Max Holm
Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger & Session Musician
Musical Resume
MaxHolm.com
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Awards
2018 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition, Jazz Piano Winner, Honorable Mention for combined classical, contemporary and jazz music category
Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017-2018
Best Jazz Album 2016 from Nashville Independent Music Awards, “Inside of the Outside” with Jeff Coffin, Branford Marsalis, Victor Wooten, et al, with The Crescent Super Band. I’m featured on 8 of the 10 tracks (released 12/04/15 on Ear Up Records)
Berklee College of Music Presidential Scholarship, Fall 2016-Spring 2021
Original composition Counterpoint in G Major, winner Berklee Composition Department “Best Inventions Plus” 2017
39th Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards, Honors Ensemble Winner for Large Jazz Ensemble, with the Crescent Super Band, April 2016
Brubeck Institute Fellow, 2015-2016, Member of Brubeck Jazz Quintet
Best in State – Utah, 2015 for The Crescent Super Band, in the Professional Band category, competing against adults. All Crescent Super Band musicians were 15 to 18 years old.
Jazz Education Network 2015 Lou Fischer Co-Founder Scholarship (only high school student in the country to receive this prestigious award)
Utah All-State Jazz Band, 2015
Outstanding Piano Solo Award 2014 from Wynton Marsalis, Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
Winner of the national piano competition to perform with the UCF Orlando Jazztet opening for Benny Golson, 2014
Winner of the national piano competition to perform with the Jazz Band of America, 2014
Winner of the state-wide piano competition to perform with Florida All-State Jazz Band, 2014
Winner of the competition to open the 1st Annual Miami Beach Jazz Festival at the Fillmore. Opened for Mads Tolling and Michelle Coltrane.
Finalist in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Competition, defending 2 year title as the #1 high school jazz band in the country (with Dillard Jazz Ensemble), 2013
Winner piano competition to perform with Broward All County Honor Jazz Band, 2013
Original Compositions
Original Composition, arrangement & performance, The Cantlebary Song
Original Composition, arrangement & performance, The Coming, performed by the Brubeck Jazz Quintet
List of Recent Performance Experience
TEDXBeaconStreet Salon, Theme: Perspectives at Fenway Park, Boston, MA 2018
TEDXBeaconStreet Salon, Theme: Exploration at TripAdvisor, Needham, MA, 2018
TEDXBeaconStreet Salon, Theme: Emerging Technology at EY, Cambridge, MA, 2018
Bright Horizons Week-Long Annual Corporate Retreat, Orlando, FL, 2018
Taste of Framingham, MA, 2018
Summer in the City, Resident Pianist, Brewer Plaza, Boston Common, 2018
Bridgewater State Prison, MA, 2018 (community outreach)
Tribute to Kim Plainfield: Berklee Percussion Department Showcase, 2018
BATV Annual Membership Meeting, 2018
College Club of Boston, 2018
Great American Songbook: The Music of Paul Simon, Berklee Performance Center, 2018
Scandinavian Cultural Center, 2018
Serafina Boston Restaurant, 2018 (Valentine’s Day)
Susan S. Bailis Assisted Living (with Berklee Global Jazz Institute), 2018 (community outreach)
Hallkeen Assisted Living at Prospect House (with Berklee Global Jazz Institute), 2018 (community outreach)
Serafina Boston Restaurant corporate event for Pierce Atwood, The Max Holm Trio, 2017
Boston Harbor Hotel corporate event for Pierce Atwood, The Max Holm Band, 2017
Jazz for Puerto Rico Fundraiser (with Berklee Global Jazz Institute), 2017 (community outreach)
Wonderful” movie soundtrack, GFD Productions LLC, 2017
Susan S. Bailis Assisted Living, 2017 (with Berklee Global Jazz Institute) (community outreach)
Binswanger Family Memorial Service, 2017
Boudreau Family Memorial Service, 2017
The College Club of Boston (The Max Holm Trio, and solo), 2017
The Bebop, Boston, 2017
Boston Marriott Newton Hotel, 2017
Charles River Bistro Lounge and Jazz Brunches, Boston 2017
Tuscan Lounge, Boston, 2017
Pho Dakao, Boston, 2017
Kama Lounge, Quincy 2017
“Into the Woods” musical theatrical production, orchestra, Lexington, 2017
Staples Inc HQ, corporate event, classic rock, Framingham, 2017
Archbishop of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul Retirement Party , Boston, 2017
Greater Vision Tabernacle Church, Gospel keyboardist, Randolph, 2017
