Timothy Shafer, who is professor of piano, piano pedagogy and class piano at Penn State University, will present a guest artist lecture at the WVU Creative Arts Center Friday, April 24.

Titled “Intermediate Piano Music from the 20th and 21st Centuries,” the lecture will begin at 1 p.m. in Room 424A and is free and open to the public. The lecture is sponsored by the WVU Student Chapter of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).

Dr. Shafer received the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Teacher of the Year Award for 1997. A native of Charleston, West Virginia, he earned the bachelor of music degree in piano performance from the Oberlin Conservatory, where he won several performing awards, including the Rudolf Serkin Outstanding Pianist Award. He received master’s and doctoral degrees in piano performance from Indiana University, where he was the winner of the prestigious annual Concerto Competition, performing the Tchaikowsky Concerto in B-flat minor.

Shafer appeared in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 1995 as member of Duo Concertant and returned in 1997 for his solo debut. In addition to maintaining an active solo recital and chamber music schedule in the United States, he has concertized, taught and adjudicated in South America and Asia. He is an active master-class clinician and competition adjudicator throughout the country for professional music organizations and colleges, and is a frequent soloist with many regional orchestras.

For more information about the master class, contact the College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4359.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4359, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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