The Department of Music of Delta State University will present a guest artist recital by pianist Ian Hominick, associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi, on Monday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Bologna Performing Arts Center.
Hominick began studying piano in his native Nova Scotia, Canada at Mt. Allison University where he was a student of Jamie Syer and Patricia Elliot.
Continuing his studies in the United States under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed pianists, Jerome Rose and Earl Wild, he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Ohio State University in 1991 where he served as assistant to pianists, Wild and Tchaikovsky Competition silver-medalist, André Laplante.
An active soloist, accompanist, adjudicator and teacher, Hominick maintains a busy schedule of concerts and piano masterclasses across the United States and Canada including solo recitals in Chicago, Cincinnati, Ottawa, Montréal, Milwaukee, and New York City.
He has appeared as soloist on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago-Chautauqua Series, American Landmark Festivals, and has been a featured guest for Saskatchewan’s Rites of Spring Festival, the Hornby Festival Society in British Columbia and the American Liszt Society Festival.
He recently completed his first tour in Italy. His performances have been broadcast both regionally and nationally on CBC Radio, Radio-Canada and National Public Radio in the United States. He is also a frequent guest for Chicago’s WFMT Radio program “Live from Studio One.”
Hominick’s premiere solo recording of the works of the legendary romantic pianist, Sigismund Thalberg, was released by Titanic Records in 1995 to glowing reviews from the critics and a nomination for “Best Classical Recording” in the East Coast Music Awards.
His second CD “Off the Beaten Path” featuring works by several rarely-heard classical and romantic composers was released in November, 2009 on MSR-Classics. A dedicated teacher, Hominick has been Visiting Artist at the University of Newfoundland and has taught on the faculties of Otterbein College, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, De Paul University, and Lake Forest College. He has also served on the national piano jury for Canadian Music Competitions. Hominick joined the piano faculty at the University of Mississippi in 1999 and is Director of The Piano Discoveries Summer Camp.
The recital will feature piano works by Clementi, Thalberg, Morawetz, and Schubert.
The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Delta State music department (662) 846-4615.
