MANSFIELD, Pa. – Mansfield University celebrated the gift of four Steinway pianos from Lock Haven University with a ‘Transfer in Harmony’ concert on Thursday, Feb 24 at Steadman Theatre.
The pianos came from a generous donation of 22 Steinway
pianos to Lock Haven University by 1966 alumna and current vice chair of the
Lock Haven Council of Trustees, Margery Dosey, and her late husband, Dr.
Seymour Krevsky.
Lock Haven, with Dosey’s blessing, transferred 11 of the
Steinway pianos to locations where they will be played and enjoyed for years to
come. Embracing the integration of LHU with Mansfield and Bloomsburg universities,
and building on the established relationships with area school districts, four
pianos went to Mansfield and Bloomsburg universities and one each to Keystone
Central and Williamsport Area School Districts, with one to Faith United
Methodist Church in Bellefonte.
“I am so pleased that Lock Haven University has found a
way to make sure these magnificent instruments are able to be relocated to
their new homes, so music majors and music lovers alike will be able to play
and enjoy them as they are intended,” Dosey said. “This is what integration
looks like. The giving of one to another. And also to foster young musicians’
love and passion for the arts by giving them the opportunity to have access to
one of these pianos at their school or church fills me with joy.”
Dr. David Curtin, professor of music at Lock Haven
University, Dr. Eun-Joo Kwak, associate professor of piano at Mansfield
University, and several MU music students performed at the piano celebration
concert on Mansfield’s campus. The concert included pieces from Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Fryderyk Chopin, Rachmaninov, Edvard Grieg, and Jacques Offenbach.
Curtin will perform similar celebration concerts at all locations
receiving pianos.
The four gifted pianos move Mansfield closer to All-Steinway
School status and enhances the offering of musical instruments available to
students. One of the pianos will be used in the Music Department’s recording
studio, where previously there was no piano available. This will open recording
possibilities for music technology students and the Steadman Studios student
organization. The remaining three pianos will be used in a student practice
room, the music student tutor room, and the faculty teaching studio and each
are upgrades to the current instruments.
Dosey also has an endowed fine arts scholarship, The Margery
Brown Dosey Scholarship for the Arts, which is awarded each year to an art
major at Lock Haven. Following the integration of Mansfield, Lock Haven,
Bloomsburg universities, Dosey plans to open the scholarship up to a student at
any one of the three campuses.
Learn more about the Mansfield University Music program at music.mansfield.edu.
