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Damien Sneed

As a multi-genre recording artist and instrumentalist, Damien LeChateau Sneed is a pianist, vocalist, organist, composer, conductor, arranger, producer, and arts educator whose work spans multiple genres. He has worked with jazz, classical, pop, and R&B legends, including the late Aretha Franklin and Jessye Norman, Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Lawrence Brownlee, Denyce Graves, the Clark Sisters, and many others. Sneed is a 2014 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient and a 2020 Dove Award winner.

Some of the faculties he has served on include the Julliard School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Berklee College of Music, and New York University. Sneed was recently signed to Apple Music’s label, Platoon Records.

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