SUSANNE SKYRM
PIANO, FORTEPIANO
Department of Music,College of Fine Arts
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark
Vermillion, SD 57069
(605) 677-5723
sskyrm@usd.edu
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EDUCATION
DMA University of Colorado,
Boulder, May 1988
Major: Piano Performance
MM University of Cincinnati,
June, 1973
Major: Piano Performance
BA Albertson College of
Idaho, June, 1971
Major: Applied Music (piano)
Graduate study at Indiana University, 1982-1984: piano, music history
Private study with Ilonka Deckers-Kuszler, Enrica Cavallo-Gulli, Larry Graham, Ray Dudley, Robert Spillman, Fern Nolte Davidson, piano; Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Bernard Brauchli, clavichord and fortepiano
Master classes with Gyorgy Sebok, Menahem Pressler, Ann Schein, Jos van Immerseel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TEACHING:
On sabbatical Spring 2001. Research in Spain and Portugal
Professor of
Music, University of South Dakota 1999--present
Associate Professor of Music, University of South Dakota 1994--1999
Assistant Professor of Music, University of South Dakota 1988-1993r>
Classes taught: studio piano, class piano, piano literature
Visiting
Professor, San Diego State University, Calexico, CA, 1982
Classes taught:: Piano
Literature, History of Twentieth-Century Music, Music for
Classroom Teachers, studio piano
Adjunct Instructor, College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID, 1981r> Classes taught: Baroque Music History, studio piano
Private piano instructor 1973-present
PERFORMANCE:
UPCOMING AND RECENT RECITALS (selected list)
June
26, 2003. Guest artist recital for Wyoming Music Teachers Association state
convention, Cody, Wyoming. Presentation on performance practice and teaching
of Spanish keyboard music June 27.
Monday,
May 19, 2003. Recitals on Antunes Portuguese fortepiano and Thym Viennese
grand piano, joint meeting of Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, Southeastern
Historical Keyboard Society and Western Early Keyboard Society, May 16-19,
National Music Museum, Vermillion, SD.
Sunday,
April, 7, 2002, 8:00pm, Music of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Fauré,
and Debussy, with Velma Guyer, soprano, Twin Falls, Idaho
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Thursday, April, 4, 2002, 8:00pm, Music of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn,
Fauré, and Debussy, with Velma Guyer, soprano, Jewett Auditorium, Albertson
College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 3:00pm, Music of Beethoven and Schubert, John Thomson,violin, S. Skyrm, fortepiano, Arne B. Larson Concert Hall, America's Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
Saturday, March 16, 2002, 3:00pm, Presentation for the American Guild of Organists, Arne B. Larson Concert Hall, America's Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
Tuesday, February 5, 2002, 8:00pm, Music of Scarlatti, Soler, Rodrigo, Mompou and Albéniz, Colton Recital Hall, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
Sunday, January 27, 2002, 3:00pm, Music of Scarlatti, Soler, Rodrigo, Mompou and Albéniz, Meiss Recital Hall, Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, Iowa
Friday, January 25, 2002, 7:30pm, Music of Scarlatti, Soler, Rodrigo, Mompou and Albéniz, Kresge Recital Hall, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Wednesday, November 8, 2000, 8:00 p.m. "Piano Music from Spain", works by Soler, Albeniz, Mompou and others (modern piano - Fazioli concert grand), Central College International KeyFest, Pella, IA
Sunday, November 5, 2000, 3:00 p.m., appearance with The Dakota Baroque and Classic Company, works by Beethoven, Vanhal, Haydn, and others, Grandview College, Des Moines, IA
Sunday, October 1, 2000, 8:00 p.m. "The Dawn of the Romantic Piano," works by Clementi, Haydn, Vorisek, Schubert and others, America's Shrine to Music Museum, Vermillion, S.D.
August 26, 2000 "The Dawn of the Romantic Piano" for the Friends of St. Cecilia's Hall on 1810 Thomas Loud grand piano, Edinburgh Scotland.
May 19, 2000: "A Contemporary Composition for Fortepiano," performance of a commissioned fortepiano work for the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, Boulder, CO.
May 5, 2000: "18th-Century Iberian Repertoire on the Antunes Fortepiano," performance for international conference " The Pre-classical Piano: Expressive Claviers and Their Repertoire in the 18th Century," America's Shrine to Music Museum, Vermillion, SD.
