Name: Historical Performance Lecture Recital: Elizabeth Crecca
Start: 2023-10-27T19:30:00
Location: San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Elizabeth Crecca

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Elizabeth Crecca has been praised for her “distinctive voice” at the piano (The Chautauquan Daily). She has appeared as recitalist and masterclass clinician at universities across the country including the Eastman School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory, University of Oklahoma, California State University Fresno, Utah State, and Hillsdale College. She has performed as soloist and collaborator at the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Chautauqua Piano Program, Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival, and American Bach Soloists Academy, and has won top prizes in competitions including Chautauqua and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Division. Her repertoire ranges from a recent premiere of David Temperley’s Piano Sonata No. 4 to Baroque and Classical works on period instruments. Dr. Crecca holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, a Master of Music in Piano Performance with a Baroque Emphasis from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Music Theory from the University of Michigan. She studied piano with Natalya Antonova, Yoshikazu Nagai, and Logan Skelton, as well as harpsichord and fortepiano with Corey Jamason and Lisa Crawford.