Master classes.

ADVANCED PIANO

Nelita True * Tuesday, March 28

Renowned pedagogue Nelita True is professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music, where she served as chair of the piano department for 14 years. She received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan and a D.M.A. degree from the Peabody Conservatory. Over the years, True has given hundreds of master classes, lectures and recitals throughout the world. She has served on the juries of several prestigious international competitions. In addition, she was the first American invited to be a visiting professor in the Soviet Union performing and conducting master classes for a month at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. True was the recipient of the 2002 MTNA Achievement Award and the 2005 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy Lifetime Achievement Award.

INTERMEDIATE PIANO

Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield * Monday, March 27

Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield, nationally recognized teacher, clinician, pianist and author is professor of piano and coordinator of the piano department at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. She holds a bachelor of music degree from Oberlin College and a master of music degree from the Eastman School of Music. Clarfield has given lecture-recitals, workshops and master classes in more than 100 cities across North America. She has also authored many collections for Alfred Publishing Company, including Keys To Stylistic Mastery, Books 1-3, From Mystery to Mastery; and Artistic Preparation and Performance. Clarfield maintains an independent studio in Princeton, New Jersey.

ELEMENTARY PIANO

John Weems * Sunday, March 26

John Weems has established himself nationally as an outstanding private studio teacher. His students have consistently won top awards in many major competitions, including the local, district and state competitions sponsored by the Texas MTA; the MTNA Junior and Senior Piano Competitions: and numerous state, national and international competitions. Since 1983, his students annually have performed with orchestras, amassing more than 200 performances. In addition to teaching, Weems is an active clinician and adjudicator. He also has given numerous master classes and workshops throughout the United States In 1991, Weems was awarded the TMTA Pre-College Teaching Excellence Award.

VOICE

Rose Taylor * Tuesday, March 28

Rose Taylor, professor of voice, at The University of Texas at Austin, has performed operatic roles with the Dallas, Chicago Lyric, Ft. Worth, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Lake George, Des Moines Metro, Kansas City Lyric, Peoria and Austin Lyric opera companies. She has also sung with the Boston, Chicago, National, Minnesota, Buffalo Philharmonic, Austin and Detroit symphony orchestras and was invited for 10 consecutive years to sing the Philadelphia Orchestra's annual Messiah. In Yugoslavia, she has sung Ulrica in Ballo in Maschera with the National Theatre of both Belgrade and Zagreb, and has premiered operas by Dominick Argento, Robert Xavier Rodriguez and Peter Schat.

COLLABORATIVE

Amadeus Trio * Sunday, March 26

The Amadeus Trio, is known as one of the foremost piano trios in the world. Recognized for their brilliant virtuosity and superb musicianship, the three artists, pianist Marian Hahn, violinist Timothy Baker and cellist Richard Locker also enjoy award-winning solo careers. The Amadeus Trio has appeared with regularity in principal cultural centers including New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., Miami, Philadelphia and Salt Lake City during the past decade. In addition to their formal concert season, the Trio is an established guest at summer chamber festivals throughout the United States and Europe.