September 2010, Presentation at Westfield Center Conference, Yale University

September 24-26, 2010

Invited speaker at this conference on historic keyboards. I will be discussing the characteristics of the pianos of Chopin’s time and after and how they affect performance and interpretation of his music. Demonstrations will use the instruments at the Yale Musical Instruments Collection.

For more information see:
http://westfield.music.cornell.edu/chopin/

Vienna Talk 2010 Presentation

September 19, 2010

Presenting “Impact Dynamics of Felt Piano Hammers” with Dr. Stephen Birkett at Vienna Talk 2010 in Vienna, Austria

For more information, see:

http://viennatalk.mdw.ac.at/

American Musical Instrument Society Presentation at Library of Congress

May 29, 2010
Presentation of “Piano Touch and Tone: The Unanswered Question” as part of the American Musical Instrument Society Annual Conference held at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Spring Concerts with the Savannah Children Choir

April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2010
Spring Concerts with the Savannah Children’s Choir in various locations around Savannah, Georgia

Check website for times and places

May 30, 2008 – Presentation at American Musical Instrument Society annual meeting

Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society held at the Cantos Music Foundation, Calgary, Alberta ,Canada on the use of high speed video photography techniques for analysis of 18th and 19th century piano actions.