Masterclass: Pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald, USC Thornton School of Music

Pianist and Professor of Piano Performance and Collaborative Arts at the USC Thornton School of Music, Kevin Fitz-Gerald gives a free public masterclass as part of his guest appearance in the Sonoran Chamber Music Series Concert 4.

Canadian pianist, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, enjoys a versatile performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician.  Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, Mr. Fitz-Gerald was a full scholarship student at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto where his principal teachers were Marek Jablonski, Robin Wood and Alma Brock-Smith.  A winner of several prestigious competitions, grants and awards, he has also worked extensively with Menahem Pressler, John Perry, Gyorgy Sebok and Leon Fleisher.

Mr.Fitz-Gerald also enjoys an international reputation as a teacher, presenting master classes and lecture-symposiums throughout the world. In addition to his position as Professor of Piano Performance and Collaborative Arts at the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, Mr. Fitz-Gerald is also a regular visiting artist teacher at the Banff School of Fine Arts, a frequent guest master class teacher at the Colburn School for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, as well as visiting faculty at many other national and international music festivals and institutions throughout North America, South America, Asia and Australia.