Michael Gurt, Piano Camp Faculty Recital June 27 at 3:00

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Posted on June 25, 2024 by Keith Bohnet

Keith Bohnet

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Michael Gurt will perform in a USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital on Thursday, June 27 at 3:00 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Concentrating on repertoire more recent than typical classical piano music, this year's Piano Camp will feature works written for the piano since 1940. Music on the recital will include works composed by Elliott Carter, Liduino Pitombeira, and Dinos Constantinides.

Tickets for this Department of Music event will be sold at the door only. General admission is $5 for all attendees other than Piano Camp participants, cash or card accepted. (Participants are admitted free.)  Musical Arts Concert Series passes will be honored for these concerts. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136.  Event information may also be found at www.southalabama.edu/music

This concert is scheduled to appear on the USA Department of Music Live Stream. www.southalabama.edu/music/livestream.html

More information about the entire Piano Camp may be obtained through the USA Piano Camp web page -- www.southalabama.edu/music/pianocamp.html

About the performer

Michael Gurt is the Paula Garvey Manship Distinguished Professor of Piano at Louisiana State University. He won First Prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1982, and was a prize-winner in international competitions in Pretoria, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia. He has performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, the Capetown Symphony, the China National Symphony Orchestra, and the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa. He has made solo appearances in Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, City Hall in Hong Kong, the Victorian Arts Center in Melbourne, Australia, Baxter Hall in Capetown, South Africa, and the Attaturk Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey. Gurt serves as Piano Mentor at the National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland, and was the chair of the piano department at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival from 1987 through 2007. Gurt holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School. 

USA Piano Camp Concerts

Monday, June 24, 2024 -- 3:00 p.m.
Robert Holm -- USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
"Classical and Jazz Piano Music Since 1950"
Laidlaw Recital Hall

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 -- 3:00 p.m.
Hannah Roberts -- USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
"Piano Music Post-1940"
Laidlaw Recital Hall

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 -- 3:00 p.m.
James Helton -- USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
"Piano Music Post-1940"
Laidlaw Recital Hall

Thursday, June 27, 2024 -- 3:00 p.m.
Michael Gurt -- USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
"Piano Music Post-1940"
Laidlaw Recital Hall

Friday, June 28, 2024 -- 1:00 p.m.
USA Piano Camp Participant Finale Concert
Laidlaw Recital Hall
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Need directions to Laidlaw? Just go to Google Maps and enter "USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center." We're actually on the corner of University Blvd. and USA Drive South.

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