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< Back Angela Chan Piano Learn More Videos About Dr. Angela Chan Ph.D. Recognized as the great-grand student of Alfred Cortot (from the lineage of Frederyck Chopin) , Dr. Angela Chan is an accomplished concert pianist who has performed extensively in Canada, Europe, the U.S.A. China and Hong Kong, and has been featured on the Discovery Channel (Canada), Global TV, CBC, the Australian Television Network, CJAD, CJOH, RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) and other media networks. Dr. Chan’s works have also been featured in Maclean’s Magazine , La Scena Musicale , Montreal Gazette and the National Post . Angela Chan holds a Doctorate in Piano Performance, Pedagogy and Education from Concordia University, Montreal, and she is the founder and Director of Lambda School of Music and Fine Arts, an internationally recognized institution for its fine quality and reputation. Dr. Chan is also head of the piano pedagogy division at Lambda School, providing professional and career development opportunities for piano teachers. Dr. Chan has a wealth of experiences in helping students achieve their maximum potential, and has groomed numerous child prodigies in her career. In her 38 years of extensive music and psychological research, Dr. Chan has unraveled the mysteries of effective and efficient teaching and learning. As a consequence, within short periods of study with Dr. Chan, many of her students have demonstrated phenomenal progress. Dr. Chan's students have won first prizes in national and international piano competitions and have been invited to perform at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London (United Kingdom), as well as in Amsterdam (Holland), Rome (Italy), Vienna and Salzburg (Austria), Brussels (Belgium), Bonn (Germany), China, Japan and Hong Kong. Dr. Chan's students have been highly successful under her guidance - they have been accepted by prestigious universities in the US and Canada, including the New England Conservatory, Peabody Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music and the Manhattan School of Music in New York, as well as McGill University in Canada. Dr. Chan's pedagogy students have become outstanding piano teachers, whose students have won international awards. Dr. Chan is also the author of the new Lambda piano method series developed to help pianists progress at an accelerated pace. Dr. Chan’s book A Guide to Musicality - The Art and Science on her research and experiences with innovative pedagogical approaches has also been released in July 2020. Recognized internationally as an outstanding pedagogue, Dr. Chan has been invited to adjudicate a number of major competitions in Canada, China, Europe and in the US. She is also retired senior examiner and clinician of the Royal Conservatory of Music. Dr. Chan also serves as pedagogical consultant to the iScore Project – an online pedagogical platform co-developed by the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Concordia University and Queen’s University. Dr. Chan has lectured at Concordia University, and she also serves as artistic and pedagogical consultant for a number of music and arts organizations. She is also currently pedagogical consultant to an innovative pedagogical project in China in the provinces of Shanghai and Guangzhou. Previous Next

Moreno < Back Ayla Moreno Jan 30 at 10:00am EST (10 and under/11-14) Waltz in A-flat major, Op.42 (Chopin, Frédéric) Ayla started playing the piano and the violin at the age of 3, and is currently studying piano, with Dr. Svetlana Arakelova and violin, with Dr. Laura Tagawa. She has been invited to perform both on the violin and piano at various venues, including the Tucson Annual Japanese Festival, the Tucson Folk Festival, and more. Her first appearance with an orchestra as a soloist was when she was 6 years old, playing with the Tucson Civic Orchestra performing the Berkovich piano concerto, and then, she also performed the Mozart piano concerto with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2019, she performed the Mozart Piano Concerto with Tucson Repertory Orchestra during their tour in Japan. Ayla won her first 1st prize at the Merit Scholarship competition by the Tucson Music Teachers Association when she was 5. Since then, she has won many top prizes at local and international competitions such as 1st place at the Young Artists Competition by the Civic Orchestra, 1st place at the Youth Concerto Competition by South Arizona Symphony Orchestra, 1st place with the judge’s distinction at American Protégé international competition and 2nd place at the Bay Area piano competition. During 2020-2021, she earned 2nd place at the Arizona young artist competition, 2nd place at the Paderewski international piano concerto, gold medal at the London young musician competition, and 2nd place at the Krystian Tkaczewski international piano competition in Poland for piano. She earned 2nd place at the Arizona String teachers association and 1st place and the Most exceptional performer award at the Charleston international music competition for violin. Ayla attended the Interlochen Arts camp, Colburn Piano Seminar, Philadelphia International Music Festival, and HeifetzPEG. Other than music, she enjoys dancing (she just performed in the Southwest Nutcracker), painting, Math and Science. Previous Next

