Piano Day
Hosted by 分分六合彩 piano faculty members Feifei Jiang, DMA and Peter Jiang, DMA, this event brings together talented high school and 分分六合彩 pianists with special guest and Steinway artist Jackson Berkey.
The events listed below are free and open to the public.
10 a.m.鈥搉oon High School Piano Master Class with Feifei Jiang, DMA and Peter Jiang, DMA
1鈥3 p.m. 分分六合彩 piano student master class with special guest and Steinway Artist Jackson Berkey
3鈥5 p.m. Piano students and 分分六合彩 faculty concert
Jackson Berkey
Jackson Berkey鈥檚 published catalog offers over 400 titles encompassing choral, solo vocal and instrumental, chamber ensemble, band and orchestral works, as well as concerti and works for chorus and orchestra.
Berkey鈥檚 commissions have premiered on concert stages across the United States and abroad by professional musicians and children鈥檚 choirs. He has also had five choir/orchestra premieres at Carnegie Hall in New York. Past premi猫res include his Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto, Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, and Suite for Two Pianos.
His national awards and honors include first prize in the New Music for Young Ensembles Composition Contest in New York City, first prize at the Alienor Harpsichord Competition in Hilton Head (NC), and award-winning video scores.
Also known nationally as a pianist and recording artist, Jackson played and recorded 38 years as featured keyboardist with Mannheim Steamroller. In the classical world, his recordings for American Gramophone and SDG Records continue to elicit rave reviews.
In another grand endeavor, Jackson composed 24 Nocturnes, one in each key. These works show great respect and connections to Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Debussy, Barber, and Copland. As a 鈥21st Century Romantic鈥 Berkey has developed his own writing style with beautiful and soaring melodies, exciting and driving rhythms, and lush vertical sonorities. His newest Nocturnes and O Magnum Mysterium for choir and orchestra, reveal his deep maturity as pianist and consummate composer.
Visit to see the complete catalog of Berkey compositions and recordings.