Talented Professors Who Inspire You to Succeed
Dr. Jonathan Sokasits
Professor of Music, Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Piano Literature
Professor of Piano Jonathan Sokasits, NCTM, teaches studio piano and class piano, piano literature, piano pedagogy and chamber music. He holds Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a student of Howard Karp and three-time recipient of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Graduate Fellowships.
Dr. Sokasits is active performing in solo, duo, and chamber recitals. He is a member of the artists’ rosters for the Nebraska Arts Council Touring Artists Program and the Heartland Arts Fund/Mid-America Arts Alliance, and is a regular presenter at state, regional, and national conventions of professional organizations such as the Music Teachers National Association and the College Music Society. He has appeared as soloist with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Festival Band, Hastings College Concert Band, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Chamber Players, and the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble. Dr. Sokasits appears on Mark Custom Records (with the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble and the Ithaca Children’s Chorus) and Albany Records (with flutist Leonard Garrison). Sokasits has performed with the Chiara String Quartet, the Oakwood Chamber Players, the Petrella percussion and piano duo, the Lincoln Symphony Third Chair Chamber Players, and numerous faculty colleagues and students.
In 2006, Dr. Sokasits completed a recital and master class tour to universities in New Zealand, where he presented recitals of contemporary music by New Zealand and American composers. In 2005, Dr. Sokasits presented a lecture-recital at the Rhodes International Rachmaninoff Conference. In 2004, Dr. Sokasits was a featured recitalist, master class teacher, and adjudicator for the inaugural Be?parmak International Piano Festival at Eastern Mediterranean University in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. That summer he also appeared as a featured recitalist at the annual Goshen College Summer Piano Workshop. He continues to serve as a member of the piano faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
A devotee of contemporary music, Dr. Sokasits has worked with composers Christian Berg, Karel Husa, John Psathas, Christopher Rouse, and Dana Wilson, whose set of piano pieces, Persona, were commissioned by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association and given their premiere performance by Sokasits.
Dr. Sokasits has served Nebraska Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association in numerous capacities at the local, state, and division levels.
Dr. Jonathan Sokasits
Professor of Music, Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Piano Literature
Office: Fuhr Hall #47
Phone: 402-461-7359
Professor of Piano Jonathan Sokasits, NCTM, teaches studio piano and class piano, piano literature, piano pedagogy and chamber music. He holds Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a student of Howard Karp and three-time recipient of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Graduate Fellowships.
Dr. Sokasits is active performing in solo, duo, and chamber recitals. He is a member of the artists’ rosters for the Nebraska Arts Council Touring Artists Program and the Heartland Arts Fund/Mid-America Arts Alliance, and is a regular presenter at state, regional, and national conventions of professional organizations such as the Music Teachers National Association and the College Music Society. He has appeared as soloist with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Festival Band, Hastings College Concert Band, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Chamber Players, and the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble. Dr. Sokasits appears on Mark Custom Records (with the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble and the Ithaca Children’s Chorus) and Albany Records (with flutist Leonard Garrison). Sokasits has performed with the Chiara String Quartet, the Oakwood Chamber Players, the Petrella percussion and piano duo, the Lincoln Symphony Third Chair Chamber Players, and numerous faculty colleagues and students.
In 2006, Dr. Sokasits completed a recital and master class tour to universities in New Zealand, where he presented recitals of contemporary music by New Zealand and American composers. In 2005, Dr. Sokasits presented a lecture-recital at the Rhodes International Rachmaninoff Conference. In 2004, Dr. Sokasits was a featured recitalist, master class teacher, and adjudicator for the inaugural Be?parmak International Piano Festival at Eastern Mediterranean University in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. That summer he also appeared as a featured recitalist at the annual Goshen College Summer Piano Workshop. He continues to serve as a member of the piano faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
A devotee of contemporary music, Dr. Sokasits has worked with composers Christian Berg, Karel Husa, John Psathas, Christopher Rouse, and Dana Wilson, whose set of piano pieces, Persona, were commissioned by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association and given their premiere performance by Sokasits.
Dr. Sokasits has served Nebraska Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association in numerous capacities at the local, state, and division levels.
