PORT ANGELES — Don’t let the big names intimidate you, says the pianist.
Katie Rivers of Port Angeles will offer the music of the big three Bs, Brahms, Beethoven and Bach, in her senior recital at Maier Performance Hall tonight (Tuesday evening).
She’ll also mix in some Erno Dohnanyi and Frederic Chopin at the 7 p.m. performance, which is free and open to the public.
Rivers, 18, will play Maier Hall’s Steinway grand piano and said that alone is reason to come and listen.
Peninsula College Music Department head David Jones, meantime, calls Rivers one of the most talented student musicians on campus.
“This pianist,” he said, “is really worth hearing.”
As for the music, Rivers has chosen pieces that spark her imagination.
They’re entertaining, too, she added, even if they are designated “classical.”
Rivers, the daughter of Michael and Nancy Rivers, is a Running Start student, so she will graduate in June with an Associate of Arts from Peninsula College along with her high school diploma.
She plans to take a year “off” to work as a tutor alongside mentor teachers on the Peninsula, then pursue a degree in outdoor education.
A student of piano teacher Kayla Dyment for more than eight years, Rivers has competed in Washington State Music Teachers’ Association competitions, winning her division three years in a row.
