Troy M. Slocum is a cum laude graduate of Nazareth College of Rochester with a B.M. degree in piano performance; he studied there with Dr. Beverly Smoker, chair of the keyboard department. Mr. Slocum also has pursued graduate studies in piano performance at Syracuse University as a graduate assistant to Dr. Fred Karpoff, and he has studied privately with Patricia Hanson from the Eastman School of Music and Dr. Joseph Decharrio from SUNY Geneseo.

 Mr. Slocum is an active recitalist and accompanist in the Rochester area. He has performed solo and chamber works in various venues throughout the region and is a versatile pianist, comfortable in several styles of music from cocktail piano to classical.

Mr. Slocum has been teaching privately in the Rochester area for the past ten years and has had several award winning students in various piano competitions. His students have been winners of the Howard Hanson Award and the David Hochstein Memorial Recital Competition, among others. Many of his students have gone on to attend music colleges across the country and are pursuing advanced studies in piano performance and music education.

Mr. Slocum is very active in local and national music organizations. He is currently the President of the Rochester Piano Teachers’ Guild, and he is a member of the National Federation Of Music Clubs, National Guild of Piano Teachers, and the Music Teachers National Association.

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