Miles Gillette-Bockhorn to Perform at ARTS Ross Gallery June 6

Arts for Rural Texas (ARTS) presents a special piano recital featuring Miles Gillette-Bockhorn on Friday, June 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the ARTS Ross Gallery. The recital is free to attend and open to the public.

Miles Gillette-Bockhorn is an accomplished pianist currently pursuing his master’s degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he serves as a teaching assistant and pianist for the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra and Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra. He earned his bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Baylor University, where he was the recipient of the Gladys C. Stinton Outstanding Undergraduate Performer in Piano award and winner of the 2021 Baylor School of Music Concerto Competition.

Throughout his undergraduate career, Miles has held positions in the Baylor Men’s Choir, Baylor Wind Ensemble, and Baylor Symphony Orchestra, and won masterclasses with several distinguished concert artists, including Abbey Simon, Sara Daneshpour, and Awadagin Pratt. His principal teachers include Brian Connelly, James Dick, John Dujka, and Viktor Valkov. Upon completing his studies at Rice, he intends to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

A native of Fayette County, Miles has attended the Round Top Festival Institute three times, performing Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals with the Texas Festival Orchestra and Poulenc’s Sextet for Winds and Piano, FP 100 in the 2022 Best of the Chamber Works concert.

The evening’s program will include works by Frédéric Chopin and promises a compelling performance by one of the region’s most accomplished young pianists.

While this concert is free to attend, seating is limited, and ticket reservations are required. To reserve tickets and learn more, visit www.artsforruraltexas. org/piano.