Melissa Evans Tierra - Masterclass
Fri, Apr 16
|Greene Music
A champion of 21st century music, under contract to record the complete piano works of composer Lorenzo Milani, with prize-winning students of her own. Melissa Evans Tierra will give a live masterclass to select sdpa students, built around the storytelling that shapes every lesson she teaches.
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2027, 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Greene Music, 7480 Miramar Rd, San Diego, CA 92126, USA
About the event
Program will be announced closer to the event.
MELISSA EVANS TIERRA
Melissa Evans Tierra is an internationally acclaimed American concert pianist and educator renowned for her innovative approach to contemporary classical music and multimedia performance. As a champion of living composers, she has premiered numerous works and earned recognition as "a force of nature" for her commanding stage presence, technical virtuosity, and compelling musical interpretations.
Tierra holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University, where she studied with James Williams and was honored with the prestigious Gladys Calder Stinson Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Performer in Piano—one of the university's most coveted performance distinctions. She completed her Master of Music degree at The Cleveland Institute of Music studying with Van Cliburn Competition winner Antonio Pompa-Baldi, and earned a Postgraduate Diploma from the Koninklijk Vlaams Conservatorium in Antwerp, Belgium, studying with Levente Kende.
