Fred Sturm initially trained as a piano technician at Grayson County College in Denison, Texas, and has taken advantage of additional training opportunites through the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) at national and regional conventions and seminars, and through factory-sponsored programs. He has been a Registered Piano Technician member of PTG since 1981, and has been active in that organization on both a local and national level.
He currently serves as co-chair of the College and University Technicians (CAUT) committee, where he has been involved in the revision of the Guidelines for Effective Institutional Piano Maintenance, and in developing on-going educational opportunities specifically aimed at the college and university technician. He also serves PTG as a Certified Tuning Examiner.
Sturm received a master of music degree in piano performance from UNM in 1979. He is active as a performing pianist, and specializes in the solo piano repertoire of Latin America, with a particular emphasis on the music of Villa-Lobos. He has recorded three CD’s of solo piano music, including Brazilian Soul (music of Villa-Lobos); American Rags, Brazilian Tangos, and Afrocuban Dances (music of Joplin, Scott, Lamb, Nazareth and Lecuona); and Piano Music of Ginastera and Villa-Lobos.
