Mary Louise Hallauer: piano

Mary Louise Hallauer is Associate Professor of Music at Virginia Tech. She graduated “With Great Distinction” from Stanford University, where she was a student of Adolph Baller. She has received numerous awards, including a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Her Master of Music degree is from the University of Washington, where she studied with Randolph Hokanson.

She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in major cities throughout the United States and Europe, and is a frequent guest artist with the internationally acclaimed Audubon Quartet, both at Virginia Tech and in the “Music at Gretna” festival in Pennsylvania. In September, 1980, Ms. Hallauer was invited to perform for President Jimmy Carter at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Polish National Alliance. Ms. Hallauer has also appeared on television stations on both the east and west coasts, and her concerts have been broadcast on NPR stations in Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and on WFMT in Chicago.

Last spring, Professor Hallauer presented solo piano recitals in Lisbon, Portugal at the Escola Superior de Musica and the American Embassy.