Lenny Stallworth Funk & Soul Ensemble, Boston, 2017
54th Annual Reno Jazz Festival, Reno, NV, 2016 (with U of Pacific Big Band. Snarky Puppy headlining)
Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC, House Band 3/31-4/4/2016 (with Brubeck Jazz Quartet)
Northcoast Brewing Company, Mendocino, CA, 2016 (with Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet)
With Dave O’Higgins at Take 5 Jazz Club, 2016 (with Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet)
With Jim Snidero at Take 5 Jazz Club, 2016 (with Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet)
With Ed Simon at Take 5 Jazz Club 2016 (with Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet)
With Ed Simon at Spanos Concert Hall, 2016 (with Pacific Jazz Ensemble)
With the Patrick Langham Quintet at Take 5 Jazz Club, 2016
With vibraphonist Stefon Harris at Take 5 Jazz Club, 2016 (with Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet)
Cross-Genre Poetry, Art & Jazz Concert at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 2016 (with Brubeck Jazz Quartet)
Delta Jazz Festival performance with Grammy-nominated saxophonist Donny McAslin, San Joaquin Delta College, 2015 (with Brubeck Jazz Quartet)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Brookside Golf & Country Club, 2015
Regions Rising Conference, Sacramento Convention Center, 2015 (with Brubeck Jazz Quartet)
California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley, CA, November 2015 (with Brubeck Jazz Quartet)
Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA, November 2015 (with Brubeck Jazz Quartet)
Brubeck Jazz Festival, Stockton, CA, October 2015 (with Brubeck Jazz Quintet. Debuted original composition, THE COMING (video), studio recording on SoundCloud here)
Haggin Museum, 3rd Thursday Concert Series, Stockton, CA, 2015 (with Brubeck Jazz Quintet)
Presidents Retreat and 60th Anniversary, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) at Westin Sacramento Riverfront Hotel for California State Legislators and university presidents, Sacramento, CA, 2015
With trumpeter Marvin Stamm and pianist Bill Mays at Take 5 Jazz Club (with Brubeck Jazz Quintet), Stockton, CA, 2015
58th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival (with Brubeck Jazz Quintet), 2015
4th of July opening and closing with the Crescent Super Band. Headliner was the legendary band JOURNEY. 60,000+ audience, plus televised to over 1 million military personnnel. Stadium of Fire, Provo, UT, July 2015
Blues Alley, Washington DC, with Crescent Super Band, June 2015
Session Musician/Pianist on Jeff Coffin’s (of the Dave Matthews Band) album “Inside of the Outside” with guest artists GRAMMY-winners Victor Wooten, Branford Marsalis, Randy Brecker, Rashawn Ross (Dave Matthews Band), Robertico Garcia (Buena Vista Social Club), ‘El Peje’ Juan Carlos Rojas (Chucho Valdes). NIMA Best Jazz Album 2016. All proceeds from the album support young Cuban musicians at the National School of the Arts in Havana. June 2015
Mitt Romney v Evander Holyfield Boxing Event, musical entertainment for charity boxing match, Salt Lake City, May 2015 (with Crescent Super Band)
NBA Halftime Show Utah Jazz v Washington Wizards at USANA Energy Solutions Arena, March 2015 (with Crescent Super Band)
Solo performance & interview on Park City TV’s Mountain Views with Terry Burden, Park City, UT, March 2015
Performed with Latin Grammy winner Poncho Sanchez and La Onda Caribena at Jazz Education Network Conference 2015, San Diego, CA
Solo performance & interview on Park City TV’s Mountain Views with Terry Burden, Park City, UT, December 2014
Performed with Jon Batiste & Stay Human at St Regis Deer Valley Resort 5 Year Anniversary VIP Party, Deer Valley, UT, December 2014 (Late Show with Stephen Colbert House Band)
TV appearance, NBC station, KSL 5 (with Crescent Super Band), Salt Lake City, UT, December 2014
FM 100.3 Radio live broadcast from South Towne Center Mall (with Crescent Super Band), Salt Lake City, UT, December 2014
Solo performance & interview on Park City TV’s Mountain Views with Terry Burden, Park City, UT, November 2014
Utah State Fair, performed with Grammy winner Kirk Whalum (with Crescent Super Band), Salt Lake City, UT, September 2014
USANA 2014 Awards, Energy Solutions Arena, Salt Lake City (with Crescent Super Band), August 2014
Davis Arts Council Summer Concert Series 2014 (with Crescent Super Band), Layton, UT, August 2014
