Dr. Brendan Michael Kinsella 3105 N. 36th St. Mobile: 816.801.0316 McAllen, TX 78501 Email: [email protected] http://www.BrendanKinsella.com http://www.YouTube.com/Noomsby
Education D.M.A. University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, Piano Performance, 2008. Diploma Music Academy of the West, Solo Piano Fellowship, Summer 2007. Diploma TCU-Van Cliburn Piano Institute, Young Artist Performer, Summer 2005. M.M. University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, Piano Performance, 2004. B.M. University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, Piano Performance, 2002.
Primary Teachers Frederic Chiu, Deeper Piano Studies Workshop Series. 2013. Jerome Lowenthal, Artist-Teacher of Piano, Music Academy of the West. 2007-2008. Dr. Robert Weirich, Professor of Piano, University of Missouri-Kansas City. 2004-2008. Frank Weinstock, Professor of Piano, University of Cincinnati. 1998-2004. Kenneth Griffiths, Professor of Accompanying, University of Cincinnati (collaborative). 2002-2004. James Tocco, Professor of Piano, University of Cincinnati (chamber music). 2002-2003. Michael Chertock, Associate Professor of Piano, University of Cincinnati. 1998-2002. Dr. Siok Lian Tan, Associate Professor of Piano, Miami University (Oxford, OH). 1992-1998.
University Teaching Experience Assistant Professor of Piano. University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 2010-pres. Taught Applied Piano (graduate and undergraduate), Piano Pedagogy, Collaborative Piano/Chamber Music, Piano Literature, and supervised graduate thesis study. Assisted in revising class piano curriculum, organized student juries, and supervising graduate teaching assistants. Undertook recruiting and outreach events. Performed regularly as a soloist and with faculty artists. Founder and director of the South Texas Piano Institute. Guest Artist Collaborations (selected): Robert Narin (bass), Peter Rovit (violin), Susan Dubois (viola), Hugo Vera (tenor), Mark Moore (tuba), Jason Ham (euphonium), Demondrae Thurman (euphonium).
Lecturer in Collaborative Piano, Missouri Western State University, 2009-2010. Taught a Seminar in Vocal Performance and Fundamentals in Music. Performed as a soloist and with faculty, guest artists, and students.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2004-2008. Taught Applied Piano (graduate and undergraduate secondary students), class piano/keyboard skills, and served as collaborative pianist for the instrumental and opera divisions. Performed with faculty and students.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 2002-2003. Served as a graduate teaching assistant in vocal accompanying. Performed with graduate and undergraduate students in an array of vocal literature.
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Preparatory Division Piano Faculty, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2007-2010. Taught applied piano to students of all ages and ability levels. Devised and implemented a class piano sequence for an “at-risk” urban school.
University of Cincinnati, Preparatory Division, 2002-2004 Taught applied piano to students of all ages.
Summer Festival Teaching Experience Maccagno Piano Days Festival, Italy, 2015. Artist-Faculty in piano. Teacher of pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate piano students.
SoundSCAPE International Composer and Performer Exchange, Maccagno, Italy, 2010-2011. Collaborative Piano/Chamber Music Faculty. Taught chamber music, vocal coaching, opera and coaching. Performed with faculty students, and guest artists in twentieth-century chamber literature and in premieres of newly-composed works.
Schlern Music Festival, Völs am Schlern, Italy, 2011. Guest Artist-Faculty in Collaborative Piano. Performed as a collaborative pianist with instrumental faculty.
Musica Aestas Composition Workshop, Kansas City, MO, 2011-2011, 2015. Artist-Faculty in Piano. Taught seminars in Contemporary Piano Literature, and Composing for the Piano. Performed full-length solo recitals of varied contemporary piano repertoire.
Waldorf College Summer Piano Camp, Forest City, IA, 2009. Piano Faculty. Taught applied piano and master classes for pre-college piano students.
Music Academy of the West MERIT Program, Santa Barbara, CA. Chamber Music Instructor, 2007. Taught Applied Piano, Chamber Music, and coached ensembles ranging from piano trios to chamber orchestra.
