Engagements

Highlights 2023-2024

Selected Performances:

  • Interharmony International Music Festival, Acqui Terme, Italy, Faculty Concerts
  • The Village Trip, “Village Voices,” New York, NY. Performance
  • Booker T Washington H.S. for the Performing Arts, Dallas, TX – recital, masterclass
  • Faculty Chamber Concerts, Lawrence University
  • Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, Lecture-recital and concerto competition judge
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Lecture Recital and Masterclass
  • USC, Los Angeles, CA Lecture Recital
  • Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA Piano masterclass

Courses taught:

  • Studio piano and chamber music, Lawrence University
  • Debussy in Paris, Roundtable 92nd Str. Y, New York, NY
  • The Political Pianist, Juilliard School, Extension, New York, NY

Highlights 2022-2023

Selected Performances and Festivals:

  • Interharmony International Music Festival, Acqui Terme, Italy, Faculty Concerts
  • Saarburg International Music, Saarburg, Germany, Faculty Concerts
  • The Village Trip, “Village Voices,” New York, NY.
  • Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY Interharmony Showcase Concerts: Chamber Music performance
  • University of MI, Ann Arbor, MI, U of MI, Collaborative Recital Feb. 8, 2023, Faculty Recital with Taide Prieto, LU
  • NYU, New York, NY. Piano Masterclass
  • Maison Française, NYU. New York, NY lecture recital, “Debussy: His Writers, Painters and Dancers”
  • MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) National Conference lecture-recital, Reno, Nevada, Music, Dreams and Mystics: Connections Explored
  • Guest Seminar, Juilliard School, New York, NY. “Debussy in Paris”
  • University of Wyoming Laramie, WY—Guest Residency: Masterclass, Lecture, Piano Recital
  • Lawrence University Faculty Recital, May 11, 2023
  • NCKP (National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy)—Chair, Online Panel “Perspectives on Practicing”
  • NCKP Conference Session Lecture Recital, Chicago, IL “Three Women from Chicago”

Courses Taught:

  • Great Piano Works Explained”—24 video set of lecture recitals for Wondrium/Great Courses. Completed in summer, 2022 and released in October, 2022.
  • Studio piano and chamber music, Lawrence University
  • Musicale—Lecture recital video, Teaching the Piano works of Robert Schumann (for distribution on Musicale website)
  • Sept. 29-Oct. 20, 2022, Roundtable 92nd Str. Y, New York, NY: Piano Dreams: Music in fin-de-siècle Paris and Vienna, Weekly 90 minute Zoom class
  • Nov. 3-Dec. 18, 2022 Juilliard School Extension Division, New York, NY Debussy: Postcards from Paris, Weekly two-hour Zoom class
  • Jan. 3-March 16, Lawrence University, Literature of the Piano, English Virginalists to Chopin
  • March 23-May 4, 2023 Juilliard School Extension Division, New York, NY Live from the Piano: Bach to Bernstein (and beyond) Weekly two-hour Zoom class
  • June 14-June 28 2023 Roundtable 92nd Str. Y, New York, NY: Finding Beethoven the Hero, Weekly 90 minute Zoom class
  • June 14-June 28 2023 Roundtable 92nd Str. Y, New York, NY: Schoenberg, Freud, and Schnitzler, Jewish in Vienna, 1923 Zoom class

Highlights 2020

Feb. 12, Mannes School of Music, lecture -recital

March 1, Cello/Piano Faculty Recital, Works of Beethoven, Debussy, Piazolla. Lawrence University

March 18, Juilliard School, lecture-recital (canceled)

March 21, MTNA National Conference.  Featured speaker, Pedagogy Saturday: Living Happily in Muddy Waters (canceled)

March 23, MTNA, Du holde Kunst: Three Music Programs in Prisons (canceled)

Apr. 12, Debussy at 2 Pianos, Faculty Recital, Lawrence University (canceled)

Apr. 24, “Teaching Debussy: A Gateway to Story-telling and Imaginative Listening”  WMTA, Washington, DC (canceled)

May 23-25, Debussy recital, masterclass, lessons, Palm Springs, CA (canceled)

May 27-28, Coach, Piano Arts Competition, Milwaukee, WI (canceled)

May 30, Judge, Musical Merit Competition, San Diego, CA (canceled)

June 30-July 12, Faculty, Interharmony Music Festival, Acqui Terme, Italy (canceled)

July 20-Aug. 3, Saarburg International Music Festival, Saarburg, Germany (canceled)

