Musical Moments

The Musical Moments recital series will resume on Friday, September 18, at 7:30 pm in the Reading Room. It will feature pianists Troy Slocum and Joe Pepper performing “four hands piano compositions,” duets with both players at the same piano. Planned repertoire will include Mozart’s D Major Sonata, Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances, and Schubert’s Fantasie. The concert is free and open to the public.

Troy Slocum is the head of the piano program at St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy, where he helped establish the piano program in 2001. For more than 25 years, he has taught private and group piano lessons to both children and adults throughout the Finger Lakes region. Troy served as an adjunct member of the piano faculty at Hobart and William Smith Colleges for 18 years. Many of his former students have gone on to pursue music degrees at colleges and universities throughout the region. 

Joe Pepper is a graduate of the Ithaca College School of Music, and, along with being a highly skilled performer, is one of the most respected piano tuner/technicians in the area with his business located in Interlaken. While pursuing his Master’s degree in Kansas City, Joe played for the Kansas City Ballet and the KC Ballet School. He has taught piano and music theory at several universities and colleges.