Joseph Kingma, Pianist

Recital Program

August 1, 2019
7:30 PM

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Suite Bergamasque

I. Prélude
II. Menuet
III. Clair de lune
IV. Passepied

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)

13 Preludes, Op. 32

No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in B-flat minor
No. 3 in E major
No. 4 in E minor
No. 5 in G major
No. 6 in F minor
No. 7 in F major
No. 8 in A minor
No. 9 in A major
No. 10 in B minor
No. 11 in B major
No. 12 in G-sharp minor
No. 13 in D-flat major
 American artist Joseph Kingma is a concert pianist, chamber musi-
cian, and pedagogue. Recognized for both the unique beauty of his
sound and the emotional intensity of his performances, he has won
awards in several international competitions, including first prize at
the American Liszt Society’s 2017 Franz Liszt International Piano
Competition. He has also appeared as a semi-finalist and/or won
awards in the New Orleans International Piano Competition, the
Cincinnati World Piano Competition, the Sorantin Young Artist In-
terantional Competition, and the Concert Artist Guild Competition.

As a concerto soloist, he has appeared with the Monroe Symphony,

Manassas Symphony, Illinois Valley Symphony, Clear Lake Symphony, Brazos Chamber Or-
chestra, and Spring Hill Orchestra, among others. He maintains an active schedule as a recitalist
and has performed on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, the Good Shepherd In-
ternational Concert Series, Coastal Carolina University’s Piano Series, and the Dorothy Mac-
Kenzie Price Piano Series, to name a few. An avid collaborator, he is a guest artist for the Palm
Beach Chamber Music Festival. Additionally, his performances have been broadcast on Chica-
go’s 98.7-WFMT.

Joseph joined the faculty of Palm Beach Atlantic University as Assistant Professor of Piano and
Coordinator of the Keyboard Division in 2018 where he teaches piano performance, pedagogy,
and literature. He enjoys teaching masterclasses for pre-college and college students and has
been invited to teach and perform at the Pensacola MTA, Wheaton College Conservatory of Mu-
sic, William Carey University, University of North Alabama, and University of Toledo. Addi-
tionally, he teaches select advanced students through the PBA preperatory department.

Joseph graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with his DMA, where he studied with
Anton Nel. Previously, he earned his BM and MM at Rice University under the tutelage of
Robert Roux. He has participated in masterclasses and coachings with Norman Krieger, Tali
Morgulis, Sandra Wright Shen, Alan Chow, Craig Nies, and Jon Kimura Parker. His earlier
teachers include Aviram Reichert, Philip Pletcher, and Elena Arseniev. His website is
www.josephkingma.com.