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UND Piano Program

The UND piano program is nationally and internationally recognized for it's performance activities and community outreach. 

It prepares students for a professional career in the field of music. The piano faculty have substantial experience in solo, concerto, collaborative piano and chamber music performances with broad knowledge in music literature, music theory, piano pedagogy, music business and entrepreneurship.

Piano Program Benefits

The UND piano program offers:

  • Undergraduate scholarships, graduate assistantships and graduate tuition waivers.
  • Specialized instruction in solo and collaborative piano performance, piano accompanying, chamber music, piano literature, piano pedagogy, music business and entrepreneurship.
  • Opportunities to engage into collaborative piano on and off campus
  • Opportunities to engage into teaching through partnership with Popplers Music Inc.
  • Opportunities to perform in the Josephine Campbell Recital Hall which features an Imperial Bösendorfer piano with 96 keys.
  • A state of the art keyboard piano laboratory with new 15 Clavinova digital pianos.
  • Recitals and master classes with world-renowned guest artists.
  • Performance opportunities throughout the region supported by the UND Piano Program and Project 88.
  • Help on preparing for auditions, festivals, graduate schools, and competitions.

Schedule a Visit

Prospective students can schedule a visit with keyboard faculty and receive a free sample lesson (Skype lesson is available). To schedule a visit, contact the Department of Music at 701.777.2644 or UND.music@UND.edu.

Nariaki Sugiura
Nariaki Sugiura
Associate Professor, Piano
  • nariaki.sugiura@UND.edu

  • 701.777.2839
  • Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 204
Mei-Chuan Lin
Mei-Chuan Lin
Instructor, Piano
  • meichuan.lin@UND.edu

  • 701.777.2644
  • Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 166

Isabella Kumagai
Isabella Kumagai
MM Piano Performance 2021 (Goiânia, BRAZIL)
  • Winner – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2020)

    Finalist – Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2019)

Anne Marques Catarin
Anne Marques Catarin
Ph.D. Music Education Piano Emphasis 2022 (Curitiba, BRAZIL)
  • Third Prize – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2019)

    Finalist – Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2019)

    1st Prize – UND Piano Concerto Competition College Division (2018)

    1st Prize - MTNA Music Competition ND State Division (2018)

Jack Su
Fangyuan Jack Su
BM Piano Performance 2019 (Anhui, CHINA)
  • 1st Prize - MTNA Music Competition ND State Division (2019) 
Jonas Fisher
Jonas Fisher
BM Piano Performance 2019 (Warroad, MN)
  • Recipient - UND Music Presser Award (2018)

    6th Prize – 2017 International Solo Piano Competition Piano Division at the 3rd Annual Master Players Festival and School (University of Delaware, Newark – DE)

    Finalist – Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2017)

    Finalist – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2016)

Matt Sebald
Matthew Sebald
BM Piano Performance 2018 (Shakopee, MN)
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    Recipient – UND Music Presser Award (2017)

    1st Prize – Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2016)

    2nd Prize – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2017)

    1st Prize – MTNA Music Competition ND State Division (2015)

Matt Lorenz
Matthew Lorenz
BM Piano Performance 2017 (Fargo, ND)
  • 1st Prize – UND Piano Concerto Competition College Division (2017)

    1st Prize – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2016)

    1st Prize – Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2015)

    Finalist – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2015)

    1st Prize – MTNA Music Competition ND State Division (2016)

    1st Prize – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competiti on (2014)

     
Caleb Faul
Caleb Faul
BA in Music and Philosophy 2017 (Bismarck, ND)
  • 1st Prize – MTNA Music Competition ND State Division (2016)

    1st Prize – Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (2014)

China Concert Tour

Piano Ensemble in China Photo 1
Piano Ensemble in China Photo 2

The UND Piano Program has invited many renowned musicians from all over the world. 

  • Professor Edward Auer (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music)
  • Professor Lydia Artymiw (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
  • Professor Guigla Katsarava (Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, FRANCE)
  • Professor Mihaela Tomi (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Mannheim, GERMANY)
  • Professors Helen Sim and Ningwu Du (Xinghai Conservatory of Music, CHINA)
  • Stefano Greco, Yoonie Han, Hyperion Knight (Steinway Artists)
  • Takeo Tchinai (Japanese Left-hand Concert Pianist)
  • Professor Emile Naoumoff (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music)
  • Dr. Cathal Breslin (Arizona State University)
  • Dr. Heidi Williams (Florida State University)
  • Dr. Xiao Xue Sun (Capital Normal University, CHINA)
  • Dr. Éva Polgár (Azusa Pacific University)

Chopin Preludes

 Chopin Preludes

Chopin Mazurkas

 Chopin Mazurkas

Scriabin Preludes

 Scriabin Preludes

Chopin Waltzes

Chopin Waltzes

Debussy Piano Music

 Debussy Piano Music

Music Department
Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 110
3350 Campus Rd Stop 7125
Grand Forks, ND 58202
P 701.777.2644
UND.music@UND.edu

 

Music Office Hours
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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