University of Wyoming Piano Recital by Theresa Bogard Sept. 20 Dedicated to Late Helen Walker-Hill (1936-2013)

Helen Walker-Hill

On August 21, 2013 AfriClassical posted: Helen Walker-Hill (1936-2013), pianist on CD 'Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women' and author of 'From Spirituals to Symphonies'

Theresa Bogard

University of Wyoming Faculty Recital Series Presents Solo Pianist Sept. 20

September 12, 2013 — A solo piano recital continues the University of Wyoming Department of Music fall Faculty Recital Series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Pianist Theresa Bogard, UW Department of Music chair, will cover a variety of styles, time periods and nationalities. This fall, she will perform a concert series at three venues out of state.

Bogard has developed an international reputation as a solo and chamber musician, an adjudicator of international competitions and an educator. She has been honored with numerous teaching awards including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, and the 2008 Wyoming Professor of the Year Award.

She manages a faculty of 37 in her department, along with several international graduate students; and maintains her piano studio. Bogard is dedicating this month's program to her longtime friend and mentor, pianist Helen Walker-Hill, who died unexpectedly in August. Walker-Hill taught African American music courses at UW.