Tag Archives for Piano
Tribute to Women Composers
Friday, October 16, 2020 marked this semester’s first Friday Afternoon Musicale and the Chatham University Music Program’s first virtual concert, as well as the first virtual concert on the ChathamU Music Program YouTube channel. This series of firsts was a … Continue reading
Music for Food: Happy Birthday Amadeus!
Happy birthday, Amadeus! Thank you to all who attended our Music for Food concert last night in honor of Mozart’s 264th birthday. We raised over $900 for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to help the hungry in the Pittsburgh … Continue reading
Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Part XI
The Chatham University Music Program concert series began its Spring semester with the continuation of Walter Morales’s Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas series. Part XI was a pianistic success, as was proven by the overflowing Founders’ Room and all-around enthusiasm for … Continue reading
Last Piano Compositions of Great Composers
We give special thanks to the talented and award-winning Akina Kondoh for her performance this Friday as she shared with us the last piano compositions of Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, and Schubert. The highlight of the recital was Kondoh’s masterful … Continue reading
Sounds from Ireland
World-renowned pianist, Finghin Collins, privileged the Chatham community with the opportunity of hearing his lecture-recital. Collins played an exquisite program of music by John Field, Chopin, Mozart, and Schubert, as well as two contemporary Irish composers, Philip Martin and Marian … Continue reading
Walter Morales
Walter is working on all of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. On November 18th he played Beethoven’s complete Piano Sonatas Part VI: Op. 49, No.1 – Op. 49, No. 2 – Op. 2 No. 3. He will be performing more in the … Continue reading
Student Recital – Spring 2016
On April 18, 2016, the students taking applied music lessons gave a recital to showcase their accomplishments during the semester. *No photo: Hannah Gregor, piano, performed Ivan Sings by Aram Khachaturian.
An Evening of Chamber Music
On April 9, 2016, Roy Sonne, violin, Yeeha Chiu, piano, and Adam Liu, cello, gave a superb performance of chamber music. Some pieces were for trio, while others were duets. Pieces included were composed by Haydn, Arensky, Beach, Rachmaninoff, and Bloch. … Continue reading
Music for Viola: Traditional and Modern
On March 18, 2016, Hannah Levinson, viola, and Eric Moe, piano, gave a wonderful performance of music written for viola.
Rachmaninoff and Ragtime
On February 20, 2016, William McNally, piano, gave a wonderful performance of Rachmaninoff pieces and Ragtime music. Pittsburgh native William McNally began his formal piano studies at age seven. Shortly after his ninth birthday, he performed for the first … Continue reading
