Instructor, Saxophone, Clarinet & FluteAndrew Beals is currently an Adjunct Professor of Jazz Saxophone and Jazz Improvisation at Sacred Heart University Fairfield Connecticut, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut. Our requirements are sometimes quite specific to give applicants a sense of where they should be to enter a high-level conservatory environment. There is also a Suzuki Pedagogy Emphasis available, led by internationally acclaimed Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA) teacher trainers. Feted were: Professor of Piano Barry Snyder, 47 years of service from 1970 to 2017. Laura holds Bachelors and Master's degrees in Flute Performance from Queens College, CUNY where her principal teachers were Samuel Baron and Keith Underwood. Further, the study of music is also about process. New Hungarian Quartet was the first quartet to teach at the TSoM. Laura has played with many orchestras, including the American Classical Orchestra, the New York Collegium, the Westchester Symphony, the Garden State Philharmonic, Teatro Lirico D' Europa, MidAtlantic Opera, Green Mountain Opera Festival, Strathmere Festival Orchestra, and Lyric Opera of New York. He has also held teaching positions at The Hartt School Community Division and New York University. Bobby Broom, an internationally renowned guitarist and associate professor of jazz guitar and jazz studies at the NIU School of Music, is hosting a master class, Thursday, March 23 at 11 a.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building. L.R.S.M. That is one of the things that makes a Hartt education so special. Discover more about life at the University, from academics and facilities, to what its like to live on campus in Hartford, Connecticut. Luzerne Music Center is a magical place! Claire has been a featured soloist at the Vancouver Art Gallerys Out for Lunch Concert Series, Visual Space Art Gallery, Nanaimo Chamber Festival, among others. I am currently pursuing a Doctoral degree at the Franz Liszt Academy, while holding a full time teaching position at the University of Szeged, serving as International Liaison for the Music Department. The Hartt School at The University of Hartford ; Performer's Certificate, Purchase College, SUNY ; MM, Yale University . Head: Strings (HCD); Suzuki Violin; Music Skills Specialist in Suzuki Pedagogy, Director of Teaching and Learning, HCD; Suzuki Violin; Music Skills Specialist in Suzuki Pedagogy, Theater Division Director; Assistant Professor of Theater, Actor Training Coordinator; Artists Teacher, HCD Director of Music Programs; Voice Faculty; Artist Teacher, Voice Teacher; Artist Teacher; Mixed Choir Director: Connecticut Children's Chorus, Associate Professor of Choral Music and Director of Choral Activities. My performing engagements have led me to over 500 concerts in the USA, Israel, France, Serbia, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Slovakia as a solo performer and chamber musician. That's why we put on more than 400 performances, recitals, lectures, and master classes each year. Kristen is currently the Music Associate at MoCA Westport where she heads the Music at MoCA Concert Series alongside conductor Alexander Platt and is the admin of the Heida Hermanns International Music Competition. The steps of the artistic process are accelerated at camp because of the plentiful opportunities for lessons, practice, studio classes, and performances. Currently, the Borromeo, Brentano, and Cooperstown Quartets spend a part of their summers teaching at the School. Instructor, PianoAlan Simon earned an M.A. A versatile pianist with an affinity for modern and contemporary music, Elina Christova has been lauded by critics for her "deeply considered interpretations," "facile pianism" and"sure musical instincts." From there, appropriate work has to follow to achieve a high-level performance. Past highlights include a recital for the Barbican Centers Sound Unbound Weekend, performances with the New Sussex Symphony, Westfield Symphony, Manalapan Battleground Symphony, Guildhall Brass Ensemble, Cambridge Graduate Orchestra, Bravura Philharmonic, and the American premier of an original composition by Karen Lefrak, as a featured performe in the Youth America Grand Prix Gala (David H. Koch Theater). In addition to their extensive music-making careers, they are all dedicated teachers, with appointments at the Peabody Conservatory and East Carolina University. B.M. I will be returning for my 12th summer here, where I have witnessed so many students go through positive life changing experiences. Please contact us if you would like to know more about working at Westport School of Music. Dana has taught privately in New York and Connecticut. Yoshiko Kline Yoshiko Kline performs as recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician throughout Japan and the New England area. Studying music