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Department of Music
Martha Krasnican
Martha Krasnican is the director of the accompanying program at Indiana State University and principal keyboardist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. She graduated with distinction from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Brooks Smith, Barry Snyder, and Frank Glazer. After completing her Master’s degree at Eastman, she also worked with John Wustman of the University of Illinois and Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio. As a collaborative artist, she has worked with major performers across North America and Europe, including engagements with the Western Horn Symposium and several World Saxophone Congresses. She has performed as soloist in the Piano Concerto by Vincent Persichetti with the Indiana State University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer. She has also performed as a soloist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, premiering two piano concertos written for her by her husband, Daniel Powers. Other recent solo performances include Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and Bach’s Fifth Brandenburg Concerto. In 2005, she was featured on the CD “Spring and Fall,” a compilation of Powers’ chamber works and songs. The following year she collaborated with ISU alumna Sarah Stone on “Rejoice and Be Merry,” a Christmas CD featuring arrangements and original compositions by Powers. In February 2007, she performed the complete works of Beethoven for cello and piano with THSO principal cellist Kurt Fowler.
M.M. & B.M. in Piano Performance, Eastman School
of Music.
Office: CA 206
Phone: (812) 237-2732
 E-Mail: mkrasnican@isugw.indstate.edu
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