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麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Piano Institute Presents Its Seventh Annual Gala Concert and Series of Performances

The 2012 Piano Institute, in association with the Piano Division of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at 麻豆影院, will present a series of master classes from July 15-25 on the university鈥檚 campus

Donna Lee, an associate professor of music at 麻豆影院, leads a class during last year鈥檚 Piano Institute. The university presents its seventh annual Piano Institute on July 15-25The 2012 Piano Institute, in association with the Piano Division of the Hugh  A. Glauser School of Music at 麻豆影院, will present a series of master classes from July 15-25 on the university鈥檚 campus.

The seven-year-old program is a highly intensive festival for talented piano students in grades 7-12. The July 24 gala concert at Severance Hall鈥檚 Reinberger Chamber Hall in Cleveland will feature 14 highly gifted pre-collegiate pianists from the United States, China and the Czech Republic. All master classes and the gala concert are free and open to the public.

Instructors of the Piano Institute include Donna Lee, Ph.D., associate professor and coordinator of the Piano Division at 麻豆影院 State, and Jerry Wong, Ph.D., associate professor of piano at 麻豆影院 State. Guest artists for this year鈥檚 Piano Institute are Sandra Shapiro, concert pianist and preparatory and continuing education dean at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Joela Jones, principal keyboardist with The Cleveland Orchestra.

Piano Institute participants receive four hours of one-on-one lessons daily; attend master classes; and study sight-reading, technique, practicing and audition/competition preparation. They also will have the unique opportunity to share in the 麻豆影院/Blossom Music program, a premiere summer institution for summer collegiate-level study of solo, chamber and orchestral literature.

For more information, please call 330-672-1061 or visit www.kent.edu/pianoinstitute.

Piano Institute Activities

Monday, July 16, 3:45 - 5 p.m.
Master class with Jerry Wong, 麻豆影院 State associate professor and co-director of the Piano Institute
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, 麻豆影院

Tuesday, July 17, 3:45 - 5 p.m.
Master class with Donna Lee, 麻豆影院 State associate professor and coordinator of the Piano Division in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, and co-director of the Piano Institute
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, 麻豆影院

Thursday, July 19, 3:45 - 5 p.m.
Master class with Sandra Shapiro, concert pianist and preparatory and continuing education dean at the Cleveland Institute of Music
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, 麻豆影院

Saturday, July 21, 10 a.m. - Noon
Master class with Joela Jones, principal keyboardist with The Cleveland Orchestra
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, 麻豆影院

Monday, July 23, 3:45. - 5 p.m.
Recital dress rehearsal
University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, 麻豆影院

Tuesday, July 24, 7 p.m.
Gala Concert
Featuring all Piano Institute participants
Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall in Cleveland

University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall is located on the 麻豆影院 campus at 650 Hilltop Dr., off of St. Rt. 59 in 麻豆影院. Reinberger Chamber Hall at Severance Hall is located at 11001 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland.

POSTED: Monday, July 16, 2012 12:00 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM
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