Master Class Performances Solo Piano David Burge, Christopher Elton, Jose Feghali, Dina Joffe, Anthony de Mare, John Owings, Frederic Rzewski, Andre-Michel Schub, Peter Serkin, Dubravka Tomsic, Tamas Ungar
Chamber Music Richie Hawley, Marc Johnson, Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Midori, Anne-Akiko Myers, Eduard Schmieder, David Shifrin, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg, Takacs Quartet, Zvi Zeitlin
Voice/Opera Coaching David Adams, Inci Bashar, Susan Graham, Barbara Honn, Martin Katz, William McGraw, Dale Morehouse, Mary Henderson-Stucky
Composition Martin Bresnick, George Crumb, Carter Pann, Chen Yi
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Master Classes, Pedagogical Clinics and Seminars MTNA National Conference, 2016. Panel discussion on Teaching Advanced Repertoire.
Maccagno Piano Days, 2015. Solo master class for graduate and undergraduate pianists.
University of Texas-Brownsville Young Artists Piano Academy, 2015. Clinic on introductory jazz piano.
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2014. Solo master class for undergraduate piano majors.
Texas A&M College Station, 2014. 3-day residency included performances, lessons, and lectures.
University of Northern Colorado, 2013. Solo master class for graduate and undergraduate piano majors.
Clavierwerke School of Music (Austin, TX), 2013. Pre-college master class.
Central State University, 2013. Solo master class for undergraduate piano majors.
South Texas Piano Institute, 2013. Clinic: “Making it Up as You Go: Improvisation Made Easy.”
University of Texas-Brownsville, 2012. Clinic: “Becoming a 21st-Century Teacher: Technology and Marketing Tools.”
Magic Valley Music Teachers Association, 2011. Clinic: “Becoming a 21st-Century Teacher: Technology and Marketing Tools.”
South Texas Piano Institute, 2012. Clinic: “Teaching Technique: Effective Strategies for Building and Rebuilding Technical Foundations.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011. Chamber music master class for piano and violin duos.
Principia College, 2010. Seminar on contemporary chamber music performance and rehearsal strategies.
University of Central Missouri, 2010. Solo master class for undergraduate piano majors.
University of Idaho, 2009. Solo master class for graduate and undergraduate piano majors. Also presented a sight-reading seminar.
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Student Accomplishments Master Class and Festival Performances Jerome Lowenthal, Adam Wodnicki, James Dick, Koji Attwood, Francesco Attesti, Joseph Rackers, Jason Kwak, Washington Garcia, Vivian Li, Nicholas Phillips, Robert Auler, Christopher Guzman, Thomas Rosenkranz.
Graduate School Acceptances Temple University (PhD, Theory; full tuition waiver and assistantship). University of Texas-Austin (PhD, Theory; full tuition waiver and assistantship). University of Michigan (PhD, Theory; full tuition waiver and assistantship). University of Chicago (MA, Theory).
Scholarships UTRGV Graduate Piano Teaching Assistantships (4).
Scholarly Work and Publications 2014 College Music Society Southwest Conference (lecture-recital). 2014 “Activist Transformations/Transforming Activism” Humanities Conference (lecture). 2013 American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter (lecture-recital). 2013 North American Conference on 19th-Century Music (lecture-recital). South Central Music Bulletin (book review).
Recent Recital Supervisions Freshman non-required: Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D major (WTC I); Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op. 10 #1; Chopin op. 10 #5 and op. 25 #1. 2013.
Junior: Haydn, Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob 52; Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue; Bartok, Out of Doors. 2015.
Senior: Debussy, La cathédrale engloutie; Mozart, Sonata in A minor, K. 310; Bach, Prelude and Fugue in A minor (WTC I); Chopin, Scherzo in B-flat minor, op. 31. 2011.
Senior: Schubert, Impromptus op. 90 (complete); Brahms, Ballades, op. 10 (complete). 2012.
BM Non-required: Schubert/Liszt, Der Doppelgänger; Chopin/Liszt, Six Chants Polonais, Liszt, Vallee d’Obermann; Original Compositions. 2014.
MM Solo: Messiaen, Regard de la Vierge and Premiere Communion de la Vierge; Bach-Busoni, Chaconne; Beethoven, Sonata in A-flat Major, op. 110. 2012.
MM Solo: Beethoven, Sonata in F major, op. 10 #2; Brahms, Klavierstücke, op. 118; Haydn, Piano Concerto in D major. 2013.
