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Keyboard
The Keyboard Area of the College of Music rose to national and international prominence during the eleven-year tenure of the distinguished Hungarian pianist and composer Ernst von Dohnányi, after whom Dohnányi Recital Hall is named, and the two decades of his famous protegé, American pianist Edward Kilenyi. Many outstanding pianists have graduated from FSU, a large number of whom hold college and university positions across the country and abroad.
Piano and organ performance degree programs are offered on all levels, freshman through doctoral; degrees in accompanying/collaborative piano are available to graduate students; and the piano pedagogy major is offered for undergraduate and master’s students. In addition, piano is the primary instrument of a large number of students majoring in other areas of music. The well-rounded curriculum includes duo piano, harpsichord, fortepiano, comprehensive piano literature classes, piano technology, piano pedagogy, accompanying classes, and a complete series of organ courses from hymnology to design and maintenance.
