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McAlister to be featured in lecture recital

Pianist Andrea McAlister presents a free lecture recital Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the BPAC Recital Hall.

Pianist Dr. Andrea McAlister will be featured in a lecture recital of works by Mendelssohn, Fauré, Dello Joio, Grieg, and transcriptions by Liszt and Wild on Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the BPAC Recital Hall.

The recital kicks off the annual Art of the Piano event hosted by the Delta State University Department of Music. The two-day schedule, Feb. 26-27, is free and open to the public.

On Feb. 27, pianists of all ages from Mississippi and Tennessee will come together for a day of performances centered on making music through the medium of piano. McAlister will give a lecture for teachers, “Technology and the Brain: How to Teach to the 21st-Century Student.”

McAlister is an associate professor of piano pedagogy at Oberlin College. In addition to her teaching activities, she coordinates the class piano program and the secondary piano studies program. She earned her DMA at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music where she held a teaching assistantship and graduated summa cum laude.

McAlister’s research in piano pedagogy, technology, motivation and neural development has been featured at national and international conferences, and she is active as a clinician for state and local teachers. She has recently presented at the International Society of Music Education Conference, the Music Teachers National Association Conferences, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, the Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Seminar, the International Conference on Sociology in Music Education, the Piano Wellness Seminar, the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, and the International Technology, Education, and Development Conference.

Her research has also been featured in the Music Teachers National Association’s American Music Teacher, the MTNA e-journal, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy’s Proceedings, as well as Clavier Companion and Keyboard Companion.

As a performer, McAlister has appeared in festivals and recitals throughout the United States, Europe and Canada, including performances with the Aspen Music Festival, the Rome Festival, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and Opera Cleveland.

She is an active clinician, adjudicator and member of the Music Teachers National Association, and she currently holds the office of president for the Ohio Music Teachers Association. In addition, McAlister serves on the executive steering committee for the MTNA Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Seminar and Editorial Committee for the MTNA e-journal.

The Art of the Piano is sponsored by the Delta State University Department of Music.

For registration information and schedule details,  call 662-846-4615 or visit https://www.deltastate.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/music/piano-studies/the-art-of-the-piano/.