Fall Highlights 2019

Sept. 26,  Lawrence Chamber Music Faculty Recital

Oct. 25,  St. Louis Piano Teachers Association, Lecture Recital

Oct. 25, St. Louis recital

Nov. 4, Madison Recital

Nov. 10, Lawrence Faculty Recital

Nov. 12, Montgomery County (Suburban Wash DC) Music Teachers Association lecture recital

Nov. 25-29, Residency, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile—recital, masterclasses, lectures

Winter/Spring Highlights 2018-2019

Sept. 30, Recital at University of Evansville, Sunday, 3:00 pm, Evansville, IN, Krannert Fine Arts Building, Wheeler Concert Hall, University of Evansville Campus, 1800 Lincoln Ave, Evansville, IN

Oct. 1, Lecture-Recital—University of Evansville, Monday, 11:00 AM, Evansville, IN

Oct. 13, Masterclass for Madison Area Music Educators (MAME), Saturday 6:00 pm, Steinway and Sons, 6629 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705.

Oct. 21, Recital—NSMTA, 2:30 pm, 13 Old Barn Rd, Hawthorne Wood, IL

Oct. 22, Lecture-Recital – NSMTA, 11:00 AM, 1200 Hibbard Rd, Wilmette, IL 60091

Oct. 27, Recital, 6:30 pm, Lawrence University Memorial Chapel

Nov. 30, Recital – Capital Lakes, 7:00 pm, 333 W Main St Madison, WI 53703.

The Marin County branch of the Music Teachers’ Association of California will be hosting a number of events in December:

Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, Recitals, 7:30 pm, 385 San Marin Dr. Novato, CA 94945

Dec. 9, Lecture Recital, 2:00 pm, JB Piano 540 Irwin Str., San Rafael, CA

Dec. 9, Masterclass, 3:00 pm, JB Piano 540 Irwin Str., San Rafael, CA

Piano residency, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Jan. 25, Recital— Friday, 5:30PM

Jan. 26, Symposium, (morning session: Debussy in Paris, afternoon session: WWI in music)

Jan. 28, Master class, Monday at 1:25-3:00PM

Feb. 27-28, New School for Music Study, Princeton, N.J. Recital, masterclass, lecture.

March 1, Piano Teachers Forum, New Jersey Piano Teachers

March 15, Interharmony Concert, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York

May 8, Recital with Horacio Contreras, Violoncello, 8:00 pm, Lawrence University, Harper Hall

Winter/Spring Highlights 2018

Jan. 8, Book Launch, Heid Music Company, Appleton, WI

Jan. 23, Performance on RadioTelevison Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Jan. 23-26,  Artist in residence, Chinese International School, Hong Kong

Jan. 28/29, Lessons, masterclasses at Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, Vietnam

Jan. 30, Masterclass at Hanoi National Conservatory of Music, Vietnam

Feb. 18,  Lawrence Chamber Players, Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Lawrence University Memorial Chapel, Appleton, WI

Feb. 19-21, Adjucator for United States Open Music Competition,  Oakland, CA

March 12, Book Launch Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO

March 13, Benefit for Music for Food, New York City, private home,

March 14, Lecture Recital, Bard College Conservatory of Music, Annandale on Hudson, N.Y.
Bard College Conservatory, Annandale on Hudson, N.Y.
Làszioó Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Bldg.
Wednesday, March 14, 7pm
Lecture recital: Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque

March 18, Presenter, Music Teachers National Assoc. Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida

April 11-15, Residency, San Francisco
Wednesday, April 11 at 7pm
Florey’s Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
FloreysBookCo@yahoo.com

Thursday, April 12 at 7pm
405 Shrader (both series name and address)
405 Shrader St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
405Shrader@gmail.com
Reservations Required

Saturday, April 14 at 4:30pm
Comfy Concert – Berkeley
1044 Keith Ave, Berkeley 94708
Reservations Required

Sunday, April 15 at 2:00pm
Comfy Concert – Pacifica
272 Gateway Drive, Pacifica 94044
Reservations Required

April 26, Edgewood Engaged “Intersections”: A Research and Creative Inquiry Symposium, Keynote by Catherine Kautsky: “Debussy and His Friends:  An evening of French music, poetry, art, and politics”,  Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Reception: Stream Atrium Gallery – 5:30-6:00 pm
Lecture Recital: Anderson Auditorium, Predolin Hall – 6:15-7:30 pm

May 30, Speech coach for Piano Arts Competition, Milwaukee, WI

Spring, 2018, Date TBA Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television performance

Fall Highlights 2017

Sept. 3, Chazen Museum, Madison, WI with Wen-Lei Gu,  Brahms: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Sept. 22, Krakow, Poland Lawyers Club, solo recital

