University of Montana Keyboard Society

We wanna Rach with you! Pianissimo is this weekend, and what a program! I get more excited with every year, this one makes 15! Come hear our incredible group of players celebrate the legacy of Rachmaninoff and his 150th Birthday! Tickets at the door! Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30pm and Saturday afternoon at 1:00pm.

We will we will Rach you!! It’s that time of year again! October 13th and 14th Pianissimo will be Celebrating 150 years of the great Russian composer Rachmaninov! 7:30pm Friday and Saturday with a Poco-Pianissimo on Saturday at 1:00pm. See you Rach-Stars there

Our annual Pianissimo! concerts are coming up on Friday, October 13th and Saturday, October 14th at 7:30pm, with Poco Pianissimo! on Saturday at 1:00pm. The 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff, arguably the world’s most beloved pianist, must be celebrated with “as much piano as possible!” This concert features many of his great works performed by myself, Margery McDuffie Whatley, Steven Hesla, Barbara Blegen, Jeffrey Shumway, Aneta Panusz, and many UM students. Arielle Nachtigal will also be singing (hint: Eric Carmen). Additionally, Spokane Steinway Gallery will be hosting a piano sale that weekend as well! What a way to celebrate the piano! Come join the Rach Stars of Montana piano for an incredible night of music!

Thanks to Charlie Albright for a great masterclass with our students this morning! His comments and demonstrations were excellent and on-point. And congrats to our fine students (including a new freshman!) for playing so well so early in the year!

Attention piano lovers! This weekend is a show not to be missed! Sunday, April 30 at 3:00pm the University of Montana Keyboard Society and the Celebrate Piano Series are proud to present Duo Turgeon in concert! Ed and Anne are incredible, and we are thrilled to have them back to Missoula once again! Amazing program, amazing artists, amazing people. Don’t miss it! Tickets at Griztix or at the door. Free public masterclass Friday at 3pm.

Post 2 of 2. What a fantastic weekend in Fort Worth, Texas!! Back in October a group composed(haha) of junior and senior Piano Pedagogy students was selected to give their presentation at the 12th annual MTNA Collegiate Chapters Symposium. The presentation talked about how to transition from being a student to running a studio. It seemed to be one of the most impactful presentations at the conference, also with a rather special and talented group of students giving it! We had such a great time at the conference, learned a lot, met some new friends, and enjoyed spending some down time with our motley crew! .kmartin .pianogirl .black_

Post 1 of 2. What a fantastic weekend in Fort Worth, Texas!! Back in October a group composed(haha) of junior and senior Piano Pedagogy students was selected to give their presentation at the 12th annual MTNA Collegiate Chapters Symposium. The presentation talked about how to transition from being a student to running a studio. It seemed to be one of the most impactful presentations at the conference, also with a rather special and talented group of students giving it! We had such a great time at the conference, learned a lot, met some new friends, and enjoyed spending some down time with our motley crew!

Here at the University of Montana we have a great group of piano students and faculty. It is with great pleasure to announce that our Piano Pedagogy majors: Cassi Bak, Kennedy Black, Landon Kleeman, Isabelle Pearson, and Abby van Loewen (van Allen) have put together a presentation and have been accepted to present at the MTNA Collegiate symposium in Fort Worth, Texas. The presentation goes into great detail about the ins and outs of running a private teaching studio. So again, join me in congratulating the University of Montana Piano Pedagogy majors!!!!

Join us this weekend for a Celebrate Piano series. Our guest artist Dr. David Viscoli will be giving a master class on Saturday at 10:00AM and then giving a performance on Sunday at 3:00PM in the recital hall.

It’s been a fun summer here in the Keyboard Society but now it’s time to get back into performance season!! To start off we have our annual Pianissimo performance! This year will be full of haunting ghouls and creeping spiders, whispers in the wind and eyes in the shadows!! (Spooky!) This years Pianissimo is Thrills, Chills, and Trills and the wicked nights in which we cast upon Missoula shall be October 21st and 22nd. So join us for our eternal jamboree, we’ll be waiting!

Renowned violinist Robert McDuffie will be joining his sister, our very own, Margery McDuffie Whatley. They will be performing a Concerto for Violon and Piano composed by Felix Mendelssohn. They will be playing with the Missoula Symphony on September 17th and 18th, 2022.