Kris Carlisle is a professional pianist and educator. Specializing in contemporary music, his latest album The American Evolution: Piano Preludes was released in December of 2016 and has already garnered the Global Music Award “Silver Medal”. His p
...MoreKris Carlisle is a professional pianist and educator. Specializing in contemporary music, his latest album The American Evolution: Piano Preludes was released in December of 2016 and has already garnered the Global Music Award “Silver Medal”. His previous album The American Evolution: Piano Sonatas received 2015’s The American Prize in Piano Performance Special Judge’s Citation: “Championing Piano Music by American Composers”. These albums are part of a larger project that explores the way contemporary composers use traditional genres. Dr. Carlisle has other works available at Curvepoint Media and CDBaby. Current, a collection of contemporary works for piano and trumpet, and Etesian Traveler, containing works for piano, trumpet and percussion. Dr. Carlisle has been a guest artist at colleges and universities around the country. He has been an adjudicator for organizations throughout the country and presented lectures and recitals at both national and international conferences.
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