2012 Summer Symposium at Princeton University
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At the 2012 Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium at Princeton, participants will attend lectures, master classes, technique clinics, and other presentations by Edna Golandsky and the Institute’s expert faculty, all of whom have undergone years of rigorous training to qualify as teachers of the Taubman Approach. The performers and pedagogues of the Golandsky Institute’s faculty work with pianists, teachers, and musicians of all ages.
In addition to private lessons, supervised practice time, and interactive technique clinics, the 2012 Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium offers a variety of presentations, lectures, and master classes by faculty and special guest presenters.
The arrival date is Saturday, July 7.
Participants register from 1:00 - 7:00 PM.
There is an orientation meeting that evening.
The Symposium starts the following morning, Sunday, July 8.
The program will end after the concert on Saturday evening, July 14.
Participants will depart by noon on Sunday morning, July 15.
Concerts on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings will be held at 8:00 PM in the Berlind Theater of the McCarter Theater Center, 91 University Place, Princeton. Concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings will be held in Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University Campus, 68 Nassau Street, Princeton. All programs subject to change. For more information, please contact us at festival[at]golandskyinstitute.org.
Ticket sales for the Golandsky Institute International Piano Festival will be handled this year by the McCarter Theater.
Tickets are on sale in person or by phone at the McCarter Theater box office, 609-258-2787.
Tickets are available online at www.mccarter.org.
| DATE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Sunday, July 8 | LLEWELLYN SANCHEZ-WERNER, PIANO Berlind Theater, McCarter Theater Center |
| Monday, July 9 | GOLANDSKY INSTITUTE/OPERA NEW JERSEY COLLABORATION WITH THOMAS BAGWELL, PIANO Berlind Theater, McCarter Theater Center |
| Tuesday, July 10 | JASPER QUARTET WITH ILYA ITIN, PIANO Berlind Theater, McCarter Theater Center |
| Thursday, July 12 | JOSU DE SOLAUN, PIANO Berlind Theater, McCarter Theater Center |
| Friday, July 13 | ILYA ITIN, PIANO Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University |
| Saturday, July 14 | BILL CHARLAP, JAZZ PIANO Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University |
Edna Golandsky
Practical Solutions in Action
Edna Golandsky works with pianists to provide solutions to problem passages in the repertoire.
John Bloomfield
Refining Your Pedal Technique
The fifth in an annual series of lectures devoted to the art of pedaling, this lecture will explore how the pedal is used to produce changes in texture, enhance unison passages, and to help with repeated notes.
Mary Moran
Brahms - Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79
Continuing her presentations of favorites from the piano repertoire, Mary Moran will discuss the Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms. She will highlight musical and technical elements of this heroic work using the Taubman Approach.
Robert Durso
Transitioning from Intermediate to Advanced Repertoire
Fr. Seán Duggan
Bach the Teacher, Passing on the Craft
The presentation will focus on Bach’s experience of teaching as a vocation and his pedagogy of “craft.” Fr. Duggan will also offer some reflections on the common ground between Bach’s technique and the Taubman