Date: April 4, 2024
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Location: Gault Fine Arts Center Recital Hall
Free Admission
Canadian-American pianist Brendan Jacklin is a performer, teacher, lecturer, and new music advocate. A special interest of his involves performing interdisciplinary and multimedia music, performing works with electronics, video, poetry, and dance. Brendan has presented at conferences across the USA, including topics on recording technology, performance practice, and pedagogy.
Brendan is a co-founder of A Seat at the Piano, an initiative to create a more equitably representative body of piano works, as well as Director of Programming for the Nashville Chamber Music Series. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at Fisk University.
Brendan completed his D.M.A. at the University of Cincinnati, with cognates in piano pedagogy and multimedia music. He received his M.Mus. from Bowling Green State University, and his B.Mus. at Brandon University with minors in cello performance and history. Previous teachers and mentors include Awadagin Pratt, Michelle Conda, Thomas Rosenkranz, Megumi Masaki, and Leanne Zacaharias.
Based in Nashville, TN with his family, when he is not doing any of the above, you can probably find Brendan running, baking, or reading. You can follow his baking at Instagram (@brendanjacklin) or find upcoming concert and project details at www.brendanjacklin.com.
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