Oren Levine

Oren Levine grew up with a love of music, especially jazz, inherited from his father. He started piano lessons as an eight-year-old in Washington, DC, and continued to play while earning two engineering degrees and building a career as an engineer and technology manager. He wrote his first song at age 45 in a summer jazz workshop in Vermont and released his first album of original songs, “Making Up For Lost Time,” in 2018.

His song “Let’s Wander” from the album won him the 2023 ASCAP Foundation Alan and Marilyn Bergman Lyric Award. The title track won a Finalist award in the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.

Oren just released a new collection of his songs, a 3-song EP "Grown up Since Tuesday." He continues to write songs and play jazz at venues in the DC area and on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. His performances deliver positive, relaxed, swinging music rooted in the jazz tradition.

Awards

2023 ASCAP Foundation Alan & Marilyn Bergman Lyric Award, 36th Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Finalist award (Vocal Jazz/Blues) for "Making Up For Lost Time" 38th Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Honorable Mention (Vocal Jazz/Blues) for “Don’t Get Mad Get Swinging“

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