Classical ragtime jazz and inspirational solo instrumental

11 MP3 Songs in this album (45:17) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Ragtime, CLASSICAL: Piano solo



Details:
Andrew Lapp, an eighteen-year-old concert pianist and performer, is currently majoring in a BA degree for Piano Performance at Southeastern University (Lakeland, FL) under the direction of Dr. Ching-wen Hsiao. He began studying the piano at the age of seven with Laura Spaulding, and by age eleven he studied under the direction of Sandra Lawler. Andrewâs music training also includes theory with Betty Hines, pipe organ with Carol Hawkinson, and violin, which he plays in his church orchestra. Mr. Lapp had accompanied the Sarasota Christian High School Touring Choir, under the direction of Christine Ayala, from sixth through twelfth grade. Andrew has taken master lessons with several noted teachers; among them are Dr. Marc Silverman, Chairman, Ms. Rebecca Penneys, and Dr. Kevin Orr of the Manhattan, Eastman and U of FL Schools of Music respectively. In his spare time Andrew composes and his own arrangements of Inspirational music and has made several CDs of these and other works. He appears frequently at social and church events throughout the east coast, performing repertoire from a wide range of literature including the classics, ragtime, and his own arrangements of sacred music.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
2009: Venice Symphony, piano soloist; Wesley John Schumacher,
conductor; Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16

2008: Munchtime Musicale (part of Artist series in Sarasota, FL)
$52,000 Total Scholarships from Southeastern University
$2,500 Scholarship from Sarasota Music Club
$1,000 Scholarship from Sarasota Chorus of the Keys

â05-â08: MSEC Choir accompanist under the direction of Dr. Andre
Thomas (â05), Dr. Jerry Blackstone (â06), Dr. Ken Nafziger (â07),
and Dr. Timothy Peter (â08)

2007: Luzerne Music Camp, scholarship winner

2007: Anna Maria Island Chorus and Orchestra, concerto competition
winner and piano soloist, Alfred Gershfeld, conductor: Grieg
Concerto Op. 16 in A Minor

2006: Solo Recital, Emerging Artist Series, Glenridge Performing Arts
Center. Major works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev,
Kabalevsky, and Ginastera

2005: MTNA Senior Performance Competition (FL), 3rd place winner
The World Piano Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio: Semi-Finalist

2004: FSMTA District Concerto Competition Intermediate Winner
Artist series musical soiree, concerto performance with Lee
Dougherty Ross
Florida Orchestra Young Artistsâ Concerto Competition, Senior
Level award winner

2003: Sarasota Pops Orchestra, piano soloist (debut), Dale Jenson,
Conductor: Kabalevsky Concerto, Op. 50, No. 3
Florida Orchestra Young Artistsâ Concerto Competition, Junior
Level: first prize

2002: Munchtime Musicale Pianists of Promise