The Collaborative Piano Institute

The Collaborative Piano Institute is created by and for —you know it—collaborative pianists!

We created a summer program in which YOU get all the attention, and you get an experience tailored to your goals. Our main goal is to prepare you for the next step in your life as a collaborator: graduate school or professional auditions, making pre-screening recordings, job search, as well as in-depth classes on many topics such as diction, coaching, performing, rehearsing, and much more!

The Festival begins on June 4th and ends on June 25th. In weeks 2 and 3 we are lucky to partner with Bravo! at Shattuck-St. Mary's, a summer festival for String Players. You will have high quality partners, as well as professional singers that will perform with you in recitals and masterclasses. You will have chamber music coachings from the Bravo Shattuck faculty as well.

See more at: www.collaborativepianoinstitute.org

WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO COUNT WITH STELLAR FACULTY:

Rita Sloan (Director of Collaborative Piano programs, Aspen Music Festival, and University of Maryland)
Timothy Lovelace (Chair of Collaborative Piano, University of Minessota) Kathleen Kelly (Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, former Director of Musical Studies at the Vienna Staatsoper, and former Head of Music/Music Director at Houston Grand Opera)
Howard Watkins (Assistant Conductor, coach, Metropolitan Opera of NY) Marie-France Lefebvre (Professor, Cincinatti Conservatory of Music, MET, San Francisco Opera)
Elena Abend (Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Tyler Wottrich (Assistant Professor and Head of Collaborative Piano, North Dakota State University)
Christopher Turbessi (freelance pianist, conductor, and vocal coach)
Elena Lacheva (Vocal Coach, University of Houston)
Ana Maria Otamendi (Head Vocal Coach, University of Houston)
Eric Olson (Violinist and Director of the Pre-Conservatory Program, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School)
Jennifer Olson (Professional soprano, professor of voice, Shattuck-St. Mary’s School)

In addition to private lessons, the collaborative piano institute offers lectures and group classes in:

Vocal coaching and score preparation
Language and diction
Technique issues
Time management
Recital programming
Musical style and interpretation
Setting up a coaching studio and career building tips
Working with and as a conductor
Audition preparation for graduate school, summer festivals, and Young Artist Programs
Opportunity to record prescreening video and audio