 Born
in Montgomery, Alabama, John Burkett began studying the
piano and the organ at ages 6 and 9 respectively. Pre-college study with
Harald Rohlig, Mark McGowin and Gene Jarvis led to further study at the
baccalaureate, masters and doctoral levels with Ramona Beard, Robert Clark
and Jerald Hamilton. After a year's teaching experience in Nebraska at
Kearney State College and the University of Nebraska, Dr. Burkett came
to ETSU (now Texas A & M-Commerce) in 1972 where he teaches a wide
variety of courses. He has played for churches since the age of 13 and
has served as organist to the First United Methodist Church of Commerce,
Texas since 1975. Dr. Burkett also played the cello in the ETSU orchestra
from 1977 to 1989. As a composer, Dr. Burkett has written numerous hymn-based
compositions for solo organ and solo piano, most of which remain unpublished.
In 1995, however, he co-authored 101 Favorite Hymn Harmonizations for
Keyboard, which was published by Abingdon Press of Nashville. Demonstrating
an interest in subjects other than music, Dr. Burkett earned a B. S. degree
from ETSU in 1986 with majors in computer science and mathematics. For
several years he taught beginning courses in the department of Computer
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Luis Sanchez joins
the faculty of Texas A&M Univeristy-Commerce in Fall 2007. Born in
Argentina, Dr. Sanchez leads an active career as a soloist, clinician,
collaborative artist, and adjudicator. He has been featured soloist with
the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ball State Symphony
Orchestra. He has presented solo recitals in the Midwest, Florida,
Argentina, and Uruguay. Dr. Sanchez has been an adjudicator of the SAI
Piano Competition at the Chautauqua Summer Institution, the FSMTA piano
competitions, the Florida Orchestra Young Artist Competition, Federation
of Music Clubs, and Hoosier Auditions in Indiana. His many awards
include Competition for Young Pianists of the Jrimian Foundation, Centro
de Estudios Pianísticos, M.T.N.A. Indiana State winner, Ball State
Concerto Competition, Fort Wayne Philharmonic Concerto Competition, and
the Merle Montgomery Doctoral Dissertation Grant.
A recipient of the
2005 Pinellas County Arts Council Artist Resource Fund, Dr. Sanchez has
recorded a CD of solo works by Mozart, Ginastera, Chopin, Taranto Jr.,
and Schumann. In June 2005, he founded the Summer Piano Program in
Florence, Italy. Recent engagements include a performance and lecture at
the College Music Society Southern Chapter Conference in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, a presentation at the Great Lakes Chapter Conference at
Northwestern University, Illinois, and a lecture-recital on Mozart’s
keyboard music at Southeastern University. In March 2006, Dr. Sanchez
has been invited to present a paper on Mozart’s early keyboard sonatas
at the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society in addition to recitals
and master classes in Jacksonville, FL, Ohio, and Indiana.
Dr. Sanchez holds
degrees from the National Conservatory of Music “Carlos López Buchardo”
and Ball State University. His teachers include Ana Litovsky-Grunwald,
Graciela Beretervide, Robert Palmer, and Rebecca Penneys. A recipient of
an Artist Enhancement Grant of the State of Florida, Dr. Sanchez
attended fortepiano master classes with Dr. Andrew Willis, at University
of North Carolina, Greensboro, and most recently visited Cornell
University to study fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson. As a recipient of a
2006-2007 American Scandinavian Foundation, Dr. Sanchez traveled to
Norway and Sweden to study fortepiano with Liv Glaser (Norwegian Academy
of Music), Torleif Torgersen (Grieg Academy), and Tilman Skowroneck (Gőteborg,
Sweden). He also presented a recital and master class at the Norwegian
Academy of Music in Oslo, and a recital at the Grieg Academy in Bergen,
Norway.
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