Jacqueline Banks

Location:

Washington
United States 20011

Contact:

202.581.1043 ext.709

Additional Info:

2nd Place Winner, 1996 NAACP-ACTSO Talent Competition
3rd Place Winner, 1998 Debose National Piano Competition
2nd Place Winner, 2000 Debose International Piano Competition
Most Dedicated Teacher Award, 2003 Lawrenceville Academy of Music
Editor’s Choice Award, 2009 Suite 101 Online Magazine
Finalist, 2010 Thomas Brumby Concerto Competition

Jacqueline Banks was born in England and raised in Miami, Florida. She began taking piano lessons from her mother when she was three years old and began formal piano instruction six month later through the Suzuki method. Until Jacqueline went to college, she was under the tutelage of piano teachers primarily trained from the National Conservatory of Havana, which shaped her musical development and overall style. She studied at the University of Miami's, Frost School of Music's Preparatory Program, Keyboard For Kids, for 5 years before attending Xavier University of Louisiana on a full music scholarship. From Xavier, she earned a Bachelors of Music in Piano performance and was awarded the Sister Elise Sisson Award for excellence in Music; the highest honor awarded from the Xavier's school of music. She also studied vocal performance and music management at Georgia State University. Jacqueline is also a Certified Yamaha Music Educator from the Yamaha Music Education Institute, L.A., Calif. 2013. She earned her certification in Kodaly Methodology from New York University Steinhardt School of Education and Arts Professions. Jacqueline also has a Masters of Music in piano pedagogy from Georgia State University.

Hailed for her distinctive musicality and expressive warmth, American pianist Jacqueline Banks is quickly establishing herself as one of the country's most sought after rising stars for a variety of repertoire specializing works by African American and women composers. Mrs. Banks has a wide range of repertoire from C.P.E Bach, Domenico Scarlatti and Chevalier de Saint-George to Bela Bartok, George Walker and Tania Leon.

Mrs. Banks previous engagements have included recitals in Atlanta, Miami, Washington D.C and New York City. She has performed at such venues as the Levine School of Music, the International Keyboard Institute and Festival, New Orleans Piano Institute and Festival, and annual African American Music Festivals in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jacqueline Banks has been teaching piano and voice for approximately fourteen years and nine years, respectively. She also teaches composition to musically gifted children. She has held faculty positions at several institutions and nonprofit organizations, and specializes in piano instruction, composition, music history, solfege and the Kodaly Approach to music education. She teaches private piano and group piano classes throughout the DMV area. She has also published a plethora of books, 7 are available on Amazon Books, on the subjects of piano, piano pedagogy, and music education for children Pk-12th grade. Mrs. Banks is also the founder and Executive Director of Music Education Today, a publishing company dedicated to the promotion of cutting edge concepts and applications of music education.

Mrs. Banks' students have placed in several piano competitions including the Rising Star Piano Concerto Competition, where her youngest student was 9 years old, performing Mozart’s Piano concerto in A Major, K. 488. One of her student’s also earned a scholarship to Harvard University for Musical Theatre.

Jacqueline Lives and works in Washington, DC with her husband and two daughters.

www.JacquelineBanks.webs.com
Amazon Books Page

PUBLICATIONS
Banks, Jacqueline (2013). Habits of Excellence: A Piano Practice Guide for Parents of Talented Children. Music Education Today.

Banks, Jacqueline (2013). Teaching Piano: A Comprehensive Guide and Reference for the Instructor Volume I (A Book Review). Music Education Today.

Banks, Jacqueline and Banks, Robert (2013). The Miracle of Satellite Churches: 10 Steps to Getting the Most Out of Live Stream Service. Supreme Life Publishing Company.

Banks, Jacqueline (2012). Seventeenth Century French Clavenist Composers and Analyses of their Compositions. Music Education Today.

Banks Jacqueline (2011). Healthy Practicing Habits: Essentials for Advancement in Music. Self-published.

Banks Jacqueline (2011). Successful Performance Strategies for Children: Adaptations for Elementary and Adolescent Students. Self-published.

Banks Jacqueline (2009). A Pedagogical Analysis of Forrest Murmurs from 24 Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style by William Gillock. Suite 101.com Online Magazine.

Banks Jacqueline (2009). The Legendary Margaret Bonds and her Music. Suite 101.com Online Magazine.

Banks Jacqueline (2009). Life is a Symphony in E Minor of Course: the Life and Music of Florence Beatrice Price. Suite 101.com Online Magazine.

Banks Jacqueline (2009). Valerie Capers and her Portraits in Jazz: Melding Musical Traditions and Triumphing over Physical Limitations. Suite 101.com Online Magazine.

Banks Jacqueline (2009). The Schubert of Children’s Composers: American Composer, William Gillock and his ‘Lyric Preludes’. Suite 101.com Online Magazine.

Banks Jacqueline (2009). Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: Nos.1 thru 3. Suite 101.com Online Magazine.

Banks Jacqueline (2009). Prokofiev: A Guide for the Listener and Performer. Suite 101.com Online Magazine.

Fees

$ 40.00 Dollars Per Hour
Includes rehearsals, recitals and coaching (if necessary).

Instruments

Piano, Electronic Keyboard

Specialisms

Early Music, Contemporary Music, Jazz, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction

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