Instructor
Henry Soleh Brewer has taught keyboards at the world-renowned Musicians Institute since 1990. Henry is one of two founding instructors at the Keyboard Institute of Technology. He has become widely known as an authority on R&B/Soul and Blues keyboards. Henry also specializes in chord voicings and groove music. Henry has performed and taught clinics throughout the US and is currently in preparation towards doing seminars and clinics abroad.
In 1997 Henry Soleh Brewer was selected by the National Academy of Songwriters' Urban Focus division to teach sequencing to aspiring songwriters. This was the nation's first national urban focus outreach convention.
For more information about the keyboard teachers at KIT including Henry Soleh Brewer visit myspace.com/kitteachers -- Watch Soleh live sitting in with Tony Lander and his band the Lunchmeats.
Notable Students
Over the years Henry Soleh Brewer has taught notable students such as LaNika Hayes (Norman Brown's daughter), Fred White (Earth, Wind & Fire) Kahbran White (Maurice White's son), Philip Doron Bailey, Margaret Abrahams, (Les McCann) Jill Cohn, Sage Ali, Celeste Kim (Savage Garden) Ellen Chein, Dinah Englund (Cloris Leachman's daughter), Latoya London (American Idol), Q'orinanka Kilcher (Star Search, New World), Katerina Graham (Parent Trap), Doo Lee (Korean songwriter), Randy Kim (Korean producer), En Soon (Korean pop star) David Valencia (Quake II composer), Kenisha Pratt (Brandy), Warren G, David Newkerk (composer), bassist/poet/actor Malcolm Jamal Warner, Polish pop-star Natalia Kukulska, Kirubel Assefa (Journey To Lasta), Justin Guarini (American Idol), Ting Jasmine Chu (Chinese Pop star), Peter Dyer (Mariah Carey) Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) and hundreds of others.
Henry has taught Ear Training, Theory, Groove, Styles, LPWS, Synth, Summer Session, Commercial Style Intensives, Degree and Vocational private lessons, Sequencing/MIDI for nearly 15 years at MI.
Musicians Institute is located at:
1655 McCadden Place,
Hollywood, CA 90028
(ph.# 323-860-1111, fax; 323-462-6978)
http://www.mi.edu
Working with the Finest Musicians
As a highly experienced instructor Henry Soleh Brewer has had the opportunity of working closely with some of the finest musicians in the world. Some of these world class musicians are... Robben Ford, Tom Brechtlein, Roscoe Beck, Bernard Purdy, Tim Bogert, Verdine White, Larry Dunn, Freddie White, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Norman Brown, DeNetria Champ, Shirley Brewer, George Duke, Matt Smith, Cat Gray, Scott Henderson, David Garfield, Scott Kinsey, Bobby Watson, Rocco Prestia, Lee Sklar, Russ McKinnon, Bubba Bryant, Patrice Rushen, Ndugu Chancelor, Richie Garcia, Patryce Choclate Banks, Dwayne Smitty Smith, Hilary Jones, Paul Jackson Jr., Greg Poree, Rick Zunigar, Andrew Ford, George Johnson, Andre Delano, Vadim Zibershteim, Alex Al, Dean Brown, Stanley Clarke, and many, many more.