Friday, September 5th at 7:30pm
Pianist Robert Cassidy
First Unitarian Church of Shaker Heights
21600 Shaker Boulevard
Cleveland, OH
Robert Cassidy of the Almeda Trio, a piano trio based in Cleveland, Ohio, has opened a new teaching and rehearsal studio at the Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road in Montecito. Cassidy departed his teaching positions at Cleveland State University, The Music Settlement, and Laurel School in June to relocate to Santa Barbara over the summer.
An active performer, Cassidy is embarking on a solo recital tour next month that will take him to Cleveland, New York, and Vienna. His program includes Elegy Variations by contemporary composer David Noon, Mozart’s Fantasy and Sonata in C minor, Debussy’s Préludes I-VI from Book II, and Brahms’ Four Pieces, Op. 119. His recital tour begins in Cleveland on Friday, September 5, takes him to New York City for a performance on Monday, September 8, and ends in Vienna, Austria for performances Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14.
About Robert Cassidy
Pianist Robert Cassidy has received critical acclaim for his performances and recordings of both solo piano repertoire and chamber music. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Solomon Mikowsky, Constance Keene, and Marc Silverman. Subsequent studies followed with the legendary pianist Menahem Pressler at Indiana University. Dr. Cassidy holds a Doctor of Arts degree in Piano Chamber Music and Accompanying/Piano Performance from Ball State University, where he studied with Robert Palmer.
Dr. Cassidy often appears as a soloist and chamber musician. He has also been presented on radio stations WFMT in Chicago (Dame Myra Hess Series), WRUW, WCLV and WCPN in Cleveland, WKSU in Kent, Ohio, and WNYC in New York (Around New York). Dr. Cassidy has premiered solo piano works by the American composers David Noon and Keith Fitch. He is the pianist in the Cleveland-based Almeda Trio (almedatrio.com), ensemble in residence at The Music Settlement, and regularly performs chamber music with members of The Cleveland Orchestra.
An extremely active and highly sought-after teacher and chamber music coach, Dr. Cassidy is in demand for master classes, workshops and lectures, private teaching, and adjudication. He maintains a private studio at The Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA.
Robert Cassidy Fall Recital Tour
Program:
David Noon: Elegy Variations
Mozart: Fantasy and Sonata in C minor
Debussy: Préludes I-VI from Book II
Brahms: Four Pieces, Op. 119
Friday, September 5, 7:30 pm
First Unitarian Church of Shaker Heights
21600 Shaker Boulevard
Cleveland, OH
Monday, September 8, 7:30 pm
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
145 W. 46th Street
New York, NY
Saturday, September 13, 6 pm
Sunday, September 14, 6 pm
Peterskirche
Petersplatz, 1010 Wien-Innere Stadt
Vienna, Austria