It’s bright orange, rocks the “Song that Shakes the Southland” and is waiting to greet visitors to the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Steinway Gallery Carolinas has furnished the Clemson University Department of Performing Arts with a Steinway & Sons grand piano, designed in honor of Clemson Football’s most recent National Championship.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Steinway and we are grateful for the loan of this instrument, which is the first step in our journey to become an All-Steinway institution,” said Performing Arts chair Linda Dzuris. In addition to the distinctive orange exterior finish and purple interior accents, the instrument is a Spirio high-resolution player piano. Naturally, the first entries in its performance library are variations on “Tiger Rag.”
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Steinway and we are grateful for the loan of this instrument.” -Linda Dzuris, Performing Arts chair
“I thought this was a great way to mesh two distinctively different cultures and bring out the best in both,” said Linda Li-Bleuel, professor of performing arts. Minutes after the instrument rolled through the doors, Li-Bleuel was at the keyboard. “Like all the greatest pianists in the world, they are Steinway artists,” she explained, “and that is associated with prestige.”
Beyond its practical application as a high-tech teaching tool, Li-Bleuel is enthusiastic about what the piano represents as a blend of ideas that uniquely represent Clemson Performing Arts.
Attendees to Brooks Center events can see the new piano when they arrive to any of the shows this season. The season began on Sept. 9 and continues with multiple performances each month through April 2022.
For more information on Brooks Center performances, please visit www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/brooks/.
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