Acclaimed alumni pianists Daniel Masterson and Jean (Lichty) Hendricks are the featured artists at the next Fern Lingenfelter Artist Series concert at McPherson College. They will perform a duo-piano recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in Mingenback Theatre. Admission is free.
Their program will feature great piano works by Arensky, Borodin, Brahms, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff.
Both performers have impressive musical backgrounds and deep ties to McPherson College. Masterson is a professor of music at Bethany College, where he has taught piano and music theory courses since 2000. In addition to his teaching, he maintains an active schedule as a solo and collaborative artist, performing recitals throughout the region and accompanying soloists and chamber ensembles. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Illinois, a Master of Music degree from Wichita State University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from McPherson College. Masterson has studied with Ian Hobson, Paul Reed, and Steven Gustafson. He has served as president of the Kansas Music Teachers Association and is a nationally certified teacher of music. He is regarded highly as a teacher, clinician, adjudicator, and director.
Masterson’s grandfather graduated from McPherson College in 1918, his mother attended McPherson College, and his wife, Carolyn, along with his three sisters, are graduates of the college.
Hendricks has performed with many instrumental and vocal ensembles and has given duo-piano performances across the Midwest. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Kansas, a Master of Divinity degree from Bethany Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from McPherson College. She also studied for one semester at Harvard Divinity School as a Merrill Fellow. At McPherson College, she studied with Dr. Robert Edwards and later took piano lessons from Dr. Richard Angeletti at the University of Kansas.
Hendricks’ family represents multiple generations of McPherson College graduates. Starting with her parents, who graduated in the mid-1940s, her husband Francis, son Darren, and granddaughter Rachael are also graduates of the college.
Admission to the Lingenfelter concert is free thanks to a generous commitment to McPherson College honoring Fern Lingenfelter. Lingenfelter, an alumna of McPherson College, taught piano in McPherson for many years to college students on campus and younger students at her downtown studio. Her son, Steve Clark, chairman of Clark Investment Group of Wichita, established the fund that supports two annual music performance events with particular emphasis on piano.