Catherine C. Kautsky
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Catherine C. Kautsky ADDRESSES Lawrence University 1016 Van Buren Str. Conservatory of Music Madison, WI 53711 P.O. 599 (608) 238-7558 Appleton, WI cell: 608 345-5299 (920) 832-6627, fax (920) 832-6633 email: [email protected] CITIZENSHIP: U.S. EDUCATION University City High School St. Louis, MO 9/65-6/68 High School Diploma Oberlin Conservatory Oberlin, OH 9/68-6/70 New England Conservatory Boston, MA 9/70-6/72 B.M. in piano with honors Juilliard School New York, NY 9/74-6/76 M.M. in piano 9/76-6/77 Professional Studies State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 9/82-6/85 D.M.A. 6/85 MAJOR TEACHERS Piano: Theodore Lettvin New England Conservatory Boston, MA 6/70-6/72 Leon Fleisher Temple University Summer Institute Ambler, PA Summer, 1972 Gyorgy Sebok Indiana University Bloomington, IN Summer, 1973 Rosina Lhevinne USC Los Angeles, CA Summer, 1974 Juilliard School New York, NY 9/74-6/76 Martin Canin Juilliard School New York, NY 9/74-6/77 Gilbert Kalish SUNY, Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 9/82-6/85 Chamber Music: Felix Galimir Juilliard School New York, NY 9/74-6/77 Gilbert Kalish Berkshire Music Center Lenox, MA Summer 1981, 1982 SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS St. Louis Artist Presentation Society Award April, 1974 St. Louis Symphony Young Artists Competition Winner January, 1976 Scholarship Participant, Rosina Lhevinne Master Class, USC Summer, 1974 Juilliard School Scholarship September, 1975 Juilliard School Teaching Fellowship 1976-1977 Berkshire Music Center Piano Fellowship, Tanglewood Summer, 1981,1982 C. D. Jackson Master Award, Tanglewood August, 1981 Passamaneck Award, Y Music Society, Pittsburgh, PA March, 1985 Association Amicale de l'École Normale de Musique de Paris July, 1994 Parents’ Choice Recording Award Winner 1999 Arts Institute Creative Arts Award, UW-Madison Spring, 2005 1 RECORDINGS "L'Histoire de Babar" (Poulenc), "Sports et divertissements," "Menus propos enfantins," and "Enfantillages pittoresques" (Satie), and "Shiver Me Timbers" (Deak); Vox Classics #7545, 1998. "The Virtuoso Clarinet" Fan Lei, Clarinet, and Catherine Kautsky, Piano. Recorded live, Pabst Auditorium, Milwaukee WI, March, 1997. “Visions of Y” (Yehuda Yannay), Recorded with Sally Chishom, Viola. Jan. 2007 Green Lake Faculty Showcase, July, 2007 Debussy, The Complete Preludes for Piano, recorded Aug. 2007 GRANTS Lawrence University Faculty Research Grants 1987-2002 Lawrence University Travel Grants (Australia,Vienna,Paris) '88, '89,'98 Outagamie Found. Recording Grant Works for Piano and Narrator May, 1995 Freeman Travel Grant Piano Pedagogy: Japan, Korea, and the U.S. Dec. 2001 WARF Research Grant (UW) Debussy: His Preludes and their Poets July, 2003 Evjue Grant (UW) Piano Intersections-Piano Outreach Concerts 2004-2005 2004-05 Arts Institute Creative Arts Award "A Tale of Three Cities" 2005-2008 Chancellor's Grant Piano Intersections-Piano Outreach Concerts July, 2005 WARF Research Grant (UW) ETA Hoffmann and Schumann July, 2005 Evjue Grant (UW) Piano Intersections-Piano Outreach Concerts 2007-2008 2007-2008 WARF Research Grant (UW) Debussy Recording and Research 2007-2008 PUBLICATIONS "The Performer as Critic," Clavier 29, #5 (May-June 1990), p. 46. "Musical Masks in Schumann's Carnaval," Clavier 30, #6 (July-August 1991), pp. 26-28. "Studying Aesthetics in the Concert Hall," Journal of Aesthetics Education 24, 4 (Winter, 1990), pp. 103-7. "Structures and Strictures in the Studio," College Music Society Newsletter, September, 1991. "What to Do When Practice Doesn't Make Perfect," Clavier, March, 1993, pp. 10-12. "Story Telling at the Piano," American Music Teacher, December, 1999, pp. 20-23. "Debussy: His Preludes and Their Poets," International Piano, Jan/Feb, 2005 pp. 58-62 "Helping Hands" American Music Teacher, April/May, 2006, pp. 30-32 "Music, Magic, and Madness: Tales of Hoffmann, Schumann, and Kreisler" International Piano May/June 2006, pp. 44-49 "The Do's and Don'ts of Concert Conversations" American Music Teacher, June/July 2006 pp. 22-23 "Debussy: His Preludes and Their Poets," Music Braille Magazine “Schumann’s Papillons and Jean-Paul’s Flegeljahre: Literary and Musical Disguises”—Accepted by International Piano for publication in spring, 2010 In process: “Eusibus, Florestan and Friends: Schumann and the German Doppelgänger Tradition” “Laughing and Dancing from the Trenches” FACULTY POSITIONS College Level: Tufts University, Medford, MA Studio Piano 1972-1974 Juilliard School, New York, NY Class Piano 1976-1977 Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ Class Piano 1984 Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Vocal Coaching, piano 1984-1987 2 University of Pittsburgh Studio Piano 1986-1987 Lawrence University Conservatory of Music Assistant Prof. of Piano 1987-1993 Lawrence Conservatory Associate Prof. of Piano 1993-2002 Brevard Music Center Studio