Piano
Solo performance, chamber music, and the art of accompanying
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SOTA's Piano Department offers a unique opportunity for young pianists to
study solo performance, chamber music, and the art of accompanying.
Through collaborations with the Vocal and Instrumental Music Departments, students study and perform music literature from all period styles. Weekly performance classes, chamber music recitals, solo piano recitals, and vocal performance classes present pianists with regular opportunities to develop their skills as performing artists.
Piano students are expected
to critique each other in a productive and supportive environment.
Written critiques of student and professional recitals are required, as they help students develop both as teachers and analytical thinkers.
Students receive private weekly coaching on solo and duo piano
literature and attend weekly classes in theory and sight singing.
SOTA's Piano Department students have been finalists in the Ross McKee
Piano competition. Many have continued their music studies at
prestigious Conservatories such as Julliard, the Eastman School of
Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, and the New England Conservatory.
| Craig, Randy | Artist-in-Residence: Piano | |||||||||||||||||||
| Heater, Katherine | Artist-in-Residence: Piano | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other roles | Harpsichord, Early Music Specialist | |||||||||||||||||||
| Santos, Philip | Artist-in-Residence: Piano | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other roles | Violin/chamber music coach | |||||||||||||||||||
| Soifer, Ava | Chair: Piano | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other roles | Director of the SOTA chamber music program; yoga instructor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Suprynowicz, Clark | Artist-in-Residence: Piano | |||||||||||||||||||