Jill Montgomery Upchurch performs regularly at corporate and private special events for guests such as President George W. Bush, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Van Cliburn, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and former presidential candidate Ross Perot.
Jill is an M.B.A. and M.A. Arts Administration graduate of Southern Methodist University. Jill also has a B.M. in piano performance from Centenary College where she studied with Constance Knox Carroll, and an M.M. in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Elizabeth and Eugene Pridonoff. She has also studied and performed at the Aspen Music Festival, the Brevard Music Festival, and the Gnessin Institute in Moscow, Russia. Jill has performed as a soloist with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, the Monroe, LA Symphony Orchestra, and the Centenary Chamber Orchestra. She has taught group and private piano lessons at the Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Louisiana State University, the Louisiana State University Laboratory School, and in her private studios in Baton Rouge and Dallas.
Jill’s students have won the Monroe Symphony Concerto Competition, the DeBose International Piano Competition, Louisiana Music Teachers’ Association State Rally, and the Music Teachers’ National Association Baldwin Junior High Competition in Louisiana. Jill is a recipient of a Music Teachers’ National Association Teacher Enrichment Grant and has served as a judge for many piano competitions, including the Mississippi Music Teachers’ Association State Special Recognition Recitals and the Louisiana Music Teachers’ Association Baldwin Junior High Piano Competition.
Jill is an M.B.A. and M.A. Arts Administration graduate of Southern Methodist University. Jill also has a B.M. in piano performance from Centenary College where she studied with Constance Knox Carroll, and an M.M. in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Elizabeth and Eugene Pridonoff. She has also studied and performed at the Aspen Music Festival, the Brevard Music Festival, and the Gnessin Institute in Moscow, Russia. Jill has performed as a soloist with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, the Monroe, LA Symphony Orchestra, and the Centenary Chamber Orchestra. She has taught group and private piano lessons at the Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Louisiana State University, the Louisiana State University Laboratory School, and in her private studios in Baton Rouge and Dallas.
Jill’s students have won the Monroe Symphony Concerto Competition, the DeBose International Piano Competition, Louisiana Music Teachers’ Association State Rally, and the Music Teachers’ National Association Baldwin Junior High Competition in Louisiana. Jill is a recipient of a Music Teachers’ National Association Teacher Enrichment Grant and has served as a judge for many piano competitions, including the Mississippi Music Teachers’ Association State Special Recognition Recitals and the Louisiana Music Teachers’ Association Baldwin Junior High Piano Competition.