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Mrs. Ruth Steger, Professor Emeritus in Piano and Founder of the Steger Institutes
Steger Institutes
An endowment was established in 1997 by Ruth and Virge Steger of Durant in recognition of Mrs. Ruth Steger’s long and distinguished service as Professor of Piano at Southeastern. This endowment has created the Steger Institutes, consisting of the Steger International Artist Series, which brings to SOSU performing artists from around the world for concerts and masterclasses, and the Steger Cultural Exchange Institute which brings students and teachers from around the world to cultural activities at SOSU.
Steger International Artist Series
The Steger International Artist Series is a part of the Steger Institutes. Its mission is to bring to Durant and area audiences concert performers from the United States, Europe and Asia for concerts featuring the piano in both solo and ensemble formats, presenting literature from all major style periods. These same performers offer their expertise in masterclasses conducted for area student pianists in which the students are given the opportunity to perform for the visiting artist and receive constructive advice to improve their playing.
Daniele Alberti, Brescia, Italy, Director of the international “Armonie sotto la Rocca”, concert artist for Steger International Artist Series
Featured on the 2011 Musical Art Series
Nuovo Quartetto Pianistico Italiano
Oct. 27
A Steger International Artist concert
The Nuovo Quartetto Pianistico Italiano presents a wide range of music from 'musique de salon' to spectacular transcriptions of symphonic works. These performances include literature rediscovered in important European libraries and antique book shops, transcriptions of opera, and contemporary music, including music written specifically for the quartet of eight hands at two pianos. The considerable dynamic and rhythmical potential which distinguishes this group has inspired contemporary composers in the creation of their themes. The romantic repertoire of the Nuovo Quartetto Pianistico Italiano also includes compositions of particular musicological interest, reminiscent of the nineteenth-century traditions of Schubert, Rossini and great piano schools.
Steger Cultural Exchange Institute
The Steger Cultural Exchange Institute is also a part of the Steger Institutes. The mission of the Cultural Exchange Institute is to promote the study and performance of music for the piano. The goal of the Cultural Exchange Institute is to bring together students and artist teachers of diverse cultural heritage. This is done in order to share both the commonality and diversity of their approaches to music making and to exchange views on the role of the arts in their respective societies.
Steger Institute Director James Wintle and Jia Xin , a student from the Wuhan Conservatory in Wuhan, China, participant in Steger Cultural Exchange Institute.
Members of the SOSU faculty and members of the faculty of Xing Hai Conservatory in Guangzhou, China, presentation of gifts of Chinese instruments to SOSU and Steger Cultural Exchange Institute.
For information concerning the Steger Institutes Contact Dr. James Wintle Director Steger Institutes jwintle@se.edu or phone (580)-931-7704