Feb. 7, 2013
For Immediate Release
By Rebekah Southwood, student news writer
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. 鈥� Dr. Wesley Roberts, professor of music at 青瓜视频, will present an organ recital Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. at Ransdell Chapel, 401 N. Hoskins Ave., Campbellsville.
The concert is free and open to the public.
The program will consist of J. S. Bach's 鈥淧i猫ce, d'Orgue;鈥� William Byrd's, 鈥淔ancy;鈥� the Kentucky premi猫re of Tom Johnson's, 鈥�55 Chords,鈥� and three movements, including the famous Toccata from Charles-Marie Widor's 鈥淪ymphonie No. V.鈥�
This program is one of a series Roberts is giving including concerts at Central Synagogue in New York City, N.Y. and Trinity Episcopal Covington, Ky.
This year marks Roberts' 31st year as professor at CU where he instructs piano, organ and musicology.
Roberts has performed concerts throughout the United States, in Europe and Asia, including premiere works by the Dutch composers Hans Osieck, Johan van Kempen and Kees Weggelaar, along with American composers Tom Johnson and Dr. James W. Moore, professor of music at CU.
He spoke at the 2002 conference of the Music Teachers National Association in Cincinnati, Ohio. His topic was 鈥淏ridging the Gap: Tools and Incentives for Pianists Turned Organists.鈥�
Roberts is the author of numerous articles and reviews in the British, Dutch and American journals. He co-authored 鈥淭he Piano in Chamber Ensemble, 2nd Edition鈥� with Dr. Maurice Hinson published in 2006. His revision of Hinson's encyclopedic 鈥淕uide to the Pianist's Repertoire鈥� is at press.
The French Piano Institute in Paris, France and Shanghai Normal University both welcomed Roberts as a visiting professor at different times.
Roberts served as organist at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Ky. and First Baptist Church of Somerset, Ky. for approximately one decade each.
He was both a part of and the president of three organizations including the Kentucky
Music Teachers Association where he earned the 2005 Distinguished Service Award and
the 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award.
青瓜视频 is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university
with more than 3,600 students offering 63 undergraduate options, 17 master's degrees,
five postgraduate areas and eight pre-professional programs. The website for complete
information is campbellsville.edu.