Newsletter

Spring 2024

Dear Friends, Hello and Happy Spring!

Spring is here and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom! This has been a wonderful year so far:

In addition to teaching private piano, I am now in charge of the piano pedagogy curriculum at Catholic University.
At UVA I received a Dream On grant from the Mead Endowment to spend some quality time with my students, taking them to dinners and a concert.
I just returned from attending the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) National Conference for the first time! I got to meet many wonderful music colleagues from around the country and the world, and return to teaching inspired and refreshed!

Recent solo recitals/performances include:

Christopher Newport University, along with a piano master class
VMTA State Conference Teachers Recital at Old Dominion University
The University of Mary Washington, along with a workshop for student composers
The Mildred McDaniel Concert Series in Newport News
The Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, with the Washington Piano Society
Catholic University, where together with my colleague Dr. Ivo Kaltchev, we organized and performed with colleagues and students from the Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art in Out of the Shadows, an interdisciplinary event celebrating art by women in honor of Women’s History Month