R. Taylor Fleming is a pianist, composer, and educator from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He
began his musical training at Uptown Music Collective in Williamsport, where he studied under
Berklee alumnus Dave Brumbaugh, who introduced him to a contemporary approach to music.
Before pursuing higher education, Fleming created and directed Central Pennsylvania’s Donald
Heiter Community Center music program (2015–2017), providing a music curriculum and
performance opportunities for local youth. He then enrolled at Berklee College of Music,
graduating summa cum laude with a dual degree in piano performance and contemporary
writing & production in 2021 while working with faculty members such as Joanne Brackeen, Pat
Bianchi, and primary mentor, pianist Doug Johnson. During this time, he performed with
professional bands across New England and received the Berklee’s Urban Service Award for
his work at the West End House Boys & Girls Club.

After graduating, Fleming established a thriving private teaching studio that has served more
than 100 students through private lessons, workshops, camps, and ensemble coaching. His
compositional projects include the A Book About Birds and the crowd-funded album Friends
of the Valley. In 2024, he traveled to Rajasthan, India, to study tabla and make recordings with
local musicians. Fleming continues to draw from jazz, classical, rock, and diverse world
traditions and cultivates his combined experience in performance, composition, community
program leadership, and pedagogy. In 2025, he earned coach-level certification with the
Association for Body Mapping Educators and is currently pursuing a master’s degree, on
scholarship, in jazz composition at the New England Conservatory.