Fellow, vocal coach
Pianist Tad Hardin enjoys an active performance career as a chamber musician, soloist, and vocal coach. His recital engagements and master classes have taken him to venues throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, South America, and Europe, with recent debuts in London and Milan.
Singers and pianists from his studio have gone on to study at leading graduate schools and perform in numerous young artist programs. Juggling a diverse performing and teaching schedule, Hardin is in demand as a coach, accompanist and clinician, giving master classes for solo pianists, collaborative pianists, and singers. His repertoire covers a broad range of art song, opera, oratorio, solo piano and 2-piano works, piano-percussion duos, and chamber literature for piano and strings. His performances have included numerous guest artist series along with broadcasts on Florida Public Radio and Bolivian national television.
Hardin has been privileged to study at the Mozarteum Akademie in Salzburg, the Cours International de Musique in Switzerland, and in the private studios of many distinguished artists and pedagogues including Martin Katz, Graham Johnson, David Allen Wehr, Carolyn Bridger, Tim Hoekman, Doug Fisher, and Karyl Louwenaar. Other influential mentors include Roger Vignoles, John Wustman, Dale Duesing, Phyllis Curtin, Sarah Walker, Denyce Graves, John Harbison, Norman Shetler, the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble, and the Penderecki String Quartet.
Hardin earned his Doctor of Music degree in piano performance at the Florida State University College of Music, where he also received a master’s degree in vocal coaching. He is an active member of MTNA, NFMC, Classical Singer, and the College Music Society, for which he serves on the Advisory Committee for Performance.
Dr. Hardin teaches on the faculty of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin. He also performs and teaches at summer festivals, which have included the Songfest Young Artist Program, the Festival Internacional Bach in Perú, and the Asolo Song Festival in Italy, where he is the Director of Collaborative Performance.
Contact by e-mail: tad.hardin@lawrence.edu
