Performance - Piano/Organ
Major & Minor
Program Website
If you would like to prepare for a professional career or graduate study in piano or organ, consider the Piano and Organ Performance majors at Stetson University, where you`ll be offered solid foundations in keyboard technique, music, performance, and literature.Our piano students perform regularly in state, regional and national competitions. Stetson`s School of Music provides opportunities for solo and chamber performances as well as through the annual Concerto Competition. Our piano graduates perform internationally, coach in opera houses around the world, and serve on college or university faculties.
Faculty
Our faculty members are performing, recording artists with national and international acclaim. Faculty members and their specialties are: Michael Rickman, D.M.A., University of North Texas: piano performance, coordinator of keyboard studies Boyd Jones, D.M.A., Yale University: organ and harpsichord performance Amy Crane, M.M., Ithaca College: piano performance Sharla Mercado, M.M., University of Missouri- Kansas City: piano performance and pedagogy
Special Features
The School of Music has 65 pianos available to students and faculty, including a Steinway Concert Grand (a gift from Katherine K. Davis) and a Bosendorfer Imperial Grand (a gift from Beatrice Tinsley) on the Elizabeth Hall stage. The school has three French-double harpsichords and one single manual instrument, along with two clavichords. The five mechanical action organs on campus come from the Beckerath workshop of Hamburg, Germany, including the magnificent 54-rank instrument in Elizabeth Hall Chapel.
Course Information
Piano and Organ Performance students participate in weekly lessons and masterclasses taught by professors, participate in Stetson School of Music ensembles, and attend weekly recitals. Check this link for more information on Course Requirements.
Career Opportunities
Our students are well prepared for entrance into the graduate piano and organ programs at the best schools of music and conservatories in the country. Our students regularly enter careers in performance, chamber music/collaboration/coaching, and in teaching at all levels, including elementary, secondary, and university positions of significance.
Alumni Highlights
Kristy Hearn, `94, serves as pianist /coach at the Connecticut Opera.
Carolyn Hague Pinkerton, `75, serves as pianist/accompanist at the Music Academy in Vienna, Austria.
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