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I received the Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN) and pursued studies in the doctoral degree program in piano performance there. My principal teachers at Indiana University were James Tocco and Leonard Hokanson; additional studies at Indiana University were with visiting professors Michel Béroff and Dmitry Paperno. I received the Bachelor in Music Degree from DePauw University in Indiana, where I studied with Claude Cymerman, who received training at the Conservatoire in Paris. I also took several lessons with Adele Marcus of the Juilliard School while still an undergraduate.
I live and teach in Falls Church, Virginia and am the Immediate Past-President of the Virginia Music Teachers Association. My young students, ranging from pre-kindergarten age to high school seniors, perform four concerts per year, including an annual concerto concert. A number of my students have become music majors in college. Outside the studio, my students perform in competitions and festivals and have won many prizes at these competitions, including invitations to the finals of the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists' Competition and the semi-finals of the William Knabe International Piano Competition. They have won prizes in the MTNA Performance Competitions, NVMTA Concerto Competition, NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards Competition, and VMTA District and State Auditions. My students have also been selected for the Concerts at the Alden Young Soloists Recitals at the Alden Theatre in McLean, VA and have been selected to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Camp, Tanglewood Institute, and the Brevard Center Summer Music Festival. In addition to my full and comprehensive program for young students, I teach adult students as well, from amateur beginners to professional pianists wanting to pursue continued studies. I served for four years as President of the Washington, D.C. Music Teachers Association (W.M.T.A.), and have been an active board member for Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association and for the Springfield Music Club. I previously taught on the faculty of the Levine School of Music in Washington, and while living in the Midwest, I served on the music faculties of Albion College, DePauw University, Olivet College, and Kellogg Community College. I also served as a charter board member for what is now the Music Center of South Central Michigan; as a board member, I was part of the committee that founded the Community Music School of Battle Creek (MI) and as such actively recruited and hired faculty for the school.
I am an active master class teacher and lecturer as well. i have presented for the New York Singing Teachers' Association, Charlottesville Music Teachers Association, Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association, Richmond Music Teachers Association, Tidewater Music Teachers Forum, Roanoke Valley Music Teachers Association, Highlands Chapter of MTNA, Peninsula Music Teachers Association, Battle Creek (MI) Music Teachers Association, Piedmont Music Club, and Springfield Music Club; I also have given master classes at James Madison University, Springfield Music Club Spring Festival, and for independent teachers in Northern Virginia and Maryland. I have previously been a featured panelist for the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association and for Virginia Music Teachers Association state conference. Three of my students and I were filmed and featured in the ASCD educational video Learning to Think…Thinking to Learn, which was released in 2007.
As a performer, I regularly appear in collaboration with other artists. My performances include four performances at the Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage, concerts at Carnegie Hall, Strathmore Mansion, Montgomery College, Catholic University, the Anderson House Museum, the Lyceum, Dumbarton Church, Temple Micah, and several performances as guest artist with Friday Morning Music Club and on the Tuesday Concert Series for Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C. I have performed extensively throughout the United States and overseas, including concerto performances at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, solo recitals throughout the Midwest and in the Washington area, and concerts with singers in Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, and Singapore, as well as television broadcasts on KBS-TV Korea. I have worked with such artists as Plácido Domingo, soprano Harolyn Blackwell, soprano Beverly Rinaldi, and TV/movie star Vanessa Williams.
Tenor Jon Robert Cart, (John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University) and I have released a compact disc of Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder and other songs for Music Minus One; in addition, I am pianist on a compact disc featuring the art songs of Joseph Marx and Anthony Taffs with soprano Maureen Balke. I have performed at Lincoln Theater as part of the D.C. Mayor's Arts Awards Program presented by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. I have appeared as guest artist of the United States Air Force Chamber Players on three occasions and have been a guest performer on the Mount Vernon Chamber Orchestra Chamber Music series. I have also performed in dozens of schools in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in conjunction with the Washington National Opera's Education Department, introducing opera to school-age students. My performing repertoire is diverse, including concerti, solo literature, chamber music, and nearly 1,200 art songs.
