Ethan Hill, a Christian Learning Center high school student, will present a solo piano recital on Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m. in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. National Avenue. The recital will feature works by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert, and other composers.

Hill’s piano teacher, Pat Harry, says he is not only a gifted piano student but a gifted academic student as well, and recommended him to be featured on fortscott.biz.

“It is an unusually advanced achievement to present an entire recital of masterworks from memory as a high school student,” she said.

The performance is the culmination of “a lot of years of playing them a lot,” Hill said. He will be using no sheet music during the 40 minutes of his recital performance.

Academically, Hill said he has “always been good at math and sciences, and problem solving.”

Following his graduation on May 15, Hill will head for the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo., to major in biomedical engineering and minor in music.

Ethan is the son of Kaleigh and Garrett Hill.

Pat Harry Piano Studio’s owner taught vocal music in Fort Scott for 29 years and in public schools for 39 years.

Currently, she is privately teaching piano to 16 students, with the youngest in first grade and the oldest graduating this year.