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About Lino Rivera

Piano, Chamber Music, Music History
Born in the Philippines, Lino Rivera won his first national competition at age eight. He has performed as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist, and accompanist on three continents. He has been featured on several radio and television broadcasts, notably live performances with the Manila Symphony Orchestra and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. Rivera makes it his mission to advocate and premiere contemporary works; to explore and meet the artistic, creative, and technical challenges of piano transcriptions (the subject of his doctoral dissertation); and to discover and perform obscure solo piano repertoire throughout the ages.
Rivera is a celebrated performer for Composers, Inc. an organization based in San Francisco dedicated to promoting works by contemporary American composers. In 2007, he performed many of the Beethoven sonatas in conjunction with renowned music historian Robert Greenberg on a concert lecture series presented at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, California. He is a frequent soloist at Music Teachers' Association of California conferences, and regularly serves as an adjudicator of piano competitions. Recent solo recitals have taken place in Nuremberg (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), Kent University, Corpus Christi, Savannah, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Anchorage.

Positions

2014 - Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California
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2014 - Present Core Curriculum Working Group: Theological Understanding, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 - Present Bookstore Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 - Present Committee for Writing Across the Curriculum, Saint Mary's College of California
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2002 - Present Freshman Cohort Advisor, Saint Mary's College of California
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1980 - Present Industry Professional, Individual Piano Instructor
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Leap Program
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Performing Arts: Music
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Performing Art: Music, Dance and Theatre
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2014 - 2016 January Term Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2006 - 2014 Associate Professor, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 - 2012 First Year Advising Cohort (FYAC), Saint Mary's College of California
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2008 - 2011 Chair, Performing Arts Department, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 Music Program Director, Saint Mary's College of California
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2002 - 2009 Freshman Screening Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2002 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's College of California
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2004 - 2005 Committee on Teaching Scholarship, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 - 2005 Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Representative, Saint Mary's College of California
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2000 - 2002 Instructor and Accompanist, Saint Mary's College of California
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1997 - 2002 Music Instructor and Accompanist, Los Medanos College
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1991 - 2002 Music Instructor and Accompanist, Diablo Valley College
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1999 - 2000 Music Instructor, Santa Rosa Junior College
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1994 - 1995 Music Instructor, California State University, Sacramento
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Disciplines

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2010 - Present Accompanist, Saint Perpetua Church
1999 - 2014 Accompanist, Hillcrest Congregational Church
2007 - 2012 Accompanist, Chora Nova
2000 - 2010 Accompanist, Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
1999 - 2009 Accompanist, Saint Monica Catholic Church
1997 - 2002 Accompanist, Baroque Choral Guild
1992 - 2002 Accompanist, San Francisco Girls Chorus
1995 - 2001 Accompanist -, Acalanes High School Choirs
Professional, California Association of Professional Music Teachers
Music Teachers, Music Teachers' Association of California
Music Teachers, Music Teachers' National Association
Professional, Performing Arts Society of Contra Costa County
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Honors and Awards

  • Elizabeth Davis Competition - (1988)
  • Concerto Competition - University of Hawaii (1986)
  • Distinguished Pianist Prize - University of Hawaii (1986)
  • National Competition, Hawaii - Music Teachers' National Association (1985)
  • National competitions - Philippines

Courses

  • Rock to Bach
  • Private Piano Instruction
  • Perceiving the Performing Arts
  • Master Class
  • Chamber Music

Education

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1997 Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), Piano Performance, University of Maryland at College Park
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1986 M.M. Master of Music, University of Hawaii, Manoa
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1983 B.M. Bachelor of Music , Piano Performance,, University of Santo Tomas
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Links

Contact Information

Department: 
School of Liberal Arts » LEAP Program
School of Liberal Arts » Performing Arts: Music, Dance and Theatre
School of Liberal Arts » Performing Arts: Music
SMC Email Address: 
Contact Information: 
Office
Syufy Hall - 220
Contact:
Phone: (925) 631-8216
Mail: P.O. Box 96

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Honors, Awards, & Grants (8)

Presentations (74)