Derry Presbyterian Church, 248 E. Derry Road, Hershey, will welcome acclaimed concert pianist Joseph Kingma at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, in the sanctuary. The concert is the final installment of the 2018-19 Arts Alive Cultural Series.
Kingma's program will include Mozart's 9 Variations on Jean-Pierre Duport: Minuet for Piano in D major, K. 573 "Duport Variationen"; Mendelssohn's Fantasie in F-sharp minor, Op. 28 ("Sonate ecossaise"); and Liszt's Two Concert Etudes and Sonata in B minor.
Kingma won first prize at the American Liszt Society's inaugural Franz Liszt International Piano Competition and has also won awards in numerous other national and international competitions. He performs regularly as a concerto soloist, having appeared with the Manassas Symphony, Illinois Valley Symphony, and Spring Hill Orchestra, among others. He also performs as a recitalist.
Kingma joined the faculty of Palm Beach Atlantic University as assistant professor of piano and coordinator of the keyboard division in 2018 and has been invited to teach and perform at universities and colleges nationwide.
He received Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at Rice University, as well as a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. He has participated in masterclasses and coachings with Norman Krieger, Tali Morgulis, Sandra Wright Shen, Alan Chow, Craig Nies, and Jon Kimura Parker.
The public is invited to attend. A freewill offering will be received. Handicapped-accessible parking and an elevator will be available.
The 2019-20 Arts Alive season will open at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, with a performance on flute and piano by Jocelyn Gorenson, adjunct instructor, applied flute at Messiah College.
Derry Presbyterian Church holds worship services on Sundays at 8 and 10:30 a.m. and Tuesdays from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.
For more information, readers may call the church office at 717-533-9667 or visit http://www.derrypres.org.
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