Moores School of Music Masterclass by Todd Van Kekerix
Saturday, October 9, 2021
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Dr.
Todd
Van
Kekerix
is
Assistant
Professor
of
Piano
and
Piano
Pedagogy
and
Coordinator
of
Class
Piano
in
the
Moores
School
of
Music
at
the
University
of
Houston.
He
has
over
fifteen
years
of
high-level
teacher
training
and
spent
nine
years
at
The
New
School
for
Music
Study
in
Princeton,
NJ
as
a
teaching
artist.
His
performance
highlights
include
recitals
at
Carnegie
Hall
in
New
York
City,
at
the
Steinway
Society
of
Greater
Princeton,
and
at
the
Esterházy
Palace
in
Eisenstadt,
Austria.
He
has
also
given
numerous
biennial
fundraiser
concerts
for
his
hometown
hospital,
Hegg
Memorial
Health
Center,
raising
over
$10,000
with
each
recital.
In
addition
to
teaching,
Van
Kekerix
has
given
presentations
and
workshops
for
local,
national,
and
international
audiences
including
the
International
Conference
Association
of
Music
and
Medicine,
The
National
Conference
on
Keyboard
Pedagogy,
and
MTNA
National
Conference.
Internationally,
he
has
given
recitals
and
workshops
at
Zhejiang
Conservatory
of
Music
and
Shaoxing
University
in
China.
He
is
currently
serving
as
the
Commissioned
Composer
chair
for
Texas
Music
Teachers
Association.
Van
Kekerix’s
research
interests
include
keyboard
music
making,
teacher
expertise,
and
popular
music
pedagogy.
During
his
downtime,
he
enjoys
downhill
skiing,
traveling,
and
exploring
new
gastronomic
delights
and
cookbooks.
