January 15, 2001
VITERBO TO HOST MALASYIAN PIANIST
LA CROSSE, Wis.—The Viterbo University Music Department will host pianist Siok Lian Tan for a master class on Friday, Jan. 19 at 3:10 p.m., and a recital on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.
A native of Penang, Malaysia, Tan completed her musical training at Trinity College in London and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and is currently assistant professor of piano at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. An active soloist and chamber musician throughout the Midwest, she has been heard on live-radio broadcasts and twice appeared as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
The master class will feature piano students of Timothy Schorr, Viterbo assistant professor of music. The recital program includes solo piano works by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, John Ireland, and Robert Schumann.
Both the master class and recital are free and open to the public. For more information, call Schorr at 796-3769 or email tbschorr@viterbo.edu