Samuel Grodin (born 1985) is an American pianist, lecturer and teacher. Grodin's teachers have included Nina Scolnik, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Antoinette Perry, Marc Durand, Joseph Kalichstein, Sharon Mann, Craig Richey, and Lucinda Carver. [1] Grodin has worked with Emanuel Ax, Blanca Uribe, Dominique Weber, and Stephen Hough in master classes. [1] He teaches piano at California State University, Long Beach. [2]
Grodin attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, [3] and California State University, Long Beach as a President's Scholar, [4] receiving a full-ride scholarship to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music.
While a student at CSULB, Grodin studied with Craig Richey. [1] In 2004, Grodin was the recipient of the Dramatic Allied Arts Guild Scholarship. [5]
Following Cole Conservatory, Grodin was accepted to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and was the recipient for the Harold W. Scheeline Piano Scholarship, [1] where he completed a Master of Music in Piano Performance, studying under Dr. Sharon Mann. [1] He also worked as a Graduate Assistant for the Piano Department.
Grodin completed his doctoral degree (DMA) [6] in Piano Performance at the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California, studying under the acclaimed Dr. Lucinda Carver, [1] the Vice Dean of Classical Music Performance at USC [7] and guest conductor at the LA Phil. [8]
The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Hall, and is home to approximately 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies, and 1,500 more in its Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. NEC offers bachelor's degrees in instrumental and vocal classical music performance, contemporary musical arts, composition, jazz studies, music history, and music theory, as well as graduate degrees in collaborative piano, conducting, and musicology. The conservatory has also partnered with Harvard University and Tufts University to create joint double-degree, five-year programs.
The USC Thornton School of Music is a private music school in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1884 only four years after the University of Southern California, the Thornton School is the oldest continually operating arts institution in Los Angeles. The school is located on the USC University Park Campus, south of Downtown Los Angeles.
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is a performing and media arts college of the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Initially established as the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1867, CCM is one of the oldest continually operating conservatories in the United States.
Stephen Paul Hartke is an American composer. Hartke is best known as the composer of Meanwhile – Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition in 2013.
Glenn Dicterow is an American violinist and former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He is on the faculty of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music where he holds the Jascha Heifetz Chair in violin as well as serving as a faculty artist at the Music Academy of the West.
Scott Tennant is an American classical guitarist and composer. Tennant is a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
Ronald Leonard is an American cellist. He has had a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, principal cellist and teacher. He is currently on the faculties of the USC Thornton School of Music and the Colburn School. He was a winner of the Walter Naumburg Competition while a student at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Leonard Rose and Orlando Cole.
Veronika Judita Krausas is a Canadian composer who lives and works in the United States.
The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music is the school of music at California State University, Long Beach. In March 2008, the music department was renamed the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music in honor of an endowment gift of $16.4 million from the estate of Robert "Bob" Cole. Cole, a Long Beach real estate investor, long-time music lover, and amateur pianist, died in 2004. Following its disbursement, the gift will benefit the students of the conservatory in the form of scholarships and other awards.
Frank Lévy is a Swiss-American classical pianist and piano teacher.
Roger Joseph Zare is a Chinese-American composer and pianist. Currently based in Boone, North Carolina. He is known primarily for his orchestral and wind ensemble works, several of which have received significant recognition in the contemporary music community.
Thomas Rosenkranz is a contemporary American pianist, noted for performances of modern and international music.
Marcel Rominger is an American classical pianist. He formerly taught classes at the Staten Island Conservatory of Music as well as Baruch College.
The Conservatory of Music at Wheaton College is a music conservatory located in Wheaton, Illinois. It is both a department and professional school of Wheaton College. It currently has 21 full-time faculty members and approximately 200 undergraduate music majors, and is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The Conservatory also operates a Community School of the Arts, serving the music and arts education needs of the surrounding community.
The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto is one of several professional faculties at the University of Toronto. The Faculty of Music is located at the Edward Johnson Building, just south of the Royal Ontario Museum and north of Queen's Park, west of Museum Subway Station. MacMillan Theatre and Walter Hall are located in the Edward Johnson Building. The Faculty of Music South building contains rehearsal rooms and offices, and the Upper Jazz Studio performance space is located at 90 Wellesley Street West. In January 2021, the Faculty announced Dr. Ellie Hisama as the new Dean starting July 1, 2021.
Fred Karpoff is an American pianist and music educator, renowned for developing both the 3-D Piano Method of piano playing and teaching and the Entrada Piano Technique. Karpoff received his undergraduate education at Northwestern University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the Peabody Conservatory. He is Professor of Piano and Ensemble Arts and co-chair of the keyboard department at the Setnor School of Music, Syracuse University.
David McLemore is an American tubist and Instructor of tuba and euphonium at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Khomyakov is an American pianist.
Gyuli Nizamievna Kambarova is a Dagestan and Russian composer who is a member of the Union of Composers of Russian Federation, member of the International Alliance for Women in Music, member of the Music Teachers National Association, and member of the Songwriters Guild of America. She authored the music for the documentaries "You Are Not Alone", "Voice for the Voiceless" and Fine Line directed by Anna Barsukova. She lives and works in United States.
Paul Cannon Pollei was an American pianist and member of the piano faculty at Brigham Young University (BYU). Pollei retired as a faculty member at BYU in 2001. During his time at BYU, he co-founded the American Piano Quartet, which remains active after his death. He was an international ambassador for piano music, as well as a frequent lecturer and teacher. He founded the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation in 1976, serving as director until 2013. The foundation sponsors many competitions and festivals. Pollei was also active on many advisory boards and a member of many organizations, including the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). He was given an award in 2002 for his work in the arts. Pollei wrote about piano pedagogy and instruction for various professional journals in the United States and authored two books on the subject.