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Kay Etheridge (faculty, USD Music Program)
From past Festival participants:
- Great performer, and it leaks out onto those she teaches causes them to perform beyond their normal capacity.
- I love her intensity! She taught us to play passionately as if we are musicians and artists. Our pieces reached a whole new level with her.
- I really enjoyed working with Kay... she had very helpful pianistic comments to give me, but also our whole ensemble benefited from her coaching because she gave us excellent musical direction.
Dr. Kay Etheridge is professionally a classical pianist, music educator, piano teacher and adjudicator who lives in San Diego, California. She maintains a very active performing career and each year can be heard as both soloist and chamber musician on various concert series within southern California. A native of Dallas, Texas, she began her piano studies with the distinguished teacher, Eugenia O'Reilly. Kay received her bachelor's and master?s degrees in piano
performance from Arizona State University, where she studied piano with James Ruccolo and chamber music with Jean Barr. She received her DMA in piano performance at the University of North Texas, where she studied piano with Leventritt winner Tong-Il Han. Kay is a frequent adjudicator in the southwest region and has recently judged for competitions including the San Diego Symphony Hot Shots Competition, the San Diego Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, the
MTAC State Concerto Competition, and the Arizona Young Artist Piano Festival. At the 2002 CAPMT State Convention, she participated in a panel discussion entitled "What Adjudicators Are Looking For". She is a former executive board member of the California Associate of Professional Music Teachers (MTNA state affiliate), and is currently chairs the MTAC-San Diego Branch Concerto Competition. She maintains a
private piano studio in her home, and over the years many of her piano students have won awards as well as scholarships to major music schools. Kay is also Visiting Associate Professor of Music and Co-Coordinator of the Liberal Studies Program at the University of San Diego where she has taught piano, music education and music history courses since 1991.
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