As a jazz pianist, Amy Rempel is quickly developing a reputation as a significant, emerging talent. Winner of a Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award, two Manitoba Young Women of Note jazz soloist competitions, and the Jimmy King Memorial and Asper jazz scholarships, Amy has performed with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra and the Memphis Jazz Orchestra. She was selected as the first alternate pianist in the 2006 and 2007 Sisters in Jazz Collegiate competition, and also received the University of Memphis, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Presser Award, acknowledging her as the top music major at the senior level. Amy is a member of the Dave Lisik Quintet and leads a trio which has performed at two Jazz Winnipeg Festivals. Amy has had the opportunity to perform with prominent jazz artists including Marvin Stamm, Rich Perry, Luis Bonilla, Carl Allen, Kurt Elling, Eric Marienthal, Paul Hanson, and Kirk Whalum. Amy has also performed with the national tours of several Broadway musicals including "Little Shop of Horrors" and "The King and I." Also a talented composer, Amy has won the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival and Manitoba Music Educators Young Composer contests.
Amy received a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Piano Performance at the University of Memphis, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. She is currently completing a Master's degree in Jazz Studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where whe was awarded the Jacobs Scholarship, a full teaching assistantship, and an invitation to the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute for Young Artists in Chicago.
