Last Updated on 2026-06-19 | Originally Posted on 2017-09-29
Broc Hite teaches piano privately at the Broc Hite Piano Studio, based at Central United Methodist Church in Rogers, Arkansas. Mr. Hite is the Church Pianist at Central United Methodist Church of Rogers. He was Organist and Associate Director of Music at First United Methodist Church of Bella Vista.
During his 10-year tenure at First Methodist, he enjoyed programming special music for services, including cycles of organ collections by J.S. Bach, Louis Vierne, and Flor Peeters. He also shared his joy of piano repertoire in his Piano Postlude series. He performed entire collections by Albéniz, Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Granados, and Schubert.
In addition to his role as a traditional (classical) musician, he served the praise band for a year. He also served as a performer, artist facilitator, and social media director for the Wesley Series until it ended in 2017.
Before relocating to Arkansas, he was Organist and Music Director at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Fairfield, Connecticut. He established the Choral Scholars program at St. Timothy’s. It enabled the area’s finest high school students to participate as section leaders in the choir. Before that, he was Organist and Choir Director at the United Methodist Church of Danbury, Connecticut.
Broc earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Piano Performance from Purchase College in Purchase, New York. He studied piano with German Diez, chamber music with Yehudi Wyner, and organ with Robert Fertitta.
Broc earned the Master of Music Degree in Piano Accompanying (Collaborative Piano) from The Juilliard School, studying with Margo Garrett and Marshall Williamson. He participated in classes with Samuel Sanders and Jonathan Feldman.
While at Juilliard, Broc performed with instrumental and vocal majors and collaborated with members of the Juilliard Opera Center. He performed several times on classical radio stations in NYC, including WQXR and WNCN.
Broc worked full-time in software development and data analysis. He earned the Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Connecticut. He built and maintains his own website, brochite.com, and builds sites for others as well.
Broc is native to the Mid-Hudson River Valley of New York State. He started playing the piano at age nine and became the regular organist at a small United Methodist Church at age 15.
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