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How good is your program? Find out! Sound Espressivo is the first online LIVE streaming Competition for classical musicians of all ages. Contestants and judges focus on unique artistry of every performer, awarding prizes offered by music management companies. ambassador Conquer the attention of your audience by embodying the role of an advocate of music by sharing your passion in creative ways. IN DEPTH It's essential to the arts to have people that can bring out the magic of music through their performance and pull in the attention of listeners and audiences. An artists' manner on stage and way of presenting themselves and their performance, their methods of getting the audience's interest and attention are all powerful tools. Presenters wishing to excel in this category can take advantage of prefacing their performance with talk, humor and interactions and any other creative means of expression and connection to empower their performance. General Criteria Presentation - how well do you present and hold yourself. Also how do you approach your expression on stage and how you deliver your performance. Engagement - how effective are you at grabbing the attention of your audience and holding onto it. Conviction - how convincing are you at what you're doing Innovation - how fresh and new is your presentation or how fresh does it come across.

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< Back Michelle Kim Violin/Electric Violin Learn More Videos About Music is my life path. Each person has the power and responsibility to use their talent and skills to help others. Through music, I hope to unite and inspire people to understand and improve the world that we all live in. I was born in Seoul, South Korea and started piano lessons when I was five before switching to violin. My family moved to southern California and I made my solo orchestra debut at age 10, playing Vivaldi's Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. Throughout my high school years, I studied music at the Colburn School and, in the summers, at Idyllwild Arts. But I promised my family – and myself – that I’d give up the violin for something more practical. I majored in Statistics at the University of California at Berkeley, but continued violin lessons with San Francisco Symphony members. I played in the UC Berkeley Symphony for four years and won the music department’s concerto competition twice. And I received the Alfred Hertz Memorial Scholarship to study music independently. I realized that I could not give up my passion for music. I decided to give my everything to becoming a professional musician. After my Berkeley graduation, I moved to New York to study on scholarship for two years at the Manhattan School of Music with Laurie Carney of the American String Quartet. Immediately after graduating with a Master’s Degree, I won the first violin section position at the Washington National Opera Orchestra under Placido Domingo at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. My dream was coming true. Since choosing my path, I’ve attended the Aspen Music Festival, the Salzburg Mozarteum Academy Festival, Music and Sound at the Banff Centre, and the New York String Quartet Seminar. In 2015, I gave a recital at the In Spiritum International Festival in Porto, Portugal. As a member of Musica Aperta , I’ve introduced and taught classical music to young students in the DC Public Schools. I have also given private lessons at the Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2016, I spoke on “Everything is a Remix of Creativity and Innovation” to a Social Entrepreneurship class at George Washington University, and in 2017 gave a chamber music master class at Georgetown University. At Carnegie Hall, I was guest concertmaster of the New England Symphonic Ensemble in the world premiere performance of Oh My Son . In 2012, I played with visiting musicians from Tunisia to commemorate the Jasmine Revolution in their country. This inspired me to start Culture Saves , a humanitarian organization that restores hope and promotes peace in troubled areas through the arts. In 2014, I performed for then Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and then South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo at the US Institute of Peace. Working closely with world-renowned tenor Placido Domingo, my mentor who was Director of the Washington National Opera, and with world-class musicians at the Kennedy Center further inspired me to grow as a musician and to find my own voice. I started to compose and arrange music and got my first electric violin in 2013. Playing the electric violin and creating my own sounds have transformed me. I’ve performed at the International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings, at the National Association of Health Underwriters Annual Conference, as well as at a Dewey Beach, Maryland dance party playing Electronic Dance Music with a DJ. At the Italian Embassy in Washington, I’ve played in three annual Becky's Fund Walk This Way Fashion Shows raising $440,000 to stop domestic violence. In 2017, I performed my own piece Con Spero at the United Nations in New York. Later that year, I founded and now lead Electric Fantasy, a six-piece instrumental band with multi-genre musicians from the Washington National Opera. Since its inception, Electric Fantasy has performed twice at the Kennedy Center, and has been the featured solo band with the Miami Music Festival Orchestra for the 2018 July 4th Pops Concert in Florida and the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra for the 2019 - 2020 Season Opening Night Celebration Concert in Annapolis. In 2020, I’ll be performing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Mclean Symphony Orchestra. My journey continues…. Previous Next

Ronald Deng < Back Ronald Deng Previous Next Ronald Deng 🇺🇸 USA VIOLINIST My name is Ronald Deng. I am currently a junior at Hunter College High School in New York City. I have been playing violin for about thirteen years. I've played violin in multiple ensembles throughout the years, including multiple school orchestras and chambers, the Manhattan School of Music Performance Orchestra, and currently, the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra. In my spare time, I enjoy fiddling around with other musical instruments, mainly the electric guitar and the electric bass.

