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The 14th Annual Taubman Piano Festival 2025
Sondra Tammam & David Witten, Faculty Co-Directors
Cali School of Music
Montclair State University
June 21-22 2025
Saturday, June 21, 2025
LRH - Leshowitz Recital Hall
+CR - Choir Room
MC - Masterclass
8:30 - 9:00 am Lobby Registration *LRH
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome (Witten & Tammam) *LRH
9:10 - 9:25 am Video: A Dorothy Taubman Master Class *LRH- First Showing at the Festival "Debussy- L'Isle Joyeuse"
9:25 - 10:00 am Danette Whelan - Music and Mindfulness *LRH
10:00 - 10:45 am Sondra Tammam - "Why the Thumb Promotes Velocity with the Taubman Approach" With Examples from repertoire *LRH
11:00 - Noon Lisa Yui - Lecture about Asian piano composers *LRH
10:00 - 10:50 am Dragica Curcic - Young Pianists Open Lesson MC Students +CR
11:00 - 11:50 am Nancy Modell - Open Lessons MC
Late Beginner / Intermediate +CR
Noon - 1 pm LUNCH BREAK Bring Your Lunch (possible private lessons)
1:00 - 1:50 pm David Witten Ravel Lecture, 150th Birthday *LRH
1:00 - 1:50 pm Sondra Tammam - Mini-groups at the Piano
Using Taubman Example Book +CR
2:00 - 3:30 pm Lisa Yui Masterclass *LRH
2:00 - 3:00 pm Sondra Tammam - Hands on Session/MC +CR
3:00 - 3:30 pm Dragica Curcic - Hands on Session, Young Pianists / MC +CR
3:30 - 4:00 pm BREAK
4:00 - 5:00 pm Esteban Castro, Jazz Artist - Kawin Memorial Scholarship
5:00 pm Meet the Faculty, Guests, and Staff
The 14th Annual Taubman Piano Festival 2025
Sondra Tammam & David Witten, Faculty Co-Directors
Cali School of Music
Montclair State University
June 21-22 2025
Sunday, June 22, 2025
8:30 - 9:00 am Lobby Registration *LRH
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome (Witten & Tammam) *LRH
9:10 - 9:25 am Video: A Dorothy Taubman Master Class *LRH- First Showing at the Festival "Chopin Nocturne in D flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2"
9:30 - 10:00 am Danette Whelan - Music and Mindfulness *LRH
10:00 - 11:00 am Ben Steinhardt lecture TBA
9:30 - 10:15 am Nancy Modell Int./Early Advanced MC +CR
10:15 - 10:55 am Dragica Curcic - New Teaching Concepts with popular
Early Repertoire+CR
11:00 - Noon am Fei-Fei Masterclass *LRH
Noon - 1 pm LUNCH BREAK Bring Your Lunch (possible private lessons)
1:00 - 2:00 pm Recital Yamaguchi Memorial Scholarship Winner TBA *LRH
2:15 - 3:00 pm Sondra Tammam - Mini-groups at the Piano
Using Taubman Example Book *LRH
3:00 - 3:30 pm David Witten Masterclass *LRH
2:15 - 2:45 pm Ben Steinhardt Solutions for Young Students +CR
2:45 - 3:30 pm Masterclass for students, teachers TBA
3:30 - 4:00 pm BREAK
4:00 - 5:00 pm Fei-Fei Recital *LRH
5:00 pm Meet the Faculty, Guests, and Staff
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