Pianist Sallie Pollack joined the piano faculty at the University of Central Oklahoma’s School of Music in the fall of 2011 and is now Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano and Piano Division Head. Dr. Pollack received a Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma in Piano Performance from Texas Christian University.  She was a recipient of the 1996 Fulbright Scholarship for study at the Royal Conservatory of Belgium where she was awarded the Premier Prix in Piano Performance.  After completing a Master of Music in Chamber Music and Accompanying from the University of Illinois, she worked as staff accompanist at Texas Tech University until 2000.  Dr. Pollack entered the prestigious Doctor of Musical Arts program in Collaborative Piano at the Manhattan School of Music in 2003 where she was awarded a full assistantship and received her degree in 2009. 

As soloist, Dr. Pollack has performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra, TCU Symphony Orchestra, and the Colorado College Summer Conservatory Orchestra.  Her many awards and competitions include finalist in the Concours International Bach Competition in Brussels, and winner in the Van Cliburn Piano Institute Concerto Competition.  As collaborator, she has played in Carnegie Hall, toured extensively with the Texas Boys Choir, played for the Fort Worth Ballet, coached opera for Theatre-Hof in Bavaria, the Illinois Opera Theatre, and the TCU Opera Workshop.  She has recently been collaborative pianist for the National Flute Association, the North Carolina Summer Institute of Choral Arts and the American Choral Directors Association National Honor Choirs.  Dr. Pollack has performed in music festivals in Colorado, North Carolina, Nevada, Belgium, Canada and South America and has collaborated with Phil Smith, Renee Siebert, Charles Castleman, Alexa Still, Richard Nunemaker, ClaviVoce, Andrew Shulman, Evan Wilson, the Talea Ensemble, Paul Salamunovich, Lucy Shelton, Peter Lukas-Graf, Aldo Baerton, Dennis Shrock, Lynn Gackle, Tom Shelton, Adam Unsworth and Sigrid Johnson.