The School of Music is pleased to welcome guest pianist Kim Davenport performing Variations on a Theme, a recital concert as part of the 2024-25 Keyboard Series.

Experience a dynamic celebration of Black artistry in this recital featuring solo piano works by Margaret Bonds, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nathaniel Dett, Mikhail Johnson, Thelonious Monk, Florence Price, McCoy Tyner, and George Walker.

Transformation is the thread woven through the program. Each work is in some way an example of variation - from variations on existing or original themes, to transcriptions of jazz improvisations - variations composed in real time! In homage to the brilliant composers whose works she will share, Davenport will also premiere her original set of variations on a theme by George Mingus.