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His wide-ranging repertoire spans the seventeenth to twenty-first centuries, with his second solo piano CD, released under the MSR Classics label, including the world premier recording of&nbsp;<em>Toccata: Act of War<\/em>, written for Partain by Transylvania colleague Larry Barnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1998 Partain turned serious attention to composing with the premier of&nbsp;<em>Two Songs for Harp and Soprano on Poems of William Butler Yeats<\/em>&nbsp;at the Kentucky Music Teachers Association (KMTA) state conference. Lux aeterna, an a cappella choir piece, was premiered the following year. In 2003 Partain produced his song cycle for soprano and piano based on love poems of Rumi. As the KMTA Commissioned Composer for 2005, he composed a nine-movement&nbsp;<em>Requiem<\/em>&nbsp;for a cappella choir, based on traditional Latin texts. Composed in a similar style, Stabat Mater Dolorosa followed in 2009. For his collective works, the Kentucky Arts Council awarded Partain a 2007 Al Smith Professional Assistance grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Pianist-composer Gregory Partain has appeared as recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Partain has garnered consistent critical acclaim in the U.S. and abroad for his CD recordings of a wide-ranging repertoire:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201c\u2026some of the best Scarlatti I\u2019ve ever heard\u2026these approach the same level as Horowitz\u2019s legendary recordings.\u201d \u2014American Record Guide<\/li><li>\u201c\u2026suave and comfortable performances of three Rachmaninoff Preludes. In the Brahms, the tempo relationships and transition emerge in a seamless, cumulative arc.\u201d \u2014Gramophone<\/li><li>\u201cGregory Partain is a gifted pianist, and every item is intelligently and sympathetically played.\u201d \u2014BBC Music Magazine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A frequent competition adjudicator and master class teacher, Partain taught eight summers for the Kentucky Governor\u2019s School for the Arts and Governor\u2019s Scholars Program. He has served several years on the KMTA Executive Board, currently as chair of composer commissioning, and is a past president of the Bluegrass Area MTA. At Transylvania, Partain directs the music program and holds a Bingham Award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns faculty-accolades is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1994<br>M.M., University of Texas at Austin, 1984<br>B.M., University of Washington, 1982<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses Taught at Transy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Accompanying<br>Piano<br>Introduction to the Fine Arts<br>Piano Literature I<br>Senior Recital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bingham Award for Excellence in Teaching, Transylvania University &#8211; 1995 to present<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones Grants for Faculty Development, Transylvania University &#8211; 1993 and 1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Information Agency Cultural Ambassador to Central America &#8211; 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finalist, San Antonio International Keyboard Competition &#8211; 1986 and 1988<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Winner, K.M.S. Resident Artists Competition, Seattle WA &#8211; 1987<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner, Kingsville Young Artists International Competition, Kingsville, TX &#8211; 1984<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Piano Teachers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gregory Allen<br>Nancy Burton Garrett<br>John T. Moore<br>Bela Siki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Coaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Frank<br>Jerome Lowenthal<br>Paul Schenly<br>Neal O\u2019Doan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4403,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"academic_division":[],"class_list":["post-262","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Partain, Greg - Transylvania University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/academics\/faculty\/gpartain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Partain, Greg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During his 24 years on the concert stage, Partain has performed throughout the United States and overseas in Germany, Poland, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Russia, and Greece. 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