Ellen Rowe, jazz pianist and composer, is currently professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan. Rowe has performed throughout the U.S., as well as touring in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Ireland, Poland, South Africa, and Australia. Her CDs Sylvan Way, Denali Pass, Wishing Well, and Courage Music are available on PKO records and at CdBaby.com. The Ellen Rowe Quintet was featured at the 2014 and 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival, 2012 Jazz Education Network Conference, the San Jose Jazz Festival, and the Western Michigan Jazz Festival.

Rowe’s compositions and arrangements are published by Doug Beach Music and Sierra Music Publishing and have been performed and recorded by ensembles including the Village Vanguard Orchestra, BBC Jazz Orchestra, U.S. Navy Commodores, Berlin and NDR Radio Jazz Orchestras, DIVA, and the Perth Jazz Orchestra. She has received commissions from the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra, Minnesota Music Educators, Illinois Music Educators, and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra in addition to junior high and high school groups throughout the country. She has also been selected to conduct All-State jazz ensembles throughout the country, including the MENC All-Eastern and All-Northwest honors groups.