Aural Skills Instructor; Administrative Assistant
padilljq@jmu.edu
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Jeremiah Padilla is an instructor at James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University, and EMU's Preparatory Music Program. As a soloist, he has performed piano concerti with the James Madison Symphony Orchestra, the University of Memphis Orchestra, the Memphis Repertory Orchestra (MRO), and the Awit Pilipinas Youth Orchestra. Jeremiah has played for masterclasses with renowned pianists such as Andre-Michel Schub, Alon Goldstein, Antonio di Cristofano, Bertrand Giraud, Jeremy Denk, Craig Niles, and Danny Driver.
As an avid collaborative pianist, Jeremiah enjoys sharing the stage with faculty and colleagues at EMU and JMU. He has also accompanied voice masterclasses of prominent singers such as Barbara Bonney, Rod Gilfry, Linda Watson, and Bo Skovhus. In 2019, he won the Outstanding Collaborative Lieder Pianist Award at AIMS in Graz, Austria. Ever since then, he has been invited back to AIMS as a repetitor.
Jeremiah holds a DMA from JMU, and an MM and a BM from the University of Memphis. His teachers include Gabriel Dobner, Victor Asuncion, Cathal Breslin, and Nita Quinto.