11.30Piano – Workshop III
Workshop III
Piano Technique Revisited:
Shortcuts to Physical Competence Through a
Bio-Mechanical Perspective
Seymour Fink is presently Adjunct Professor of Piano in the Conservatory of Music of Capital University. He holds the Artist’s Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory, and BA and MM degrees fromYale University. He has studied additionally with Ralph Kirkpatrick, Eduard Steuermann, Nadia Boulanger, Arthur Craxton, and Paul Baumgartner. Performing solo and chamber concerts in this country and Europe, he has also toured extensively as part of the Brady-Fink violin-piano duo, and recorded on the CRI label. His long teaching career included appointments at Vassar College, and the Yale School of Music. He is Professor Emeritus from BinghamtonUniversityof the SUNY system, from which institution he retired in 1995. Fink has published extensively in such journals as the Piano Quarterly, Piano and Keyboard, American Music Teacher, Keyboard Companion, and Piano Life. He is the author of the highly acclaimed book and video, Mastering Piano Technique, published by the Amadeus Press. He was a substantial contributing author of the book, A Symposium for Pianist and Teachers, published by the Heritage Music Press. He often lectures and gives master classes and workshops on piano technique, musicality, and their pedagogy. Most recently, one of his Capital University students won the statewide Ohio Buckeye College Competition. Professor Fink was honored in 2006 by being chosen Collegiate Certified Teacher of the Year in Ohio. In recognition of his significant contribution to the music world in general, he was named an MTNA Foundation Fellow in 2010.
Date: Friday, March 9, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Graves Piano & Organ Company
Event: Professor Fink will share what has proved to be some of his most successful technical interventions throughout his teaching years.
Fees: No fee for OhioMTA members or non-members.
Videotaping, photography, and any electronic recording are forbidden at all OhioMTA
recitals and performance events.
Attendance at any Piano Workshop earns recertification credit.
Chairman:
Dr. Gulimina Mahamuti
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