ORU Becomes First Steinway School in Tulsa

Oral Roberts University (ORU) is now officially considered an All Steinway School. ORU is the first university in the region to achieve this designation.  

There are only 150 schools worldwide that have the honor of being an All Steinway School. By becoming an All Steinway School, all of ORU's pianos are Steinways or Steinway product. Steinway pianos have a reputation for being some of the world's greatest pianos.

By achieving this prestigious status, ORU will be able to offer the highest quality of pianos to those students who are applying to prestigious schools of music. Piano students will be able to develop their technical skills and a discriminating ear for producing musical sounds which are indigenous to Steinways. Examples include brilliance as well as subtleties of tone quality and voicing, varieties of touch and articulation, and multiple levels of pedaling. Students will be inspired to practice for longer periods of time on these pianos which are superbly crafted for durability and resilience in a properly-maintained environment. Consequently, with higher quality of practice, students will progress more quickly toward advanced piano literature and gain necessary knowledge to prepare them for even better jobs in the music profession. This status from Steinway makes the ORU music department more attractive to students.

The music department is continuing to seek funds to purchase of additional Steinway pianos. The pianos that were recently purchased are a part of a $10 million gift given for campus renovations.