Kenneth Borrmann

Piano

Cairn University: Acting Dean and Chair of Keyboard Studies

MMus (West Chester University), BS & BMus (Cairn University)

Kenneth Borrmann is the Acting Dean and Chair of Keyboard Studies in the School of Music at Cairn University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Bible and a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from Cairn University and a Master of Music in piano performance from West Chester University. He is the director of the Cairn Handbell Choir and the ensemble Laudate. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he is active as a soloist, accompanist, and chamber music collaborator. Mr. Borrmann has conducted major portions of Handel’s Messiah on multiple occasions and has served as a church music director for 30 years. He teaches on the piano faculty and coaches for ChamberFest at the Csehy Summer School of Music. For ten years he also conducted the Csehy choir.

His solo piano recitals have featured the works of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms and Rachmaninoff. As part of the dedication of a new Steinway concert grand piano, Mr. Borrmann performed the Piano Concerto No.1 by Prokofiev with the Cairn Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed concertos by Brahms and Grieg with the CSO. Mr. Borrmann studied piano with Samuel Hsu and Benjamin Whitten and has most recently been a student of Martin Canin of the Juilliard School. Mr. Borrmann and his wife Ruth live in Warminster, PA. They have two sons, Nate and Ryan.