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Matthew Salvaggio, conductor
Corey Knick, piano
Location: Disciples Christian Church, 3663 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights
Program:
Francis Poulenc: Piano Concerto
Corey Knick, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 1
Corey Knick has performed extensively as a solo and collaborative pianist throughout northeast Ohio. A strong advocate for audience cultivation and engagement, he strives to seek out unique and unconventional performance opportunities in order to reach people in new and exciting ways. In addition to the standard piano repertoire, Corey enjoys performing with singers and instrumentalists through art song and chamber music where collaboration plays an integral role in music making. As a church musician and accompanist, Corey has played with several choral groups including the Oberlin Choristers, Choral Spectrum, and was most recently on the staff at United Church of Christ Congregational in Vermilion where he served as pianist and organist for twelve years. Corey taught private lessons at the Baldwin Wallace Community Arts School and Skyline Music and has served as an adjudicator for the OFMC Junior Music Festival. Additionally, he has an extensive background in theater and has worked as a music director and actor at several local theaters including Clague Playhouse, Cleveland Public Theatre, the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, French Creek Theatre, and Tri-C West.
Corey is a 2011 graduate of the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory where he was a student of Robert Mayerovitch. While at BW, he participated in masterclasses with several notable pianists including Andrew Rangell, Kirill Gerstein, Nelita True, and Menahem Pressler and was a finalist in the annual Concerto Competition. He attended both the Brevard Music Center and the CCM Prague International Piano Institute and completed his master’s degree at Kent State University in 2015 under the tutelage of Donna Lee. Corey is currently the Artist and Production Manager at Piano Cleveland, presenters of the Cleveland International Piano Competition.
Earlier Event: March 6
Later Event: March 10