MM non-required: Chopin, op. 25 #1 and #7; Beethoven, Sonata in C# minor, op. 27 #2; Barber, Excursions; Bach-Liszt, Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543. 2012.
MM non-required: Mozart, Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453; Rzewski, Down by the Riverside, Beethoven, Sonata in A-flat major, op. 110. 2013.
Studio Recitals: John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (2013); All-Liszt (2014).
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Professional Performance Experience (Excerpted; full list available upon request)
Concerto Performances UTRGV Symphony Orchestra, 2015. Beethoven, Triple Concerto, op. 56
Valley Symphony Orchestra, 2015. Beethoven, Triple Concerto, op. 56
“Mousike Doulos” Early Music Ensemble, 2015 (upcoming). J.S. Bach, Concerto for Two Harpsichords
Valley Symphony Orchestra, 2014. J.S. Bach, Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV 1054
UTPA Wind Symphony, 2013. Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Winds
UTPA Chamber Orchestra, 2013. Saint-Saëns, Carnival des animaux
Valley Symphony Orchestra, 2012. Beethoven, Piano Concerto #3 in c minor (composed an original cadenza)
UTPA Symphony Orchestra, 2012. Chopin, Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brilliante
UMKC Wind Symphony (The Midwest Clinic, Chicago), 2010. Messiaen, Oiseaux exotiques
UMKC Wind Symphony (St. Louis, MO), 2010. Messiaen, Oiseaux exotiques
UMKC Wind Symphony (Kansas City, MO), 2010. Messiaen, Oiseaux exotiques
Kansas City Camerata, 2010. Saint-Saëns, Carnival des animaux
Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra, 2008. Barber, Piano Concerto, op. 38
UMKC Wind Symphony, 2006. Messiaen, Oiseaux exotiques
UMKC Conservatory Orchestra, 2005. Brahms, Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat, op. 83
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CCM Concert Orchestra, 2003. Beethoven, Choral Fantasy, op. 80
CCM Chamber Orchestra, 2001. Saint-Saëns, Carnival des animaux
Kentucky Symphony, 1997. Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Orchestral Piano Valley Symphony Orchestra/Peter Dabrowski Orchestral Pianist, 2011-present.
Omaha Symphony/Thomas Wilkins Principal pianist for the 2010 New Music Symposium.
Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera/Ward Holmquist Orchestral and Opera Pianist, 2008-2010. Principal pianist for the Lyric Opera’s outreach program.
UMKC Concert and Chamber Orchestras/Robert Olson Orchestral Pianist, 2004-2008.
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/James Conlon Orchestral Pianist, 2004.
Dayton Philharmonic/Neal Gittleman and Daniel Hege. Orchestral Pianist, 2002-2003.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra/Mischa Santora. Orchestral Pianist, 2003.
Starling Chamber Orchestra/Kurt Sassmanshaus Orchestral Pianist/Harpsichordist, 2001. Seven-city tour of China in major musical venues.
Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra/Carmen DeLeone. Orchestral Pianist, 1999.
CCM Concert, Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestras/Xian Zhang and Mark Gibson. Orchestral Pianist, 1998-2004.
Solo Recitals San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 2016 (upcoming). Liszt, Anneés de pelerinage: Italie
Patron of the Arts Recital Series, 2016 (upcoming). Frescobaldi, selected Toccatas; Janacek, Sonata; Liszt, Anneés de pelerinage: Italie
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Chopin Society of Texas, 2015. Mozart, Sonata in F major, K. 332; Carter Pann, Your Touch; Liszt, Anneés de pèlerinage: Italie
Maccagno Piano Days Festival, 2015. Mozart, Sonata in F major, K. 332; Marty Regan, Riding Through Misty Clouds; Poulenc, Aubade; Liszt, Sonata in b minor
University of Texas-Brownsville Young Artists Piano Academy, 2015. Mozart, Sonata in F major, K. 332; Marty Regan, Riding Through Misty Clouds; Liszt, Aprés une lecture du Dante
Society for New Music Performance, New York City, 2015. Solo and chamber works by Davies, Voisey, Alunno, Scherzinger, and Olivieri.
