THE FRANK COOPER LECTURE SERIES
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Frank E. Cooper
“Music is the art of making time audible and articulate via perceptible, dynamic forms.”
—Frank Cooper

A “Renaissance Man” can be described as an outstandingly versatile, well-rounded person. The expression alludes to such Renaissance figures as Leonardo da Vinci, who performed brilliantly in many different fields. Frank Cooper has earned this reputation and has been quoted as such in the Miami Herald. Professor Frank Cooper, who has devoted his life to studying the arts while simultaneously pursuing careers as a teacher, writer, lecturer and performer has been the subject of broadcasts by
• National Public Radio in Washington
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto
• British Broadcasting Corporation in London
• Radio Netherlands in Hilversum

A sought after scholar, many organizations have commissioned Prof. Cooper’s program notes and record annotations including:
• Lincoln Center
• Carnegie Hall
• Cliburn Foundation
• Ford Centre (Toronto)
• Rialto Center (Atlanta)
• New York Times
• TIME/LIFE
• Arabesque Records
• RCA Victor
• Audiofon Records
• International Piano Library
Cooper is well-known in Indianapolis where he served as Artistic Director of the Indianapolis Early Music Festival for thirty-five years. The Indianapolis Museum of Art inaugurated its Evans Woollen Memorial Lecture series with six programs by Prof. Cooper. He returns to the Indiana capital every year to speak under the auspices of such organizations as the Museum’s Decorative Arts Society, the Indianapolis Art Center and Indiana History Center.

In 2007 Cooper was presented by the National Federation of Music Clubs with its centennial citation for his “indelible and remarkable impact on the artistic life and culture of the United States and the world at large;” moreover, the Miami Herald has referred to him as “South Florida’s cultural maven.”

Prof. Cooper was formerly a member of the faculties of Butler University in Indianapolis and the New World School of the Arts in Miami. In addition to being an Artistic Advisor and regular lecturer for the Miami International Piano Festival, he has lectured in such varied venues as the
• Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress
• Indiana University
• McMaster University (Ontario)
• University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana)
• Belgrade Conservatory of Music (Serbia)