Keelan Dimick

After taking 1st place at the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in 2007, fifteen-
year-old Keelan Dimick committed himself to a lifelong pursuit of jazz piano.
Keelan has since toured extensively covering seventeen states and five countries. He
has shared the stage with jazz luminaries, including Kobie Watkins, David Liebman,
Walter Smith III, Brian Lynch, Cyrille Aimee, and multi-platinum recording artist Michael
Feinstein.

Most recently, Keelan performed alongside names such as The Clayton Brothers, Sean
Jones, and the Benny Green Trio as a fellow artist on the esteemed Jazz Cruise in Fort
Lauderdale. Other recent performances include a CD release mid-west tour of
trumpeter Benny Benack III’s “One Of A Kind”, an east-coast tour with the Alex
Snydman trio, and a series of duo concerts throughout South Florida with New York
saxophonist Steven Frieder.

Born and raised in the midwest, Keelan began formal lessons at age thirteen. Shortly
thereafter, he accumulated numerous awards such as the Anaheim Heritage Festival’s
“Maestro Award”, Gene Harris Jazz Festival’s “Best Jazz Solo”, and Interlochen Arts
Academy’s “Outstanding Musician”.

Keelan went on to pursue performance degrees from the Manhattan School of Music in
New York City and from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. His most
influential teachers and mentors include Garry Dial, Jeremy Manasia, Martin Bejerano,
Shelton Berg, and Justin Nielsen.

Additionally, Keelan is an accomplished teacher. In 2013 through 2014 he taught at
Fresco Arts Academy in Eagle, Idaho and recently finished his two-year commitment as
teacher’s assistant and Mancini Fellow at the Frost School of Music at the University of
Miami.

Keelan performs regularly and teaches privately in Miami, FL where he currently resides.
He is a practitioner and advocate of the Transcendental Meditation technique.
 

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