Teresa Laiz < Back Teresa Laiz Previous Next Teresa Laiz 🇪🇸 Spain CASTANETIST Teresa Laiz (Madrid, 1966) Dancer, Teacher, Composer and Castanets Soloist. Director/Founder of the International Castanets Festival. Member of the International Dance Council CID - UNESCO. Orchestra and Band Conducting Studies. Degree in English Philology. Doctoral Courses in Linguistics. Master in Personnel Management. After teaching and performing as a Flamenco dancer, she began her career as a castanets soloist in 2006 composing her own Castanets scores, offering concerts, teaching and writing her own Castanets Method. Discography “Repicando el Alma” (2007). Participation in the Soundtrack of the film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote by Roque Baños, directed by Terry Gilliam 2018.

< Back Aphrodite Mitsopoulou Piano Learn More Videos About Aphrodite Mitsopoulou was born in Greece and started her musical studies in the National Conservatory of Athens. In 2007, she received her Soloist’s Diploma from the Conservatory of Art and Technology obtaining the First Unanimously Excellent Award and the Highest Honors for Outstanding Performance. Ms. Mitsopoulou earned her Master’s Degree in 2009 on a partial scholarship from the Boston Conservatory. Some of her notable teachers include Valery Sagaidachny, Janice Weber, Anna Ouspenskaya,Thomas Mastroianni and Nancy Breth. Ms. Mitsopoulou received the first Prize in 2004 at the “Golden Muse” Competition for her interpretation in Greek and Contemporary Music. Further, for her academic success, the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor’s Society offered Ms. Mitsopoulou a lifelong honorary membership for her artistic and academic profile. Having received an O1 Visa awarded to artists for extraordinary ability, Ms. Mitsopoulou currently resides in the USA since 2010. Ms. Mitsopoulou was the organist of St. Katherine Orthodox Church and she is responsible for the Pre-K curriculum and musical program in St. Katherine’s Greek Orthodox Church Bilingual School in Falls Church, Virginia. Highly trained as an educator, Ms. Mitsopoulou has worked as a faculty – selected tutor while at the Boston Conservatory and she maintains an active teaching and performing schedule (http:// www.pianowitz.com). Between 2019-2021, Ms. Mitsopoulou was the President of NVMTA (Northern Virginia Music Teachers' Association). Since she became a member of NVMTA in 2011, she has held many leadership positions. Her students have won awards in national and international competitions such as The Golden Key International Competition ,the Lion’s Scholarship of Virginia Music Scholarship Foundation, the NVMTA Judged Recitals, AAMS International Competition and the Baroque Competition. Selected students of Ms. Mitsopoulou have been admitted in the prestigious Peabody Preparatory Program, the pre-college department of Peabody Institute and the Conservatoire de Nantes in France. Ms. Mitsopoulou has performed as an accompanist and solo performer in various events. She performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 2016 for the event entitled “From Romantics to Greek Composers of the 20th Century,” which was co-sponsored by the Greek Embassy. Ms. Mitsopoulou’ s other performances include recitals in the Center for the Hellenic Studies, Department of Harvard, University Club in Washington invited by the AAFSW(Associates of the America Foreign Service Worldwide), in Embassy of Israel for the Congressional--Hellenic--Israeli friendship, the Church of the Holy City with the participation of the D.C Chamber music orchestra members, the Loudoun Choral Society, the Woman’s Club of Arlington, the Kreeger Museum, the Baha'i' Center of Sterling, and the Steinert Hall in Boston. She holds a special permission from the Hellenic Center in Greece to perform rare compositions. Ms. Mitsopoulou is currently doing her Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree in Performance, Pedagogy and Literature at James Madison University where she is also a graduate assistant at the Keyboard Skills Classes, an assistant to the Accompanying coordinator and in the course "Music in America". Previous Next

