Steinway concert July 31 at Summerdale Municipal Complex

Steinway concert July 31 at Summerdale Municipal Complex

Steinway artist Dr. Robert Holm and Victor Andzulis will play Steinway pianos during an all request summer piano concert at the Summerdale Municipal Complex (502 W. Lee St.) on Sunday, July 31 from 3-5 p.m. Admission is free, and song requests can be submitted to Norma Giles at 251-978-3245 or norma@normagilescpa.com.
The purpose of the concert is to make the public aware that the University of South Alabama has launched an initiative to become an All Steinway School.
Robert Holm is Professor of Music and head of the piano division at the University of South Alabama, where he teaches and collaborates with guest artists and faculty on the USA Musical Arts Series. Added to the roster of Steinway Artists in Spring 2010, Holm is past president of the Mobile Music Teachers Association, principal pianist for the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and pianist at Dauphin Way Baptist Church.
Prior to his appointment at USA in 1997, Holm received a B.A. in Piano performance at Pt. Loma Nazarene University in San Diego followed by studies at the University of Illinois School of Music, where, in 1999, he earned his doctorate. He was a semi-finalist at the 4th International Adilia Alieva Competition (2004) in Gaillard, France, a finalist at both the 2003 International Franz Liszt Competition in Grottammare, Italy and the 2002 International Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev Competition in Radford, Virginia, and Third Prize winner at the 1997 International Beethoven Piano Sonata Competition in Memphis, Tennessee.
Holm has appeared as soloist with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra on four occasions and the Mobile Youth Symphony.