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2024 FESTIVAL

The 13th ANNUAL PIANO FESTIVAL Taubman 2024

Sondra Tammam and David Witten, Faculty Co-Directors

Cali School of Music
Montclair State University

June 22-23, 2024

 

ALL EVENTS WILL BE “Live” AND ON ZOOM

 

SATURDAY, June 22, 2024
8:30 – 9:00 am LOBBY REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:10 am Welcome (Witten & Tammam)
9:10 – 9:25 Video: A Dorothy Taubman Master Class – "Chopin Barcarolle, Op. 60"

                  (First Showing at the Festival)

9:25 – 10:00 Jackie Herbein – Supporting Your Piano Technique with
                     Whole Body Coordination,
 Part One
10:00 – 10:45   Sondra Tammam – “In Performance – What You Need is Often Invisible”
                         with Examples from repertoire

                         Maya Kishimoto (Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2)
10:50 - 12:00 Nancy Modell - Open Suzuki Lessons- Late Beginner-Intermediate Repertoire - Part One

                       10:50 Madeline Pan (20') (William Gillock - Autumn Sketch)

                       11:10 Theo Hein (20') (Schumann - About Strange Lands and People)

                       11:30 Hisham Sufi (20') Lichner - A Short Story
12:00 – 1:00     LUNCH BREAK Bring Your Lunch (possible some lessons)
12:30 - 1:00            Optional Roundtable -Tips, Toys, and Tools for the Teacher
1:00 – 1:50       David Witten – Jacob Nicolai Helmann, Dorothy Taubman’s Teacher
1:50 - 2:00       Interlude With Questions from ZOOM and ‘Live” Audience
2:00 - 2:20       Dragica Curcic - Approaching Beginner Repertoire with a Student

                         Connor Lin (20') (Lichner - Sonatina in C Major, Op. 49, No. 1)
2:20 – 3:05      David Witten – Master Class

                         Max DePaul, (Haydn - Sonata in E Minor, Hob.XVI:34)
3:05 - 3:30      Sondra Tammam – Master Class

                         Isha Patel (Maykapar - Variations on a Russian Theme)
3:30-4:00       BREAK
4:00 -5:30      PIANO RECITAL: FEI-FEI, Live in Leshowitz Recital Hall

                          Music of Beethoven, Chopin, Ye Xiaogang, and Rachmaninoff

 

 

SUNDAY, June 23, 2024 
8:30 – 9:00 am LOBBY REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:05 am Welcome (Witten & Tammam)
9:05 – 9:45 Video: A Dorothy Taubman Master Class – Debussy Estampes – Pagodes
(First Showing at the Taubman Festival)
9:45 – 10:15 Jackie Herbein – Supporting Your Piano Technique with
Whole Body   Coordination. Part  Two
10:15-11 Nancy Modell - Open Suzuki Lessons- Late Beginner-Intermediate Repertoire Part 2 

                10:15 Aaron Pan (30') (Chopin - Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2)

                10:35 Annie Zheng (Debussy - Clair de Lune)
11:00 -12  Ben Steinhardt – Help! My Fourth Finger Feels Weak!
12 – 1 pm LUNCH BREAK  Bring Your Lunch
12:30 – 1:00pm Optional Roundtable Discussion Tips, Toys, and Tools for the Teacher
1:00 – 2:15 Fei-Fei Masterclass

                    Serene Ziyuan Li (Debussy - L'isle Joyeuse)

                    Edy Rapika Panjaitan (Chopin - Ballade No. 2, Op. 38)
2:15 - 2:40 Sondra Tammam “It Takes Very Little to Get a Symptom”
Hands-on Audience Participation with their repertoire questions.
2:40 - 2:45 BREAK
2:45 - 3:15 David Witten Masterclass

                   Steven Viola (Schubert - Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 143, D. 784)
3:15 – 3:35 Dragica Curcic Approaching Beginner Repertoire with a Student

                   Ithamar Hotam (Debussy - Arabesque No. 1)
3:35-4:00       BREAK
4:00 - 5:30   PIANO RECITAL: Live in Leshowitz Recital Hall
                    Phillip Kawin Memorial Scholarship Award Recipient MILENA MARTINEZ

                    Nozomi Yamaguchi Memorial Scholarship Award Recipient ALEXANDER LIU

                     Music of Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Sun Yi Qiang, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Albeniz
5:30 – 5:45     FACULTY AND STAFF – Farewell Remarks & CONCLUSION

 

 

Dorothy Taubman’s approach to the piano presents principles of coordinated motion that unburden the hands and unleash the spirit.

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