Park City TV, Mountain Views” live performance & interview, August 2014
KPCW Radio, live on air interview & performance, August 2014
Jazz on the Canyon Rim, Twin Falls Center for the Arts, Twin Falls, Idaho, July 2014 (with Crescent Super Band)
Music With the Mayor Concert Series, with Crescent Super Band, Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2014
University of Southern California, Association for Popular Music Education (APME) Conference, with Voodoo Jazz Orchestra, June 2014
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center, NY. 3rd place Dillard Center for the Arts (Top US High School Jazz Band), May 2014
7th Annual UCF Orlando Jazz Festival, opening for NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson, with the UCF All Star High School Jazztet, March 2014
Jazz Band of America, Music for All National Festival, Indianapolis, March 2014
1st Annual Miami Beach Jazz Festival, at The Fillmore, opened for Michelle Coltrane, with The Max Holm Quartet, November 2013
Van Dyke Cafe, Miami Beach, November 2013
Coral Gables Music Club’s Parade of American Music, Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, November 2013
City of Fort Lauderdale Jazz Brunch, December 2013
Greater Fort Lauderdale Conventions & Visitors Bureau, Sunsational Service Courtesy Awards, November 2013
National Association of Health Service Executives Annual Conference, November 2013
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Tour, Miami Jewish Health Systems, October 2013
James L. Knight Center, Hyatt Regency, Miami, October 2013
Cannonball Birthday Concert Presented by Old Dillard Museum, Ft Lauderdale, September 2013
Stanford Jazz Festival, Palo Alto, CA August 2/4, 2013
Jazz at Port Townsend, Washington. 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival, July 26/27, 2013
East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Festival, June 21, 2013
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Competition, 2013
Live WDNA Jazz Radio 88.9 FM broadcast with the Dillard Jazz Ensemble, 2013
City of Hollywood Jazz in the Park, ArtsPark at Young Circle, 2013
Coral Gables Music Club at Coral Gables Art Museum, 2013
Broward Education Foundation Fundraiser at Broward Convention Center, 2013
Melton Mustafa’s Blue Monday Community Jazz Band, 2013
Jazz in the Gables, Coral Gables Community Jazz Program All-Star Jazz Ensemble, 2013
Overtown Holiday Spectacular at St Agnes Episcopal Church, Coral Gables Community Jazz Program All-Star Jazz Ensemble, 2012
Live WDNA Jazz Radio 88.9 FM broadcast with the Community Arts Program (CAP) ALL-STAR Jazz Ensemble, 2012
Litchfield Jazz Festival, 2012
Gold Coast Jazz Society’s Jazz Jams 2011-2013
WDNA Jazz Radio’s Jazz Encounters 2011-2013
Teachers
Keith Horn, Composing for TV Animation, 2018, Boston, MA
Joe Lovano, Private Instructor, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2018, Boston, MA
John Patitucci, Private Instructor, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2018, Boston, MA
Ben Street, Private Instructor, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2018, Boston, MA
Terri Lyne Carrington, Private Instructor, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2018, Boston, MA
David Liebman, NEA Jazz Master, Jazz Composition/Improvisation, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017, Boston, MA
Esperanza Spalding, Jazz Composition/Improvisation Master Class, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017, Boston, MA
Danilo Perez, Piano/Improvisation/Jazz, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017, Boston, MA
Marco Pignataro, Improvisation/Jazz, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017, Boston, MA
George Garzone, Improvisation/Jazz, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017, Boston, MA
Terri Lynne Carrington, Improvisation/Jazz, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017, Boston, MA
Ben Street, Improvisation/Jazz, Berklee Global Jazz Institute, 2017, Boston, MA
Kenny Werner, Improvisation, Berklee College of Music, 2017, Boston, MA
Darren Barrett, Jazz Ensemble, Berklee College of Music, 2017, Boston, MA
Lenny Stallworth, Funk & Soul, Berklee College of Music, 2017, Boston, MA
Laszlo Gardony, Private Instruction, Berklee College of Music, 2017, Boston, MA
JoAnne Brackeen (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers), Berklee College of Music, 2016, Boston, MA (Private Teacher)
