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Taubman Festival 2024
Schedule
Montclair State University
Leshowitz Recital Hall, Cali School of Music
Saturday, June 22, 2024
8:30 - 9:00 am Lobby Registration
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome (Witten & Tammam)
9:10 - 9:45 am Video: A Dorothy Taubman Master Class - Chopin Barcarolle Op. 60
First Showing at the Festival
9:45 - 10:25 am Jackie Herbein - Supporting Your Piano Technique with Whole Body Coordination, Part 1
10:30 - 11:15 Sondra Tammam - "In Performance - What You Need is Often Invisible"
With Examples from repertoire
11:15 - Noon Nancy Modell - Open Suzuki Lessons - Late Beginner - Intermediate Repertoire Part 1
Noon - 1 pm LUNCH BREAK Bring Your Lunch
12:30 - 1 pm Optional Roundtable - Tips, Toys, and Tools for the Teacher
1:00 - 1:50 pm David Witten - Dorothy Taubman's Teacher: Jacob Nicolai Helmann
1:50 - 2:00 pm Interlude With Questions from ZOOM and "Live" Audience
2:00 - 2:20 pm Dragica Curcic - Approaching Beginner Repertoire with a Student
2:20 - 3:00 pm David Witten - Master Class
3:00 - 3:30 Sondra Tammam - Master Class
3:30 - 4:00 BREAK
4:00 - 5:30 FEI-FEI Solo Recital: Live in Leshowitz Recital Hall
Taubman Festival 2024
Schedule
Montclair State University
Leshowitz Recital Hall, Cali School of Music
Sunday, June 23, 2024
8:30 - 9:00 am Lobby Registration
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome (Witten & Tammam)
9:10 - 9:45 am Video: A Dorothy Taubman Master Class - Debussy Estampes - Pagodes First Showing at the Taubman Festival
9:45 - 10:25 am Jackie Herbein - Supporting Your Piano Technique with Whole Body Coordination, Part 2
10:30 - 11 am Nancy Modell - Open Suzuki Lessons - Late Beginner - Intermediate Repertoire Part 1 Part 2
11 - Noon Ben Steinhardt - Help! My Fourth Finger Feels Weak!
Noon - 1 pm LUNCH BREAK Bring Your Lunch
12:30 - 1 pm Optional Roundtable - Tips, Toys, and Tools for the Teacher
1:00 - 2:15 pm Fei-Fei Masterclass - 2 Performers
2:15 - 2:40 pm Sondra Tammam "It Takes Very Little to Get a Symptom"
Hands on Audience Participation with their repertoire questions
5 minute Interlude
2:45 - 3:15 pm David Witten Master Class
3:15 - 3:35 pm Dragica Curcic Approaching Beginner Repertoire with a Student
3:35 - 4:00 pm BREAK
4:00 - 5:30 pm Solo Recital: Live in Leshowitz Recital Hall
2 winners of the Philip Kawin Memorial Scholarship Award and Nozomi Yamaguchi Memorial Scholarship Award
5:30 - 5:45 pm Faculty & Staff - Farewell Remarks & Conclusion
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