Performance

Pianist Keith Ward has been active as a soloist, chamber musician, and vocal accompanist. He has performed on many campuses, on artist series, at local, regional, and national professional conferences, and on radio as well as public television.
 
Repertoire (selection)
Solo Literature:

• J.S. Bach: Toccata in D Major, BWV 912
• Haydn: Sonata, Hob. XVI: 32; Variations in F Minor, Hob. XVII: 6
• Mozart: Sonatas, K. 310, 330, 570; Fantasy, K. 475
• Beethoven: Sonatas, Opera 7, 81a, 90, 110; 32 Variations, WoO 80
• Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1 and 2, Opera 23 and 38
• Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
• Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24; Fantasien, Op. 116; Klavierstücke, Op.118
• Gottschalk: “L’Union: Paraphrase de Concert”
• Foote: Zweite Suite, Op. 30; Five Poems after Omar Khayyam, Op. 41
• Debussy: L’isle joyeuse
• Scriabin: Sonata No. 4, Op. 30
• Schoenberg: Opera 11 & 19
• Ives: Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass, 1840-1860
• Character pieces by Beach, Paine, Chadwick, Farwell, MacDowell, Ives, Cowell

 Chamber Music

• Beethoven: Trios, Opera 11, 70/1 (Ghost), 70/2
• Mendelssohn: Trio, Op. 49
• Schumann: Phantasiestücke (clarinet and piano), Op. 73
• Spohr: Sechs Deutsche Lieder, Op. 103 (piano, soprano, clarinet)
• Brahms: Sonata for Two Pianos, Op 34b; Trio, Op. 114
• Berg: Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier, Op. 5
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (piano duo version)
• Copland: Vitebsk
• Bartok: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
• Milhaud: Scaramouche
• Cooke: Nocturnes (piano, soprano, horn); Three Songs of Innocence (piano, soprano, clarinet)
• Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
• Argento: To Be Sung upon the Water (piano, soprano, clarinet)
• Barber: Cello Sonata, Op. 6; Souvenirs, Op. 28
• Works for bassoon and piano by Vivaldi (arr.), Telemann, Mozart (arr.), Weber, Saint-Saëns, Longo, Pierné, Tansman, Dutilleux, Jeanjean, Gershwin (arr.), and Larson

Vocal Literature:

• Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98
• Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Opus 25, D. 795
• Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Frauenliebe und Leben, Opus 42
• Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
• Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
• Schoenberg: Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, Op. 15
• Barber: Hermit Songs
• Copland: Old American Songs (both sets)
• Rorem: War Scenes
• Songs and/or arias by J.S. Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Löwe, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Wagner, Verdi, Gounod, Dvorak, Wolf, R. Strauss, J. Strauss, Lehar, Alma and Gustav Mahler, Faure, Debussy, Ravel, Puccini, Berg, Schoenberg, Zeisl, Poulenc, Korngold, Satie, Ives, Vaughn Williams, Ginastera, Duke, Menotti, Gordon, and 15 composers from the AIDS Quilt Songbook