Piano Summer, 1992 Lawrence University London Centre Director 1997-1998 Lawrence Conservatory Chair, Piano Dept. 1999-2002 Lawrence Conservatory Professor of Music 2001-2002 University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music Associate Prof. of Piano 2002- 2004 University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music Prof. of Piano 2004 - University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music Chair, Keyboard Dept. 2005-2008 Lawrence Conservatory Professor of Music 2008 -- Chair, Dept. of Keyboard Studies Nanjing Normal University Visiting Guest Professor 2009 -- Pre-College Level: Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ Piano and Theory 1980-1984 St. Hilda's-St. Hugh's, New York, NY Individual Piano 1976-1983 Staff Accompanist: Juilliard School, New York, NY String, Wind, Vocal Accompanying 1977-1983 Aspen Music Festival Violin Accompanying, Class of Dorothy DeLay 1978, 1979 Summer Music Festivals: Brevard Music Center Studio Piano Summer, 1992 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Studio Piano Summer, 1999 Rocky Ridge Music Camp Studio Piano and Chamber Music Summer, 2000 International School for Musical Arts Studio Piano and Chamber Music Summer, 2000 Green Lake Festival of Music Piano, Chamber Music Summer, 2001- present St. Lizier Music Festival Piano Performance Summer, 2002 Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Chamber Music Summer, 2003 Castelfranc (Tarn, France) Piano Performance Summer, 200 Portland International Piano Festival Piano Performance Summer, 2006, 2009 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES College Music Society Music Teachers National Association (2006 Conference Planning Committee) Wisconsin Music Teachers Association Pi Kappa Lambda LECTURES AND LECTURE RECITALS (Selected Listing) "The Performer as Philosopher," College Music Society, Northeast Chapter; Boston, March, 1987. "Makrokosmos, Vol. 1, by George Crumb," Sonneck Society; Pittsburgh, April, 1987. "Mozart Piano Concerto K 459," Fox Valley Symphony Pre-Concert Lecture, Appleton, May 16, 1988. "Beethoven's Piano Sonatas," Lawrence University Business and Professional Lunch, Appleton, November 18, 1988. "Schumann's Carnaval," Laser Physics Workshop, Lawrence University, Appleton, June 30, 1989. "Piano Music of George Crumb, Ben Weber, and Charles Ives," Sydney University, Sydney, Australia,August 17, 1989. "Les Noces," Grad. Musicology Seminar, Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Aust, Aug. 14, 1989. 3 "American Piano Music," University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, August 15, 1989. "Fantasy Variations by Ben Weber, A Lecture Recital," College Music Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, October, 1989. "The Many Faces of Reality in Schumann's Carnaval," Main Hall Forum, Lawrence University, Appleton, January 9, 1990. "Luxury in Hindsight - What I Wish my First Teacher Had Taught Me," Fox Valley Keyboard Teachers Association, Appleton, September 20, 1990. "The Making of a Pianist - Planting the Seeds for Success," Northeastern Wisconsin Piano Teacher Forum, Green Bay, October 5, 1990. "Practice Methods," MTNA Badger Audition Judges, Appleton, November 3, 1990. "Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Op. 111," International Zooplankton Ecology Symposium, Appleton, August 24, 1991. "What to do When Practice Doesn't Make Perfect, or How to Waterski Slowly," Wisconsin Music Teacher's Association Convention, Appleton, October 5, 1991. "The Makrokosmos of George Crumb, Vol. I and II," College Music Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 11, 1991. "Inside and Outside the 20th Century Piano: Avante-garde Repertoire for the High School Pianist," Music Teachers National Association National Convention, Milwaukee, April 6, 1992. "Preparing Students for Conservatory Auditions," Northeastern Wisconsin Piano Teachers Forum, Green Bay, May 1, 1991. "An Introduction to Schubert," Experience Schubert Weekend, September 11, 1992. "Avant-Garde Literature for the High School Pianist," Chicago, Ill., October 19, 1992. "Twentieth-Century Repertoire for Advanced Pianists," Appleton, January 9, 1993. "What to Do When Practice Doesn't Make Perfect," New England Piano Teachers' Association, January 25, 1993. "Music That Moves on the Piano," Grade School Residencies for Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Madison, WI, February 4-5, 1993. "Twentieth Century Literature for the High School Pianist," Milwaukee Piano Teachers' Association, March 1, 1993. "The Marriage of Figaro," Freshman Studies Lecture, Lawrence University, November 1993, November 1995. "L'Histoire de Babar of Poulenc," College Music Society International Conference, Berlin, June 16, 1995. "Story-Telling at the Piano," St. Louis Piano Teachers Association, St. Louis, January 17, 1997. _____, MTNA National Convention, Dallas, April 6, 1997. "Women Composers of the Twentieth Century," Festival of Contemporary