Jerome Brooks Jr.

Jerome Brooks, Jr. performed as the featured artist on piano at New York Theatre Workshop’s Nat “King” Cole Night after the Off-Broadway show, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole. He has just released "SONGS FOR MOM," featuring 2024 Grammy winner and Tony Award Nominee Natasha Yvette Williams, in memory of his late mother. This project was Mastered By Mark B. Christensen, who has also mastered for notable artists such as Toni Braxton, Fergie, Boyz II Men, The Killers, SZA, Trey Songz, and 50 Cent. He joined the Recording Academy as a Voting Member in 2008 and has written, produced, engineered, and performed as an Artist on over a dozen projects in various genres, including Progressive R&B, Gospel, Musical Theater, Pop, and Urban Latino, which can be found on all major streaming platforms. He’s done studio work with Emmy Winner RuPaul and co-wrote the 2011 Musical Soundtrack Love Happened By Chance, featuring Ayana George from MJ on Broadway.

Tony Winner Tonya Pinkins directed staged readings of his show COMMITTED The Musical at Musical Theatre Factory & Emerging Artists Theatre. He’s a 2022 Outstanding Musical Director AUDELCO Award Nominee for BLACK LOVE at the Black Spectrum Theatre. His big-screen debut was as Josh McKee in Art = (Love) ². He was the Dueling Piano Player in Amazon’s Z: The Beginning Of Everything. He was the Choir Director & Vocal Arranger for POWER Season 5 Episode 1. He was the 2020 recipient of the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust and a 2021 City Artist Corps Grant Recipient for his musical SOCIAL DISTANCE, which had a sold-out one-night presentation at The Players Theatre. He can be seen as the keyboardist in commercials and on the cover of the Rock Band 3 video game.

Jerome is a member of The Dramatists Guild, SAG-AFTRA & AEA with a BFA in Music Theatre /Piano Minor from Shenandoah University Conservatory. Off-Broadway, he contributed additional arrangements to Grammy & Tony Winner Duncan Sheik’s Mother Courage and Her Children. He performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center as a New Song Original Music Finalist, LA’s Taste of Soul Festival, The Apollo, The Triad, Iguana Club, Sugar Bar, Symphony Space, AUDELCO Awards, in Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Austria, and Turkey. His compositions are all available to stream.

“Jerome fits nicely with the 70’s Stevie, Donny & Marvin. I feel his lovely southern soul on this beautiful debut album. I’m committed!”

-RuPaul, CD Baby Review for Committed 2007 (Multiple Emmy Award Winner)

“Wonderful music, a treat for aficionados of all genres!”

-Wouter Kellerman, Apple iTunes Review for MultiGenre Music 2017 (Multiple Grammy Award Winner)

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https://www.su.edu/alumni/alumni-news/alumni-profiles/jerome-g-brooks-jr-02/

https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2022/04/25/celebrating-earth-day-in-song-0800pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Musical-Theatre-Composer-Jerome-Brooks-Jr-Recognized-with-City-Artists-Corp-Grant-20210909