Recorded March 11, 2010; University of Nebraska-Lincoln

John Tavener-Ypakoe (1999)

April 26, 2014. Bryan Recital Hall @ Bowling Green State University 

Ballade (2005)-Kaija Saariaho

Recorded live at Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University, September 30, 2014

J.S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D Major (WTC II) BWV 874

Live performance at Kerrytown Concert House, February 19, 2015

William Duckworth's The Time Curve Preludes, No. 1

William Duckworth's The Time Curve Preludes, No. 5

William Duckworth's The Time Curve Preludes, No. 11

William Duckworth's The Time Curve Preludes,No. 15

Jeff Manchur, Piano with the Bowling Green State University Philharmonia, conducted by Brady Meyer. February 2, 2014.

Excerpts: Beginning to Rehearsal 4; 3 measures before Rehearsal 13 to Rehearsal 17; Rehearsals 23 through 40. 

Alfred Schnittke, Concerto for Piano and Strings-Excerpts

Franz Liszt-Funérailles

In preparation for my May 14th, 2017 performance of the Complete Messiaen Catalogue D'Oiseaux at the Toledo Museum of Art, I'm creating several short introductions to the 7th movement, which I am playing. 

Audio Blog #1: The Red-backed Shrike, and the Black bird.

Check out the associated blog post at my website: http://jeff.manchur.com/pianisticintentions/introduction-to-messiaens-catalog-of-the-birds

Introduction to La Rousserolle Effarvatte, Olivier Messiaen Blog #1

In preparation for my May 14th, 2017 performance of the Complete Messiaen Catalogue D'Oiseaux at the Toledo Museum of Art, I'm creating several short introductions to the 7th movement, which I am playing.

Audio Blog #2: Sunrise and Sunset

Check out the associated blog post at my website: http://jeff.manchur.com/pianisticintentions/messiaens-sunrise-and-sunset

Introduction to La Rousserolle Effarvatte, Olivier Messiaen Blog #2

In preparation for my May 14th, 2017 performance of the Complete Messiaen Catalogue D'Oiseaux at the Toledo Museum of Art, I'm creating several short introductions to the 7th movement, which I am playing.

Audio Blog #3: The Reed Warbler

Check out the associated blog post on my website: http://jeff.manchur.com/pianisticintentions/the-reed-warbler

Introduction to La Rousserolle Effarvatte, Olivier Messiaen Blog #3

Whether performing in old warehouses, basements, art museums, sculpture gardens, or traditional concert halls, Jeff Manchur believes in the narrative power of classical piano music. The husband of a breast cancer survivor, Jeff has taken a keen interest in using music to tell stories, creating the narrative recital Choosing Joy. Featuring repertoire from the classical canon and the 21st century, he used music and speech to connect audiences to the ways cancer challenged and strengthened their relationship. He was privileged to bring this story of love and victory to audiences in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, in 2018 and 2019. 

Jeff’s performance career is focused on using classical music to tell stories and broaden his and his audience’s understanding of the world. He has learned all 18 of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas and written about why Mozart’s music matters in the modern world. His doctoral dissertation on the 4 hour-long For Philip Guston, composed by Morton Feldman, discusses how this work can serve as an extended metaphor for time and eternity. Post-pandemic, he looks forward to the first performance of Love Endures, another narrative recital which features Liszt’s Sonata in b minor, and tells the story of the birth of his first daughter. 


Based near Toledo, Ohio, Jeff is a teacher who passes on his love of music. He has served on the faculties of Marietta College, and Bowling Green State University. Presently, Jeff continues to freelance as a solo and collaborative pianist, and serves as Adjunct Instructor of Piano at Heidelberg University, and Suzuki Piano Instructor at the Toledo Symphony School of Music.

Jeff Manchur

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