Rebecca Sorley
Rebecca Sorley
holds the Doctor of Arts degree in Piano Performance from
Ball State University, studying piano with Mitchell Andrews
and organ and harpsichord with Kirby Koriath. Her
Master of Music degree in Piano Performance was from Indiana
University with Leonard Hokanson as instructor. The
Bachelor of Music degree from Butler University was earned “with
highest honors in piano performance” studying with
Dorothy Munger. Dr. Sorley enjoys exploring piano
repertoire of women composers and recently performed a
lecture recital in Northern California for a College Music
Society conference featuring music of Fanny Mendelssohn
and Judith Lang Zaimont. Rebecca has also given lecture
recitals featuring music of 20th century American women
composers at the Athena Conference at Murray State University
and at the College Music Society conference at Ball State
University. She has performed as an orchestral keyboardist
with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra, and the Evansville Philharmonic. Rebecca
has held faculty positions at Earlham College and IUPUI
and taught as a graduate assistant at Ball State University
and Indiana University. Dr. Sorley holds the position of
Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Indianapolis
where she is Director of the Community Music Center and
Accompanying Coordinator. She teaches Introduction
to Music, Piano, Class Piano, Collaborative Piano, and
Piano Pedagogy.