Faculty Recital

Brian Connelly, Piano

Postponed event

Brian Connelly

7:30pm
Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Due to unforeseen circumstances with the artist, this recital is postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Free, general admission

Repertoire

Bach: Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911

Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3
     Allegro con brio
     Adagio
     Scherzo: Allegro
     Finale: Allegro assai

INTERMISSION

Messiaen: The Blue Rock Thrush (Le Merle bleu from Catalogue d’oiseaux)

William Bolcom: The Poltergeist—Rag Fantasy 
Graceful Ghost Rag 
Seabiscuits Rag

Artists

Brian Connelly

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.

Location

Duncan Recital Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall