My Students’ Projects

Over the years, I have enjoyed nurturing each student’s individual development in private lessons. At the same time, I have always been fascinated by the ways students learn from one another and share ideas within a studio. A studio is also a collective entity: a group of individual students working together. This perspective has led to a series of projects centered on composers’ anniversaries and other topics, designed to be explored and shared with all students and, at times, with other studios and departments. Here are a few projects that generated interest at the schools and venues where they were presented.

2026

Tchaikovsky – The Seasons, Op. 37a 

A studio-wide project presented at Texas Christian University and at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, devoted to Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, Op. 37a, involving undergraduate and graduate piano students at Texas Christian University. The project explored the cycle’s poetic, pianistic, and stylistic dimensions through study and performance. The project also connected with international performance and exchange activities during the 2026 National Tsing Hua University graduate residency in Taiwan.

2018

Nordic Masters of the Romantic Era: Grieg & Sinding

Exploration and performance of selected solo and four-hand works by the great Norwegian composers.

Listen to the live recording of the soiree – Program

2014

C. P. E. Bach (1714–2014) Threecentennial Jubilee Anniversary

In conjunction with the departments of Theory, Musicology, Organ, and Historical Keyboards at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, USA, students were showcased in three recitals honoring C. P. E. Bach and were also featured in a grand finale marathon along with other students performing on organ, fortepiano, clavichord, and harpsichord. Panels, discussions, and lectures on the subject followed.

2010

Chopin Bicentennial Anniversary

Performance of the Complete Nocturnes by undergraduate and graduate students at An die Musik Live in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.

 

 2009

Mostly Mendelssohn Anniversary

A celebration of the composer’s piano output and that of his contemporaries, featuring undergraduate and graduate students at the Village Community, Common Hour, and Bach’s Lunch at Eisenhower Chapel, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.

The Paul Chihara Project

A Penn State University schoolwide celebration of the composer’s residency, featuring performances by faculty and students and lectures by the composer.