Currently the coordinator of the class piano program at Texas State University in San Marcos, Ezra Bartz is a versatile musician with a multifaceted career. He earned his Bachelors Degree at the University of Oregon, winning the University Concerto Competition and the Petri Scholarship Competition.  Upon graduating magna cum laude, he received Outstanding Performer in Keyboard by the School of Music and Outstanding Performer in Music by the University.  While earning his Masters and Doctoral Degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, Ezra was awarded first prize in the Sidney Wright Presidential Endowed Accompanying Competition. Together with his professor Gregory Allen, he also made a world-premiere recording of Stravinsky’s two-piano/four-hand arrangement of his Septet for a BBC radio broadcast special. As a collaborative pianist, Ezra has been fortunate to perform with many world-class musicians, including low-brass virtuosi Patrick Sheridan, Steven Mead, and Michael Grose; flutists David Weschler and Jasmine Bartz (his wife); and saxophonist Todd Oxford. Ezra’s lecture-recital, entitled Hidden Potential: Three Fugue Subjects of Johann Sebastian Bach, was presented at the 2009 World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia.