APSU to host Piano Fest featuring Daniel Adam Maltz from March 25-27
By: Dr. Andrea Spofford March 10, 2026
Daniel Adam Maltz, a fortepiano specialist who performs in over 50 cities yearly as a soloist, director, Lied accompanist, and clinician. | Contributed photo
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University’s Department of Music, with support from the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will present Piano Fest from March 25-27, as part of CECA’s 40th anniversary celebration. All events are free and open to the public and will be held in the Mabry Concert Hall.
This year’s festival features guest artist Daniel Adam Maltz, a fortepiano specialist. Maltz performs in over 50 cities yearly as a sought-after soloist, director, Lied accompanist, and clinician. His specialty is Viennese Classicism, specifically the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, performed on the Viennese fortepiano.
Maltz will perform solo works by Mozart and Beethoven and a concerto with the APSU Chamber Orchestra at 5:30 p.m. on March 27, and facilitate piano masterclasses from 10 a.m. to noon on March 26 and 27.
The APSU Piano Ensembles will perform Experiencing Music Creatively, a multimedia performance with audience participation, at 7:30 p.m. on March 25.
To learn more about Piano Fest, contact Dr. Patricia Halbeck at halbeckp@apsu.edu. To learn more about future CECA events, productions, and performances, visit https://www.apsu.edu/ceca/.
About the Department of Music
The Austin Peay State University Department of Music hosts over 100 performances each semester. Events take place in the 600-seat George & Sharon Mabry Concert Hall, the Recital Hall in MMC 147, Heydel Hall in the Art + Design Building, and other venues across campus and in the local community.
Performances feature APSU student and faculty soloists, chamber, and large ensembles, along with guest artists sponsored by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.
About the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts
Since 1985, the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA, or "seek-ah") has been providing students, the Clarksville community, and the Middle Tennessee region with engaging experiences through the Art + Design, Creative Writing, Music, and Theatre & Dance programs at APSU. CECA brings as many as 85 guest artists to Clarksville each year and presents up to 100 public arts and culture events annually, including concerts, exhibitions, artist lectures, master classes, artist residencies, and more. In addition, CECA provides the arts faculty at APSU with research opportunities to enhance their professional growth as well as numerous student scholarships each year to support APSU's own emerging artists. To learn more about CECA, contact Dr. Andrea Spofford at spofforda@apsu.edu.