Dr. Boomgaarden Presents the Piano and Vocal Works of Rachmaninoff

April 29, 2025
12:40pm
Tuohy Hall, Auditorium

President Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D., will perform the piano works of Russian composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, with a vocal performance featuring accomplished soloist Veronica Veronica Kaninska, M.S.Ed., C.T.R.S., SJNY assistant teaching professor of both Recreation and Leisure Studies, and Hospitality and Tourism Management. Dr. Boomgaarden will also give a talk discussing the historical context of Rachmaninoff’s unique works and musical style.

President Boomgaarden has had a long career as a performing artist. While still a high school student, he studied with the Blaise Montandon at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. At Texas State University, he studied piano and composition with Russell Riepe, and later at the Eastman School with Ellen Martin and Thomas Donohue. He has performed at master classes with Gustav Leonhardt and Paul Badura-Skoda, and continues to perform frequently as a soloist and accompanist in Europe and the United States.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please email [email protected].