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Bose Piano Studio

Education

 

• Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance, University of Colorado at Boulder (U.S.A.)

• Diplôme de Soliste, Conservatoire Supérieur et Académie de Musique Tibor Varga (Switzerland)

• Master of Music in Piano Performance, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (U.S.A.)

• Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Oberlin Conservatory (U.S.A.)

• Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience/Biopsychology, Oberlin College (U.S.A.)

 

Additional study: Universität Mozarteum Sommerakademie (Austria), International Keyboard Festival of the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), Gijon International Piano Festival (Spain)

 

Masterclasses: Leon Fleisher, Paul Badura-Skoda, Robert McDonald, Boris Slutsky, Julian Martin, Boris Bloch, Bruno Canino, Blanca Uribe, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Marc Durand, Jonathan Feldman, Douglas Humphreys, and Ann Schein

 

Teaching Experience

 

Private Piano Instructor, Bose Piano Studio, École Internationale de Genève (since 2012)

Private Piano Instructor (since 2003)

 

• Lecturer (Piano), University of Colorado at Boulder, Division of Continuing Education, U.S.A. 

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado at Boulder 

Keyboard Musicianship (undergraduate music majors)

Piano (undergraduate music majors)

Piano Literature (undergraduate piano majors)

Class Piano (non-music majors)

• Piano Faculty, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S.A. 

Piano (undergraduate pre-majors, music majors, and non-music majors)

Studio performance classes

Class Piano (undergraduate and graduate music majors and non-music majors)

• Class Piano Instructor, University of Texas at El Paso, Division of Professional and Continuing Education, U.S.A. 

• Piano Faculty, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, U.S.A. 

Piano (undergraduate and graduate piano majors and non-music majors)

Studio performance classes

Chamber Music (piano ensemble, undergraduate and graduate piano majors)

Piano Literature (graduate piano majors and music majors)

• Substitute Piano Faculty, Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Geneva 

• Substitute Piano Faculty, Institut Jaques Dalcroze, Geneva 

• Piano Instructor (sabbatical replacement), École de Musique Croqu'Notes, Versoix 

• Assistant Coordinator and Chamber Music Faculty, Escuela Internacional de Música ' Presjovem', Spain 

 

Selected Performances

 

Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York

St. Martin-in-the-Fields ,London

Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago (live broadcast on WMFT radio)

The American Church, Paris

Palais de l'Athénée. Geneva

Edinburgh Society of Musicians, Edinburgh

Fondation Heim, Chambésy

St. Barnabas Church, London

St. James's Piccadilly, London

Fundación Eutherpe, León

Centre Musical Robert Dunand, Carouge

Les Caves de Bon-Séjour, Versoix

Église Luthérienne, Geneva

Ferme Rosset, Troinex

Mozarteum TheaterSaal, Salzburg

Teatro Jovellanos, Gijón

Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA

Soloist with the New York Concerti Sinfonietta, the New Millennium Orchestra, the Orchestra Tibor Varga, and the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra

 

Awards

 

Second Prize, 18th International Piano Duo Competition, Tokyo

Finalist-Winners in the United States International Duo Piano Competition

Special Citation in the Wildflower International Recording Competition

Dean's Graduate Grant, University of Colorado at Boulder

Honorable Mention, Bradshaw and Buono International Competition

Co-winner, Gijón International Piano Festival Competition

Second Prize, American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition, New York

Florida Department of State Artist Enhancement Grant (National Endowment for the Arts)

United Arts Professional Development Grant

Peabody Career Development Grant

Full scholarship, Banff Centre for the Arts

Winter Park Musicale Scholarship

First United Methodist Church Award

Finalist, Young Keyboard Artists' Association International Competition

Winner, Beethoven Society Young Pianists Competition

Winner, Central Florida Music Teachers Association Piano Competition

Winner, Florida State Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition

Winner, Florida Federation of Music Clubs Competition