Teaching

Awards

By invitation of Steinway and Sons, Robert Palmer’s photo has been placed on the Wall of Fame at the Steinway facility in Hamburg, Germany, which acknowledges the most renowned pianists in the world since 1910.

Named Teacher of the Year by IMTA (Indiana Music Teachers Association)

Named the initial recipient of the Ball State University College of Fine Arts Dean’s Teaching Award

Named an International Steinway Artist by Steinway and Sons, New York

Master Classes / Summer Musc Festivals / Guest Teaching

MASTER CLASSES

Master classes given at the University of Toronto (Canada), the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Russia), Yonsei University (Korea), the Shanghai Conservatory (China), Indiana University (USA), as well as many other worldwide universities, international festivals and competitions.

SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS ~ ARTIST-TEACHER

Rencontres Estivales Internationales - summer music festival, Moulin, France (multiple times)

Musical Summer - international summer music festival, Malaga, Spain

ARIA International Summer Music festival (several times)

GUEST TEACHING

Indiana University International Piano Academy

Adjudicator

Robert Palmer has served on the jury for piano competitions on an international, national, regional, and state level.

INTERNATIONAL

Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Hastings, England (4 times)

Taneev International Chamber Music Ensembles Competition, Moscow, Russia

Thailand International Piano Competition, Bangkok, Thailand

NATIONAL

American Pianist Association Classical Fellowship National Competition, Indianapolis, IN

12th Chopin Youth Competition, Houston, TX

REGIONAL

MTNA East Central Division national competition (several times)

STATE

Adjudicator for all solo piano competitions in the state of Indiana as well as the finals for the concerto competitions of the ISO, Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, Muncie Symphony Orchestra, and many others.

Student Successes

The high school and university piano students of Distinguished Professor Dr. Robert Palmer have won more than 125 competitions on a state, regional, national, and international level. His high school students have won virtually every competition in the state of Indiana including on several occasions the concerto competitions sponsored by the ISO, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, and the Richmond Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Palmer’s university students have been prizewinners in competitions from Indiana to Russia including the Taneev International Chamber Music Competition, the Wideman International Piano Concerto Competition, the World Piano Competition, the Beethoven Piano Sonata National Competition, the MTNA and IMTA competitions, the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition, and many others.

Most Recent student successes include:

Winner: Bach International Music Competition
Winner: Gene Marcus Piano Competition
Winner: San Francisco International Innovative Competition
Winner: Peoria (IL) Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition
Winner: Junior Bach Festival Competition, CA
Winner: Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Senior Blazer Piano Award
Performance of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra