Indiana Musicale (Indiana Chapter, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association), in collaboration with the Ä¢¹½tv Department of Music, hosted its seventh Monster Piano Concert in DiCicco Hall (Cogswell Room 121) on Saturday, February 3, 2024.
Coordinated by Ä¢¹½tv piano faculty members Henry Wong Doe, Evan Engelstad, and Ä¢¹½tv alumna/Community Music School faculty member Holly Lightner, the event included 35 pre-college piano students and four private teachers from Indiana, Armstrong, Cambria, Westmoreland, and Allegheny counties.
Established in 2014, the Monster Piano Concert is a large piano ensemble event, and this seventh edition featured 22 grand and upright pianos in DiCicco Hall. It continues to be Indiana Musicale’s most popular event, bringing talented young pianists to the Ä¢¹½tv campus for a morning rehearsal and breakout coaching sessions. The Ä¢¹½tv Piano Ensemble (Ä¢¹½tv piano majors) was also featured in the program and assisted during the coaching sessions.