Ferrigno Named Director of Keyboard Studies
June 12, 2023
Nina Ferrigno has been named the director of Keyboard Studies in the Webster University
Department of Music, effective fall 2023. Ferrigno was selected after a nationwide search led by a committee
of faculty in Webster’s Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts.
Ferrigno is a founding member of the Boston-based Calyx Piano Trio and has appeared
in major concert venues throughout North America. She has appeared as a soloist with
the St. Louis Symphony, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the Boston Pops, and
the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Ferrigno has performed in collaborative large
ensemble appearances as principal keyboardist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra,
Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project
(BMOP).
Her recent festival appearances include those at Tanglewood, where the Calyx Piano Trio performed “Tones of Clay”, a newly commissioned work written for them by James Lee
III, and Summerfest (Kansas City, Mo.) performing the music of Kenji Bunch. She has
appeared at Banff, Norfolk, and the Skaneateles Festival and regularly appears at
the Carolina Chamber Music Festival. She co-founded and directs the Missouri Chamber
Music Festival. Ferrigno frequently collaborates with Chamber Project St. Louis, appears
frequently on the St. Louis Symphony’s ‘Live at the Pulitzer’ series, and is featured
in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Prelude’ and ‘Community Chamber Concert’ series.
Ferrigno is committed to bringing classical music to new audiences and expanding the
repertoire through commissioning and working with living composers to perform new
works in a variety of settings. Recent commissions include those of James Lee III,
Christopher Stark, Derek Bermel, Amy Beth Kirsten and Peter Askim. Her discography
includes chamber music of Lansing McLoskey on Albany Records, Bernard Rands “Canti
Triology” on Arsis Audio and a recent release on Bridge Records of “This is Not a
Story” by Christopher Stark.
Ferrigno is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, where she received
degrees with distinction in performance.