Alain Mallet, Private Instruction, Mixed World Ensemble, Berklee College of Music, 2016-2017, Boston, MA
Kenny Werner, Master Classes & Fora, Berklee College of Music, 2016, Boston, MA
John Raymond, Brubeck Institute, 2016, Stockton, CA
Willem von Hombracht, Brubeck Institute, 2016, Stockton, CA
Jacam Manricks, Brubeck Institute, 2015, Stockton, CA (Master Class)
Stefon Harris, Harmonic Theory, Brubeck Institute, 2015-16, Stockton, CA
Ed Simon, Brubeck Institute, 2015, Stockton, CA
Simon Rowe, Jazz Piano, Brubeck Institute, 2015-2016, Stockton, CA
Patrick Langham, Jazz Piano, Brubeck Institute, 2015-2016, Stockton, CA
Michael League & Snarky Puppy, Master Class, Musicians Institute, 2015, Los Angeles
John Beasely, Piano, Jazz Education Network Conference, 2015, San Diego, CA
Ignaco Berroa, Afro-Cuban, Jazz Education Network Conference, 2015, San Diego CA
Michael Mossman, Arranging for Latin Big Bands, Jazz Education Network Conference, 2015, San Diego, CA
Alec Dankworth, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Simon Rowe, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Zach Brown, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Steve Cardenas, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Nick Fryer. Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Joe Gilman, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Russell Gloyd, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Brian Kendrick, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Patrick Langham, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Ricki Malet, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Bob Morgan, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Simon Rowe, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Marvin Stamm, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Colin Stranahan, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Jiggs Whigham, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Malachi Whitson, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Steve Wilson, Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony 2014
Helen Sung, New York Jazz Symposium at Snow College 2014
Reggie Thomas, New York Jazz Symposium at Snow College 2014
James Burton III, Juilliard, Advanced Jazz Composition Class (audited class)
Per Danielsson, University of Central Florida Orlando, 2014
Marty Morell, (Bill Evans Trio), Univ Central Florida Orlando, 2014
Shelly Berg, University of Miami (private teacher), 2014
Melton Mustafa, Sr., Blue Monday Community Jazz Band (band director), 2013
Taylor Eigsti, Stanford Jazz Workshop, (master class), 2013
Chris Potter, Stanford Jazz Workshop (master class), 2013
Chucho Valdes, Stanford Jazz Workshop (master class), 2013
Harold Mabern, Stanford Jazz Workshop (master class), 2013
Gerald Clayton, Centrum at Port Townsend, WA (master class), 2013
Matt Wilson, Centrum at Port Townsend, WA (combo teacher), 2013
Dan Strange, University of Miami Frost School of Music (jazz piano, private teacher) 2012-14
Giselle Brodsky, Miami International Piano Festival (classical piano, private teacher) 2012-2014
Antonio Adolfo, Pianist/Composer/Arranger (Brazilian music, private teacher), 2014
Brian Murphy, University of Miami Honors Jazz, Young Musicians Camp (+ private teacher), 2011-2014
Ira Sullivan, University of Miami Honors Jazz, Young Musicians Camp (master class, band director), 2012-2013
Onaje Allen Gumbs, Litfchfield Jazz (private teacher), 201`
Julian Shore, Litfchfield jazz (private teacher), 2011
Matt Wilson, Litfchfield Jazz (combo teacher), 2011
Dave Ballou, Litchfield Jazz (master class), 2011
Ron Carter, Jazz at Lincoln Center (master class, clinician), 2013-14
Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center (master class), 2013-2014
Wynton Marsalis, The Midwest Clinic, Chicago, 2012 (rehearsal band director)
Lou Donaldson (master class), 2013
Chris Crenshaw, Jazz at Lincoln Center (master class), 2014
Melton Mustafa, Jr. , Jazz (Broward All-County All Star Jazz Band Director), 2013
Christopher Dorsey, Jazz (Dillard Jazz Ensemble Band Director), 2013-14
Reginald Thomas, Jazz piano, Michigan State University (master class), 2013
Michael Dease, Jazz, Michigan State University (master class), 2013
Rodney Whitaker, Jazz, Michigan State University (master class), 2013
Randy Gillespie, Jazz, Michigan State University (master class), 2013
