Kasandra Keeling
Assistant Professor, Piano
Coordinator, Keyboard Area

(210)458-5323
kasandra.keeling@utsa.edu

Dr. Kasandra Keeling is Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the University
of Texas at San Antonio.   A native San Antonian, she began her university studies at UTSA where she was a Zachry Scholar and a student of Dr. Janice K. Hodges. Dr. Keeling holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in piano performance from the University of Houston where she studied with Nancy Weems. Her doctorate was awarded in May 2000 from The University of Colorado at Boulder where she did her primary studies with Alvin Chow and additional studies with Larry Graham. While a student, she was awarded the Robin Sawhill Award for Excellence in Piano Performance given by the piano faculty at CU, the University of Colorado Norma Ekstand Award at the Graduate Honors Competition, first prize at the University of Houston and University of Colorado Concerto Competitions, as well as top prizes in national competitions such as the Soratin Young Artists Competition and the Nena Wideman Piano Competition.

Ms. Keeling has performed in the U.S., Mexico and Canada and in the summer of 2007 was  a visiting professor of piano at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and at the Conservatory of Music at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China.  She is active as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestra soloist and clinician and has given multiple sessions at state conventions, as well as at the Music Teachers National Conference.  Under her instruction, her past students have been top prizewinners at competitions such as the Corpus Christi Young Artist Competition, the national level of the MTNA Young Artist Competition, the TMTA Young Artist Performance Contests and several other regional and local contests.  Her students have also been accepted to top graduate programs at prestigious music schools across the nation. 

Dr. Keeling currently serves on the Texas Music Teachers Association Executive Board of Directors and serves as the Director of the Summer Music Institute for Piano and Strings held at UTSA each summer.  She has also served on the board of the San Antonio Music Teachers Association and was a founding board member of the Alliance Music Teachers Association of San Antonio.   She resides in San Antonio with her husband, Roy and their two children.

 

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