April 28, 2000: Performance on Antunes fortepiano for international meeting of the Society for 17th-Century Music, America's Shrine to Music Museum, Vermillion, SD.
April 14, 2000: "Drums, Bells, and Whistles," program on the 1815 Viennese grand piano, Shrine to Music Museum.
August 11, 1999: Performance on Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society members public recital, Grosvenor Chapel, London.
March 21, 1999: Performance with John Thomson, violin, on period instruments, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California.
October 2, 1998: Recital at the Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion.
September 27, 1998: Recital for Iowa City Early Keyboard Society.
September 27, 1998: Recital at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
September 25, 1998: Recital at Central College, Pella, Iowa.
September 24: Recital at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.
February 11, 1996: Performance with violinist Eduard Melkus on period instruments, Shrine to Music Museum Concert Series.
Fortepianist and charter member, The Dakota Baroque and Classic Company (period instrument ensemble) since 1995. Concerts in South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska.
LECTURE RECITALS AND PAPERS:
Saturday, August 9, 2003. "Pedal Effects on an Early English Piano: Lecture-Deomstration. Russell Collection, St. Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, joint meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society and the Galpin Society.
Saturday, October 13, 2001, "The Keyboard Sonatas of José Gallés: Toward a New Style", paper given for the 2nd International Symposium of Spanish Keyboard Music "Diego Fernandez", Mojácar, Spain
Thursday, November 9, 2000, Workshop "Teaching Spanish Piano Music", and Master Class, Central College International KeyFest, Pella, IA
Friday, October 27, 2000, 1:00 p.m., Workshop, "The Dawn of the Romantic Era,", South Dakota Music Teachers Association Meeting, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
August 11,1999: "Scarlattian Influences on the Keyboard Music of Muzio Clementi," Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society Annual Conclave, London, England
June 19, 1999: Demonstration of two early pianos, Vassar College Historical Instrument Collection, American Musical Instrument Society Annual Meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY
May 29, 1998: "Music of Sebastian Albero, "Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society-Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society Joint National Meeting, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
April 1997: "Drums, Bells, and Whistles: Music for Janissary and Other Special Effects Pedals," regional meeting, American Musicological Society, Shrine to Music Museum
November 1993: "Keyboard Music from 18th-Century Spain: Alternative Repertoire to Teach and Perform," Illinois State Music Teachers Association convention, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
October 1993: "Keyboard Music from 18th-Century Spain: Alternative Repertoire to Teach and Perform," South Dakota State Music Teachers Association Convention, South Dakota State University, Brookings
PUBLICATIONS
New CD recording in progress - featuring 1815 Viennese grand piano by Anton Martin Th˙m with 7 pedals. Music of Vorísek, Hummel, Vanhal, and Herz.
CD recording "Treasures of Iberian Keyboard Music" on 1767 Antunes fortepiano. Music & Arts, Berkeley, CA, released August, 1997. Reviewed in Continuo magazine, December 1997.
Video tape with Dakota Baroque and Classic Company by Chamber Music Minnesota's "Musica da Camera," a chamber music series broadcast on public access TV. Filmed in Minneapolis November 19, 1995, shown on national broadcasts.
"Some Tips on Memorizing," article in South Dakota Musician, published September 1992.
Broadcasts of live recitals on National Public Radio, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, 1989--.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Music
Teachers National Association member 1988--
Nationally Certified College Faculty Member 1994--
MTNA West Central Division Member-at-Large 1990-1993
South
Dakota Music Teachers Association member 1988--
SDMTA Second Vice-President 1996-2000
MTNA High School Piano Auditions Chair 1992-1997 for State
of South Dakota
SDMTA High School Auditions Chair 1989-1994
Midwestern
Historical Keyboard Society 1992--
Board Member, MHKS May, 1998-2001
Chair, Fundraising and Finance Committee 1999--
Southeastern
Historical Keyboard Society 1997--
Board Member, 2002--present
Early Music America 1998--
Western Early Keyboard Association 1999--
American
Musical Instrument Society 1996--
Board of Governors, 2003--
National Guild of Piano Teachers 1993--
College Music Society 1982--
REFERENCES
Malcolm Bilson, Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music, Cornell University, Department of Music, Lincoln Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4101. Tel: 607/255-4097.
Dr. Edward L. Kottick, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa; 502 Larch Lane, Iowa City, IA 52245. Tel: 319/337-3770.
Dr. André Larson, Director, National Music Music Museum, 414 East Clark Street, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069-2390. Tel: 605/677-5306.