I’m playing on a wonderful program including Bach’s Cantata 12 “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” and many other works by the same composer, with a dash of Vivaldi thrown in.
Program #9 of my Beethoven cycle includes the op. 27/1 sonata as a sort of “prelude” to the magnificent “Eroica” Symphony in Liszt’s transcription.
I’m honored to be a featured guest pianist at the IHCA competition.
I’ll be playing Shostakovich’s landmark Fifth Symphony - a bucket-list piece for me!
I’ll be attending the fall board meeting for the Texas Association of Schools of Music.
As part of the Bergonzi Trio with my friends John Gilbert, violin, and George Work, cello, we will play Beethoven’s charming “Triple Concerto” with the Big Spring Symphony.
I’ll join my friends John Gilbert, violin, and George Work, cello, as the Bergonzi Trio in a program including trios by Brahms and Mendelssohn at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.
I’m honored to be performing Liszt’s “Totentanz” with the UNL Symphony as part of the annual American Liszt Festival.
I’ll be hosting a Liszt birthday festival on behalf of the West Texas Chapter of the American Liszt Society, featuring many invited colleagues and students from around our region.
I’ll be performing on a series of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra family and education concerts.
I’m pleased to present a program for the Oneonta Concert Association, featuring works including Bach’s Italian Concerto and Liszt’s beautiful transcription of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony.
I’m pleased to present a program at Nazareth University in Rochester, NY.
I’ll be attending the NASM Annual Meeting as the official institutional representative of Wayland Baptist University.
I’ll be playing on the annual Holiday Pops concert by the Lubbock Symphony.
I’ll be playing on the two annual holiday concerts by Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra.
I’ll be performing on the annual Winter Solstice concert by the New Mexico Performing Arts Society.
I’ll be attending the annual TMTA Conference as immediate past president of the organization.
I’ll be attending the annual OMTA conference on behalf of Wayland.
I’ll be playing on a program of varied American orchestral repertoire.
Program #8 of my Beethoven cycle features the two epic sonatas op. 53 and 57, “Waldstein” and “Appassionata”.
I’ll be attending the annual MTNA Conference as immediate past president of the Texas Music Teachers Association.
I’ll be playing the magnificent chamber version of Aaron Copland’s ballet Appalachian Spring.
I’ll be attending the annual TMEA Clinic/Convention on behalf of Wayland.
We’ll be hosting the 7th annual WBU Piano Competition in Feb. 2026. Watch this space for registration details!
Program #7 in my Beethoven cycle features the set of three op. 31 sonatas.
I’ll be attending the TAMS annual meeting on behalf of Wayland.
I’ll be playing on Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra’s annual Holiday Pops program.
I’ll be playing on Lubbock Symphony’s annual holiday pops program.
I’ll be attending the NASM annual meeting as Wayland’s official institutional representative.
I’m playing with Katy Bursi, violin, and Emanuel Lopez, cello, in Debussy’s piano trio, Prokofiev’s second violin sonata, and Schubert’s magnificent E-flat trio.
I’m playing the wonderful celeste and organ parts on Holst’s masterwork “The Planets”.
I’m attending the third annual Byzantine Chant Workshop presented by the Trisagion School of Byzantine Chant.
I’m playing a strikingly beautiful prepared piano part on Sarah Gibson’s piece warp + weft.
Program #6 in my Beethoven cycle includes the op. 28 sonata and Liszt’s transcription of the Second Symphony.
I’ll be playing the fantastic keyboard parts on Bernstein’s and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances.
I am honored to be a featured guest artist at this festival, celebrating the centennial of composer Robert Owens’ birth.
Program #5 in the four-year cycle of Beethoven sonatas and symphonies features the op. 22, op. 26, and op. 27/2 (“Moonlight”) sonatas.
I’ll be attending the biannual National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, advertising Wayland’s online Certificate in Piano Pedagogy and our online bachelor’s degree in piano studies.
Along with other Christian piano faculty from around the USA, I’ll be teaching at the inaugural Excelsior Piano Academy at the Thüringer Landesmusikakademie in Sondershausen. The academy is designed for talented high school and college students as well as independent piano teachers looking for professional mentorship and teaching tips.
I’ll be attending the annual Texas Music Teachers Association conference, as well as officer and board meetings before and after the conference.
I’ll be attending our Wayland choirs’ performance of Faure’s Requiem in Carnegie Hall!
I’ll be attending the annual OMTA state conference on behalf of Wayland.
Our friends at our Wayland campus in Kapolei, HI graciously invited my colleague Dr. Kennith Freeman and me to demonstrate our distance-teaching initiative using Steinway’s Spirio | r technology. Special shout-out to George Nellas of Piano Planet, Steinway’s authorized dealer in Honolulu, for the use of their Spirio | r model M.
I’ll be playing on Natalie Dietterich’s “light, beloved”.
We’ll be hosting our annual piano competition at WBU for regional pre-college piano students.
The fourth episode of my Beethoven cycle concludes the first season with the op. 49 sonatas and Liszt’s masterful transcription of the First Symphony.