Guest Artist Robert Weirich, piano

Recital
Sunday, November 1, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Gantner Concert Hall

Master Class
Tuesday, November 2, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Gantner Concert Hall

Haas Fine Arts Center
UW-Eau Claire

All Events Free & Open to the Public

Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Academic Affairs Professional Development Program, and the Department of Music & Theatre Arts.

Pianist Robert Weirich has performed in musical centers throughout the United States, including Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and at such summer festivals as Tanglewood, Ravinia and Marlboro.  During the 2009-2010 season, he will perform and teach in China and Argentina, and serve as convention artist for the state MTAs of Kansas, Wisconsin and South Carolina.  Recent concerto performances include the Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Winds, Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, Bartok’s Second Piano Concerto, and the Berg Kammerkonzert for piano, violin and thirteen winds.  He has been heard in solo recitals in recent years in Florida, New York, Illinois, Ohio and in the dedicatory recital of the Choukas Performing Arts Center at Vermont Academy.  Since 2004 he has been the convention artist for the Music Teachers National Association state organizations in Massachusetts, North Carolina, California, Arkansas, and Indiana.  Chamber performances include a tour of Thailand and Hong Kong with UMKC colleague Carter Enyeart, a presentation on four-hand piano with wife and colleague Karen Kushner at the 2005 MTNA national convention in Seattle, and a boundary-breaking lecture-recital with several UMKC colleagues on Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion given at UMKC and at the 2006 national meeting of the College Music Society in San Antonio.  Again since 2004, he has presented master classes at several important schools of music, including the Oberlin Conservatory, Indiana University, and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.  His first solo CD, Piano Music of Aaron Copland, was released in 2008; the New York Times called his performances “brilliant, probing and austerely beautiful.”  He has held the Jack Strandberg Missouri Endowed Chair at the UMKC Conservatory since 1998, serving as head of the keyboard division from 2004-08, and as associate dean for performance studies from 2005-07.  He is justifiably proud of his students, who regularly win major competitions, hold university positions throughout the country, and challenge him on a daily basis in the studio.

For More Information Contact: 
Dr. Nicholas Phillips
261 Haas Fine Arts Center
Music & Theatre Arts Department
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

Phone: 715/836-5842
Email: phillins@uwec.edu