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Susanna P. Garcia   Susanna P. Garcia

Associate Professor, School of Music

Ruth Stodghill Girard/LEQSF Regents Professor in Music 1

Doctor of Musical Arts (Piano Performance and Literature)

University of Texas at Austin, 1993

Dissertation: Plot and Symbols in the Late Piano Sonatas of Alexander Skryabin
 

 
Publications
 
  • "The Erotics Of Music In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening." Interdisciplinary Humanities. (Journal of the National Association for Humanities Education) Vol 18, no. 2, Sp/ Fa 2001, pp. 94-102.
  • "Alexander Skryabin’s Symbolist Plot Archetype in the Late Piano Sonatas" 19 th Century Music.   ( University of California Press) Spring 2000.
 
 
Selected Performances
 
  • University of Texas Medical Branch Concert Series, Galveston, TX (September 2004)
  • Sherman Clay/Steinway and Co. Concert Series, Seattle, WA (September 2004)
  • Fifth International Contemporary Clarinet Festival, Michigan State University (April 2004)
  • Landmark Society Concert Series, St. Croix, USVI (February 2002)
  • University of Texas Medical Branch Concert Series, Galveston, TX (February 2001)
  • Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN (January 2001)
  • Lee College, Baytown, TX (February 2001)
  • Bossier Parish Community College, Bossier City, LA (February 2001)
  • Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, Distinguished Visitors in the Arts Concert Series (February 2001)
  • Centenary College, Shreveport, LA (February 2000)
  • Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA (February 2000)
 
 
Grants and Contracts
 
  • STEP Grant.  $36,019.   (2005) Acquisition of new digital piano lab for MUS 323-324—Class Piano for Non Music Majors.
  • Board of Regents Support Fund: Addressing the Critical Shortage of Certified Music Specialists in Louisiana Through Enhancement of Piano/Keyboard Technology.  $94,393.  (2002-2004) Co-investigator and Project Director (with Himes (PI)).
  • Board of Regents Support Fund: Improved Music Education Facilities via Rehearsal and Performance Enhancements. $117,000. (1999-2000) Principal investigator (with Hochkeppel, Himes,   Roche-Wallace, and Mason).
 
 
Offices, Awards and Honors
 
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation, Distinguished Professor Award, 2001
  • National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum, Steering Committee, (2003-present)
 

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