Robert Holm Piano Camp Faculty Recital June 22 at 3:00
Posted on June 12, 2026 by Keith Bohnet

USA Professor of Music Dr. Robert Holm will perform the opening concert of the 2026 USA Piano Camp with a Faculty Recital on Monday, June 22 at 3:00 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Since this year's Piano Camp is concentrating on music of the late Romantic Era, Dr. Holm's recital will feature the Grieg Piano Sonata in E minor, Rachmaninoff's Preludes op. 23, nos. 1-6, and Brahms' Paganini Variations.
Admission to this Department of Music concert is free and open to the public. Persons needing more information about this event or in need of special accommodation may call 251-460-7116 or 251-460-6136.
This concert IS scheduled to appear on the USA Department of Music Live Stream. Go to USA Concert Live Streams for more information.
Need directions to Laidlaw? Just go to Google Maps and enter "USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center." We're actually on the corner of University Blvd. and USA Drive South.
More information about the entire Piano Camp may be obtained through the USA Piano Camp web page -- USA Piano Camp 2026
Please visit our website homepage for information about USA's Department of Music -- southalabama.edu/music
About the performer
Robert Holm is Professor of Music, head of the keyboard area at the University of
South Alabama, principal pianist for the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, and pianist for
Spring Hill Baptist Church. Holm earned the D.M.A. degree from the University of
Illinois and was a finalist or prize winner at the Liszt Competition in Italy, at
the Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev Competition in Virginia, and at the International
Beethoven Sonata Competition in Tennessee. Holm has appeared as soloist with various
ensembles including the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony Orchestra,
Mobile Youth Symphony, and the Mobile Symphonic Pops. He has performed as soloist
and collaborative artist at Steinway Hall in London, at Carnegie (Weill) Hall, at
Shaoxing University (China), at Lakehead University (Canada), and at UNICAMP and Tatuí
Conservatory in Brazil. At the University of South Alabama where he began teaching
in 1997, he has performed more than 60 solo recitals including sonata cycles by Mozart
and Beethoven, over 280 collaborative recitals with faculty and guest artists, and
over 200 degree recitals with students. In 2020, Holm received the University of
South Alabama Dean’s Lecture Award, and served as the USA Arts & Sciences commencement
speaker. He is the recent recipient of the 2025 Alabama Music Teachers Association
Teacher of the Year Award and will be inducted into the Steinway Teachers Hall of
Fame in October. In 1988, Holm performed as part of an 88-piano ensemble with Chubby
Checker and the Rockettes at Superbowl XXII in San Diego.
USA Piano Camp Concerts
Monday, June 22, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
Robert Holm, USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
Hannah Roberts, USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
James Helton, USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
Thursday, June 25, 2026 -- 3:00 p.m.
Michael Gurt, USA Piano Camp Faculty Recital
Friday, June 26, 2026 -- 1:00 p.m.
USA Piano Camp Participant Finale Concert
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USA Piano Camp Participant Concert June 26 at 1:00
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June 25, 2026 -
Michael Gurt, Piano Camp Faculty Recital June 25 at 3:00
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June 23, 2026 -
James Helton, Piano Camp Faculty Recital June 24 at 3:00
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June 22, 2026 -
Hannah Roberts, Piano Camp Faculty Recital June 23 at 3:00p
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