University of Texas-Pan American, Faculty Recital, 2015. Mozart, Sonata in F major, K. 332; Copland, Four Piano Blues; Scriabin, Sonata-Fantasy; Liszt, Sonata in b minor
Lonestar Community College-Montgomery, 2015. Copland, Four Piano Blues; Liszt, Sonata in b minor
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2014. All-Rzewski: Study I; The Weak and the Strong; Piano Piece IV; The People United Will Never be Defeated.
Ensemble 75 (Dallas, TX), 2014. Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
Rothko Chapel “Towards the Common Good” Speaker and Recital Series, 2014. Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
Patron of the Arts Recital Series (Brownsville, TX), 2014. Rzewski, Piano Piece #4; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
Aperio: Music of the Americas (The Hobby Center, Houston), 2014. Radiohead/O’Reily transcriptions.
Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, 2014. Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2014 Bach, Aria Variata; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
Midwest Chamber Ensemble Recital Series (Prairie Village, KS), 2014 Bach, Aria Variata; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
University of Colorado-Boulder, 2013. Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
University of Northern Colorado, 2013. Bach, Aria Variata; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
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The Gifted School of Music (Salt Lake City, UT), 2013. Bach, Aria Variata; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
University of Texas-Pan American, Faculty Recital, 2013 Bach, Aria Variata; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
First Presbyterian Church of McAllen, Sundays at 3 Series, 2013. Bach, Aria Variata; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
Valley Keyboards, 2013. Bach, Aria Variata; Rzewski, The People United Will Never be Defeated!
Clavierwerke School of Music (Austin), 2013. Frescobaldi, Beethoven, Rzewski, and Liszt.
Miami University (Oxford, OH), 2013. Radiohead, Osborne, Kapustin, Rzewski, Bach, and Cutler.
Central State University, 2013. Radiohead, Osborne, Kapustin, Rzewski, Bach, and Cutler.
Earlham College, 2013. Radiohead, Osborne, Kapustin, Rzewski, Bach, and Cutler.
Aperio: Music of the Americas (Houston), 2013. Solo and chamber works by Rzewski and David Dzubay with Daniel Saenz, cello.
Music at Old St. Mary’s (San Francisco, CA), 2012. All-Liszt recital (Schubert/Liszt and Beethoven/Liszt).
LaVeck Concerts, (Pulaski, NY), 2011. All-Liszt recital (Schubert/Liszt, Liszt, and Beethoven/Liszt).
First Presbyterian Church of McAllen, Sundays at 3 Series, 2011. All-Liszt recital (Schubert/Liszt and Beethoven/Liszt).
University of Texas-Pan American, Faculty Recital, 2013 All-Liszt recital (Schubert/Liszt, Liszt, and Beethoven/Liszt).
Valley Keyboards, 2011. All-Liszt recital (Schubert/Liszt, Liszt and Beethoven/Liszt).
Monument House Concert Series (Utrecht), 2011. Schiavo, Liszt, Poulenc, Rzewski, and Beethoven.
Weill (Carnegie) Recital Hall, 2010. Solo piano works of Jerome Kitzke.
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Heidelberg College, 2010. Schiavo, Rzewski, Corigliano, Otte, and Kitzke.
University of Idaho, 2009. Solo recital John Adams, Gao Ping, Rzewski, Kitzke, and Messiaen.
Midori-ku Cultural Center (Chiba, Japan), 2007. Haydn, Carl Vine, and Liszt.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2007. Solo piano works of Carl Vine.
Luurs Concert Series (Chicago, IL). All-Messiaen solo recital, 2006.
Collaborative and Chamber Recitals University of Texas-Pan American, 2010-2015. Regular collaborations with faculty colleagues and guest artists: tuba, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, bass, and voice.
Aperio: Music of the Americas (Houston), 2015. Chamber music of Paul Schoenfield with Daniel Saenz, cello, and Chloe Trevor, violin.
Le poisson rouge, (New York), 2015 (upcoming). Chamber recital of newly-commissioned works with Trio Kinsella.
Aperio: Music of the Americas (Houston), 2014 Chamber music of Carter Pann with Kirsten Yon, violin and Daniel Saenz, cello.
Drury University, 2013. Recital with colleague Rebecca Coberly, soprano.
Missouri Western State University, 2013. Recital with colleague Rebecca Coberly, soprano.
