Kai-Ching Chang; Piano, Violin Founder of WhenNotesFly, a Chamber Music Group. She wonPrix de Musique de ChambrefromFontainebleauSchoolinFranceand performed inchâteaudeFontainebleau.In Nov. 2008, she performed in the NTDTV Piano Competition Finalists Concert in The Town Hall inNew York. She was the winner of concerto competition at Longy School of Music, and performed Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1 with Longy Chamber Orchestra in May, 2008. In March, 2007, she performed as a guest artist in UMass,Dartmouth. As a collaborative pianist, Miss Chang appeared as a performing associate in International Bowdoin Music Festival in summer in 2007. She has collaborated with Roger Tapping, Sergey Antonov, Jayne West, Robert Honeysucker, Carol McGonell and Meighan Stoops. In 2005, she worked as an assistant accompanist in National Symphony Orchestra (Taipei, Taiwan). She has collaborated with composer Paul Brust, Adam Simon and has premiered contemporary works by Joel Schenk, Amit Gilutz, JwaBum Saho Kim, Billy Dougherty. She is the staff accompanist in New England Conservatory and rehearsal pianist in PALS Children’s Chorus in Brookline. She has participated PALS’s collaboration with BSO and Cantata Singers, their performances appeared at Tanglewood, Symphony Hall, Gardner Museum and Jordan Hall. She has been on the faculty of New School of Music in Cambridge since 2007.
B.M. at Soochow University in Taipei. M.M. in piano performance and Artist Dilopma in collaborative piano at the Longy School of Music (2008). Her teachers include Peter Serkin, Wayman Chin and Ingrid Tsung; chamber music studied with Roger Tapping.
Teaching method incorporates elements of Dalcroze, Orff and Suzuki, as well as introductory Jazz, Pop and Folk styles within a Classical foundation.
Brett Klaus; Piano B.M. University of Missouri; M.M. The Boston Conservatory. Studies with Max Levinson, Peter Miyamoto, and Ayako Tsuruta. Additional private study with Elinor Freer, Andrew Cooperstock, Michael Lewin, and Jerome Lowenthal. Masterclasses with Ilana Vered, Sergio diSimone, Henri Brassard, Mykola Suk, Idil Biret, Abbey Simon, Irina Morozova, Vladmir Shakin, Janice Weber, Thomas Lanners, and Philip Kawin. Appeared in solo and orchestral halls across the United States, Canada, and Europe which include music festival performances at the Brevard Music Festival, Le Centre d’Arts Orford (Montreal), The Las Vegas Music Festival, Sound Encounters at the New England Conservatory, Brandeis Chamber Music Festival, and Music Fest Perugia (Italy), among others. Live performances on WSQR National Public Radio, solo performance at the Governor’s Mansion (Jefferson City). Collaborator with Laura Hall of ABC’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? for a New Year’s Eve benefit performance. Two-time consecutive winner of both the Boston Conservatory Piano Honors Competition and the Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble Honors Competition. A frequent interpreter of new music -- premieres of works by established composers include Kenji Bunch, Andy Vores, and Lowell Liebermann; new music performances with the Ludivico Ensemble, Juventas, and the Columbia Chamber Soloists. Member of the Pianist Partnering Program at the Boston Conservatory – a small select group of pianists chosen to collaborate with the top vocal/instrumental students at the Conservatory. Private teacher, vocal coach, and musical director throughout the Boston area; Staff Accompanist at the Boston Conservatory.
Elizabeth Landman; Suzuki Piano, Piano B.S. cum laude, Syracuse University. Actress, New York City. Piano Training: Ruth Byer Holden, Dr. Bela Nagy. Suzuki Piano Training: John Homsy, Dr. Doris Harrel, Robert Fraley, Mary Craig Powell, others. Attended Suzuki Institutes at the School of Shinichi Suzuki in Matsumoto, Japan and elsewhere. Attended the following graduate schools: The Institute of Fine Arts, New York Univ. and the College of Music, Univ. of MA. at Lowell. Dalcroze Eurthymics, Improvisation and Kindermusik Training. Pres. Of Suzuki Music Schools of MA, Inc., an affiliated chapter of the S.A.A., Director of STEM Piano School in Lexington, MA, guest clinician at festivals throughout MA. Mother of six grown children; grandmother of four.
