Dr. Linda Shipley
Professor of Music
Linda Shipley is an accomplished pianist and organist, who joined the college faculty in 2001. She was formerly a faculty member at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. She has directed the Allegro School of Music since 1996, and has served as church musician at Inglewood Baptist Church since 1995.
Education
- Ph.D. in Music Theory, Florida State University (1978)
Dissertation: “English Translation of Soler’s ‘Llave de la Modulacion'” - M.C.M. in Church Music and Piano Performance, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1976)
- B.M. in Piano Performance, Carson Newman College (1974)
Areas of Interest
- Organ Performance
- Piano Performance
- Music Theory
Select Publications
- “Pedagogical Values of the Keyboard Sonatas of Antonio Soler” (American Music Teacher)
- “The Memoirs and Music of Giuseppe Ferrata” (Journal of the American Liszt Society)
- “A Performer’s Analysis of Alan Berg’s Piano Sonata” (New Journal for Music)
Select Courses
- Private Organ
- Music Theory
- Form, Analysis, and Counterpoint
