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Biography: Evan Keenan graduated from IPFW in 2012 with a bachelor of music in piano performance. He studied with Dr. Hamilton Tescarollo during college and with Dr. Joyanne Outland during high school, through the IPFW Community Arts Academy. Evan has participated in master classes with Arnaldo Cohen, Panayis Lyras, Caio Pagano, R bia Santos, Jeremy Denk, William Wolfram, Baruch Meir, Robert Satterlee, and David Northington.He was a winner in the IPFW Concerto/Aria competition in 2009 and 2010, and performed with the University Orchestra both years. In 2011, he was the first-place winner of the Indiana Music Teachers Association (IMTA) Hoosier Auditions, state round, and performed in the winners recital during the IMTA State Conference at IU-Bloomington. He also has been a four-time first-place winner at the district level of the same competition, and received an Honorable Mention at the state level several times. Evan was voted by the IPFW music faculty as the Outstanding Senior in the Music Performance Degree.Since graduating, Evan has been teaching piano in the Fort Wayne area. He is currently a teacher for the IPFW Community Arts Academy, Canterbury Lower School's enrichment program, and Unity Performing Arts Foundation's Arts Academy. Evan is also the pianist for the First Christian Church in Fort Wayne and performs as a freelance piano soloist and accompanist. Evan performed a solo recital for the 2014 Gene Marcus piano camp and plans to do so again in 2015.
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