Shelly Moorman-Stahlman

Dr. Shelly Moorman-Stahlman is a frequent recitalist as a pianist and organist. She has been a featured artist at major venues in Washington D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia, receiving outstanding reviews such as “knock out performance” (Philadelphia Inquirer), “player of technical command” (Kansas City Star), and “transcendent musical experience” (pip-org-I).

She regularly performs solo piano and organ recitals throughout Brazil and has performed the Beethoven Piano Concerto #3, Schumann Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #2 with orchestras in São Paulo, Mogi das Cruzes and Porto Velho. In 2018, she performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Maine Pro Musical Orchestra in Rockport, Maine. Other recent piano performances include a performance of the Mozart D Minor Piano Concerto with the National Symphonic Orchestra in Paraguay, Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Hershey Orchestra, the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Central Pennsylvania Orchestra, the Beethoven Concerto No.1 with the Pine Street Chamber Orchestra in Harrisburg, and numerous solo piano recitals in the United States and Brazil.

Professor Moorman-Stahlman performed Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in February 2025 at Market Square Presbyterian Church with orchestra. She was a featured organist at the American Guild of Organists Regional Convention in Iowa City, Iowa, and has taught and performed at numerous AGO Pipe Organ Encounters. Recent organ recitals include organ recitals at the Missouri United Methodist Church in Columbia, Mo., California Lutheran University, Central Synagogue International Series in New York City, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, University of Arizona, Tucson, RLDS Temple in Kansas City, Christ the King Cathedral in Atlanta, and for the Region III AGO Convention. She has also given many workshops and masterclasses for conventions, colleges, and churches.

She teaches organ, piano, class piano, and church music courses. Her students have received top honors in numerous competitions. Dr. Moorman-Stahlman, creator and Director of LVC’s cultural exchange program with Brazil, has hosted four cultural exchange programs for Brazilian students at LVC and led three LVC student trips to Brazil.  She also serves as Director of Music at Grace Methodist Church in Harrisburg.

She has studied piano with Ruth Slenczynska (the last living pupil of Rachmaninoff) and Santiago Rodriguez, and organ with Delbert Disselhorst, Delores Bruch, John Ditto, and Harald Vogel. Shelly is represented as a pianist and organist by Concert Artist Cooperative.