First Name:
Dr. Islei
Last Name:
Hammer
Main Title:
Staff Pianist
Office Location:
Room 413, Broyhill Music Center
Phone Number:
818-262-7010
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Dr. Islei Mariano Correa Hammer is a staff collaborative pianist at the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. Dr. Hammer is a Brazilian native pianist who has played with the most varied ensembles in Brazil, Europe, and the United States. She is a winner of several national prizes as a pianist in Brazil. A recent prize includes first place at the West Virginia University Chamber Music Competition (2020) with the Schwantner Quartet (piano, flute and two percussionists). Her most recent performances include West Virginia ACDA conferences in Charleston and Morgantown, WV, Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, and the National Concerts at Carnegie Hall, NY.
In Brazil, Dr. Hammer worked as a collaborative pianist for music organizations ranging from choirs, orchestras, and opera companies. She has collaborated with the Amazonas Theatre Choir, the Amazonas Opera Festival, the Lyrical Choir of Minas Gerais, the Symphonic Orchestra of Minas Gerais, and opera productions at Palacio das Artes in Minas Gerais. As a teacher, Islei taught piano, collaborative piano, chamber music and music theory at the University of Amazonas, and at the State University of Minas Gerais, as well as Class Piano at West Virginia University.
Dr. Hammer graduated with honors from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and studied in Germany, where she pursued two Artist Diploma degrees, one in Weimar and one in Stuttgart. She completed her master’s degree in Brazil and earned her Doctorate in Musical Arts in collaborative piano from West Virginia University.