Isaac J. James

Depending on the selection of repertoire, an audience member could listen to anything from as forceful as Rachmaninoff or brilliant and technical as Bach to as bright and bouncy as Broadway...

Isaac James is a nationally acclaimed and accomplished classical pianist, who has performed throughout the United States. He has appeared as a solo recitalist, accompanist, and with chamber orchestras. He has held positions as a choral director, school band/orchestral conductor, and church organist. As an avid accompanist, Isaac has collaborated with vocalists as well as many other performing artists.
Having begun playing the piano by ear at the age of six, he did not start receiving formal piano lessons until the age of 12. At the time he was 16, he entered his first international piano competition. Isaac has studied with Catherine Mowers, Janine Johnson, Israel Steinberg, Robert Goldman, Tubkya Ropaustokovich, and has taken master studies from some of the world’s greatest pianists including Andre Watts, Olga Kern and Jon Nakamatsu. He has performed in venues such as the Kimmel Center, Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, National Cathedral, Weill Recital Hall - Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall and many more.
As a tenor, he has played in roles of operettas such as "Ralph" in Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, and has sung in numerous other professional choral societies and community choruses.
Performing alongside some of his friends and colleagues, Isaac has organized many events that have brought classical music to small rural communities throughout the Northeast. He has assisted with, and founded classical music performance series' and musical programs that have funded a variety of charities.
Isaac is also a piano technician with 15 years of experience. He is an avid pilot and loves to sail. He recently relocated from New York to Punta Gorda Isles, Florida, where he is the Director of Music at the Punta Gorda Congregational United Church of Christ as well as the manager of the Gulf Theater at the Military Heritage Museum.

Mr, James only performs on acoustic pianos and prefers a tuned grand piano if at all possible.