Mike Strickland

Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, pianist Mike Strickland's deep-south influences provide the foundation for a musical style that encompasses popular, blues, boogie-woogie, and jazz genres as well as original works. As a composer and pianist, Mike has always been inspired and driven by melody. He also loves to experiment with motion and texture, using the piano as his own orchestra. Mike is a prolific recording artist, releasing 23 CDs to date on his own label, MSP Records. His CDs have sold over 500,000 copies. Along with over 577 million digital streams on Pandora alone, his music is also available digitally worldwide on most digital platforms. He has published many of his unique solo piano arrangements of popular and original music with more to come. His sheet music can be found digitally at musicnotes.com and hard copies on his website mikestrickland.com. His Mike Strickland YouTube channel features many of these arrangements which are popular with advanced pianists all around the world. This one-of-a-kind pianist performs as a solo piano artist, and with his duo or trio. As a seasoned arranger and composer, Mike performs as a guest soloist with orchestra bringing his custom orchestrations of popular and original music to the concert stage. His Southern easy-going charm, sparkling arrangements, and superb musicianship are hallmarks of his performances.