About
Award-winning composer, bandleader, pianist, and educator Annie Booth is recognized for her distinctive musical voice and her commitment to connecting performance, composition, and jazz education. Her music has received national and international recognition from organizations including Chamber Music America, the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC), ASCAP, and DownBeat Magazine. She is Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies in the Thompson Jazz Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder and was selected as a University of Colorado Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholar in recognition of the impact of her creative work.
Booth's compositions span small-group jazz, big band, chamber music, and orchestra, and have been commissioned by professional ensembles, festivals, universities, and educational organizations across the United States. Her music is published by Alfred Music and Brava Jazz Publishing and is performed by professional, collegiate, and student ensembles throughout the world.
Equally at home on stage and in the classroom, Booth is a sought-after guest artist, conductor, and clinician who regularly leads festival residencies, composition workshops, jazz ensemble clinics, and masterclasses. She is passionate about helping musicians develop their own artistic voice through creativity, collaboration, and joyful music-making. In 2017, she founded the SheBop Young Women in Jazz Workshop through the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts, creating an empowering space for girls and non-binary students to build confidence, community, and expression through jazz.
As a bandleader and pianist, Booth has performed at leading jazz venues and festivals throughout the United States, including the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, the Telluride Jazz Festival, and SXSW. She has released eight albums as a leader, including Here, There and Everywhere: The Beatles Songbook (Live) (2024), which Textura praised as "first-rate...terrific."
In 2023, Booth co-founded Brava Jazz Publishing, a publishing company dedicated exclusively to amplifying the music of women composers and arrangers in jazz. Under her leadership, Brava has grown into a nationally recognized publisher whose catalog is performed by schools, universities, and professional ensembles across North America.
Booth serves on the boards of the Telluride Society for Jazz and the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts. She holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder and lives in the Denver area with her husband and daughter.
