The Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival (RPPF) returns this year! The students who will be playing at PCPC receive intense private study, daily master classes, unique legacy sessions, and play in the Ambassador Concert series in venues throughout Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg.
The Traditional services at 8:30 and 11am Sunday, July 10th will feature special music from the Rebecca Penneys Festival students:
8:30am:
No. 3 Capriccio in G minor. Allegro passionato from 7 Fantasies op.116
by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Pianist: Cai Li
Etude-tableaux in d minor, Op.39 No.8
by Sergei Rachmaninoff(1873-1943),
Pianist: Ningxin Jennison Zhan
4. Intermezzo in E major. Adagio from 7 Fantasies op.116
by Johannes Brahms(1833-1897)
Pianist: Cai Li
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 (1st movement)
by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Pianist: Jiusi Jameson Zhang
11am:
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 878
by Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750)
Pianist: Annie Qin
Etude in C Major, Op.10 No.7
by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Pianist: Annie Qin
Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 45
by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849),
Pianist: Quanzhou Yan
Piano Sonata Op.81a “Les Adieux” in E flat major, I. Adagio – Allegro “Das Lebewohl”
by Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)
Pianist: Tzu-an Chang
Founded by St. Pete Beach resident and Steinway Artist Rebecca Penneys as a tuition-free gift for aspiring collegiate pianists, RPPF is a nonprofit 501(c)3, funded entirely by donations.
Penneys was professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music from 1980-2017 and chairwoman of the Chautauqua Institution Piano Department from 1985 to 2012. She now holds the title of Professor Emerita of Piano at Eastman School of Music. She was a resident artist as pianist-founder of the New Arts Trio at Chautauqua from 1978-2012. In 2013 Rebecca launched the Rebecca Penneys Friends of Piano (non-profit 501c3) and the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival as a sequel to her well-known Chautauqua piano program.
The worship services are open to the community. Visitors are always welcome at PCPC.