Music With James | About James Humphrey

James Humphrey is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. For the past seven years, he has been performing for children’s events and leading music classes at numerous preschool programs in Manhattan, including the Reebok Sports Club ‘For Kids Only’ program, The Kid's Korner Preschool, Saint Joseph’s Elementary School, Hudson Guild Children’s Center, Island Kids (Roosevelt Island), Bright Horizons Children’s Center, Vet’s Kids and the Early Ear. He also gives several annual children’s concerts in Manhattan and on Cape Cod, MA. The Music with James program, launched three years ago, meets in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood.

James took up piano at age five and later added guitar, trumpet and French horn. After college he ventured to New York City, where he headlined at Greenwich Village nightclubs and landed a four-year songwriting contract with Sony Music. NBC News Nashville ran a feature on James as a new Sony artist; he also appeared in a Japanese TV commercial and on talk shows in Japan and Holland.

James lives in Manhattan with his wife and two young children. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in English Literature, James is completing an MA in Music Education.