Pianist James Giles to Perform in Lecture-Concert Series
JONESBORO – The Lecture-Concert Series at Arkansas State University will present pianist James Giles in concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 15, in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Dr. Admission is free.
His program at A-State includes works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, according to Dr. Ed Owen, professor of music and chair of the Lecture-Concert Committee at A-State.
Coordinator of the piano program and director of music performance graduate studies at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, Dr. Giles also directs the summer piano program at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival.
Giles presents master classes and lectures at major music schools nationwide, including Juilliard, Manhattan, Eastman, Oberlin, Indiana, Yale, and New England Conservatory.
His classes internationally have occurred throughout China as well as at Seoul National University, Hanyang University in Seoul, Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul, the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and the Royal College of Music in London.
Admission is free to this and all events in the Lecture-Concert Series, which serves A-State and the surrounding communities by bringing notable guest speakers and performers of diverse backgrounds and wide appeal to the campus.
For more details, one may consult the university calendar or contact Owen at the Department of Music, (870) 972-2094 or eowen@AState.edu.
