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Frances Clark Center Residency Program at The New School for Music Study

Through the Frances Clark Center Residency Program, area teachers have the opportunity to attend seminars on special topics given by master pedagogues.

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Contemplative Pedagogy and Teaching Excellence: Mindfulness in the Piano Studio with Dr. Vanessa Cornett Wednesday, February 5, from 10am-12pm Outstanding teaching is mindful teaching. Contemplative pedagogy is a philosophy of education that integrates introspection and experiential learning to develop new forms of inquiry, awareness, and imagination. Music teachers can use mindful strategies to cultivate student attention, develop good practice habits, and manage burnout.   Vanessa Cornett teaches piano and piano pedagogy at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where she also serves as the Director of Keyboard Studies. Author of the book The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance, she has given masterclasses and teacher training workshops across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. She is a recognized specialist in the areas of performance psychology, contemplative practices in education, and performance anxiety management for musicians.

Fee: $30 Free for those enrolled in the NSMS pedagogy course. Free for subscribers of the Piano Magazine (join now). Upcoming residency: Dr. Christopher Hahn, Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, a not-for-profit educational institution (501c3) located in Kingston, New Jersey, serves pianists and teachers through its three divisions: The National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, the Piano Magazine, and The New School for Music Study.

Updated 2/13/20 Westminster Choir College February 2020 Events

*****Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital: Beau soir
French and Slovene Melodies

Performing works by French and Slovene composers to celebrate Westminster Conservatory's theme for 2019 – 2020, "Vive la France!" and Slovenia’s National Day of Culture or Prešeren Day. The program includes music by Debussy, Bravničar, Lipovšek, and others. 

Performers:

Urška Haule Feguš, violin
Emily Muller, viola
Mary Elizabeth Latorre, piano
Special guests: Members from Westminster Community Choir under the direction of Alicia Brozovich

Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 7:30pm

Bristol Chapel
Westminster Choir College
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ   08540

Admission is Free 
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*****Westminster Symphonic Choir
Sorcerers, Spells and Magic

The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates Valentine's weekend with spellbinding music by various composers. Featuring Westminster Symphonic Choir performing Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortileges (The Child and the Magic Spells) with guest artists and conductor Stephane Deneve

Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 14, 2020 at 2:00pm
Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 8:00pm

Verizon Hall
Kimmel Center
300 S Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA  19102

Tickets: $33-$150

Ticket Sales: 215-893-1999

Online: https://www.philorch.org/concert/19-20/sorcerers-spells-and-magic?date=2020-02-13_19-30

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*****Rider Musical Theatre: MAD About You!

MAD About You! is a cabaret journey through the joys of love, longing and lust to the agony, anger and angst of heartbreak and breakup. This cabaret will feature myriad of musical genres including pop, nusical theatre, country and R&B.

Friday, February 14, 2020 at 2:00pm
Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 2:00pm

Theater in the Bart Luedeke Center
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ   08648

Admission is Free 
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*****Rinaldi Steinway Westminster Piano Alumni Series: John Franek

Westminster alumnus John Franek returns in a performance featuring his original works and others by Mozart, C. P. E. Bach and Lachenmann.

John Franek is a composer and pianist with degrees theory and composition and piano performance from Westminster Choir College.  He has performed and premiered his own works on three continents and has given concerts throughout the United States.  An avid researcher and performer of Mozart, he is currently touring his “Franek & Mozart” lecture-concert in which he aims to provide the listeners with a new perspective on the emotional range of Mozart’s music. 

He premiered his Piano Concerto No.1 with the Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra and his work Affektenlehre: Concert for Keyboard & Strings at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. He has recorded extensively as a solo artist, most recently releasing an album composed entirely of solo keyboard works by Mozart on DoubleV Digital Recordings.

Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 3:00pm

Bristol Chapel

Westminster Choir College

101 Walnut Lane

Princeton, NJ  08540

Admission is Free 
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*****Westminster Conservatory at Nassau
Music of Franz Schubert and Nathaniel Dett

Soprano Holly Gash, clarinetist Kenneth Ellison and Clipper Erickson perform selections by Franz Schubert and Nathanial Dett

Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 12:15pm

Niles Chapel
Nassau Presbyterian Church
61 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ   08540

Admission is Free
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*****Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital
An Evening of Duo Piano Music

Piano duo Ena Bronstein Barton and Phyllis Lehrer perform works by Mozart, Saint Saens, Schumann and Young.

Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 7:30pm

Bristol Chapel
Westminster Choir College of Rider University
101 Walnut Lane
Princeton, NJ    08540

Admission is Free 
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*****Westminster Community Orchestra: 2020 Westminster Conservatory Showcase
Featuring Winners of the 2020 Concerto Competition 

This year's program includes the following works: 

Grieg: “Peasant Dance” from Lyric Suite 

Sam Scheibe '21: “Skylands” from Constellations (world premiere)

Chaminade: Concertino for Flute and Orchestra

Crusell: Concerto for Clarinet No. 3 (first movement) 

