BIOGRAPHY

Pianist Justin Badgerow enjoys a successful career as a solo and collaborative pianist as well as a pedagogue.  Dr. Badgerow received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Masters degree in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at Austin and the Bachelor of Music in Piano from the University of Central Florida. Dr. Badgerow's primary teachers include Gary Wolf, Nancy Garrett, and Andrew Coooperstock with additional coaching by Robert Spillman and Anne Epperson. 

Dr. Badgerow has performed as a soloist throughout the United States and South Africa, Brazil, China, Estonia, and Ireland. He has performed as a concerto soloist with the Kennett Symphony and Imperial Symphony. A champion of Latin American piano music, Justin has performed at the International Joaquín Rodrigo Conference in El Paso, Texas and at the Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) conference in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. As an avid collaborative pianist, Dr. Badgerow has a varied background including extensive experience as a répétiteur for numerous professional and collegiate operas and musical productions.  In addition, he has enjoyed collaborations in chamber music groups including performances with members of the Grammy award winning Pacifica Quartet and clarinetist Eddie Daniels. Justin's solo album "Reminiscences of Brazil" can be found on Divine Art Records and his second album of solo and chamber music, "A Touch of Blue", is featured on Centaur Records. 

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Justin is active in the field of piano pedagogy as he has been a featured performer and lecturer at regional, national, and international conferences including Music Teachers National Association, National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy, and the College Music Society.  He is currently a Professor of Music at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, PA where he teaches piano and music theory.  He serves as the advisor to the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society. Dr. Badgerow was previously an Assistant Professor of Music at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas where he was named as a finalist for the Outstanding University Teacher Award.  

Dr. Badgerow is a member of many prestigious academic and music societies including Pi Kappa Lambda national music honor society and Phi Kappa Phi honor society.  Justin serves as the secretary on the Executive Board for the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, and on the PMTA Conference Committee. Dr. Badgerow previously served on the artistic committee and board of Gretna Music, a non-profit performing arts organization in Central PA.