Events

Pianist Ishaan Rao and his band present a performance featuring a diverse array of music shaped by his roots in Indian classical music and his exposure to improvisatory styles from around the world.

Pianist Su Li presents a recital featuring classical and jazz piano music. The program includes original improvisations and piano arrangements.

Singaporean-born jazz composer, pianist, and noise enthusiast Alvan Png presents their jazz composition senior recital. Joyful Noise features dynamic, challenging, avant-garde jazz originals, offering a bold statement on what jazz can be.

Pianist and composer Jiayi Guo presents her compositional work highlighting traditional Chinese folk music through the jazz and improvisation idiom.

Keyboardist Jin Hong presents a set of indie ballads and pop songs performed on piano, reflecting an intimate and personal musical perspective.

This recital celebrates the artistry that emerges when voice and piano truly listen to one another. In this unique concert, singers and pianists have been paired together to explore collaboration built on osmosis and communication—absorbing each other's musical breath, phrase, and intention. Through weeks of study, our performers have dissolved the boundary between soloist and accompanist, creating genuine musical dialogue where gesture informs tone, silence speaks as loudly as sound, and music becomes a living conversation.
 

Jazz pianist and producer GeorgeJIANG performs original music combining contemporary jazz improvisation and electronic production, influenced by modern jazz and house music.

Pianist Reece Nelson presents a recital featuring a group of musicians performing jazz and related styles in a one-hour set.

Pianist and keyboardist Matthew Bennett presents Reflections: 22/26, a genre-spanning program of jazz, R&B, fusion, and original music.

Second-year performance majors in the Piano Department come together to perform a solo piece of their choice. This recital is one of three recurring concerts at the end of each semester and is led by Laszlo Gardony, a professor in the Piano Department.