LCCC SIGNATURE SERIES CONCERT TO FEATURE PIANIST MICHELLE CANN

Piano phenom Michelle Cann will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, February 23 at Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center.

Cann’s performance is part of the Signature Series and is hosted by composer and LCCC Distinguished Professor Jeffrey Mumford. The concert is sponsored by LCCC’s arts and humanities division. Admission is free.

The concert will include works by Bach, Chopin and Debussy.

Cann began studying piano at the age of 7 and since then has placed in various state, national and international competitions, including the Music Teachers National Association Competition, the International Russian Piano Music Competition, the Gilmore Piano Foundation Competition, and the Blount Young Artists National Competition. She made her orchestral debut at the age of 14 and since then has been invited to perform with various orchestras including the Florida Orchestra, Tampa Bay Symphony, Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra.

At the age of 12 she appeared on NPR station WUSF 89.7 in Florida with her sister Kimberly, also a concert pianist, and later performed on the nationally broadcasted radio show, “From the Top,” hosted by pianist, Christopher O’ Riley. She has worked with many esteemed artists, including world-renowned pianists Paul Schenly, Daniel Shapiro, Joela Jones, Sergei Babyan, Jerome Lowenthal and Richard Goode.  During past summers Michelle has been chosen as one of two pianists accepted into the Taos Chamber Music Festival and School, and one of three into the Perlman Music Program Chamber Music festival directed by renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman. Other engagements for Cann include performances in the South Hampton Cultural Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory.

Most recently, Cann was selected to perform with current students and alumni of the Curtis Institute of Music in Beijing and Shanghai, China and Seoul, Korea. Cann is currently an Artist Diploma student of Robert McDonald at the Curtis Institute of Music.

For more information, visit www.stockerartscenter.com and click on “Arts and Humanities.”