Beth January

Biography

Beth has been playing piano from the time her hands could touch the keys. By eight years old, she was taking lessons, winning awards, and placing at the Schubert Club Chopin competitions, the Silvermine piano competitions, and the annual Festival of Music at Fairfield University.  At 14, Beth started composing her own music for voice and piano.  Soon after, she performed her first song entitled ‘The Act’. To date, Beth has written over 20 original pieces with even more on the way.  

While studying music and Spanish in Philadelphia, she taught classical piano and composition at a bilingual music school, La Asociación de Músicos Latino Americanos (AMLA), combining her passion for music and her love of the Spanish language.  While at AMLA, Beth worked alongside well-known musicians. This environment influenced Beth’s style and contributed to some of the Latin nuances in her compositions.  Merging classical and folk elements, her songs include intricate rhythms and colorful chords, making her music truly unique.

Currently, Beth works as a piano teacher in lower Fairfield County.  She is a former student of Donna Breen Stamm and Dr. Joe Utterback.  Beth has performed at Galangal restaurant in Stamford, “NY Comedy Club”, and “Don’t Tell Mama’s” in New York City, Las Vetas in Fairfield, and The Acoustic Café in Bridgeport.  She is currently recording a CD of her original compositions for piano and voice.