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David Shaffer-Gottschalk, D.M.A.
Professor of Music
Davis Hall
Department of Music, Art & Design
Virginia State University
(804) 524-5332
dshaffer@vsu.edu
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DAVID SHAFFER-GOTTSCHALK
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David Shaffer-Gottschalk, a native of Rochester, Minnesota, began piano study at the age of seven. He earned the Bachelor of Music in piano performance from Wartburg College in 1977, graduating summa cum laude. Following performances in four states and several years of successful private studio teaching, Shaffer-Gottschalk returned to formal studies, earning a Master of Music from the University of Michigan (1988) and a Doctor of Musical Arts (1994) from the University of Colorado. His teachers have included Orvis Ross, W. Eugene Hudson, Kenneth Amada, Charles Fisher, and Robert Spillman. Currently, Shaffer-Gottschalk is Associate Professor of piano and music theory at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia.
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| Shaffer-Gottschalk performs as both soloist and ensemble pianist, playing the standard repertoire of the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, including music of the twentieth-century avant-garde. He presents lecture-recitals to both academic and community audiences. Additional accomplishments include world premieres of works by Allan Blank and the recording of Blank's Sonata for Piano. He is currently preparing a centenary year complete recording of 24 Negro Melodies, op. 59 (1905) by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. |
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