Robbie Padilla, piano
Robbie will perform the music of George Gershwin and contemporaries. The program opens with Gershwin’s Three Preludes followed by Florence Price’s Sonata in E Minor. The second half of the program features Jeux d’eau by the renowned Maurice Ravel, who shared a mutual respect with Gershwin, and ending with the solo piano version of Rhapsody in Blue.
CMM (Civic Morning Musicals) exists to support classically trained musicians and their audiences throughout the Central New York region. It is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, which produces more than 30 concerts a year and sponsors activities for young musicians.
The Incredible Saxophone featuring Sarah Midgley-Scuderi, saxophone, and Robbie Padilla, piano.
Music of Purcell, Rascher, Husa, Bozza, and Quate.
Free and open to the public!
Sarah Midgley-Scuderi is an educator, performer, and clinician speaker who resides in Central New York. She holds degrees in Music Education from The State University of New York at Fredonia and in Saxophone Performance from Florida State University. She can be seen performing with her saxophone quartet, Cayuga Sax, as well as in many local community theaters. Sarah has taught in Cortland County for the past six years, and also runs a private studio for woodwind instruments. When not teaching and performing Sarah travels around the state giving presentations in adapting music education for Special Learners.
Robbie Padilla plays solo and collaborative piano through- out the Central New York Region and beyond. His keyboard experiences include both solo and collaborative recitals, large ensemble concerts, jazz ensembles, opera and musical theatre pits, and church organist.
Recent performances by Padilla include Little Shop of Horrors, The Addams Family, Singin’ in the Rain, and Die Fledermaus. Padilla played with with both Syracuse University and Fredonia Wind Ensembles and in a number of other groups. In 2017, Padilla premiered “Valzer tristi, nobili et sentimentali” by emerging composer Marco Giusto.
Padilla was the sole recipient of the 2016 Civic Morning Musicals Performance Award for “outstanding contribution to the Syracuse University music community”. He has been both a collaborator and solo artist in the Wednesday Recital Series presented by Civic Morning Musicals. Padilla has also served as a collaborative pianist in the CMM Competitions for Singers.
Padilla earned his Master of Music and studied Piano Performance with Ida Trebicka at Syracuse University. His undergraduate studies were in Music Education at SUNY Fredonia where he studied piano with Dr. Anne Kissel. Padilla maintains a private piano studio at his home in Liverpool, NY, and teaches elementary music in the Fulton City School District.