JULY 26 to AUGUST 1, 2026

SUNY Fredonia
280 Central Ave, Fredonia, NY 14063

After years of digital connection, we are bringing back the tactile, immersive environment that makes the Symposium a life-changing event for performing pianists, teachers, students, and amateurs.

The 2026 Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium will be held in person for the first time since the pandemic and we are gathering this summer for a week of world-class pedagogy, transformative presentations, masterclasses, and performances at SUNY Fredonia, a campus renowned for its musical tradition and exceptional facilities, providing an ideal setting for our Taubman community to reunite.

Open to pianists of all levels!

EARLY REGISTRATION RATE
(Until end of day May 15)

• Tuition, Room and Board: $2,150
(For participants 17 and under, a parent or guardian is required to be in attendance. Room and Board for the parent or guardian is $1,075)
• Tuition for Commuters: $1,550
• Tuition for Livestream only: $975

STANDARD REGISTRATION RATE
(After May 15)

• Tuition, Room and Board: $2,250
(For participants 17 and under, a parent or guardian is required to be in attendance. Room and Board for the parent or guardian is $1,175)
• Tuition for Commuters: $1,650
• Tuition for Livestream only: $1,075

Room and board is limited, ACT NOW!

REGISTER NOW

* There is no extra fee or registration necessary for a student participating with a registered teacher in the Pedagogy Workshop.

Video recording of the Symposium will be available to all registrants after the Symposium is finished. Please allow 1-2 weeks for the video to be available. An email notification will be sent to all registrants when they are ready. Be sure to add golandskyinstitute.org to your spam filter so you receive our emails! Videos will be available for 4 months from posting.

DEADLINES

Registration deadline for in-person attendance: June 30, 2026

Question submission deadline: July 12, 2026
Instructions for submitting questions will be sent upon registration.

Masterclass audition video deadline: June 30, 2026
Instructions for submitting the video(s) will be sent upon registration.

Cancellation Policy: The fee is refundable upon written request by June 30, 2026. No refunds shall be granted for participants whose request is received after June 30.

Sunday, July 26 - Afternoon - Arrival/Check-in

Sessions will be Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31

Saturday, August 1 - Morning - Check-out

• In-person participants will be given three 30-minute lessons scheduled throughout the Symposium. Practice assistants will be assigned for participants who have not had any prior lessons in the Taubman Approach.
  
  * Lesson assignments are on a first-come first-served basis. Teacher preference is not guaranteed.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Presentations by Golandsky Institute faculty and guest artists
Masterclasses with Golandsky Institute faculty and guest artists
Technique clinics with small groups for one-on-one interaction
Pedagogy sessions
Evening concerts with guest artists, Logan Skelton and Sebastian Issler

Room & Board

Sunday, July 26 - Afternoon - Arrival/Check-in - Dinner

Three meals will be available every day until Saturday morning brunch.

Saturday, August 1 - After breakfast/brunch - Check-out

• Only one person will be assigned per room. Two will share a bathroom.
• All rooms are air-conditioned.
• Only a limited number of rooms are available.
• To request a person to share a bathroom with, please note that on the registration form.

The dining hall has a variety of options:
(Commuters may elect to purchase individual meals at the dining hall.)

• Pantry: Showcases freshly made sandwiches and wraps, farm fresh salads, fresh fruit, and soup.
• Pizza & Pasta: Hearthstone fresh baked pizza with a variety of toppings and many types of pasta.
• Grill: Classic entrees with appropriate starches and veggies.
• Gluten Free Friendly: Features made to order Gluten Free Friendly pasta dishes, grilled sandwiches, pizzas and quesadillas.

Nearby Hotel Information

Clarion Hotel Conference Center on Lake Erie
30 Lake Shore Dr E, Dunkirk, NY 14048
(Only 2.5 miles from SUNY Fredonia)
Phone: (716) 952-4611

Nine rooms are blocked out under "Sean Duggan". The rooms are:

• 3 Double-queens: Each $223.82 per night = $1,342.96 total for the week
• 6 Kings:
  • 2 regular rooms: Each $212.50 per night = $1,275.16 total for the week
  • 4 suites: each $269.00 per night = $1,614.16 total for the week

Travel

Nearest major airport: Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) 

Free shuttle service to/from the Buffalo Airport is being planned for July 26 and August 1. Please indicate on the registration form if you wish to get a ride on the shuttle.

Edna Golandsky

Founder and Artistic Director, Leading Expert

Edna Golandsky is the leading exponent of the Taubman Approach. She has earned wide acclaim throughout the United States and abroad for her extraordinary ability to solve technical problems and for her penetrating musical insight. She received both her bachelor of music and master of music degrees from the Juilliard School, following which she continued her studies with Dorothy Taubman.

Performers and students from around the world come to study, coach, and consult with Ms. Golandsky. A pedagogue of international renown, she has a long- established reputation for the expert diagnosis and treatment of problems such as fatigue, pain, and serious injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, focal dystonia, thoracic outlet syndrome, tennis and golfer’s elbow, and ganglia. She has been a featured speaker at many music medicine conferences. She is also an adjunct professor of piano at the City University of New York (CUNY).

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John Bloomfield

Co-Founder, Senior Director, Faculty Chair, Leading Expert

John Bloomfield is a Ken­tucky native and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Furman University in Greenville, S.C. An award-winning solo and chamber pianist, he has been broadcast by Public Radio in New England and has been heard on the air in New York under the auspices of Ars Viva. He earned a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, and since then has been a long-term student of Dorothy Taubman and Edna Go­landsky. He has taught at Adelphi University and in the pre-college division of the Manhattan School of Music. In demand as a clinician and adjudicator around the country, he has lectured at a number of colleges and universities.

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Robert Durso

Co-Founder, Senior Director, Leading Expert

Robert Durso attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music, obtained his bachelor of music degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and received his master of music degree from Temple University. His principal teach­ers were Enrica Cavallo-Gulli, Harvey Wedeen, Edna Golandsky, Dorothy Taubman, and Rosalyn Tureck.

Mr. Durso has performed extensively, including appearances at Weill Recital Hall, the Philadelphia Ethical Society, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and in a tour of South Carolina sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. In September 2000, Mr. Durso was invited to Caracas, Venezuela, by the U.S. Embassy to present the work of Dorothy Taubman for the first time in South America.

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Mary Moran

Co-Founder, Senior Director, Leading Expert

Mary Moran has been on the adjunct faculties of Russell Sage College and Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, teaching applied piano, music appreciation, and arranging. She has studied the Taubman Approach to Piano Performance since 1977, primarily with Edna Golandsky. She was a faculty member of the Taubman Institute of Piano from 1981 through 2002, and has been recognized for her application of this approach to children’s pedagogy. She has been invited to lecture on technical training for students and give master classes by many music teachers’ organizations in Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, and at Portland State University and Williams College.

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