Walton Lott, DMA
Solo and collaborative keyboardist
Education
D.M.A. in Keyboard Performance - University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), 2022
Master of Music in Keyboard Performance - University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), 2012
Bachelor’s of Science in Music, Concentration in Piano Performance - Millsaps College, 2008
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Historical Keyboard Performance - UNCG, 2022
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Musicology - UNCG, 2022
Post-Master’s Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy - UNCG, 2022
About me
With over two decades of experience in keyboard performance, I enjoy performing within a wide range of musical genres and contexts, including solo, chamber, jazz, historical informed performance practice, musicals, and avant-garde/newly-composed music.
As a student of Dr. Andrew Willis at the University of North Carolina I studied historically-informed performance practice on period instruments while also delving into Modern and contemporary compositions. In addition to a consistent focus on solo repertoire, I am an accomplished collaborative pianist that has performed with highly skilled chamber ensembles, instrumentalists, vocalists, and choral ensembles.
I am a well-read educator, having taught class piano at the college level, directed vocal and handbell choirs, studied Music Theory and Ear Training pedagogy, and provided private piano instruction.
While not practicing, I enjoy trail running, cooking, exploring oenology, and picking up coding skills.
Take a listen!
Here are some live and edited recordings of my playing and other miscellaneous music projects
John Cage Sonatas and Interludes: Sonatas I-IV & Interlude I. Recorded July 2024
Bach Partita BWV 827 and Beethoven Sonata Op. 101. Recorded January 2020 at Grace Lutheran Church in Boulder CO
Frederic Rzewski’s Four Pieces. Recorded at the Southeaster Composers Conference at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Febrary 2014.
A film scoring experiment I did treating a brief segment from Fritz Lang’s silent film Metropolis. All sounds designed in SuperCollider, an open-source sound synthesis program.
John Cage Sonatas and Interludes: Sonatas XV & XVI. Recorded July 2024
Olivier Messiaen’s Quator por la fin du temps. Recorded Spring 2017 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Fred Cohen’s “Beam in the Darkness.” Recorded at the Southeaster Composers Conference at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Febrary 2014.
Corrente from Domenico Zipoli’s Suite in G minor
Experiments
I am always looking for performance opportunities and new people to play with! Whether performing works from the musical canon or having a fun jam session, I am always hungry to connect with the musical community!
Currently working on:
Solo Piano Etudes by Claude Debussy and György Ligeti
Coding live and tape electronic music using SuperCollider
Solo piano arrangements of Radiohead’s OK Computer
Repertoire List Highlights
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Books I and II
Six Partitas BWV 825-830
Italian Concerto BWV 971
Die Kunst der Fuge: Contrapuncti I, II, IV, IX, and XI
Six French Suites BWV 812-817
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonatas Op. 2/3; Op. 10/3; Op. 26; Op. 27/2; Op. 57; Op. 101; Op. 106, Op. 109; Op. 110; Op. 111
Alban Berg
Sonata, Op. 1
Johannes Brahms
Klavierstücke Op. 76, Op. 116, Op. 117, Op. 118, Op. 119
Concerto No. 2 in Bb Op. 83, Mvmts. I and II
Frydryck Chopin
Ballades Op. 38, Op. 47, Op. 52
Claude Debussy
Images, books 1 & 2
Estampes
12 Etudes for solo piano
Henri Dutilleux
Sonata, Op. 1
Au gré des Ondes
Gabriel Faure
Nocturne in Db Major, Op. 63
Barcarolle in Ab Major, Op. 44
John Harbison
Piano Sonata No. 2
György Ligeti
Etudes for Solo Piano
II. Cordes à vide
IV. Fanfares
VI. Automne à Varsovie
Olivier Messiaen
Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jesus
Regard du Pére
Regard de l'étoile
Regard de la vierge
Regard de l'esprit de joie
Premiere communion de la vierge
Noël
Le baiser de l'enfant-Jésus
Catalogue d’Oiseaux
II. Loriot d’Europe
VI. Alouette lulu
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in F, K. 545
Concerto in A, K. 414
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Piano Concerto in G Major
Frederic Rzewski
North American Ballads
Four Pieces
Winnsboro Cottonmill Blues (arr. for 2 pianos)
Franz Schubert
Sonata in A, D.845
Sonata in C minor, D.958
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Quatour pour le fin du temps (Olivier Messiaen)
“Ghost” Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Sonata for Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, and Piano (Darius Milhaud)
Ballade, Pastorale, and Dance (Eric Ewazen)
Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 (Johannes Brahms)
Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 (Johannes Brahms)
Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1 (Georg Philip Telemann)
Fantasie Originale (Romano Picchi)
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
La Flute de Pan (Jules Mouquet)
Orange Dawn (Ian Clarke)
Sonata, Op. 14 (Robert Muczynski)
Berceuse et Rondo Cappricioso (Pierre Max Dubois)
Little Green Pop (Sean Friar)
Peirrot Lunaire (Arnold Schoenberg)
Lick (Julia Wolfe)
Piano Phase (Steve Reich)
Sonata Undine for Flute and Piano (Carl Reinecke)
Sonata for Clarinet (Francis Poulenc)
The Alphabet Turn’d Posture Master (Carl Schimmel)
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Six Elizabethan Songs (Dominick Argento)
The Green Dog (Herbert Kingsley)
Franz Schubert Lieder:
Der Post
Das Wandern
Der Lindenbaum
Richard Strauss songs:
Nur Mut!
Cäcilie
Ruhe, meine Steele
Morgen!
Debussy chanson:
Les cloches: Les feuilles s'ouvraient sur le bord des branches
La romance d'Ariel: Au long de ces montagnes douces
Il pleut doucement sur la ville: Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville
Aquarelles 2. Spleen: Les Roses étaient toutes rouges
The Settling Years (Libby Larsen)
Morten Lauridsen
Sure On This Shining Night
Soneto de la Noche
O Magnum Mysterium
Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Nächtens (Johannes Brahms)
“The Here and Now” (Christopher Theofanidis)
Little Birds (Eric Whitacre)
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (Wray Lundquist)
At Such a Dizzying Height (Joan Szymko)
