The monthly series Westminster Conservatory at Nassau will present faculty pianist Clipper Erickson in a recital of music by African American composers on April 20 at 12:15 p.m. in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. The event is free and open to the public; masking is optional.

The program includes Nathaniel Dett’s suite In the Bottoms, as well as the Sonata in E Minor by Florence Price.

Erickson made his debut at age 19 as soloist with the Young Musicians Foundation Orchestra. Having studied at The Juilliard School, Yale University and Indiana University, he has trained with John Ogdon and Alexander Fiorillo.

Erickson has won top prizes at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and The William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival. He is active in premiering and recording new works, most recently the Sonata 10 – Aleppo by Zurich-based composer Laurie Altman. His latest album, Tableau, Tempest and Tango, features the piano sonatas of Russian émigré David Finko and Temple University composer emeritus Richard Brodhead.