BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28@townofhunterny.gov DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150823T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150823T143000 DTSTAMP:20150212T160727Z URL:https://townofhunterny.gov/community-events/andrew-willis/ SUMMARY:Andrew Willis DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nSunday\, August 23\, 2015\n2:30 pm\n\nDoctoro w Center for the Arts\nPiano Performance Museum\n7971 Main Street\, Hunter \, NY 12442 \n\nFor several decades Andrew Willis has explored the histor ical development of keyboard instruments and their performance practice wh ile maintaining a commitment to study\, perfformance\, and teaching of the widest possible range of repertoire. Keenly inerested in the history of t he piano\, he participates frequently in conferences\, festivals\, and con cert series. A past president of the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Soci ety and a Trustee of the Westfield. Center for Historical Keyboard Studies \, he served a finals juror of the Westfield International Fortepiano Comp etition in 2011.\n\nAs Professor of Music in the UNCG School of Music\, Th eatre and Dance\, he teaches performance on instuments ranging from harpsi chord to modern piano and since 2003 has directed the biennial Focus on Pi ano Literature symposium. He has recorded solo and ensemble music on histo rically contemporaneous pianos of three centuries for the Albany\, Bridge\ , Claves\, Centaur\, and CRI labels\, with collaborators including Juliann e Baird\, soprano\, Brent Wissick\, cello\, and Sue Ann Kahn\, flute.\n\nW illis recieved the D.M.A. in Historical Performance from Cornell Universit y\, where he studied fortepiano with Malcom Bilson\, the M.m. in accompany ing from Temple University under George Sementovsky and Lambert Orkis\, an d the B.M. in Piano from The Curtis Insitute of Music\, where his mentor w as Mieczyslaw Horszowski.\n\nThis lecture/demonstration is part of the Cat skill Mountain Foundation's Piano Performance Museum Concerts &\; Conve rsations series. It is made possible with the generous support of the Jarv is and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation. CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events LOCATION:Doctorow Center for the Arts\, 7971 Main Street\, Lanesville\, NY\ , 12450\, United States GEO:42.213068;-74.21882399999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7971 Main Street\, Lanesvil le\, NY\, 12450\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Doctorow Center for the Arts:geo:42.213068,-74.21882399999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR