MERIDIAN —     Canadian pianist Ian Hominick will give a free concert Thursday at 12:05 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1116 23rd Ave.

    Hominick began studying piano in his native Nova Scotia, later attending Mt. Allison University in New Brunswick where he was a student of Jamie Syer and Patricia Elliot. Continuing his studies in the United States under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed pianists, Jerome Rose and Earl Wild, he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Ohio State University in 1991 where he served as assistant to pianists, Earl Wild and Tchaikovsky Competition silver-medalist, André Laplante.

    An active soloist, accompanist, adjudicator and teacher, Hominick maintains a busy schedule of concerts and piano masterclasses across the United States, Canada and Europe. He has been a featured soloist on series’ in Chicago, Cincinnati, San Diego, Ottawa, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver, Milwaukee, and New York City. Hominick has also appeared as soloist on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Chicago-Chautauqua Series, American Landmark Festivals, and has appeared as guest artist for Saskatchewan’s Rites of Spring Festival, the Hornby Festival Society in British Columbia and the American Liszt Society Festival. His performances have been broadcast both regionally and nationally on CBC Radio, Radio-Canada and National Public Radio in the United States. He is also a frequent guest for Chicago’s WFMT Radio program “Live from WFMT.”

    Hominick’s premiere solo recording of the works of the legendary romantic pianist, Sigismund Thalberg, was released by Titanic Records in 1995 to glowing reviews from the critics and a nomination for “Best Classical Recording” in the East Coast Music Awards. His second CD “Off the Beaten Path” featuring works by several rarely-heard classical and romantic composers was released in January, 2010 on MSR-Classics. All Music Guide writes, “It is not unlike listening to Earl Wild … based on both its program and the fine quality of the playing.” Hominick plans on recording select works of Muzio Clementi in Spring, 2012.

    A dedicated teacher, Hominick has been Visiting Artist at the University of Newfoundland and has taught on the faculties of Otterbein College, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, De Paul University, and Lake Forest College. He has also served on the national piano jury for Canadian Music Competitions and the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in China. Hominick joined the piano faculty at the University of Mississippi in 1999. He is president of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association and director of the Piano Discoveries Summer Camp held in Oxford, Mississippi.