2010 Piano Pedagogy Workshop (PPW)
Steinway Hall at Irene Besse Keyboards
6999 - 11 Street SE, Calgary, Alberta
August 5 & 6, 2010
9 am - 4 pm daily
See the registration form or the fee summary for fee information.
Dr. Faina Bryanskaya and Joseph Fridman Workshop Clinicians for 2010
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Faina Bryanskaya will be the clinician for the Piano Pedagogy Workshop. She will be assisted by Joseph Fridman, well-known instructor and CASS clinician.
Photo and biographical information courtesy of Longy School of Music
Dr. Bryanskaya demonstrating hand position and finger use at CASSA. Photo courtesy of Tuscany Productions Ltd.
Dr. Bryanskaya is an internationally acclaimed pedagogue who has been called “Teacher of Teachers.” In the former Soviet Union, she was founder and methodological advisor of the Advanced Training for Teachers of Music Schools, Colleges, and Conservatories, as well as Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Conservatory and faculty at Mussorgsky Music College. She has also presented pedagogy workshops and master classes as a guest lecturer at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, and served as a faculty member at their summer piano camps for piano teachers.
Dr. Bryanskaya teaches at the Longy School of Music located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Longy School of Music is one of the four independent degree-granting music schools in the Boston region along with the New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and Boston Conservatory.
Certification: M.A. with honors, Ph.D., St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Studied with Natan Perelman. Lectures, workshops, and master classes in Russia, Israel, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, and the U.S., including MTNA conventions. Solo/duo performance in Russia, at the Silesia International Music and Wellness Festival in Poland, at the Smith Center for the Arts at Providence College, and live on WGBH Boston radio and St. Petersburg TV, Russia.
Joseph Fridman
Joseph Fridman comes to us from Edmonton. He is an incredible musician who absolutely loves, lives and breathes music. He has earned two master’s degrees, one as a pianist and one as an opera director. Both degrees are from the world-renowned St. Petersburg State Conservatory (Russia ). He is a concert pianist, teacher, vocal coach and accompanist. He taught at the Schools for Musically Gifted Children of St. Petersburg and Kiev and the Pskov Music College and performed with the St. Petersburg and Pskov Philharmonics.
Mr. Fridman served on the faculty of the Alberta College Conservatory of Music from 1991 till 2002 and taught in the Conservatory’s International Music Academy and the University of Alberta. Mr. Fridman is a director and teacher of the Alberta Music Academy. He lectures and gives masterclasses and workshops in Canada, Ukraine, Russia and the USA. He has taught in various summer schools: “Strings and Keys” (Bergen), Alberta College summer school (Edmonton) and now as a clinician with CASSA.
Mr. Fridman has adjudicated a number of festivals and competitions, including the prestigious Canadian Music Competition (2004). His piano students have received first class honors and medals in RCM Exams, first and second prizes in the Kiwanis Festival, Northern Alberta Concerto Competition and Fall Festival. Mr. Fridman performs in solo and chamber recitals and has been broadcast frequently on CBC Radio.
Paul Sheftel Update December 7, 2009
Those who were at the August Piano Pedagogy Worskhop and registered for software from Paul Sheftel should have received a message in early December about the availability of the software. Go to Paul’s website for some background and links or go directly to Timewarp.com to download the software.2009 Pictures
Mr. Sheftel at CASSA (Photo © Tuscany Productions Ltd. 2009. Used with permission.)
Dr. Sheftel at CASSA (Photo © Tuscany Productions Ltd. 2009. Used with permission.)
Ms. Johansen, Dr. Sheftel, Mr. Sheftel, Mrs. Dahlberg and Mrs. Kundert-Stoll (Photo used with permission.)
For the convenience of 2009 attendees, we have set up a page for Paul Sheftel which can be accessed either through the drop-down menu under Workshops or by clicking here.
Previous Piano Pedagogy Workshops:
2010: Dr. Faina Bryanskaya
2009: Paul Sheftel on enhancing teaching by using computer technology and Dr. Sara Sheftel on using interpersonal skills with students and parents
2008: Ingrid Clarfield on Rubato and other musical elements and Lillian Livingston on teaching adults
2006: Nelita True on the role of teachers
2005: Robin Harrison discussing tone production and arm weight
