Music Faculty
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Nelson Harper
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Pianist Nelson Harper is known for his versatility as soloist, chamber musician and vocal accompanist. He has appeared at the prestigious Grand Teton Festival, and has been featured in numerous live broadcast recitals from Chicago's Fine Arts Station, WFMT. Dr. Harper has performed in a duo with violinist Michael Davis for over twenty years, with concerts throughout the U.S.A. and in London's Wigmore Hall. Other colleagues with whom he has performed include flutists Donald Peck and Jeanne Baxtresser, principals of the Chicago Orchestra and New York Philharmonic respectively. Trumpeter James Thompson; violinists Yfrah Neaman and Max Rostal, and many others. He has given several works their American or World premieres, including music by Wilfred Josephs, William Mathias and Faye Ellen Silverman. He is featured on seven compact discs on the Koch International, Orion and Vienna Modern Masters labels, all of which have received high praise in the major review magazines.
Dr. Harper serves on the piano faculty of Denison University, and was formerly on the faculty of The Ohio State University where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award in the School of Music. In addition, he teaches a large class of private students. His former students serve on numerous university, college and high school performing arts faculties, and several also serve as coach/accompanists for universities and opera companies. Dr. Harper frequently gives master classes and recitals at other universities, and most recently was featured in a guest residency at the University of Florida.