is about learning content as well as process! The Hartt Community Division offers a variety of opportunities in music and dance for students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. In 1999 the Quartet became the rst Ensemble-In-Residence at Princeton University, where they taught and performed for fteen years. They came from around the world, and a few . Pianist Thomas Sauer is highly sought after as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Andrew Beals was a semifinalist at the 1993 Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone Competition; and in 1998 he was awarded the prestigious NYU Jazz Orchestra Scholarship for graduate studies in Jazz performance and composition. in Music Theory), Queens College, CUNY (Aaron Copland School of Music) lennon.ashton@liu.edu. In addition to performing the entire two-century range of the standard quartet repertoire, the Brentano Quartet has a strong interest in both very old and very new music. Hartt's faculty perform, teach, and present all over the country and around the world. The Hartt School's faculty perform, teach, and present all over the country and around the world. 122 Old Ayer Rd Groton, MA 01450 . Lauras clinical music therapy experience ranges from her practicum placement at the Nordoff-Robbins Center at NYU, where she worked with children and adults with developmental delay, autism, and special needs, to her internship at the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, where she led group and individual sessions for older adults with cognitive decline and related physio-neurological issues. What else can a musician wish for? Many international scholars and teachers serve as guest instructors during the program, and there are also special workshops featuring Hartt faculty. Kristen Young graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Music in Music Management, and the University of Oklahoma with a Master of Music in Violin Performance and a Graduate Certificate in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship. Even more, the friendships I made were remarkable and fulfilling. Please see specific instrument audition requirements by degree below. Representative for the Associated Board of Royal School Music [8] Notable faculty members have included: Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}414752N 724305W / 41.7979N 72.718W / 41.7979; -72.718. We will prepare you to audition for young artist programs, operas, and oratorio concerts upon graduation. For many years, Ahyoung performed with her sisters (who play violin and cello) in a piano trio, traveling throughout Europe, Korea and the United States. Learn moreabout the undergraduate or graduate application process, in-person audition dates, and deadlines. Students at Luzerne experience this same growth through surrounding themselves with a wonderful support system, world-class faculty, and the beautiful Adirondacks! As a prizewinner of the 2008 Teachers del Norte-Pianists del Sur auditions under the direction of Mirian Conti, he continued his studies in the United States, earning degrees in piano performance from The Hartt School (DMA), New York University (MM), and Rowan University (BM summa cum laude). Just before the pandemic, I embarked on two concert tours as a laureate of Sicilys IBLA Grand Prize, where I had received the Bach Special Mention. Agustin Muriago is a Yamaha Artist. I return regularly to the UK to work with Nelly Ben-Or, courtesy of the Nelly Ben-Or Trust (est. Alan has recorded and toured with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. Piano (Pedagogy Emphasis, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Viola, Violin, Violin (Suzuki Pedagogy). My performing career has taken me across Spain, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and I have won numerous awards at both the national and international level. In 1982 Robert McDonald, now on the faculty of the Julliard School and Curtis Institute of Music, joined the school as resident pianist and Artistic Director and remains with Taos School of Music today. Currently, I live in West Hartford, Connecticut, where I spend my time teaching, practicing, and performing.I love connecting with audiences around the world through music, whether I am performing as a soloist with a large ensemble, such playing Beethovens Choral Fantasie at The Bushnell, giving a solo recital in a gorgeous, intimate venue like Hill-Stead Museum, or even discussing Bachs Goldberg Variations and playing a livestream performance for a webinar series at Norfolk Library. A faculty member of both Vassar College and Mannes College The New School for Music, Mr. Sauer is the founder and director of the Mannes Beethoven Institute, now in its fifth season. Along the way, Hartt began teaching a promising young musician named Morris Perlmutter. I am serving as the Director of Music at