Moline High announces winning piano design
A Moline High School student won $250 in gift cards Tuesday for creating the winning design in Sound Conservatory’s “Keys of Unity” painted piano project.
Senior Shea Gende will paint an upright piano donated by Sound Conservatory and be put in rotation in its new program to place pianos in downtown Moline for a month each.
“Shea had a great design and is a talented artist,” Moline High art teacher Elizabeth Nache said Tuesday.
For her winning design (out of 12 submitted), she earned of $250 in gift cards to Lagomarcino’s, Meli’s Pancake House, Dead Poets Espresso, Tony’s Chicago Pizzeria, and Sound Conservatory.
“The designs were creative, versatile and hard to choose from,” Nache said Tuesday. “I’m very proud of everyone that participated in creating all the designs.”
“I like the idea of a diverse community surrounding music, which is why I used a circle of hands of many different colors surrounding colorful musical notes,” Shea wrote with her design. “Music is a way to express myself. I can listen to happy music when I’m happy, sad music when I’m sad, or angry music when I’m mad. Music is a very expressive form of the arts and that’s what makes it so special to me.”
“We will have the honor of having a custom painted piano featuring Shea’s winning design, which she won with 32% of the 200+ votes!” Sound Conservatory posted on Instagram. “We are excited to featuring your piano along with our other pianos for the community to enjoy playing, and seeing her wonderful art!”
Keys of Unity aims to help connect the music & art community, local business and residents, featuring high-quality upright pianos at local businesses that will serve the following purposes:
Give members and guests of our community the opportunity to play a piano at a local business.
Give our local business an opportunity to program live music as well as events they may want to hold through the use of our pianos.
Spark that interest in music that you have always had in the back of your mind.
Encourage our community members and guests to learn more about and visit our beautiful downtown businesses.
Spark that interest in music that you have always had in the back of your mind.
Give our young artists an opportunity to partake in annual piano painting contests as a learning opportunity for how to get involved in the professional art world.
Not only that, but Sound Conservatory will provide free performances at select locations featuring pianists from its own music school at 504 17th St., Moline. To view a calendar of where to find their pianos as well as performances, click here.
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