Shelly Berg

Shelton "Shelly" Glen Berg (born August 18, 1955) is an American classical and jazz pianist and music educator.

He was the student conductor for choirs at Clear Creek High School and played French horn and trumpet in the band.

Berg began his career at San Jacinto College North in Northshore, Houston, Texas, as chair of instrumental music from 1979 to 1981.

[12] He was named one of three "Educators for the Millennium" by The Los Angeles Times in 1999[4] and received the Dean's Award for Scholarship and Research from the USC Thornton School of Music in 2005.

He recorded with the Shelly Berg Trio, including The Joy (DMP, 1995), The Will: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson (CARS, 1998), and Blackbird (Concord, 2005).

In 2006, he arranged songs on the album Ray Sings, Basie Swings (Concord, 2006) and was music director and pianist on the Great Performances television show We Love Ella!