Quinnipiac University, where I teach courses in piano, music history, and theory. University Taipei, Aija Reke Born in Hartford to Russian immigrants in 1895, Morris began violin lessons at age 5 but soon switched to piano at Hartt's urging. Graduate Studies (M.A. The Hartt School is an internationally acclaimed performing arts school with programs in music, dance, and theatre. She studied Suzuki flute pedagogy with Laurel Maurer at the Hartt School of Music and Suzuki piano pedagogy with Gail Lange in Waterloo, Canada and Sachiko Isihara in Newton. I like to encourage my students to ask questions and get animated about learning music in order to achieve their best. He has studied with Theodore Rehl, Seymour Lipkin, Rudolf Serkin, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Beveridge Webster, and Gary Graffman, and holds degrees from Lawrence University, The Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, and the Manhattan School of Music. At OU, she was the Graduate Assistant to the Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts. These musicians have performed in the worlds most prestigious chamber music venues, including New Yorks Carnegie and Alice Tully halls, Londons Wigmore Hall, Amsterdams Concertgebouw and Viennas Konzerthaus; won international competitions including the Yehudi Menuhin International and Concert Artists Guild International competitions; performed throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and North America; and are veterans of the Four Seasons, Marlboro, Santa Fe, Ravinia, Yellow Barn, Chamber Music Northwest and Prussia Cove chamber music festivals. 2012 Second Prize: Five Towns Piano Competition (USA) His repertoire ranges from standard piano works to contemporary music premieres, with an emphasis on Spanish and Latin-American music. Top 30 Best Music Schools & Conservatories in the USA (College Gazette 2021) 400+ UHart is only just the beginning, as you will have opportunities to perform around the world alongside our esteemed faculty. In addition to honing his skills as a performer and educator, Andrew continues to evolve and to push the boundaries of his musicianship, having invented and mastered several of his own varieties of musical solfege, researched and discovered links between light and sound waves, and even learned to perform human echolocation. He is the founder, artistic director and executive director of the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina which is celebrating its 22nd Season and has appeared at festivals worldwide including the SpringLight (Finland), Storioni (Holland), Summer Solstice (Canada), Casals (Puerto Rico), Intimacy of Creativity (Hong Kong), Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee (Israel), Taos, Bard, Bravo! Longy School of Music Best Music Schools & Conservatories in the USA(College Gazette 2021). My students were equally successful at competitions in the USA and abroad, and I am proud to say that many of my students enrolled in universities, and pursued professional piano performing and teaching careers. Snyder received his Bachelor of Applied Piano with a Performer's Certificate in Piano, an Head: Traditional Piano, Manager and Evaluator of Academic Support Services; Suzuki and Traditional Piano; Artist Teacher of Piano, Traditional Piano; Artist Teacher, Piano Department. You can practice intensively without distractions, learn music from different teachers, make friends with peers who share your love for music, listen to world-class performances, and be inspired by the beautiful outdoors! MM, Moscow State Conservatory of Music ; paul.ostrovsky@purchase.edu. BM, Zoltn Kodly Conservatory, Kecskemt, MM, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, DMA, Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest Son also received an Artist Diploma from the University of Tennessee and was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Recipient of the Piano Technicians Guild Foundation Award Upon graduation in 2004 . Laura Thompson holds a Master of Science degree in Music Therapy from SUNY New Paltz. Son enjoys teaching students of all ages and levels and believes that playing an instrument can provide a creative source of expression, healing and joy throughout one's entire life. D.M.A Manhattan School of Music With support from the CT Office of the Arts, Department of Economic Development, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Share with us some of your professional accomplishments. Please join the School of Music for Music She Creates: A Celebration of Women Asian Composers featuring Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao, piano; Haerim Elizabeth Lee, vi. [3][4] In 1982, the festival expanded to include harpsichord music. I have also taught keyboard literature at The Hartt School. [1], Since its founding, Hartt had an organ program of study. This is