The next concert in the Keys to Excellence Piano Series will feature an extraordinary chamber music experience with world-renown pianist Marta Aznavoorian and violinist Janet Sung on Monday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. In addition to the concert, Aznavoorian will present a public masterclass on Sunday, Nov. 9, at...
Keys to Excellence Season Finale with Winston Choi
Winston Choi, associate professor of piano and the head of the piano program at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, is the final featured guest artist of the 2024–2025 season of Drake University’s Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. Professor Choi will...
Keys to Excellence piano series continues with Jody Graves and Sapphire Trio
Jody Graves, professor of piano performance studies and music graduate program director at Eastern Washington University, is the next featured guest artist of the 2024–2025 season of Drake University’s Keys to Excellence piano series on Feb. 9 and 10 in Sheslow Auditorium on Drake’s campus. Admission to both events is free. PRESENTATION: Sunday, Feb....
Drake Professor Nicholas Roth to Present Next Installment of Keys to Excellence Piano Series
Sally B. Bartlett Memorial Concert is scheduled for December 2, 2024 Nicholas Roth, Professor of Piano at Drake University, will present the Sally B. Bartlett Memorial Concert as the next installment of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. There is charge for admission....
Keys to Excellence opens season with pianist Ilia Radoslavov
Ilia Radoslavov, head of the keyboard area at the Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music, will present the opening concert of the 2024–2025 season of the Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University. Admission is free. Radoslavov will also present a public masterclass on...
Keys to Excellence Presents Bruce Brubaker
Bruce Brubaker, chair of the piano department at the New England Conservatory, will present the next concert of the 2023–2024 season of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. Brubaker will also give a public masterclass on Sunday, Nov. 12, at...
Keys to Excellence features Garik Pedersen in The Victory Vertical Piano Project Oct. 2
The annual concert series features internationally acclaimed pianists. All concerts are held at Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University; admission is free. Garik Pedersen, emeritus professor of Eastern Michigan University, will present the opening concert of the 2023–2024 season of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in...
Keys to Excellence features Israeli-American pianist Nadia Weintraub
Highly acclaimed pianist Nadia Weintraub will present the final concert of the 2022–2023 season for the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. The program for the performance is: The Piano in Poetry, Romance, and Dance Clara Schumann Romance in A minor, Op.21,...
Drake Theatre Arts presents Silent Sky Nov. 17–20
Drake Theatre Arts presents their final production of the fall semester, Silent Sky, by American playwright Laura Gunderson; directed by Drake senior Morgan Erwin. It will run from Nov. 17–19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. in Performing Arts Hall at the Harmon Fine Arts Center on Drake University’s campus. Silent Sky...








