Piano
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Alumni
The University of Kansas has graduated many piano students whose career aspirations have led them to musical success in professional, business, and academic venues. The list below represents a small portion of those graduates who have continued to contribute to the ongoing legacy of the KU Piano Division.
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Dennis
Alexander, B.M. 1969, M.M. 1970, has earned an
international reputation as one of North America's most
prolific and popular composers of educational piano music
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Tao (Felix) Chang, M.M. 1998, D.M.A.
in-progress, is the 1997 Grand Prize Winner of the XII
Vianna da Motta International Competition. Mr. Chang's
performance of "Noctuelles" by Maurice Ravel
was recorded live at the Lied Center, September 1998.
VMF label.
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Stewart
Gordon, B.A. 1953, M.A. 1954, is professor and
chair of keyboard studies at the University of Southern
California. |
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| Jeongwon
Ham, D.M.A. 1999, is Assistant Professor of Piano
at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. |
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Sylvia
Reynolds Henry, D.M.A. 1979, is Associate Professor
of Piano at the Ohio University School of Music, Athens. |
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R. Hill, M.M. 1989, is Assistant Professor of Piano
at Goshen College in Indiana where he teaches applied
piano and piano pedagogy. |
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Amir
Khosrowpour, B.M. 2003, was the 2002 national collegiate
winner of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
artist competition. |
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| Alexandra
Mascolo-David, M.M. 1990, D.M.A. 1997, is Associate
Professor of Piano at Central Michigan and the recipient
of the CMU 2001 Provost's Award for Outstanding Scholarly
and Creative Activity. |
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Roger
Price, D.M.A. 1984, is Professor of Piano
and Composition at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. |
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| Darci Prilliman, D.M.A. 2002, is
Assistant Professor and Director of Piano Studies at Saint
Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana. |
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Mark
Puckett, M.M. 1983, D.M.A. 1986, is Professor of Piano
and director of piano studies at Hardin-Simmons University
in Abilene, Texas. |
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| Allen Rogers, B.M. 1946, served
on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music
and Boston University and whose generous gifts to the
KU Endowment Association established the Carl A. and Francis
H. Preyer Award and the Capps-Rogers Award to provide
scholarships for undergraduate and graduate piano majors. |
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Scott
McBride Smith, M.M. 1976, is President and Chief
Executive Officer of the International Institute for Young
Musicians and President of the Turtle Rock Conservatory
of Music in Irvine, California, USA. |
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Dolores Stevens, B.M. 1952 is director
of piano studies at California State University, Dominquez
Hills, and serves as Los Angeles governor of the National
Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). Ms.
Steven's recording of the first movement of "Sonatina"
by Mel Powell was recorded in 1989 for the Dominquez Digital
label.
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Joe
Utterback, D.M.A. 1979, is a jazz pianist, composer,
and recording artist who has been a featured performer
throughout the United States. Mr. Utterback's recording
of "We Will Meet Again" by Bill Evans was recorded
in 1999 for the Connoisseur Society label.
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| David
Allen Wehr, B.M. 1977, M.M. 1979, is Associate Professor of Piano and Hillman Distinguished Piano Chair at the Duquesne University Mary Pappert School of Music in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
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Shannon
Wettstein, B.M. 1990, is a founding member of
Boston's Auros Group for New Music; she joined the faculty
of Bemidji State University in Minnesota in September,
2000. |
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| Adrienne
Wiley, B.M. 1983, M.M. 1984, is Assistant Professor
of Piano at Central Michigan University where she administers
the piano pedagogy program and teaches class and applied
piano. |
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