Shane Simpson
Shane Simpson (https://www.shanesimpsonpiano.com) is a pianist and keyboardist of jazz and experimental music and a devoted music educator. His eccentric solo EP My Digital Wife (2021) highlights his digitally processed “cyborg piano music” alongside novel acoustic piano performances. Shane’s piano playing can also be heard on the soundtrack to popular virtual reality game I Expect You to Die 2. He is a founding member of acclaimed improvising ragtime trio Petite Feet. Shane has served as Music Theory faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New England Conservatory (NEC) in Boston. Shane currently lives in Brooklyn, NY where he teaches piano, composition, improvisation, music theory, ear training, and sight-singing.