Dr. Kevin Nitsch Classical Pianist

Dr. Nitsch was born and raised in Jackson, Missouri, received a PhD from the prestigious Eastman school in Rochester, NY.  His deeply spiritual nature is reflected in every nuance of his playing. Imbuing both brilliancy of technique and multi-hued subtlety in every phrase he produces, his command of the piano is thorough and complete.

Dr. Nitsch has studied piano with Richard Cass, Jeffrey Kahane, Natalya Antonova, and Rebecca Penneys.  He also worked with Ray Gottlieb, who's Attention and Memory Training and Flow State Learning techniques provide a unique and efficient approach to playing and teaching the piano.

Kevin Nitsch
Classical Piano
 

Dr. Nitsch is an accomplished Pianist with the following credits:

• Winner of the Missouri Music Teachers Association Collegiate Artist Piano Competition in Columbia, Missouri, November 1987
• Guest soloist with the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra, April 1988
• Guest soloist with the UMKC Conservatory Mozarteum, 1990
• Performed at the Chautauqua Institution, 1991
• Guest soloist with the Avon Symphony, 2002 and 2004
• Presented Sunday Musicales at the George Eastman House
• Performed for WBFO radio in Buffalo, NY
• Performed with Madrigalia and Rochester Oratorio Society
• Conducted a research project at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Brussels, Belgium. The project investigated the performance barriers that piano students face and how the teachers help their students to overcome them. 1989
• Published a collection of piano solo arrangements of Advent hymns
• Released a CD with Ruth Fleischmann, contralto

Presently Dr. Nitsch is actively involved with several institutions and activities.

• Member of the faculty at Nazareth College of Rochester
• Organist and Choir Director at the Baptist Temple
• Composer-in-residence at Webster Thomas High School, sponsored by The Commission Project to compose music for the performing ensembles and to afford the students the opportunity to observe and participate in the composing process.
• Composer for Summer School of the Arts for high school music theater students, at Nazareth College
• Duo with Lisa Toth, violin
• Pianist and Piano Instructor