I am joined by Dr. Hannah Roberts for a conversation about Scottish-born American composer, Helen Hopekirk. Hopekirk was known as one of the greatest pianists in her day and also became a well-regarded piano teacher. Hannah has recently released a beautiful recording of Hopekirk's piano music under the Parma label.

Known for her work championing female voices in the keyboard repertoire, American pianist
Hannah Roberts has performed throughout the United States and abroad in Austria, Serbia, and the
United Kingdom. Her scholarship focuses on reviving the works of overlooked female composers
with a special emphasis on Scottish-American pianist Helen Hopekirk, and her album Celtic Legends:
The Piano Music of Helen Hopekirk was released by Navona Records in Fall 2026.

Along with her active performing career, Roberts maintains a vibrant profile as a clinician,
pedagogue, and researcher. Her articles on female composers have appeared in American Music
Teacher, Piano Magazine, and the MTNA e-Journal, and she was awarded the 2023 Edward T. Cone
Fellowship from the Society for American Music for her research on Hopekirk’s piano music. She
has also presented lectures at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), College
Music Society National Conference (CMS), National Association of Teachers of Singing National
Conference (NATS), and state and national conferences of Music Teachers National Association
(MTNA).

Roberts currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Alabama, where she
teaches piano and piano pedagogy. She holds a D.M.A. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from
the University of Oklahoma.

Website: hannahrobertspiano.com
Hopekirk Album (PARMA/Navona Records): https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6892/

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