Sullivan: “The Wandering Minstrel” from The Mikado

Bertaux: To Music 

Bach: “Duet” and “Chorale” from Cantata No. 93

Fauré: “Sanctus” from Requiem 

Mozart: “Il core vi dono” from Così fan tutte 

Donizetti: “Quel guardo, il cavaliere” from Don Pasquale

Smetana:  “Moldau” from Má vlast

Performers

Westminster Community Orchestra
Ruth Ochs, conductor
Sergey Tkachenko, assistant conductor
Westminster Conservatory Children’s Choir
Patricia Thel, director and conductor
Chaequan Anderson, conductor
Yvonne Macdonald, conductor
John Paul Velez, conductor
Winners of the Westminster Conservatory Concerto Competition
Ethan Feng, Abrielle Scott, Eugene Seong
Westminster Choir College Opera Workshop
Susan Shiplett Ashbaker and Nova Thomas, directors

Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 3:00pm 

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ, 08542

Admission - $15 adults, $10 students/seniors

Box Office: 609-258-9220
Online: https://tickets.princeton.edu/Online/default.asp 

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*****Rider Theater: The Wolves

A slice of life play exploring nine girls' struggles to stand out while trying to fit in.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 7:30pm - tickets sold at the door
Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 7:30pm
Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 2:00pm

Yvonne Theater
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 

Admission: $20 Adults, $15 seniors/non-Rider students
Rider students: $5 Faculty and Staff

Preview performance sold at door: $9 Adults/non-Rider students, $5 seniors

Box Office: 609-896-7775

Tickets: https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=1299540&presenter=RIDER&venue=&event=&tck=true
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*****2020 Lindey Christiansen Art Song Festival
Samuel Barber: An American Master

This year’s festival celebrates the vocal music of Samuel Barber. Pennsylvania-born and Curtis-educated, Barber rose to international prominence at a young age, producing a catalogue of works that has been embraced by generations. Steeped in the music of Debussy, Strauss, Brahms and the Italian masters, Barber’s musical style mixes nineteenth-century Romanticism with a distinctive brand of chromaticism and modernist techniques. Possessing an exceptional understanding of the voice and the expressive gestures inherent in language, Barber wrote songs and operatic works outstanding for their emotional depth and dramatic charge. His vast song collection includes diverse and distinctive settings of texts from the English language canon, from the fantastical visions of James Joyce to the psychologically astute meditations of Irish monks from the 8th to the 13th centuries, to the American lyricism of James Agee. Our concerts will feature all of Barber’s published songs as well as several large-scale vocal works and lesser-known, previously unpublished songs. Join us for this exploration of an American master. 

Friday, February 28, 2020 at 7:30pm
Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 7:30pm

Admission: $15 Adults, $10 students and seniors

Box Office: 609-921-2663

Online: https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=WCCRU&tck=true

Clipper Erickson with the Newtown Chamber Orchestra January 18, 2020 at 7:00pm

2019 was one of the most eventful years of my life. I recovered from heart surgery, discovered and met a whole new family (revealed by a commercial DNA test), achieved my dream of presenting a concert of Nathaniel Dett’s choral, vocal and keyboard music, and grieved the passing of my father.

On January 18 at 7:00pm, I perform with my cellist cousin Christine Mann (whom I recently met for the first time) on the Soloists on Stage program for the Newtown Chamber Orchestra.

May 2020 be a wonderful year for all of my musical friends, filled with beauty and creativity.

— Clipper

Soloists on Stage
Newtown Chamber Orchestra
Lutheran Church of God’s Love
791 Newtown-Yardley Road
Newtown, PA

 

Get Tickets:

https://www.newtownchamberorchestra.org/concerts/

 

I'll be playing Rhapsody in Blue - one of my favorites! 

Listen to it by clicking the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaiJX1OI_vw&feature=youtu.be

 

 

"One of the finest pianists of his generation."
— David Canfield, Fanfare Archive 

 

Katt Pedrick Quartet Arirang Japanese Restaurant Friday, January 10, 2020 at 6:30PM

Katt Pedrick Quartet 

Arirang Japanese Restaurant 
2329 East Lincoln Highway
Langhorne, PA 19047
 
Friday, January 10, 2020 at 6:30PM

Katt D'Ambrosio is a singer and songwriter, playwright, and television personality from Philadelphia who performs live Jazz and Blues as well as Great American Song Book. She performs live throughout Philadelphia and the surrounding counties at cocktail hours, private events, 55 plus communities, church weddings and funerals. Katt also teaches voice lessons and beginner piano. Her latest album, - FALL IN LOVE- , was just released in Spring 2019.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katt-d-ambrosio-7798915

Westminster Choir Tour Appear and Inspire: 100 Years of Singing January 2020

Westminster Choir Tour
Appear and Inspire: 100 Years of Singing

Westminster Choir celebrates the 100th Anniversary of its founding in 1920 with a program that reflects the ensemble’s spirit and mission. "Appear and Inspire" includes Benjamin Britten’s Hymn to Saint Cecelia, Daniel Elder’s O Magnum Mysterium, Arnold Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden, works by Runestad and more. 

 Friday, January 10 • 7:30 p.m.
Plymouth Church – United Church of Christ
Seattle, WA

Sunday, January 12 • 4 p.m.
Cathedral of the Rockies
Boise, ID

Thursday, January 16 • 7:30 p.m.
The Cathedral of the Madeleine
Salt Lake City, UT

Saturday, January 18 • 8 p.m.
Christ Cathedral
Garden Grove, CA (greater Los Angeles)

Sunday, January 19 • 4 p.m.
St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
La Jolla, CA (greater San Diego)

 

https://www.rider.edu/news/2019/12/17/westminster-choir-travels-west-january