Piano Studio
Under the leadership of Dr. Jackson Leung, the piano studio has grown in size and quality, and has produced numerous outstanding students and graduates. Besides pianists from the Unite States, the studio has attracted students from Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Macao, and Switzerland,. Piano students have been invited to perform widely within the U. S. and abroad, including performances at the Gulangyu Island Concert Hall in Xiamen, China, Xing hai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, China, Macau Cultural Center Theater, the Inaugural Concert of the Macau Piano Association, the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conference, the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Annual Meeting, the Dayton Arts Institute's Afternoon Musicale Series, Troy Hayner Arts Center's Performance Series, WSU's Quest for Community Conference, the Noonday Recital Series in Dayton, on the campuses of Miami University and Cedarville University.
In addition to being selected as consecutive winners in the annual Student Honors Recital and Concerto-Aria Night Auditions within the Department of Music, piano students have received awards and top prizes at numerous state, regional, and international competitions, including the Bartók-Kabalevsky International Competition in Virginia, Irene Tintner Contest for Outstanding Pianists in Michigan, State Level of the Solo and Chamber Music Divisions of the Music Teachers National Association, the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, National Federation of Music Clubs Student Great Lakes Regional Auditions, Boston Conservatory's Concerto Competition, the Ohio Music Teachers Association/Graves Solo and Duet Competition and Buckeye Competition, the Dayton Chamber Music Society Scholarship and the Mu Phi Epsilon Scholarship Competitions. The studio and its students have received both the team and individual awards for the Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Co-Curricular Activities at Wright State University.
At WSU, piano students have been featured as concerto soloists in Beethoven's Concertos Nos. 1 and 3, Mozart's Concertos Nos. 19 and 20, the concertos of Grieg and Schumann, - Saint-Saëns' Concerto No. 2, - Mendelssohn's Concerto No. 1 and Capriccio Brillante, - Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2, - Chopin's Concerto No. 2 and Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante, - Liszt's Totentanz, Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1, Ravel's Concerto pour piano et orchestre, and Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2, and Shostakovich's Concertos Nos. 1 and 2. Alumni from the studio have been accepted to outstanding graduate programs including Jacob’s School of Music at Indiana University, the Boston Conservatory, Peabody Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Michigan State University, the University of Southern California, San Francisco Conservatory, New York University, and University of Colorado in Boulder, among others.
