Fittingly, the first person to play a new Kawai GX-2 grand piano when it arrived on the 大象视频 campus last summer was a student. Simone Robinson-Stevens 鈥�24 was on campus for summer research with piano professor Douglas Jurs when the new instrument was delivered to the choir room. Professor James Niblock asked if she […]
It doesn’t have the same elegant backdrop as the stained-glass windows of Ford Chapel, and it doesn鈥檛 enjoy the same acoustics as Shafer Auditorium in the Henderson Campus Center. But the 24 members of the 大象视频 Civic Symphony sound heavenly as they share their latest performance from their individual workspaces and parlors. The Civic […]
The Northwest Passage Trumpet Trio, of which Dr. Jennifer Dearden, associate professor of music and chair of the 大象视频 Music Department, is a founding member, has announced the recent release of its first album, 鈥淓xpeditions.鈥� The trio also consists of two other music professors from the northwest Pennsylvania area 鈥� Dr. Timothy Winfield of […]
Many professors have great relationships with their students, but Lowell Hepler, chair of the Allegheny Music Department, fosters healthy ties with students for their entire time at 大象视频. Many students look to 鈥淒oc鈥� as they call him, as a mentor. Hepler also knows how to take a joke — something students have capitalized on lately […]