On Sunday, November 22, 2009, the Jupiter Academy of Music is hosting a Master Class with Dr. Anne Louise Turgeon of the Florida Atlantic University piano faculty. Dr. Turgeon enjoys a busy career as a concert pianist, both as a soloist and part of the Duo Turgeon. She is also a well-known chamber musician and pedagogue. Her recording activities have included five CD's on the Marquis/EMI, Vanguard Classics, Dranoff Foundation, and Albany Records Labels. Her performances have been heard in hundreds of radio broadcasts worldwide, including several appearances on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today”. Dr. Turgeon has performed extensively in the United States, Europe and in Russia.
A Master Class is a lesson that takes place in front of an audience. The audience is usually a group of interested students, parents and teachers. They listen and observe how the master teacher works with each student. Often other piano students in the audience will learn something to help them with their own piano studies. The program will be held at the Jupiter Academy of Music, at 500 Commerce Way West, in Jupiter.
The students who will be performing are : Aalisha Jaisinghani, David Tavarez, Garrett Williams, Hannah Baldwin, Joanna Tracy, Anusha Bontha, Melody Sze, Alexandria Huynh, Joseph Culbreath, Andrew Costen , and Elizabeth Isner. The pieces that will be performed range in style from baroque music to classical to jazz. The teachers presenting students are: Asuza Higotani, Ana Soto, Michael Bies, Karen Miller and the Academy’s director, Sandra Baran. For more information contact the Jupiter Academy of Music at 561-747-6878.
