Faculty Profile
Adrienne Claire Park
Areas of Expertise
- COLLABORATIVE PIANO
- MUSIC
- MUSIC PERFORMANCE
- MUSIC, CLASSICAL
Brief Bio
Adrienne Park is the Principal Pianist of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and has performed with IRIS Orchestra, the Memphis Chamber Music Society and with PRIZM Ensemble. As a collaborative pianist, she has performed recitals with violinist Joshua Bell, cellists Shauna Rolston and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, bassist Edgar Meyer, flutists Paul Edmond-Davies and Timothy Hutchins, the percussion group NEXUS and composer Steve Reich. In the fall of 2011, Adrienne was invited to appear as a soloist with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra performing Poulenc's Concerto for two pianos in d minor under the direction of Mei-Ann Chen with Steinway Artist Victor Santiago Asuncion. She has been on faculty at the University of Mississippi as a collaborative pianist for the instrumental department since 2001. She enjoys playing a wide range of chamber music and contemporary music for the piano, celeste, harpsichord, synthesizer, toy piano and percussion. With percussionist David Carlisle, Adrienne co-founded DivaDi, a duo who performs eclectic and exciting repertoire that often draws from multiple styles of music. At the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, Adrienne was the faculty pianist for the fall and winter residencies from 1994 to 2000 and for various summer instrumental master classes. In 2007 at Banff, she gave the world première of a horn trio by Wolfgang Plagge with hornist Frøydis Ree Wekre and violinist Mark Fewer. While living in Vancouver, British Columbia, she worked with Kokoro Dance Company and composer Robert Rosen for the productions of Sunyata, Truths of the Blood, Sade, Part II, Encounters with the Goddess and Dance of the Dead. She also worked with Joe Ink Dance as a member of a contemporary quintet and with John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra, a contemporary big band. Adrienne studied with Abbey Simon and Ruth Tomfohrde at the University of Houston, where she received a Bachelor of Music and graduated summa cum laude. She also studied with Robert Silverman at the University of British Columbia, where she received a Master of Music and graduated with first class standing. In addition, she was a frequent Resident Artist at the Banff Centre's Music and Sound Program, directed by Isobel and Tom Rolston.
Degrees
BM |
Piano |
University of Houston (1987) |
MM |
Piano |
University of British Columbia (1990) |