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Acclaimed pianist Kevin Robert Orr maintains an active performance schedule throughout the United States and abroad.  Recent engagements in North America have taken him to California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Quebec and Washington D.C..  He has toured China four times with engagements in the cities of Beijing, Chengdu, Kunming, Zhengzhou, and Deyang.  In the summer of 2004, he was Artist in Residence at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.  In May of 2007, Orr co-directed the First Annual Chinese-American International Piano Institute at the Sichuan Conservatory, Chengdu. More recently, in November of 2007, he performed two concerts in Seoul, South Korea. He has premiered and recorded solo and ensemble works by composers Jennifer Margaret Barker, Houston Dunleavy, Paul Richards, Robert Rollin, and John Weinsweig,  The 2005 release of Jennifer Margaret Barker’s CD/DVD Geenyoch features Orr on the composer’s 2001 solo piano work, Geenyoch Ballant.  His recent recording of Johannes Brahms' Sonata Opus 5 and Ballades Opus 10, released in January, 2007 on the Meyer-Media LLC label, has garnered international critical acclaim.
While focusing primarily upon classical performance and teaching, Dr. Orr also pursues interests in other musical styles, including improvisation. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and at The Dana School of Music. He was the recipient of the William Kurzban Prize in Piano from the Cleveland Institute, and the Aurora Ragiani Martin Piano Award from The Dana School.  His teachers have included Paul Schenly, Robert Elliot Hopkins, Caroline Oltmanns, Melva Huebert, and Doris Arnold Cunningham.  Dr. Orr is Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Florida School of Music.