Piano students of Robin McCabe report recent appearances and honors. DMA student Cicy Li was selected to give a solo performance at the UW's Donor Recognition Gala, held in September in Suzzallo Library. She performed Ravel's Jeux d'Eau. She reprised her performance for the entire UW community on Oct. 15, performing just before UW president Robert Jones's inaugural address at the President's Annual Welcome gathering.

Li’s performance of the triumphant first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 put her technical prowess on full display with its never-ending runs of sixteenth notes. Her use of dynamics had me on the edge of my seat, constantly reaching for the music’s next peak. Like Bao, Li played the quiet, searching sections with a tenderness that made me ache.

This January, Seattle Pacific junior Cicy Li won a $1,000 music scholarship. A piano performance major, she took the stage of SPU’s Nickerson Studios, performing the stirring and challenging first movement of Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major.