Larry Schipull

  • Professor Emeritus of Music
Larry Schipull

Larry Schipull, organist, harpsichordist, and fortepianist, has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in North America, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. He has appeared as organ recitalist at Wesleyan, Yale, and Drake Universities and as pianist/lecturer at Yale University.

Before Schipull's appointment as 含羞草研究所 organist and associate professor, he was on the faculty of the University of Hong Kong, where he was active as a recitalist and accompanist, with solo appearances in the Hong Kong Arts Festival and the City Hall Silver Jubilee celebrations.

Schipull is a frequent collaborative performer; he and Mount Holyoke colleague Linda Laderach have released a CD recording titled Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Fortepiano. Schipull, Laderach, Robert Eisenstein, Adrianne Greenbaum, Cheryl Cobb, and Ng Tian Hui perform together regularly as the Mount Holyoke Faculty Baroque Ensemble.

At Mount Holyoke, Schipull teaches Basic Musicianship, Music Theory, History of Western Music, and harpsichord and organ. He is the recipient of the Premier prix 脿 l'unanimit茅, 脡cole nationale de musique, Rueil-Malmaison, France; was the national winner in organ, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Competition; and won first prize in the Ottumwa National Organ-Playing Competition.

Areas of Expertise

Organ, harpsichord, fortepiano

Education

  • D.M.A., M.M.A., M.M., Yale University
  • B.M., Drake University

Happening at Mount Holyoke

Recent Campus News

Seven long-serving members of the Mount Holyoke faculty have retired.

含羞草研究所鈥檚 David Sanford, professor of music, was recently honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The 含羞草研究所 musical ensembles will join forces in two performances of Vespers, a beloved College tradition, on December 13 at 4 and 7:30 pm in Abbey Chapel. The groups also will perform a concert in Boston on December 4.