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      Keyboard

      A piano student performs in MUB 101 during a recital

      Welcome to the Keyboard Area of the University of Florida School of Music, where talented students experience an intensive, stimulating and highly rewarding curriculum led by dedicated faculty artists. UF keyboard students distinguish themselves regularly in festivals and competitions around the globe, with many graduates going on to prominent doctoral programs and teaching positions.  An All-Steinway School, the University of Florida School of Music boasts several excellent performance venues with concert instruments of outstanding quality.  Studios and practice rooms, as well, feature new and meticulously maintained instruments.  

      In the areas of Organ, Harpsichord, Carillon and Sacred Music, undergraduate and graduate students enjoy full access to the 99-rank Andrew Anderson Memorial Organ in the University Auditorium, mechanical-action practice organs in the Music Building, a 61-bell carillon and practice clavier in the adjacent Century Tower, and a growing collection of historical keyboard instruments including five harpsichords and a Chickering grand piano from the 1860s.

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      Organ Studio

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      Andrew Anderson Memorial Organ at the University Auditorium.

      Carillon Studio

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      Fall 2025 Carillon Studio.

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      Piano Studio in MUB 101.

      Secondary Piano

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      International Piano Festival

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      Faculty, Staff and Advisors

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      Jasmin Arakawa

      Associate Professor
      • School of Music
      jarakawa@ufl.edu
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      Laura Ellis

      Professor and Associate School Director
      • School of Music
      lrellis@ufl.edu
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      Evan Mitchell

      Assistant Professor
      • School of Music
      evan.mitchell@ufl.edu
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      Kevin Robert Orr

      School Director and Professor of the School of Music
      • School of Music
      korr@ufl.edu
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      Hsiang Tu

      Assistant Professor
      • School of Music
      hsiangtu@ufl.edu

      Events

      Jan 20, 2026

      Distinguished Pianists Series: Hung-Kuan Chen

      • School of Music
      UF School of Music
      7:20 PM
      Jan 17, 2026

      Florida Carillon Festival Recital #1

      • School of Music
      Century Tower
      6:15 PM
      Dec 7, 2025

      Carillon Studio Recital #3 – Studio of Laura Ellis

      • School of Music
      Century Tower
      1:55 PM
      Dec 7, 2025

      UF Pipe Organ Centennial: Laura Ellis – Holiday Faculty Recital

      • School of Music
      University Auditorium
      12:50 PM
      Dec 2, 2025

      Piano Studio Fall Recital #2 – Studio of Dr. Hsiang Tu

      • School of Music
      UF School of Music
      5:10 PM

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