Harrison Sheckler

Harrison Sheckler, a student at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, is pursuing a Masters of Piano Performance under the direction of Professor Jeffrey Biegel. Harrison began piano lessons in Charles City, IA at the age of six with local piano instructor, Sarah Jensen. He spent nearly a decade studying piano and competing in state and national competitions under the direction of Dr. Suzanne Torkelson at Wartburg College, Waverly, IA. Harrison attended his first year of college at Wartburg where he studied with additional piano faculty including Dr. Ted Reuter. He also, accompanied the St. Elizabeth's Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Karen Black and played violin in the Wartburg Symphony and Chamber Orchestras under the direction of Dr. Daniel Kaplunas. Harrison is the 2014 Terrace Hill Endowment for the Musical Arts Competition winner. He has multiple honors in the Music Teachers National Association Senior Piano Duet Competition at state, division and national levels with his duet partner, Sarah Gao of Cedar Falls, IA. He is the 2014 NAMTA Music Scholarship recipient and the Charles City Master of Fine Arts Award. In addition to his studies, Harrison has been privileged to accompany opera singer, Simon Estes, as well as multiple classical voice, instrumentalists, and musical theater students at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Outside of music, Harrison's interest include a passion for baseball and baseball memorabilia collecting in which he has collected correspondence from over 500 major league baseball players. He his a leader in a college Christian ministry, encouraging Christ in the arts. He enjoys fishing, down hill skiing and attending musical and theatre performances.