Exciting musical happenings! And random stuff.
I am beyond excited to announce that my former piano professors from Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, are returning to our area this fall. They will be the conference artists for the Middle East district of OMTA on Oct. 27, 2017, at Steinway Piano Gallery Cleveland. Please visit the Middle East OMTA website for conference details and registration coming soon!
Check out the Pridonoffs' passion and virtuosity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOu3jPtA-wY
It's an exciting time for the Middle East District of OMTA. With the election of officers complete, we're proud to present to you our new leadership group for the district:
Karen Campo and Maira Liliestedt, co-chairs
Joe Licitri, vice-chair for student programming
Karolyn Rice, vice-chair for teacher programming
Elaine Strock, secretary
Brent Schloneger, treasurer
We're also cooking up a new website for the district, so stay tuned for its launch in the next few weeks!
First district order of business will be our fall conference, and we have some fantastic details in the making! More to come on our new website later this summer.
Happy musical Monday to you all.
Check out the incredible offering of wonderful concerts in the area. Students in the Keys to Artistry studio must attend at least one concert a month, so I've suggested some high-quality series under Concert Attendance in our Studio Policy. From the Cleveland Orchestra, one of the world's best, to the varied instrumental and vocal international stars on Akron's Tuesday Musical series, from the pops concerts of area orchestras like the Canton Symphony, to our own concerts, there is sure to be something to please every taste.
If there are other favorite music concert series you have, please suggest them, and I'll gladly add them to my list. By all means, let's indulge in the rich musical goodness!
For anyone who knows me well, the fact that I've been enjoying updating and improving my website will come as a slightly larger shock than the fact that my husband periodically washes each crystal of our chandelier with Windex and paper towel (there are hundreds of crystals). His reasons for standing on a chair for hours, caressing little shiny things has nothing to do with his tendency to shift focus quickly ("ooooh, shiny!...what were you saying?"), but rather are based on true values. One of them presented itself recently, as we entertained his youngest sister's family on a visit from out of state. Ooops, wait a minute, wanting to one-up your sister is not a true value?
Anyway, I digress. I started this website last summer, and in the busy school year at Mount Union, it fell completely to the wayside. This summer, I got inspired and started tinkering with it more and more, inspired by pretty pictures and the fun possibilities Squarespace offers in its websites. And, as I played around with buttons, spacers, embedded videos, and scrolling photos that look larger than life, something amazing happened: I actually learned how to do this technology thing. (Not any other technology thing, mind you--we can't get carried away. I still have a technology-destroying aura to maintain). An aura, you say? Well, yes. In graduate school (which was not THAT long ago, so please hold the smirks), I had such a reputation that my pedagogy adviser used to say that if something with technology could go wrong, it would for me. And she loved technology! When I first started dating my husband, Mr. IT personified, emails would disappear, arrive with no content, until he had to admit there might be something to this aura. Oh, and the number of times I've stood next to a cashier or banker, clerk, or waitress trying to get the computer to work ("I don't know WHAT's wrong with this thing today!") is further proof that my aura is made of powerful technology-busting stuff.
But I am tickled of my progress with the website, and hope you'll find it informational and interesting.
Soon to come: a list of studio events and other helpful links.
Let me know what you think!
After a busy school year, I'm looking forward to using the summer to update and polish the website. Stay tuned!
Welcome to the new Keys to Artistry website! It's definitely a work in progress, but it gives some of the important details needed about my playing and teaching. Feel free to view photos, listen to my playing, and read about the studio and my pianistic endeavors. Please contact me by email or phone. Much more to come!