Catherine Lawlor, Piano B.M., M.M. in piano with Honors, New England Conservatory. Solo and chamber music recitals including performances at the Gardner Museum, Brown University, Kneisel Hall (Blue Hill, Maine), Dartington Festival (Devon, England). Faculty: UMASS/Boston. Studies with Theodore Lettvin, Katja Andy and Tatiana Yampolsky.
Joe Reid; Piano, Jazz, Klezmer Pianist Joe Reid maintains a busy schedule performing in jazz clubs, with chamber ensembles, with dance troupes and numerous theatre groups. Joe has worked as a piano accompanist for the Boston Conservatory, the Longy School of Music, the Mark Morris Dance Company, various choral groups, and the New School of Music in Cambridge (where he also teaches jazz piano and jazz ensembles). Joe is a recovered lawyer and lives in Belmont. More information about Joe can be found at: www.joereidmusic.com.
Justin Schrum; Piano, Group Piano for Children Bachelor's of Music Degree in Piano Performance from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY and a Master of Arts Degree in Music Therapy from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Piano Studies with Charis Dimaras (Manhattan School) and Gretchen Dekker (Peabody School), Chamber Music Studies with Dr. Rebecca Ansel (Univ. Michigan) and masterclasses with Dr. Jennifer Hayghe (Julliard) and Barry Synder (Eastman School). Faculty: Merry Melody Music Academy. Originally from Pennsylvania, Justin is proficient in organ, violin, and guitar. Music Director of Hyde Park Presbyterian Church. Music Therapy training with Mark Lipman and John Buchanan. Justin is proud of the fact that he was pushed by all of his teachers to strive for the best while always remaining true to the musical self. As a result, this is a philosophy he brings to his teaching. As a teacher, Justin looks forward to the relationship that grows during lessons, and values the importance of technique, musicality, and determination.
Trudi Van Slyck; Piano, Group Piano for Adults Piano Diploma, Longy School of Music. Grant recipient for study in Berlin, Germany. Summer study at Yale University. Soloist with Boston Pops Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Merrimack Valley Orchestra, Harvard Club Orchestra. Solo and ensemble concerts at Gardner Museum, Sanders Theater, Harvard University, MIT Kresge, National Gallery in Washington, DC, other venues in New England. Radio recitals and American Consulate recitals in Germany. Teaching experience at Longy School of Music, Lesley University, UMass Boston, Indian Hill Music School, Boston Center for Adult Education and others. Duo piano concerts with husband Nicholas Van Slyck, composer. Recordings produced; three CDs of instrumental and vocal music by N. Van Slyck.www.vanslyckmusic.com
Esther Ning Yau; Piano B.M., Hong Kong Baptist University; Professional Diploma, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts; M.M. in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano, New England Conservatory. Ms. Yau is a native ofHong Kongand an avid chamber musician. She has appeared in solo and chamber recitals at theMuseumofArtsinPuerto Rico,JordanHall, Merkin Concert Hall, Kosciuszko Foundation , the Taipei National concerto Hall and the Hong Kong Government House. As a founding member of the New Piano Quartet, the Innonet Trio and Duo Anime, Ms Yau has performed in theNew Englandarea on the Harvard Epworth Church Concert Series, WCRB Live at Copley, First Night Boston, the Newport Symposium Chamber Music Concert and the Bar Harbor Music Festival. Ms Yau has received fellowships from the International Institute of Vocal Arts inItaly, the Aspen Music Festival,MusicAcademyof the West inSanta Barbara, Yellow Barn Music Festival and the UCLA Song Festival. She holds double Master's Degrees in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano from New England Conservatory of Music where she studied with Patricia Zander and Irma Vallecillo. Ms Yau is currently on the piano faculty at the Longy School of Music and the New School of Music. She is staff accompanist at the Boston Conservatory and the Meadowmount School of Music inNew York. In the summer, she is on piano faculty at theInternationalSummerMusicAcademyand Festival inRegensburg,GermanyandCremona,Italyand Longy in the Berkshires, The Art of the Chamber Music Program. Ms Yau is also a member of the New England Conservatory Alumni Council.