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ANNE EPPERSON COLLABORATIVE PIANO MASTERCLASS
Masterclasses give the audience a first-hand look into the teaching and learning process that goes into creating music. Honing technical craft, understanding the nuances of musical language, and finding personal meaning in music are all part of a great masterclass.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, “Spring”
- Allegro
Rachel Yi, violin • Teddi Yoo, piano
Rachel is sponsored by Lewis & Adria Kaplan.
OTAR TAKTAKISHVILI
Sonata for Flute and Piano
- Allegro cantabile
- Aria. Moderato con moto
Alexander Day, flute • Yi-Hsuan Su, piano
Alexander is sponsored by Howard & Mary Jane Rosenfield.
EDVARD GRIEG
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor, Op. 36
- Allegro agitato
Nathaniel Hagan, cello • Lydia Yu, piano
Lydia is sponsored by Ed & Whitney Selover.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
- Allegro, ma non tanto
Clara Schultz, cello • Piotr Kozłowski, piano
Piotr is a recipient of the Richard & Maryan F. Chapin Scholarship.
ABOUT ANNE EPPERSON
Pianist Anne Epperson is professor of music in collaborative piano and chair of the Chamber and Collaborative Music Department.
Epperson enjoys a distinguished career as a performer, recording artist, teacher, and clinician. She made her debut at age 12 with the New Orleans Philharmonic under Alexander Hilsberg.
After studies at Louisiana State University with Earl D. Stout and Jack Guerry, and The Juilliard School, with Sascha Gorodnitzki, she entered graduate school at the University of Southern California, studying with Daniel Pollack, and was appointed staff pianist for the master classes of renowned violinist Jascha Heifetz.
This auspicious beginning led to a successful career as a collaborative partner. Epperson has appeared in concert with distinguished artists throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Scandinavia, Taiwan, and Korea.
Her career as an educator is equally impressive. She joined the Jacobs School of Music faculty in 2016 as professor of collaborative piano, creating a new program offering three graduate degrees in collaborative piano.
Epperson created and developed a graduate degree program at The University of Texas at Austin and was professor of collaborative piano there from 2008 to 2017. From 2004 to 2008, she was professor of collaborative piano at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s College of Music, where she also created and developed a new graduate degree program. She was professor of music and director of collaborative arts at the University of California–Santa Barbara from 2001 to 2004.
From 1985 to 2001, she was head of the Collaborative Piano Department (a department and degree program that she created) at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Previous faculty positions include teaching appointments at the University of Illinois at Champaign–Urbana and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Epperson has been juror for many prestigious competitions, including the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Competition, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Coleman Chamber Music Competition, Plowman Chamber Music Competition, New Orleans International Piano Competition, Corpus Christi International Young Artists Competition, and Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards.
Epperson has been a panelist, lecturer, performer, and master class presenter for the Music Teachers National Association, National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, Colorado Music Teachers Association, Oklahoma Music Teachers Association, Indiana Music Teachers Association, South Carolina Music Teachers Association, Arkansas State Music Teachers Association, and Vocal Arts Resource Network in Ohio.
She is active as a consultant and advisor in the development of collaborative piano programs nationally and internationally. Since 2016, she has been involved in the annual CollabFest, a conference for collaborative pianists by collaborative pianists. She is on the advisory board of the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society, the first international professional association devoted exclusively to collaborative piano.