Jeff Little

• BS, Appalachian State University

Jeff Little has over 30 years of experience in the music industry as a critically acclaimed musician, artist manager, educator and administrator for college music industry programs. His performances include such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the American Folk Festival, the National Council for the Traditional Arts, American Piano Masters, and the PBS concert “Doc Watson and Jeff Little”. He has been featured many times on PBS as well as NPR and has performed internationally for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in such countries as Sri Lanka, Oman, Bahrain, France and Tanzania. In addition, Little has worked in many management and production areas of the music industry, including day to day and tour management for national artists such as Keith Urban and John Michael Montgomery. Little is a recipient of the Distinguished Lecturer Award from The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, College of Education at The University of Texas. He is a SESAC affiliated songwriter and in 2014 was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame.

“Jeff Little is a remarkable musician, steeped in the tradition of his native Blue Ridge, yet also a virtuosic and eclectic innovator."- National Public Radio 

“Jeff Little tore the place apart with his wondrously quick and articulate piano style. He is always intelligent and richly melodic."-The Boston Globe