Robert Shannon, Director Piano: Angela Cheng Alvin Chow Monique Duphil Lydia Frumkin Sanford Margolis Sedmara Zakarian Rutstein Robert Shannon Haewon Song Peter Takács Class Piano and Pedagogy: Andrea McAlister Accompanying and Coaching: Philip Highfill Instrumental Accompanying: James Howsmon • Audition Requirements • Organ homepage •Prima Trio Wins Coveted Grand Prize (the Gold Medal, too) at 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition • Recent Oberlin Conservatory of Music Graduates Sweep International Piano Competition in Corpus Christi, Texas • Make Room in the Concert Hall: Oberlin’s 200th Steinway is on the Way • Pianist Jonathan Biss to Perform on Artist Recital Series March 13 • Pianist Richard Goode Opens Oberlin's 127th Artist Recital Series September 25		Oberlin houses the largest collection of Steinway pianos in the world outside the Steinway factory CURRICULA An especially strong keyboard faculty, many opportunities to perform, superb facilities, and an active schedule of master classes and residencies by visiting artists - these are the components that make an Oberlin education exceptional for piano majors. The members of the piano faculty are nationally known performers, ensemble players, guest teachers, and lecturers. Their interests include early keyboard instruments, vocal and instrumental accompanying, and avant-garde techniques. They also represent a wide variety of pedagogic approaches. Two department members were formerly teaching members of the Leningrad Conservatory; others represent the Schnabel and Lhevinne traditions. In addition, the faculty includes a leading authority on group and private pedagogy of elementary piano methods and intermediate materials and a specialist on period instruments. Faculty-supervised student teaching gives students firsthand pedagogical experience. PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES Piano majors have a wide variety of performance opportunities. Oberlin's strong emphasis on traditional literature is complemented by long-standing commitments to chamber music, accompanying, and contemporary music. The Oberlin Orchestra and Oberlin Chamber Orchestra feature student soloists selected through an annual concerto competition, and many other student ensembles also feature pianists as soloists and ensemble players. Each year the piano department chooses a senior pianist to represent Oberlin in a series of off-campus recitals. FACILITIES Students practice and perform on Steinway grand pianos. All concert and recital halls - and most of the 150 practice rooms - are equipped with Steinway grands. Each piano teacher's studio contains a pair of Steinway grands. In all, there are more than 275 pianos located throughout the campus. Students also have access to the excellent organ, harpsichord, and early piano collections. GUEST PERFORMERS In addition to private study, weekly studio classes, and ensemble coachings by regular faculty members, piano students at Oberlin have opportunities to work with an impressive group of visiting artists and teachers. Recent visitors who have presented master classes, workshops, and guest recitals and coached vocal and instrumental accompanists have included: Dickran Atamian Dmitri Bashkirov Yefim Bronfman Malcolm Bilson Emilio del Rosario Anne Epperson Leon Fleisher Richard Goode Walter Hautzig the duo piano team of Hecht and Shapiro Lee Kum-Sing Miyoko Lotto Jacques Rouvier György Sebök John Wustman Ferenc Rados ARTIST RECITAL SERIES The Oberlin Artist Recital Series has brought internationally renowned performing artists to campus for over 100 years. The series has included recitals by: Richard Goode Yefim Bronfman Alicia de Larrocha Janina Fialkowska Richard Goode Stephen Hough Jeffrey Kahane Ivan Moravec Garrick Ohlsson Ursula Oppens Peter Serkin Grigori Sokolov Jonathan Biss Lang Lang ACCOLADES Conservatory graduates have taken top honors in such major international competitions as: Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition Munich International Piano Competition Busoni International Piano Competition Piano competitions in which Oberlin students have won or placed among the finalists include the Van Cliburn Piano Competition International Murray Dranoff Duo Piano Competition Rockefeller American Music Competition International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw National Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow