Schmitt Music presents a special performance on Facebook Live
Please join us on Facebook for pianist Dr. William Lipke LIVE from Schmitt Music Denver on Thursday, May 27 at 6PM MDT / 7PM CDT – WATCH HERE!
Dr. William Lipke is a Professor of Music at Adams State University. He is active as a soloist, chamber musician and adjudicator, and has given numerous recitals and pedagogical presentations at state, national and international conventions. His program at Schmitt Music will include Bach, Chopin, Debussy, and Ginastera.
Please tune in to Schmitt Music Denver’s Facebook page on Thursday evening. Questions? Please call 303-777-1900 or email us at dnkb@schmittmusic.com.
Pianist William Lipke, Professor of Music, has been on the faculty of Adams State University since 2001. He has performed with musicians of international stature such as the Ying Quartet (four different seasons) and international opera baritone Håkan Hagegård. He regularly performs solo recitals in the U.S. and in Europe, including recitals in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Serbia, and his appearances with orchestra include the Liszt Concerto in A Major, which was broadcast on public radio.
His early teacher was a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London and he first appeared as a concerto soloist with a youth orchestra at the age of twelve. He studied privately with Ozan Marsh (who studied with Liszt pupil Emil von Sauer and had lessons with Horowitz and Rachmaninoff), with Walter Hautzig, and in master class with Menahem Pressler and chamber music with the LaSalle Quartet and Dorothy Delay (the teacher of Itzhak Perlmen and Sarah Chang). Lipke holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a doctoral cognate in music history, which informs his performances and lectures. He has given numerous presentations at state, national and international conventions.
Lipke has built a thriving piano studio at Adams State and has experience teaching at all levels. He mentors each student to reach their career goals. In addition to teaching piano lessons, he also teaches Piano Literature and Pedagogy and Accompanying Practicum, with students actively performing in the community. One of his students performed as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony. Lipke also taught for ten years at the Northern Arizona University Summer Music Camp. He maintains an active schedule as a teacher, composer and performer, teaching and performing on a Steinway grand piano he was privileged to select at the New York factory, as well as a 21-rank pipe organ and a Franco-Flemish double manual harpsichord. Learn more on the Adams State University website.