I received the Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN) and pursued studies in the doctoral degree program in piano performance there. My principal teachers at Indiana University were James Tocco and Leonard Hokanson; additional studies at Indiana University were with visiting professors Michel Béroff and Dmitry Paperno. I received the Bachelor in Music Degree from DePauw University in Indiana, where I studied with Claude Cymerman, who received training at the Conservatoire in Paris. I also took several lessons with Adele Marcus of the Juilliard School while still an undergraduate.
I live and teach in Falls Church, Virginia and am the Immediate Past-President of the Virginia Music Teachers Association. My young students, ranging from pre-kindergarten age to high school seniors, perform four concerts per year, including an annual concerto concert. A number of my students have become music majors in college. Outside the studio, my students perform in competitions and festivals and have won many prizes at these competitions, including invitations to the finals of the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists' Competition and the semi-finals of the William Knabe International Piano Competition. They have won prizes in the MTNA Performance Competitions, NVMTA Concerto Competition, NVMTA Piano Achievement Awards Competition, and VMTA District and State Auditions. My students have also been selected for the Concerts at the Alden Young Soloists Recitals at the Alden Theatre in McLean, VA and have been selected to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Camp, Tanglewood Institute, and the Brevard Center Summer Music Festival. In addition to my full and comprehensive program for young students, I teach adult students as well, from amateur beginners to professional pianists wanting to pursue continued studies. I served for four years as President of the Washington, D.C. Music Teachers Association (W.M.T.A.), and have been an active board member for Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association and for the Springfield Music Club. I previously taught on the faculty of the Levine School of Music in Washington, and while living in the Midwest, I served on the music faculties of Albion College, DePauw University, Olivet College, and Kellogg Community College. I also served as a charter board member for what is now the Music Center of South Central Michigan; as a board member, I was part of the committee that founded the Community Music School of Battle Creek (MI) and as such actively recruited and hired faculty for the school.
I am an active master class teacher and lecturer as well. i have presented for the New York Singing Teachers' Association, Charlottesville Music Teachers Association, Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association, Richmond Music Teachers Association, Tidewater Music Teachers Forum, Roanoke Valley Music Teachers Association, Highlands Chapter of MTNA, Peninsula Music Teachers Association, Battle Creek (MI) Music Teachers Association, Piedmont Music Club, and Springfield Music Club; I also have given master classes at James Madison University, Springfield Music Club Spring Festival, and for independent teachers in Northern Virginia and Maryland. I have previously been a featured panelist for the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association and for Virginia Music Teachers Association state conference. Three of my students and I were filmed and featured in the ASCD educational video Learning to Think…Thinking to Learn, which was released in 2007.
As a performer, I regularly appear in collaboration with other artists. My performances include four performances at the Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage, concerts at Carnegie Hall, Strathmore Mansion, Montgomery College, Catholic University, the Anderson House Museum, the Lyceum, Dumbarton Church, Temple Micah, and several performances as guest artist with Friday Morning Music Club and on the Tuesday Concert Series for Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C. I have performed extensively throughout the United States and overseas, including concerto performances at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, solo recitals throughout the Midwest and in the Washington area, and concerts with singers in Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, and Singapore, as well as television broadcasts on KBS-TV Korea. I have worked with such artists as Plácido Domingo, soprano Harolyn Blackwell, soprano Beverly Rinaldi, and TV/movie star Vanessa Williams.
Tenor Jon Robert Cart, (John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University) and I have released a compact disc of Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder and other songs for Music Minus One; in addition, I am pianist on a compact disc featuring the art songs of Joseph Marx and Anthony Taffs with soprano Maureen Balke. I have performed at Lincoln Theater as part of the D.C. Mayor's Arts Awards Program presented by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. I have appeared as guest artist of the United States Air Force Chamber Players on three occasions and have been a guest performer on the Mount Vernon Chamber Orchestra Chamber Music series. I have also performed in dozens of schools in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in conjunction with the Washington National Opera's Education Department, introducing opera to school-age students. My performing repertoire is diverse, including concerti, solo literature, chamber music, and nearly 1,200 art songs.