Valley Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series, 2012-2013. Piano Trios (Arensky and Schubert), artsong, and duo works.
Sam Houston State Contemporary Music Festival, 2012. Chamber works of Carter Pann.
University of Michigan, 2012. Recital with colleague Scott Roeder, tuba.
Michigan State University, 2012. Recital with colleague Scott Roeder, tuba.
University of Akron, 2012. Recital with colleague Scott Roeder, tuba.
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Capital University, 2012. Recital with colleague Scott Roeder, tuba.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 2012. Duo-recital with Carrie Pierce, cellist (Sonatas by Beethoven, Pann, and Rachmaninoff).
SoundSCAPE Contemporary Music Festival, 2011. Chamber and artsong recitals.
New Music Circle (St. Louis, MO), 2011. Crumb, Corigliano, Schwantner, and Omiccioli with Trio Kinsella.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011. Recital with colleague Diana Seitz, violin (Sonatas by Beethoven, Poulenc, and Brahms).
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2011. Recital with colleague Diana Seitz, violin (Sonatas by Beethoven, Poulenc, and Brahms).
University of Iowa, 2011. Recital with colleague Diana Seitz, violin (Sonatas by Beethoven, Poulenc, and Brahms).
St. Joseph Symphony Players Chamber Music Series, 2011. Trios by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Schoenfield.
Principia College, 2010. Works by Prangcharoen Villa-Lobos, and Crumb with Trio Kinsella.
University of Central Missouri, 2010. Works by Beethoven, Prangcharoen, and Crumb with Trio Kinsella
Western Illinois University, 2009. Duo-recital with Shoko Kinsella, piano in works by Debussy, Poulenc, and Milhaud.
Sam Houston State University, 2009. Duo-recital with Daniel Saenz, cellist. Sonatas by Poulenc, Dzubay, and Rachmaninoff.
St. Joseph Symphony Players Chamber Music Series, 2009. Piano quartets by Mendelssohn and Mozart.
Ruel Joyce Chamber Music Series, 2009-2010. Duo-recitals with Andrew Fuller, violinist, and Shoko Kinsella, pianist.
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2009. Co-Artistic Director of the George Crumb Festival.
Kansas City Art Institute, “ArtSounds” Series, 2008. Newly-commissioned chamber work for piano, percussion, electronics, and speaker.
“Rising Star Opera Festival, Rising Sun, IN. Collaborative Pianist/Vocal Coach, 2001.
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Radio Broadcasts KMBH (88.3), McAllen, TX. 2012-present. TBS eFM, Seoul, Korea, 2012. Syracuse Public Radio (91.3), 2011. Wisconsin Eau Claire Public Radio (89.7), 2011. Principia Internet Radio, 2010. Kansas Public Radio (91.5), 2009, 2013. Tri-States Public Radio (Illinois, 91.3 & 89.5), 2009. Santa Barbara Public Radio (89.5), 2007. Cincinnati Public Radio (90.9), 2004.
Piano Competitions Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Finalist, 2009. Jefferson City Symphony Concerto Competition. Winner, 2008. American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship Awards. Nominee, 2008. Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition. Finalist, 2007. Kansas City Music Clubs Competition. Winner, 2006-2007. West-Central MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition. Honorable Mention, 2006. Missouri MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition. Winner, 2005. UMKC Concerto-Aria Competition. Winner, 2005.
Professional Recordings Narong Prangcharoen, Mantras, Albany Records. 2012. Messiaen, Oiseaux Exotiques, MarkCustom. 2011. Rachmaninoff, Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 19, Crescendo. 2007.
Conference Presentations and Scholarship Love in Italy: Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage: Italie and the Romantic Spirit Corpus Christi Music Teacher’s Association, 2016 (upcoming).
The Hopeless Romantic: Frescobaldi’s Keyboard Toccatas and the Music of the Future. International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Thought (Huntsville, TX), 2013.
Kicking and Screaming: Music for Speaking Pianist and the Evolution of a New Performance Genre College Music Society Southwest Regional Conference (Little Rock, AR), 2011. SoundSCAPE International Composition and Performance Exchange, 2010. Cal State Fullerton 9th Annual New Music Conference (Los Angeles, CA), 2010. College Music Society Great Plains Conference (Kansas City, MO), 2009.
