[NEohioPAL] PIANO LESSONS with Mark Greer

[Mark Greer]

Dear prospective students and parents, 

I am currently offering piano lessons in the greater Akron and surrounding areas. Openings are available for summer lessons as well as the fall semester.

Please contact me via email: virtuoso1873 at yahoo.com, or phone: 330-388-0981 if you are interested in signing up for piano lessons. 

All best, 
Mark Greer

Below is a copy of my biography for further information:

Recently joining the piano faculty at Malone University, pianist Mark Greer completed his Master of Music Degree in piano performance at Kent State University, and his Bachelor of Music Degree, magna cum laude, from Bowling Green State University.  His major teachers include Paul Alberts, Laura Melton, Jane Solose, Gwen Beamish, and Jerry Wong.  Awards and honors include 1st Prize in the state finals of the OMTA Collegiate Buckeye Competition, Prizewinner at the Tuesday Musical Competition, Honors in the 2004 and 2006 OMTA Graves Young Artist Competitions, Finalist in the Bowling Green University Piano Concerto and the Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competitions, and was the recipient of the College of Music’s Steve Vun Cannon Memorial Award.  Performances include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, concerto performances with the Heiligenstadt Chamber Orchestra, Friends of Music Concert Series, Waterside Hall (Vermont), Bundy Gallery (Waitsfield, Vermont), E.J. Thomas Hall (Akron), Bryan Recital Hall (BGSU), Ludwig Recital Hall (KSU), Guzzetta Hall (University of Akron), Akron Public Library, and was the only American pianist selected to perform on the Dorothy MacKenzie Price Steinway Dedication Concert. In 2004 he was featured with live performances on Vermont Public Radio. Greer has given presentations on the late Beethoven piano sonatas, Beethoven’s Op. 31 piano sonatas, Haydn piano sonatas and variations, the Schumann Piano Concerto, and the piano music of Samuel Barber.  He has participated in masterclasses with Nelita True, Spencer Myer, Enrico Elisi, Kate Boyd, Lambis Vassiliadis, and Virginia Marks. 

In addition to piano, Greer is an accomplished composer, having been a two-time national prizewinner in the NFMC Composers Contest where he received the Olga Klein Nelson Chamber Music Award for his piece Trois Spectacles. Other awards include: Prizewinner in the OMTA Collegiate Composers contest, Honors in the Cleveland Chamber Symphony’s High School Composers Contest, two-time winner of the Ralph Gilman Composers Award, and a four-time winner of Akron’s Scholastic Composers Contest.  His piece entitled Aspect of a Mood was premiered by the Akron Youth Symphony under Eric Benjamin, an orchestra in which he served as principal bassist.  During his undergraduate studies at BGSU, Greer taught private and group piano classes as part of the Creative Arts Program for area children and adults, and was twice the President of the Collegiate MTNA Chapter, organizing seminars on memorization, performance and pedagogical techniques, and the Alexander Technique. He is currently the music director at One Family Under Guard Worship Center in Akron, Ohio, and former organist at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cuyahoga Falls. He maintains an active private studio in the greater Akron area. 

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