Sharon Larocco

Biography

Sharon Moss LaRocco is in her 24th year on the Music Faculty at Elon University as University Accompanist and Instructor in Music. She is a graduate of the high school and college divisions of The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem where she studied piano with Rebecca Penneys and Cliton Matthews and organ with John Mueller at Salem College. While at UNCSA, she participated in masterclasses with Claude Frank, Erwin Freundlich, Leon Fleischer, and Andre Previn and studied at the NCSA International Summer Program in Siena, Italy as vocalist and organist with The Camerata Singers for concerts in Italy, Switzerland and Austria. She has also toured Spain with the Burlington Boys Choir as pianist, organist and assistant director. Ms. LaRocco previously taught in the public schools and maintained a private piano studio for many years with special interest in teaching individuals with autism and other disabilities.

Research Interest

She is preparing for performances and juries. She assists as a music director and rehearsal pianist for the Opera classes and performances.