Converse College Petrie School of Music

DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMANCE

A renowned faculty and contemporary facilities—including 30 individual practice rooms (most with Steinway grand pianos)—enable the keyboard major to demonstrate her true musicianship. Pipe organ facilities include instruments by Holt Kamp, Schantz and Casavant. Many keyboard majors have used the strong foundation provided by the Petrie School as a launching pad for successful graduate studies at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, New York University, and Indiana University.

Keyboard masterclasses have been conducted by Maurice Hinson, Marilyn Neely, Jane Allen, Anthony di Bonaventura, Richard Cass, Seymour Fink, Enid Katahn, Jerome Rose, Emilio del Rosario, Susan Starr, and Robert Weirich.

FACULTY

	Douglas Weeks Chair of Performance, Babcock Professor of Piano DM, Florida State University Licensé de Concert, Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris MM, Indiana University BM, Illinois State University
	Melanie Foster Taylor Associate Professor of Piano DM, Indiana University MA, Marshall University BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
	Leon Couch Assistant Professor of Organ and Music Theory Ph.D., DMA, MM University of Cincinnati BM, BS, BA, AA, Performer’s Certificate University of Florida
	Mildred Ragis Roche Director of Accompanying MM, Boston University BM, Converse College