and raised in Los Angeles. She has performed throughout the United States and internationally in Japan, Taiwan, China, New Zealand, and Australia. Amy is a co-founder of American Jazz Academy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to jazz education, and teaches at Cypress College and Pasadena Conservatory of Music. She is also the organist for the Ontario Tower Buzzers, the Single A minor league baseball affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Her recordings include the 2022 trio album Be and the 2026 quartet EP 'Tis of Thee, released as an homage to America's 250th anniversary.

Amy Rowe is a jazz pianist, composer, educator, and recording artist born and raised in Los Angeles. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach and her master's degree from Azusa Pacific University. She has performed throughout the United States and internationally in Japan, Taiwan, China, New Zealand, and Australia, including a 2019 tour with the international sector of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Her career has included performances at the Kennedy Center, the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, Catalina Jazz Club, and other concert venues and festivals.

Amy is a co-founder of American Jazz Academy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to jazz education, and teaches at Cypress College and Pasadena Conservatory of Music. She is also the organist for the Ontario Tower Buzzers, the Single A minor league baseball affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. She released her debut trio album, Be, in 2022 and her quartet EP 'Tis of Thee in March 2026 as an homage to America's 250th anniversary. Amy continues to perform, teach, compose, and record.

Amy Rowe was born in Southern California and began studying classical piano at age four with Akiko Hasunuma, continuing until age 18. For eleven consecutive years, from 1997 to 2007, she received honors recognition from the American College of Musicians National Piano Guild. She was a winner of the Southwestern Youth Music Festival from 1999 to 2004 and the Lighthouse/Bridge U.S.A. Piano Festival in 1999, 2002, and 2003. She also performed at the Music Teachers Association of California state convention and received the Honor Award from the Southern California Junior Bach Festival from 2003 to 2005.

At 18, Amy discovered jazz through the recordings of Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, and others. Within a year, she was a member of the Blue Note Swing Orchestra at Citrus College and toured Hawaii with the group in 2009. She has studied jazz with Joe Bagg, Cecilia Coleman, John Proulx, Bill Cunliffe, Benny Green, and Tamir Hendelman. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach in 2011. In 2010 and 2011, she participated in the Bill Green Mentorship Program through the Los Angeles Jazz Society.

Amy has received awards in both classical and jazz and performed at the Kennedy Center as part of the 2011 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival Emerging Artist Showcase. In 2011 and 2012, she attended Centrum's Jazz at Port Townsend on scholarship through Fund A Dream, studying trio with Jeff Hamilton and the music of Art Blakey with Benny Green. In 2014, she was featured in the Young Artist Jazz Series at Catalina Jazz Club, performing with Jeff Hamilton in her trio and presenting her original music and arrangements for both the trio and sextet. She completed her master's degree at Azusa Pacific University in 2016 on a full scholarship.

In 2019, Amy toured New Zealand and Australia with the international sector of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. She has also performed in Japan, Taiwan, and China, and has worked with musicians including Clayton Cameron, Jeff Hamilton, Roy McCurdy, Barbara Morrison, Tierney Sutton, Melissa Manchester, and Rickey Woodard.

Amy is a co-founder of American Jazz Academy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to jazz education, and teaches at Cypress College and Pasadena Conservatory of Music. She is also the organist for the Ontario Tower Buzzers, the Single A minor league baseball affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2022, she released Be, her debut trio album of original music. In March 2026, she released 'Tis of Thee, a new quartet EP created as an homage to America's 250th anniversary. Amy maintains an active performance schedule while teaching, composing, and recording.