Keyboard

Keyboard students in all degree programs receive:

weekly one-hour private lessons
weekly memory class
weekly piano ensemble and/or chamber music ensemble
accompanying experience

Highlights

Students perform each semester in studio recitals and semester juries, and may audition annually to play a solo recital.
Through the department's faculty and guest concert series, students have exposure to a wide variety of music as well as the opportunity to perform in annual master classes.
Piano students perform collaboratively with fellow students in studio recitals each semester.
A wealth of extra curricular performance experiences include community master class performances and recital performances and faculty/student outings to RPO and other community concerts
Nazareth piano graduates have been awarded scholarships and teaching assistantships for graduate piano study and are employed as teachers and performers in public school, collegiate, community, and church settings.

Keyboard Events 2023-24

September 24, 3 pm, Wilmot Recital Hall: Tigran Vardanyan, violin, Benjamin Krug, cello, Jacob Ertl, piano
October 2, All day Piano Competition
October 22: Piano Duo Keyboard faculty
February 18: Margaret Leenhouts, violin; Kevin Nitsch, piano
April 14: Guest Recital
April 21: Nazareth Piano Trio

See naz.edu/events for the most up to date information.

Past Events

National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum, 2022
Performance by Dr. Bonnie Choi
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, 2021
Paper and Lightning Talk presentation: Dr. Bonnie Choi
MTNA Virtual Conference, 2021
Video and poster presentation by Nazareth College Collegiate Chapter
Paper presentation by Dr. Bonnie Choi
MTNA Collegiate Chapter Symposium, 2021
Video presentation by Nazareth College Collegiate Chapter
Poster presentation by Nazareth College Collegiate Chapter
NYSMTA Virtual Symposium, 2020
MTNA Conference, Chicago 2020
Poster presentation by students
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Illinois, 2019
Poster presentation: Stephanie Mercer, MM'19
Keyboard Recital Series 2017-18
- Behind the Notes: Henry Wong Doe, Sept. 29, 2017

Piano Miniatures: Steven Beck, Oct. 11, 2017
Keyboard Wit, Virtuosity and Evocation, Lucas Wong, Nov. 29, 2017
Our Evenings: Faculty Piano Quartet, Jan. 21, 2018
Guest Recital:Yi-Wen Chang, Feb. 16, 2018
Faculty Recital: Jacob Ertl, Feb. 18, 2018
Guest Recital: Sun Min Kim, Mar. 28, 2018

Keyboard Recital Series 2016-17
- Behind the Notes: Jacob Ertl, Oct. 8, 2016
- Piano Miniatures: Richard Becker, Oct. 16, 2016
- Keyboard Wit, Vituosity and Evocation, Linda Boianova, January 20, 2017
- Our Evenings: Beverly Smoker, March 5, 2017
Piano Masterclasses
- Nelita True, November 18, 2016
- Paul Sanchez, March 14, 2017
Pinnacle Lutheran Church Concert Series: February 26, 2017
- Piano Masterclasses
MTNA Conference, Baltimore 2017
- Poster presentation by students
Piano Studio Recitals

November 10, 2017
November 21, 2017
March 22, 2018
April 13, 2018

Chamber Music Studio Recital: April 18, 2017
Jazz Ensemble and Combo Pianists: Joe Stehle, Tim Dyet

Student News

Jinnan Liu (BM '20) will pursue graduate studies at Baylor University in the Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy and Performance degree, with a full tuition scholarship and graduate teaching assistantship.

Xiaofan Liu (BM '20) will pursue graduate studies at the University of Central Missouri in the Master of Arts degree in Piano Pedagogy degree, with a teaching assistantship and merit scholarship.

Xiao Han (BM '22) will travel to Spain to participate at the Gijon International Piano Festival.

Xiaofan Liu (BM '20), Jinnan Liu (BM '20), Xiao Han (BM '22), and Dr. Bonnie Choi, advisor, have been selected to present a poster, "A Nation of Pianists, Piano Students, and Piano Lovers: Tracing The History of Piano Teaching in China" at the MTNA Conference in Chicago.

Xiao Han (BM '22) won the 2019 Hobstetter Piano Scholarship. This award is given out every fall and selected by the piano faculty based on the Fall jury performances.

Tatiana Avangelista (BA '18) gave a senior lecture recital in the Fall, 2017 and will be moving on to finish her double major in Philosophy in the Fall. Also, she won the best paper award at CARS.

Katie Pukos (BM '18) will begin her Music Therapy internship in the Fall, and was accepted into her 1st choice internship program (Golisano Children's Hospital)

Qiwen Wan (BM '18) was accepted into the Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy (Recital Track) at the University of South Carolina School of Music, one of the top piano pedagogy programs in the country.

Aaron Siebert-Castineira (BM '18) was accepted into the Master of Music in Film Scoring at the Eastman School of Music, to pursue his passion for film scoring/composition.