Ryan MacEvoy McCullough

Prior to his Carnegie Hall debut, pianist and Eureka native Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will perform in the HSU Department of Music Guest Artist series on Saturday, November 4 at 8 PM at the Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata. The program includes selections by Beethoven and Schubert. The concert is a fundraiser for a master piano class taught by Menahem Pressler, a leading chamber pianist. Tickets are $10 general, $5 students/seniors, from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. Produced by HSU Music Department: 826-3531.


How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Besides practicing, pianist and Eureka native Ryan MacEvoy McCullough will warm up with a performance on Saturday, November 7 at Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata.

Before his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall in the spring, McCullough returns to the campus where he graduated last year, summa cum laude with a B.A. in music from the studio of Dr. Deborah Clasquin, at the age of 18.

McCullough will play Beethoven’s Sonata (Opus 101), Franz Schubert’s Impromtus (Opus 142), and Sonata #1 by modern Polish composer, Milosz Magin. The concert, part of the HSU Department of Music Guest Artist series, will begin at 8 PM.

Since leaving HSU, McCullough has appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and other orchestras, and has won many top prizes, including the Silver Medal at the World Piano Competition. He has played for European audiences, and has been heard on National Public Radio. He currently studies under the tutelage of John Perry at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.

He has been praised in the CAPMT Communique, the official publication of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers, for "...thrilling playing that dazzled the audience...displaying technical and musical prowess."

Tickets for this November 7 performance are $10 general, $5 students/seniors. They may be purchased from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door.


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