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HURLEY JOYCE -
piano entertainer
Joyce Hurley is a multi-talented musician with
wide performing experience as a singer, pianist and composer.
Her eclectic musical styles are based firmly in her classical
training, and offer audiences a range from jazz standards through
smooth jazz through Latin to pop.
From basic piano studies at the Detroit Art Center Music School,
she went on to obtain a Bachelor of Music Degree in piano performance
from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Music Degree
in theory and composition from the University of South Carolina
in conjunction with the University of Sydney in Australia. She
also completed other post-graduate studies at the Conservatory
of New South Wales, Australia.
Joyce has entertained as a solo pianist and vocalist all over
the world. She began in Chicago, playing in some of the city’s
finest hotels and restaurants (such as the Hilton, Radisson and
Marriott, as well as Eugene’s and Sage’s, among others)
before entering the international circuit. Since then, Joyce
has performed widely in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany,
Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. She
has also played on a variety of cruise ships including the Birka
Princess and those of the Silja, Viking, Color Line and Stena
lines.
Joyce also has performed with various groups in jazz clubs and
festivals throughout Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland,
Poland and Russia. In 1996, she performed with Phil Collins and
Ray Glover in Zermatt and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as with
Glover at a series of pre-Montreux Jazz Festival galas in Bern,
Geneva and Zurich. In 1999, Joyce performed at Summerfest in
Milwaukee. Other notable collaborations include drummer Ed Thigpen,
bassist Mads Winding and percussionist Master Henry Gibson. Deep
Purple's Jon Lord and The Spencer Davis Group's Pete York sat
in with her trio when they performed in Zermatt in January 2001.
Joyce has had extensive TV and radio coverage. In Sweden, she
provided the music for a Channel 1 documentary about Nobel Prize
winner Toni Morrison. She has been a featured guest on Hasse
Andersson’s program on Channel 2 and on Channel 4’s
morning talk show. Joyce also has appeared on many radio programs
in Europe and the United States.
In 1998, Joyce also served as music consultant for the movie, “Sant
ar Livet,” from British producer Colin Nutley. She also
served as vocal coach to the Swedish actress Helena Bergstrom.
In May 2002, Joyce shot a scene with internationally known classical
pianist Per Tengstrand for his upcoming documentary film, "The
Big and the Small World."
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