A splendid pianistrefined, searching and expressive, and her playing is loaded with insight and interpretative detail. The Washington Post.

The Portuguese pianist Alexandra Mascolo-David has performed, and led workshops and master classes in Europe and the Americas. She has given solo recitals in Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Poland, and in the United States. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Peru and the USA, and has completed five years of engagements with the Orpheus Piano Trio of Central Michigan University. In recent years, she has centered her repertoire around the evocative piano music of Portuguese and Brazilian composers, especially that of Francisco Mignone. Ms. Mascolo-David is in the forefront of presenting Mignones piano music, and her performances, especially of his Valsas brasileiras (Brazilian Waltzes), have been widely praised. Her compact disc recording of Volume One of the Valsas brasileiras was released in February 2001. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution praised this release by stating: Young Portuguese pianist Alexandra Mascolo-Davids debut disc is a treasure . . . she plays them [the waltzes] with a poetic, almost improvisatory spirit, in full command of the composers urbane voice . . . a notable disc . . . .

Ms. Mascolo-David is also committed to performing and recording works by living composers, some of whom have written and dedicated pieces to her. Most recently she performed works by American composers Daniel McCarthy, David Gillingham, and David Maslanka. In November 2003 she performed Maslankas Concerto No.1 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion with the Illinois State University Wind Symphony, directed by Steve Steele, at Illinois State University. The work was recorded for the Albany records label and the release is expected to be later this year.

Ms. Mascolo-David holds a piano diploma from the Oporto Conservatory of Music, Portugal, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in piano from the University of Kansas, where her teacher was Sequeira Costa. She has also studied with Edna Golandsky in New York City, and Joseph Gurt of Eastern Michigan University. Ms. Mascolo-David has served on the piano faculties of Iowa State University and of the Interlochen Arts Camp. She currently teaches piano at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. She is also the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the First Prize in the Piano Competition of Braga, Portugal, the 1992 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award from the University of Kansas,and the 2001 Provosts for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity from Central Michigan University.

Ms. Mascolo-David is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Ludington Music Festival, in Michigan.

$5 general admission / $3 seniors and students / GC students free.

For more information about this performance read this press release: Portuguese pianist, Alexandra Mascolo-David, to perform recital at Goshen College April 18.