Monika Herzig (born 1964) is a German-born jazz pianist. After receiving a scholarship in 1987 from the pedagogical institute in Weingarten, Germany for a one-year exchange program at the University of Alabama, she moved to the United States in August 1988. Later, she completed her Doctorate in Music Education with a minor in Jazz Studies at

Indiana University School of Music The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music. It has more than 1,500 students, approximately half of whom ar ...

, where she is a faculty member in Arts Administration. She Taught at both

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and

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. She recorded with the

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group BeebleBrox and has produced four albums as leader of the Monika Herzig Acoustic Project. ''Peace on Earth'' was released locally in

in 2008 and was released nationally in 2009 on the

Owl Studios Owl Studios is a jazz record label founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2005. In 2013 the label was sold and renamed Owl Music Group. History Founding Owl Studios was started in 2005 by Al Hall, an Indianapolis businessman, to promote local jazz ...

label. She is the founder and leader of the jazz group Sheroes; the group's self-titled album, ''Sheroes'', was recorded in 2018 and released on Whaling City Sound.

Awards and honors

* 1994 Best Original Composition, "Let's Fool One" ''

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'' * 1994–1996 Two times finalist with BeebleBrox, winner with Oliver Nelson Jr., WTPI Winter Jazzfest Competition, Indianapolis * 2000, 2003, 2005 Individual Artist Grant recipient, Indiana Arts Commission * 2015 Jazz Journalist Association Hero

Discography

* ''Melody without Words'' (Acme, 2000) * ''Melody with Harmony'' (Acme, 2003) * ''In Your Own Sweet Voice'' (

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, 2005) * ''What Have You Gone and Done?'' (Owl, 2007) * ''Peace on Earth'', (Owl, 2009) * ''Come with Me'' (Owl, 2011) * ''Whole World in Her Hands'' (

Whaling City Sound Whaling City Sound is an independent jazz record label established by Neal Weiss in 1999. History Weiss is president of Fiber Optic Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts. A lifelong fan of jazz, he started Whaling City Sound as a jazz label, thou ...

, 2016) * ''Sheroes'' (Whaling City Sound, 2018) * ''Eternal Dance'' (
Savant
'' 2020) * ''Both Sides of Joni'' (ACME, 2023) * ''All In Good Time'' (Zoho, 2024)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herzig, Monika 1964 births Living people 21st-century pianists 21st-century women pianists German jazz pianists German women jazz pianists German jazz composers German women jazz composers Owl Studios artists Jacobs School of Music alumni Jacobs School of Music faculty Indiana University Indianapolis faculty University of Alabama alumni Place of birth missing (living people)