the Brentano Quartets eighteenth season teaching at the TSoM. A huge advocate for contemporary music, my performances of Gorecki's Piano Sonata and Four Preludes as well as Richard Rodney Bennett's Noctuary: Variations on a Theme by Scott Joplin were received by critics to high acclaim (Classical Source, Art Desk, The Guardian), and have all been recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. He finds teaching beginners as well as advanced students very rewarding. His teachers were Paul Jeffery, John Stubbelfield, Frank Foster, George Garzone (saxophone) and Jim McNeely (composition). I am looking forward to the joy of using our creativity in learning together! One of the concert tours took me through seven countries beginning in Tbilisi, Georgia, traveling through Southeast Asia, performing in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, and ending with a recital at Tokyos Kioi Hall. Sir Colin Davies), to study the in depth relationship between piano playing and the Alexander Technique. He has offered recitals, lectures, and master classes at NYU Shanghai, the Catholic University of America, the University of Chile, Emporia State University, the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School in Beijing, for the International Music Festival at Kansas Wesleyan University, and at the Encontro Internacional Sobre Pedagogia do Piano in Brazil. As a church musician, she has held organ and choir director posts in several denominations throughout Massachusetts. Subscribe, Taos School of Music You will be able to forge professional partnerships through additional training and internships, honing your skills while creating valuable networking opportunities. Start building your music career by developing your skills in communicating with an audience, contract negotiation, making a recording, preparing for orchestra auditions, repertoire selection, and stage presentation. Instructor, Piano & VoiceMatthew Cimino, Tenor, is honored to be on faculty for his 15th year at WSMteaching both piano and voice. After all, studying music gives us the chance to understand our own humanity through art and to communicate that understanding through sound! 2016 Steinway & Sons Top Piano Teacher Award The Cooperstown Quartet brings together four of the chamber music worlds most exciting and experienced performers. 2009 First Prize: Jacob Flier Piano Competition (USA), Qing Li On the pre-college level, I teach piano and chamber music at The Hartt School Community Division. Manhattan School of Music Summer music festivals are wonderful experiences for students and faculty, and as I hear from everyone, LMC offers a wonderful music program at a beautiful location. Dana teaches privately in Thomaston, CT, and is accompanist for the Thomaston Ladies Choral Club. He has also held teaching positions at The Hartt School Community Division and New York University. The faculty is world-class, featuring such well-known artists as Nat Reeves (bass/ensembles), Rene McLean (woodwinds/history/ensembles), Eric McPherson (drums), Shawn Montiero (voice/ensembles), Chris Casey (arranging/big band/ensembles), Andy LaVerne (piano), Rick Rozie (bass/ensembles), Peter Woodard (chair/theory/piano), Rich Goldstein Additional information on Hartt Summerterm may be obtained by contacting. Even though the camp was for only one week, it seemed like my growth as a pianist accelerated faster at camp than taking lessons for the entire year. He has performed extensively as a member of the Cooperstown Quartet, Concertante and the Daedalus Quartet, and has recorded for National Public Radio, New Yorks WQXR, and the Bridge and Kleos labels. By studying ourInternational Pathway Program, you will gain the skills needed to study at a US university through English language training alongside useful study skills. Catholic University, Washington DC Europe, and the Far East. Because of the small class sizes at Luzerne, Ill be able to work closely together with students as a teacher and mentor. Sarah, has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe and she strives to capture audiences with her energy and passion. Other performances have taken place at the leading festivals in the United States and abroad, including Marlboro, Caramoor, Music@ Menlo, Chamber Music Northwest, and Taos, as well as Lake District Summer Music (England), Agassiz (Canada), and Festival des Consonances (France). DMA, University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music Joined LMC Faculty in 2020. She has studied with Arkady Aronov and Constance Keene at the Manhattan School of Music and Paul Rutman at Hartt. It may be that what you have prepared will suffice. In 1982 Robert McDonald, now on the faculty of the Julliard School and Curtis Institute of Music, joined the school as resident pianist and Artistic Director and remains with Taos School of Music today.