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Explore the Possibilities!
Are you a Pianist or an Organist? Do you play the harpsichord? Are you interested in continuing your studies? At Pittsburg State you will have many opportunities to perform and learn about piano, organ, or harpsichord. With undergraduate degrees in music performance and music education, and a master's degree in music performance, we offer programs that will help you explore the possibilities of a career in music.
Areas of Study
- Performance: Emphasis in Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
- Chamber Music: Instrumental and Vocal
- Accompanying, Continuo Realization
- Piano Pedagogy: The Techniques of Teaching
- Literature: Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Chamber Music, Ensemble
Facilities
- The outstanding ambience of the Sharon Kay Dean Recital Hall and the magnificent, newly rebuilt Steinway concert grand piano offer an ideal performance environment.
- The Sharon Kay Dean Hall Recital Hall within McCray Hall houses a remarkable 3-manual, mechanical action Fisk Organ, constructed in 1995.
- Roland Piano Lab: consisting of 16 pianos
- More than 25 practice rooms with upright and grand pianos
- Harpsichords by Martin, Dowd, and Tomlinson
- Music Listening Lab
- Bicknell Family Center for the Arts is the region's premiere destination for the fine and performing arts. The $33 million facility features an 1,100-seat performance hall, a 250-seat theater, a new rehearsal room, an art gallery, and state-of-the-art technology throughout the venue.
Meet our Keyboard Faculty
Dr. Susan Marchant, Department Chair, Choral, Organ, Harpsichord
Dr. Reena Berger Natenberg, Piano
For additional information, contact us.
The C. B. Fisk Opus 106 Organ
The Pittsburg State University Department of Music is proud to announce the debut of a CD performed on our Fisk Opus 106 organ and recorded by our faculty organist, Dr. Susan Marchant.
Susan Marchant plays the C. B. Fisk Opus 106 organ at Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
Pro Organo item #CD 7033
Total playing time: 70:09 [DDD]
Program: Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160 - Buxtehude · Suite du Second Ton - Guilain · Sonata in A major, Op. 65, No. 3 - Mendelssohn · Ricercar - Sweelinck · An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 and Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671 - J. S. Bach · Communion fromTriptyque, Op. 58 - Louis Vierne · Choral in E major - César Franck
To purchase a copy of this recording, email Dr. Marchant.