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Keyboard Studies
Keyboard studies, including piano, organ and harpsichord, offers students extensive
opportunities for continuing their training in these instruments or for starting
instruction if they have had no prior experience.
Qualified students may choose to major in piano or organ, either as part of the BA
degree with a major in music or as the applied area in the BM degree in performance
or in music education.
Many students whose major is outside the Department of Music opt to study piano
or organ as an elective, either building on years of previous study, or
starting as a beginner. Piano lessons, organ lessons, and group piano classes are regularly
chosen to fulfill the college's requirement of a semester
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Faculty |
Adam Clark, Assistant Professor of Music, Piano
Andrew Le, Associate Professor of Music, Piano
Huw Lewis, Professor of Music, Organ
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Additional Keyboard Faculty: |
Charles Aschbrenner, Professor Emeritus of Music, Piano & Eurythmics
Lora Kolean, Instructor of Music, Piano & Class Piano
Linda Strouf, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music, Keyboard Skills |
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Opportunities
A distinct advantage of a music department such as Hope's is the opportunity
for frequent performing experience whether in studio classes, Keyboard Performance
Classes, Student Recitals, or individual solo or joint
recitals. Both music majors and non-majors may audition for the annual DeVos Showcase Concert and the Concerto/Aria Competition.
Recent Guest Artists/Masterclasses include pianists Jerome Lowenthal, Spencer Myer, Jerico Vasquez, and Rob Auler, as well as organists Frederic Blanc (Paris), Christopher Houlihan (NYC), and Isabelle Demers (NYC).
Facilities
Excellent instruments are available to students for both practicing and performing.
The college has two Steinway D (nine-foot) concert grand pianos, one each
in Dimnent Chapel and Wichers Auditorium
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| Upcoming Keyboard Area Events |
Sept 10
3 pm |
Ryan Fogg Masterclass
Wichers Auditorium |
Sept 11
2 pm |
Guest Artist Recital - Ryan Fogg, piano
Dimnent Chapel |
Sept 27
7:30 pm |
Three Organ Scholars Concert
Dimnent Chapel |
Oct 14
7:30 pm |
Faculty Recital - Adam Clark, piano
Dimnent Chapel |
Oct 25
7:30 pm |
Albertus C VanRaalte Celebration
Concert featuring Huw Lewis, organ and Linda Strouf, organ | Dimnent Chapel |
Oct 30
2 pm |
Guest Artist Recital - Winston Choi, piano
Dimnent Chapel |
Nov 5
6 pm |
Senior Recital - Robin Pulsifer, organ
Dimnent Chapel |
Nov 15
7:30 pm |
Donia Organ Recital - Raul Ramirez
Dimnent Chapel |
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There are six practice rooms with Kawai grand pianos, and the piano teaching studios
have seven-foot Steinway and Mason & Hamlin grands. For beginning piano
class instruction and keyboard skills classes for the majors, there is a
new lab of sixteen Yamaha Clavinova keyboards. The department also owns several Yamaha Disklavier pianos.
| The organ facilities at Hope are exceptional. Dimnent Memorial Chapel houses both the four-manual Ernest M. Skinner chancel organ and the two-manual Pels & van Leeuwen gallery organ. The organ teaching studio of the Nykerk Hall of Music boasts an organ built by J.W. Walker & Sons Ltd., and the Nykerk Hall of Music also has two pipe organ practice rooms. |
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E.M. Skinner Organ Dedication Booklet
See photos of the Skinner Organ restoration
Listen to the Skinner Organ (scroll down)
Alumni
Click here to read about what some of our Keyboard Area Graduates have been up to since completing their degrees at Hope.
Hope College Young Artists Piano Competition
The Department of Music holds an annual competition for talented high school pianists living in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin. For competition guidelines and a printable (pdf) application, please visit the piano competition webpage.
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