Chelsea Randall is a New York-native pianist, curator and educator. She is a dedicated advocate of underrepresented and new music, and seeks to create fresh dialogues between the old, new and undiscovered. She has performed at venues including Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Kaufmann Center, Yamaha Piano Salon, Steinway Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Princeton Club, St. Peter’s Church Hammersmith in London, the University of Cambridge, UK and Théâtre Adyar in Paris. She is the recipient of grants and awards from New Music USA, Music Talks, Live From Our Living Rooms, McGill University and Conservatoire de Paris, among others.

In ‘22 Chelsea launched the American Mavericks Project celebrating piano music by Black American composers with a US tour, and in ‘23, with support from New Music USA, she presented the inaugural concert of her Crossings project exploring connections between African and Western music, with kora master Malang Jobarteh at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. She is also the co-founder and director of EXTENSITY Concert Series in NY, which aims to promote diversity and equity in classical music.

Highlights of Chelsea's ‘24 season include American Mavericks East and West Coast tours, new piano commissions for AMP from Carolyn Yarnell, Adolphus Hailstork, Regina Harris Baiocchi and Joyce Solomon Moorman inspired by acclaimed Black poets, world premieres of pieces by young, emerging composers, NYC performances of Crossings featuring new, original kora and piano works, and collaborations with avant-garde ensemble Standing on The Corner.

Chelsea is an alum of New York University, The Royal College of Music in London and The Juilliard School. She is also an editor and writer, and has worked at Columbia University Press, Soft Skull Press and The New York Quarterly, and holds a degree in English from Gallatin, NYU. www.chelsearandall.com

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