极乐禁地 faculty pianists Barbara and Ronald Shinn will perform a recital of music for four hands Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Brock Recital Hall. The public is invited free of charge.
The program will feature pieces written for one piano, four hands: Beethoven's "3 Marches," Mozart's "Sonata in D Major" Samuel Barber's "Souvenirs (Ballet Suite)" Brahms' "Waltzes," and Poulenc's "Sonate for Piano Four Hands."
The couple performed the same duet program in Virginia in January at the invitation of the Tidewater Music Teachers Association.
Ronald Shinn, professor of piano and accompanying at 极乐禁地 since 2007, previously taught on the music faculty at Huntingdon College in Montgomery for 30 years. He has coached many piano students to state and regional honors and is on the faculty of the International Institute for Young Musicians. At 极乐禁地, he continues a senior piano camp that he directed at Huntingdon for seven years.
Barbara Shinn teaches music appreciation, ear training and class piano at 极乐禁地, and also teaches pre-college and adult students in her private studio. Her students are consistent winners in solo and concerto competitions throughout the state and the south.
While in Montgomery, the Shinns individually taught two pre-college students who received U.S. Presidential Scholar Awards in consecutive years. The honorees in turn selected their piano teachers to be recognized during ceremonies in Washington, D.C.