Analise Levesque is a piano player, composer, teacher, and music director from the Duluth/Superior area. She is currently a student at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, studying jazz piano with Ryan Frane. Levesque graduated in Spring 2023 with degrees in Jazz Studies and Music Theory/Composition. At the end of July, Analise is moving to NYC to attend Queens College and attain her Masters of Music in Jazz Piano Performance.

Levesque has been a musician since the age of 4, and has always participated in a wide range of musical activities. This has allowed Levesque to develop a wide range of skills and an ability to quickly learn and adapt. 

She has attended numerous jazz camps and clinics, such as the Sioux Falls Jazzfest Jazz Camp, South Dakota All-State Jazz Band, and Palace City Jazz Camp. She has studied under clinicians such as Bob Reynolds, Wycliffe Gordon, Allen Vizzutti, John Fedchock, and Chris Vadala. She has performed at venues such as Jazz Central Studios, Sacred Heart Music Center, the Grandview Lodge, and Duluth Cider. Levesque’s biggest jazz piano influences are Aaron Parks, Chick Corea, and Keith Jarrett, and aims to use her music to tell her own stories.

Analise’s has also music directed numerous musical theater productions while attending UMD, including professional productions in the Twin Ports area. She often serves as a substitute pianist at the Duluth Playhouse. Recently, Levesque co-directed and music directed her first original musical, “Change,” with Stage 2 Theatre company, which ran at UMD in January 2022 and sold 350 tickets. Credits include: Xanadu (Duluth Playhouse), Annie (Duluth Playhouse), Change (Stage 2 Theatre Company), Firebringer (Stage 2 Theatre Company), James and the Giant Peach, Jr (Duluth Playhouse), Nunsense (Boat Club Productions), A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol (Boat Club Productions), and Little Women (Duluth Playhouse). 

Analise has also been a private music teacher for about 3 years. She has taught beginning piano to students as young as 4, beginning clarinet, and jazz piano. Analise hopes to be a pioneer in the world of musical theatre writing, and bring together modern jazz music with musical theatre composition to bring fresh, thoughtful music to the stage to tell stories.