John Villaveces began studying the piano at age
five. As a soloist, Mr. Villaveces was the winner of
the concerto-aria competition at UMKC and at
UT-Knoxville, a finalist in the MTNA Steinway
Collegiate Artists Competition, and was selected as
a winner in the Young Artist's Competition in
Taipei, Taiwan. His academic awards include the
Press Scholar Award and most outstanding student in
music award at UT-Knoxville.
As collaborator, Mr. Villaveces has spent his past three summers in Ottawa, KS as a faculty pianist among such distinguished teachers as Brian Lewis, Stephen Clapp, Ayako Yonetani, and Simon James. He has performed with university faculty and artists such as Benny Kim and Carter Enyeart from UMKC, Richard Beene from the Colburn School, Eric Kim from Indiana University, and Christopher Wu from the Pittsburgh Symphony. As chamber musician, Mr. Villaveces has enjoyed playing chamber music as a fellow at Kneisel Hall and at the Sunflower Chamber Music Festival. This coming Fall he is engaged to play in the Ruel Joyce Recital Series at Johnson County Community College and will perform the Chausson Concerto for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet for the St. Joseph Symphony Chamber Concert in November.
John Villaveces is a Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate in Piano Performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he held Graduate Teaching Assistantships in Opera Productions as well as Keyboard Skills Classes and Applied Piano Instruction. His principle teachers are Robert Weirich, David Northington, Gregory Partain, and Nathaniel Patch. He looks forward to collaborating with the faculty and students of the University of Central Missouri this year.
As collaborator, Mr. Villaveces has spent his past three summers in Ottawa, KS as a faculty pianist among such distinguished teachers as Brian Lewis, Stephen Clapp, Ayako Yonetani, and Simon James. He has performed with university faculty and artists such as Benny Kim and Carter Enyeart from UMKC, Richard Beene from the Colburn School, Eric Kim from Indiana University, and Christopher Wu from the Pittsburgh Symphony. As chamber musician, Mr. Villaveces has enjoyed playing chamber music as a fellow at Kneisel Hall and at the Sunflower Chamber Music Festival. This coming Fall he is engaged to play in the Ruel Joyce Recital Series at Johnson County Community College and will perform the Chausson Concerto for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet for the St. Joseph Symphony Chamber Concert in November.
John Villaveces is a Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate in Piano Performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where he held Graduate Teaching Assistantships in Opera Productions as well as Keyboard Skills Classes and Applied Piano Instruction. His principle teachers are Robert Weirich, David Northington, Gregory Partain, and Nathaniel Patch. He looks forward to collaborating with the faculty and students of the University of Central Missouri this year.