Oct. 19, Book event celebrating the publication of Debussy’s Paris, Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque,  Mystery to Me, Madison, WI

Oct. 20, Presenter, Wisconsin Music Teachers Assoc, Annual Conference, Madison, WI

Nov. 12, Irvington, N.Y., Winterreise by Franz Schubert, With Steven Spears, tenor

Fall/Winter Highlights 2016-17

Nov. 7, 7:30 pm Weidner Center, UW-Green Bay, recital with Wen-Lei Gu, violin

Nov, 21, 22, 23  Wisconsin Public Radio, 12-1:00 pm. “The Midday.”  The complete Brahms Violin Sonatas with Wen-Lei Gu, violin

Jan. 15, 5:00 pm, Lawrence University Faculty Recital, Lawrence Chapel,  Appleton, WI

Jan. 21, 4 pm, Farley’s House of Pianos, Salon Series, 6522 Seybold Road, Madison WI

Feb. 17, 6:30 pm Lawrence Faculty Recital with Steven Spears, tenor, Schubert “Die Schöne Mullerin,” Lawrence Memorial Chapel.

March 18-22, MTNA National Conference Presenter

Spring 2016

March 21-26, 2016 45th annual Seattle Young Artists Music Festival (SYAMFA)

Apr. 2-6, 2016 MTNA National Convention Participant, San Antonio, TX

May 2016 Musicfest Northwest

May 1, 2016 Solo recital University of California, San Diego

June 15, 2016 Solo Recital, Darius Milhaud Conservatoire, Aix-en-Provence, France

June 19, 2016 Solo recital, Alexandre Scriabin Museum, Moscow, Russia

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China: The Complete Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano
December 8, 8:00pm
South China Normal University, School of Music, Concert Hall
College Town, Guangzhou, Guangdong.
Address: 广州市番禺区外环西路

December 10, 7:30pm
Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Chamber Concert Hall
College Town, Guangzhou, Guangdong.
Address:  广州市番禺区外环西路
Dec. 11 Masterclasses Xinghai Conservatoryof Music

December 14, 7:30pm
Shenzhen Arts School, Concert Hall
Shenzhen, China
Address:深圳市福田区百花二路16号
Dec. 14 Masterclasses: Shenzhen Arts School

Hong Kong:
Dec. 15, 9:20 am, Radio Interview: RTHK: “Debussy in Fin-de-siécle Paris”
Dec. 16 Masterclasses at Chinese International School

Bangkok:
Dec. 17 Private Masterclasses
Dec. 18 Silpakorn University, Lecture Recital: Seeing Debussy in fin-de-siècle Paris: Clowns, Colonies, and Cakewalks

Summer/Fall 2015

July 1-13 Piano Faculty and performances at Interharmony Music Festival, Arcidosso, Italy.

Nov. 15 Complete Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Lawrence Faculty Recital

Winter/Spring 2015

Jan. 17 Judge, MTNA East Central Division “Young Artist Piano” and “Senior Piano Duet”

Jan. 23 Faculty Recital, “Winterreise” of Franz Schubert, with Steven Spears

Feb. 7 Judge, “Sonata Festival” Wisconsin Conservatory, Milwaukee, WI

Feb. 7 Lecture Recital and Masterclass, Wisconsin Conservatory, Milwaukee, WI

Feb. 8 Recital, First Congregational Church, Appleton, WI

Feb. 22 Faculty Recital – Lawrence University Chapel

March 3 Recital, St. Johns on the Lake, 1840 N. Prospect Str., Milwaukee, WI.

March 8 Judge, Steinway Society Competition, Palm Springs, CA.

March 14 Recital, Merit School, Chicago, IL. 11:50 am.

March 14 Masterclass, Merit School, Chicago, IL.  4-5:30 pm.

March 26 Lecture-Recital, “Debussy in Paris” 4:00-5:15pm, University of AZ, School of Music, Room TBA

March 27 Lecture-Recital, “Debussy in Paris,Tucson Music Teachers Assoc., 10:45-12:00 Premiere Piano Home of Steinway at Plaza Palomino, 2990 N. Swan

March 30 Masterclass for advanced high school students, Tucson Music Teachers Assoc., Monday, March 30, 5-7pm, Premiere Piano
Home of Steinway
At Plaza Palomino, 2990 N. Swan Road
Suite 147, Tucson 
(Ft. Lowell and Swan)

April 8 Lecture-recital and Masterclass, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI

April 18 Recital, MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, MN, 4 pm

April 19 Masterclass, MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, MN, 1pm,

April 18 Lawrence University Alumni Event, St. Paul, MN, Saturday, Apr. 18. Time TBA