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Piano Inspires Book Club | Chapters 9-12: Celebrating Composers, Competitions, and Self-Reflection
Piano Inspires Book Club | Chapters 9-12: Celebrating Composers, Competitions, and Self-Reflection
Join author Robert Weirich and host Karen Hsiao Savage for the third in a four-part, open-access series discussing his book Recollections: A Pianist’s Essays on Teaching, Performing, and Living. Each meeting will cover one portion of the book, with guided conversation around the topic of the month. A recurring link to attend will be provided by email upon registration. Re-registration for each event is not required. Participants are encouraged to attend all four meetings, or attend as their schedule permits. All are welcome!
- Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 11AM EST | Chapters 1-4: Finding a Career
- Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 11AM EST | Chapters 5-8: Exploring Student-Teacher Relationships and Various Pedagogical Confessions
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 11AM EDT | Chapters 9-12: Celebrating Composers, Competitions, and Self-Reflection
- Tuesday, April 8, 11AM EDT | Chapters 13-16: Diving into Relevance, Politics, and Future Directions in the Field of Music
The third meeting (March) will center around the impact of composers such as J.S. Bach, Copland, and Mozart; the pros and cons of competitions; and managing criticism, burnout, and other aspects of performance. Participants are recommended to read pp. 183-311, and to submit any questions to author Robert Weirich and host Karen Hsiao Savage using the button below.
About Recollections
Recollections gathers dozens of articles Robert Weirich wrote for various music journals, including Clavier, over the last four decades. The essays are linked by new writing that is both memoir and an exploration of the place of the arts in American society. Weirich addresses many aspects of making a career in music—from getting started to the importance of teachers, competitions, and the question of sustainability.
Whether one ascends to the Carnegie stage or teaches little fingers to play, the underlying aspirations—at their purest—are the same.
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About the Author
Robert Weirich has enjoyed an extremely active career as a pianist, teacher, author, and composer. His COVID project was to collect many of his beloved Clavier columns into a book that also contains new writing–Recollections: A Pianist’s Essays on Teaching, Performing, and Living.
About the Host
Karen Hsiao Savage (Juilliard: DMA, MM Collab Piano, MM Piano; UVic: BMus) is Professor of Collaborative Piano at UMKC Conservatory; she received the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring and the Conservatory’s Faculty Excellence Award. Her duo 88SQUARED gave critically praised international premieres of Liebermann’s Sonata for Two Pianos and won the Ellis Competition. Major teachers: Jonathan Feldman, Veda Kaplinsky, Margo Garrett, Sam Sanders, Robin and Winifred Wood, Edward Parker. Additional studies: Anne Epperson, Robert McDonald.
Questions? Please contact teachereducation@francesclarkcenter.org.