< Back Melanie Ragge Oboe Learn More Videos About Melanie Ragge has performed nationally and internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She’s played in venues as far flung as Vancouver Island, Malta, and Northern Sweden as well as UK venues such as St John’s Smith Square, the Royal Opera House and Wigmore Hall. A founding member of the New London Chamber Ensemble, she has released several CDs, including Nielsen’s Wind & Piano Chamber Music. ‘…Performances and sound quality are outstanding in every regard’ International Record Review. Originally a medical student at King’s College Cambridge, Melanie ultimately graduated with a Master of Philosophy degree in Musicology. She was subsequently awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship at the Royal College of Music where she studied oboe with Michael Winfield, contemporary oboe with Edwin Roxburgh and piano with Phyllis Sellick. Melanie has since collaborated with numerous artists including the Dante, Schidlof and Emperor string quartets, pianists Ann Martin-Davis, Michael Dussek and Angela Hewitt, and baritone Gerald Finlay. Over the last few years, her performances have included recitals with Angela Hewitt and the New London Chamber Ensemble at Wigmore Hall, the premiere of the ensemble’s newly commissioned Nonet by Martin Butler with the Dante Quartet at the Cheltenham Festival, touring and recording Mahler’s 10th Symphony at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin with the International Mahler Orchestra, and recitals at the Royal Opera House with the Ellipsis Ensemble. Her most recent recording was a disc Martin Butler’s chamber music with the New London Chamber Ensemble and Navarra Quartet for NMC. She regularly coaches and gives masterclasses; she has been a guest tutor for numerous projects, including Chamber Music International, the Aberystwyth Music Festival, Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater and the Penderecki Musik Akademie, and was for many years Associate Director and woodwind tutor for the National Youth Chamber Orchestra. As well as her work at the Royal Academy, she teaches at the Purcell School of Music, and coaches for Cambridge University. Her scientific interest continues in the form of ongoing research into the use of Electromyography to help to reduce strain injuries in musical training. In 2018, the New London Chamber Ensemble recorded Philip Cashian’s dectet Settala’s Machine in the Royal Academy of Music’s Angela Burgess Recital Hall, with Moriarty Winds, recent graduates, and Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellows at the Academy. With support from the Royal Academy of Music’s Research Department, Melanie Ragge commissioned film-maker David Lefeber to make a short film of the recording project, exploring the educational value of side-by-side projects in preparing young musicians for the profession. You can watch a film about Mel’s work developing her online teaching – From No Tech To High Tech – here: https://vimeo.com/352064378/78d0f118b5 You can view another short film of Melanie’s work with oboe students from the Royal Academy of Music, Creativity in a Crisis; lockdown miniatures by oboists at the Academy here: https://vimeo.com/459367076 You can see the film Settala’s Machine by Philip Cashian here: https://vimeo.com/352064378/78d0f118b5 or listen to the audio file here: https://soundcloud.com/nlce-1/philip-cashian-settalas-machine-for-wind-dectet-new-london-chamber-ensemble-and-moriarty-winds Previous Next

Alvarez < Back Esteban Alvarez Jan 30 at 3:00pm EST (26+) El Cóndor Pasa, Tico-Tico Esteban Alvarez is a Steinway Artist, a composer and a music instructor. Founder of EACMUSIC Academy, Esteban teaches music students the art of “playing by ear” and improvisation from a unique angle that embraces how the brain and music connects as well as the understanding of specific music concepts as the key to tap into the music that is “played” in the brain as we listen to it or play it. Esteban is also the current executive Director of Chorus Austin, and the president of World Piano Teacher Association in the World Music Division. Previous Next

Are you a virtuoso? Find out here! Sound Espressivo is the first online LIVE streaming Competition for classical musicians of all ages. Contestants and judges focus on unique artistry of every performer, awarding prizes offered by music management companies. Virtuosity Impress with your technique and astonish with your thrilling spark! In-Depth Virtuosity is all about exciting and impressing the audience with a multitude of things artistically mixed together including speed, technique, accuracy, and different types of intensity of expression. The more virtuosic your performance, the more the audience will be captivated by your playing leaving an unforgettable star-like impression and a burst of excitement at the end! General Criteria Faster Tempos - these create large momentum and therefore a sense of danger in loss of control, therefore bringing excitement through the music Remarkable Accuracy - pushing the limits of playing is only remarkable if the player stays in full capability and stability. Challenging Choices - choice of more difficult options technically for purpose of both impression and no less musical cleverness. These may include certain changes in fingerings, bowings, etc. Dramatic Expression - the most striking resemblance of a virtuoso is their ability to drastically switch between different moods and modes of music with ease. Will be on the look out for this. Star-like Presence - visual presentation of the music can play a big role in impressing the audience as a virtuoso. An "own the stage" presence is extremely effective and plays a big role here.