The Triumph of Love and Joy: Greek Metaphysics in Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Visiting Artist Series, 2008.
The Technicolor Highway: Trends in American Piano Music, 1970-Present University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Visiting Artist Series, 2008.
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The Shadow That Walks with Me: Theology, Persecution, and Redemption in Frederic Rzewski’s De Profundis Earlham College Guest Lecture Series, 2006.
Professional Service College Music Society. 2014. Member of the National Sub-Committee on Performance.
University of Texas-Pan American. 2010-present. Chair and member of hiring, revision, scholarship, fundraising, curriculum, and recital committees.
Magic Valley Music Teachers Association, 2010-present. Technology and chamber music chair. Worked to design chapter website and Facebook page. Implemented a luncheon recital series for quarterly meetings.
Missouri MTNA Advertising Manager, 2008-2011. Member of the MMTA Executive Board. Networked with regional music faculty in selling advertising slots for quarterly journal and yearly conference.
Adjudicating Maccagno Piano Days International Piano Competition (Maccagno, Italy). 2015.
NOVYI International Music Competition (McAllen, TX). 2015. Adjudicator for a young artist and collegiate solo piano competition.
Clavierwerke Honors Pre-College Piano Competition (Austin, TX). 2013. Adjudicator for a young artist solo competition.
California Professional Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition, San Francisco, CA. 2012. Adjudicator for a young artist concerto competition.
Sorantin International Young Artist Competition. 2012. Adjudicator for a young artist concerto competition.
TMTA Honors Piano Competition. 2011. Adjudicator for a young artist solo competition.
Rio Grande Valley Music Teachers Association. 2010. Adjudicator for a regional pre-college honors piano competition.
Missouri Western State University State Piano Competition. 2009. Adjudicator for a regional pre-college honors piano competition. Mu Phi Epsilon. 2009. Adjudicator for two international grant awards.
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Society of Composers, Inc., 2009. Adjudicator for international composition submissions to the SCI Journal of Music.
Press Excerpts “An amazing pianist.” -Houston Chronicle, 2014.
“…Pianist Brendan Kinsella did a great job breathing life into arrangements [Radiohead-O’Reily song transcriptions] that, in lesser hands, might deflate ever so slightly. -NewMusicBox, 2014.
“Brendan Kinsella presented the concert ‘Lisztomania’ on a date that could be daunting, October 22nd, 2011, the actually 200th birth anniversary of Franz Liszt, but you will hear that it didn’t seem to faze him at all. In fact, he attacked one of Liszt’s more famous transcriptions [Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, op. 67] with the passion and energy that Liszt required.” -Bill Baker, host of Syracuse Public Radio’s Concert Hall, 2012.
“In Beethoven, and especially Rzweski, a certain lack of refinement was more than compensated by an indestructible force and optimism that Americans can radiate proverbially. Even stronger, the more violent the music, the more refined Kinsella played, with the right sense of order between beauty and bestiality.” -Le Bon Journal (Utrecht, The Netherlands), 2011.
“Pianist Brendan Kinsella was marvelous throughout the set [George Crumb’s Three Early Songs], displaying convincing tonal colors, impressive technique and incisive rhythms…The concert concluded with an outstanding performance of the 1979 Apparition, featuring soprano Ida Nicolosi and Kinsella as pianist…Kinsella once again was imposing with his fine keyboard technique. He also exhibited impressive work inside the piano, plucking, striking and pounding on the strings.” -Kansas City Star, 2009.
“Guest pianist Brendan Kinsella’s account of Samuel Barber’s difficult Piano Concerto was simply blistering.” -Jefferson City News Tribune, 2008.
“Kinsella’s performance was truly astonishing, as he missed nary a beat nor tripped over any words. The sense of terror, misery, despair, disdain, and righteous anger was palpable, and the essay [Rzewski’s “De Profundis”] is ultimately life-affirming if horrifying…I’m glad to have heard it, especially by such a passionate and gifted pianist who clearly believed in his mission.” -Santa Barbara Daily Sound, 2007.
“The highlight of the evening was clearly the Brahms Second Piano Concerto, performed by Brendan Kinsella and the Conservatory Orchestra.” -UMKC U-News, 2005.
“A sensitive musician with an ear for color.” -The Cincinnati Enquirer, 2003.