Abington Resident Lands Piano Award

Abington resident and Immaculata University music major Christopher DiCamillo has been named the first winner of the Jacobs Music- Steinway Award. The award recognizes a piano student who demonstrates outstanding pianistic ability and a commitment to academic excellence. 

DiCamillo will perform and receive his recognition at a concert spotlighting seven music majors at Immaculata’s Memorial Hall on Friday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. 

This inaugural recipient is a student of Steinway artist and concert pianist William Carr, who is Immaculata’s Artist in Residence.

Before beginning his university studies with Carr, DiCamillo was a student of two teachers in Philadelphia’s northern suburbs, Jeff Baumeister and Daniel Green of the Jenkintown Piano Studio. A graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School, DiCamillo hails from a family of six children who were all offered music lessons for personal enrichment.  DiCamillo studies at Immaculata coincided with an important musical evolution on the campus, as Immaculata University made the transition to elite “All Steinway” status, bringing the world’s most respected hand-built pianos into each practice room and performance space at the University.

DiCamillo, who graduates this month, said he is excited about the prospects of exploring music beyond the ivy covered walls of Immaculata. 

“It’s exciting to know it’s now my time to mold my own future,” he said. “I’ll use the tools I’ve be given to explore opportunities ahead. You have to not be afraid. This is a new time of learning about the world and a new period to grow, independently.”

Immaculata University is located on Philadelphia’s Main Line near Malvern at 1145 King Road, Immaculata.