Betsi Hodges Biography
Betsi Hodges, originally from St. Louis, MO, received her Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and her Master’s degree from Michigan State University, both in piano performance. Betsi is currently working on a doctorate in accompanying and chamber music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she was the recipient of a graduate fellowship and assistantship, and was a member of the graduate resident piano trio. She teaches piano at Guilford College.
She has appeared as soloist with the Michigan State Philharmonic and the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. During past summers, Betsi has participated in the Rome Music Festival in Rome, Italy, the International Fine Arts Institute in Moscow, Russia, and a piano quartet residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. She has accompanied several cello masterclasses for the Luigi Silva Centennial Celebration and the Bernard Greenhouse Celebration and was an accompanist for the International Falcone Tuba Competition at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Festival in 2002 and 2003. She has performed with her husband, cellist Brian Hodges, as the Duo Navona at the Hampden Sydney Chamber Music Festival in Virginia, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts, as well as various recitals in the US and Italy. This past summer, she was the accompanist for the Eastern Music Festival.
Her teachers have included Andrew Harley, Ralph Votapek, Barry Snyder, Thomas Schumacher, and Jane Allen.
Email: bhodges@guilford.edu