Free, general admission
Repertoire
Program includes "The Blue Rock Thrush" from Messiaen’s Catalogue of Birds and Bolcom's Ragtime
Artists
Pianist Brian Connelly teaches solo piano performance and chamber music at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, in the BM, MM, PCMA, AD, and DMA programs. His former piano students include active soloists, chamber-ensemble founders and players, avant-garde music performers, university educators, conductors, and composers, and many hold piano positions with major orchestras.
A beloved teacher and coach, Connelly is recognized for his humor, high standards, and energetic style of teaching. His students praise his ability to improve technique and to develop vivid stylistic expression in a wide range of historical and modern repertoires.
Connelly was born in Detroit, Michigan. He studied at the University of Michigan, where his teachers included famed Bartok protégé Gyorgy Sandor and American virtuoso Theodore Lettvin. A renowned interpreter of historical and modern repertoires, Connelly has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. and Europe.
