Bradley Sowash, Concert Jazz Pianist at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne

Bradley Sowash returns to First Pres for the first time since 2003. He is a composer, creative pianist, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, author and educator specializing in improvisation. Sowash has performed in every imaginable setting from living rooms, churches and jazz clubs to major concert venues both here and abroad for over thirty years. After earning his degree in music composition at Ohio State University, Sowash moved to New York City where he worked with many modern dance luminaries including Mark Morris, Meredith Monk, and Susan Hadley with whom he collaborated for 10 years...

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Bradley Sowash returns to First Pres for the first time since 2003. He is a composer, creative pianist, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, author and educator specializing in improvisation. Sowash has performed in every imaginable setting from living rooms, churches and jazz clubs to major concert venues both here and abroad for over thirty years. After earning his degree in music composition at Ohio State University, Sowash moved to New York City where he worked with many modern dance luminaries including Mark Morris, Meredith Monk, and Susan Hadley with whom he collaborated for 10 years. Later, while living abroad, Sowash refined his mainstream jazz piano technique before appreciative audiences in several countries. Upon reaching what he affectionately calls the "dogs and horse phase of life," Sowash returned to his native Ohio to raise a family "in the warm embrace of the Midwest" and develop his unique piano style which, while influenced by jazz, remains distinctly his own.

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