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REXBURG,
Idaho -- Pianist Del Parkinson will perform Friday, September 13, at 7:30
p.m. in the Barrus Concert Hall of the Snow Center for the Performing Arts
at Brigham Young University-Idaho.
The concert is free; no tickets
are required.
The concert, called “A Romantic
Vision,” will feature Beethoven’s 32 Variations in C Minor,
which is based on an original theme that Beethoven wrote; Chopin’s 24
Preludes, which include one in every major key and every minor key; and
Liszt’s Dante Sonata, based on Dante’s Inferno.
“Each of these
romantic-style composers has created something new that looks forward in
music,” he said.
Parkinson, who was a faculty
member at Ricks College
from 1977-1985, has returned to BYU-Idaho every fall since then to perform.
“I loved teaching there;
it’s a great school and there’s just a strong emphasis on
music,” he said. “The whole campus and community just seem to
enjoy music. It’s nice to perform somewhere where it’s really
appreciated.”
He was last on campus for
Education Week in June. He will return to campus again to perform as a
soloist with the BYU-Idaho Halloween Concert in October when he will play
Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Parkinson is a native of
Blackfoot and began his study of the piano at age 5. He served as
coordinator of piano instruction at Ricks
College for several years and
presently is a professor of piano at Boise
State University.
He
holds a doctor of music degree from Indiana
University and a postgraduate
diploma from the Julliard School
and has performed in Europe, Asia,
Mexico
and throughout the United States.
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