Convention Artists and Presenters Katrin Arefy University of California at Santa at bastienpiano.blogs.com, which is the founder Barbara. Dr. Asche’s current and gives the reader an inside look into and artistic former students have won various Lori’s private piano studio. director of the competitions, including the Leni Fe Golden Key Bland Scholarship auditions and A composer, Piano School the Bronze Medal at the 1993 Van arranger, in Berkeley. Cliburn International Competition. clinician Katrin received In addition, his former students are and teacher, her Bachelor and Master degrees in currently serving as piano faculties Melody Bober Piano Performance and Pedagogy at many well-known universities enjoys creating from the Gnessin School of Music in throughout the US. motivational Moscow. She also holds a Bachelor piano pieces of Fine Arts degree in Painting from A graduate of that foster her Azad University in Tehran. Katrin is the Eastman students’ understanding and love of the author of A Thousand Stories for A School of Music music. She holds music degrees from Little Pianist and the series titled My with an M.M. the University of Illinois-Urbana and First Piano Book. She translated Anna in Performance Minnesota State University. Melody’s Artobolevskaya’s First Meet with the and Literature dynamic sessions are enriched by Music and Heinrich Neuhaus’ The (Piano), Nancy her experience as a studio owner, Art of Piano Playing from Russian to Bachus is an classroom teacher and church Farsi. Her lectures on the Russian internationally musician. methods have been well received known clinician and teacher. A Ronald M. at the University of Oregon, Ohio student of pianists Eugene List, Borczon, MT- University, and the Music Teachers’ Fernando Laires and the accompanist BC, has 30 Association of California Convention. Brooks Smith, she has recently years of clinical Katrin is a member of the Music presented workshops in North experience in Teachers’ Association of California. America, Asia, the United Kingdom, music therapy. Her very first students are now and Australia. Nancy has an In 1984, he professional pianists who are independent studio in Ohio, is on the founded the graduating from some of the finest adjunct piano faculty of Cleveland music therapy department at Cal State music universities in Austria and State University and is also the Northridge. He is also the Director of Armenia. Associate Editor for Repertoire and Performance for Clavier Companion. the CSUN Music Therapy Wellness Dr. Charles Clinic and currently Department Asche has Lori Bastien Chair. In 1995, Borczon conducted a appeared as began piano special workshop on Music Therapy a recitalist, lessons with and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder concerto soloist her mother at for therapists in Oklahoma City after and chamber the age of 4. the Oklahoma City bombing. Borczon musician She received also assisted in the planning of music throughout the her Bachelor therapy interventions for the students US, Russia, Asia, and South America. of Music of Columbine and Santee High School Concert venues have included the degree in piano shootings. He also did work in south historic Rachmaninoff Hall at the performance from Rice University. Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. Moscow Conservatory and Carnegie Currently, Lori teaches both private In 1994, he received the Presidential Hall, to name a few. Originally and group lessons to students of Award from the President of the from Miami, Florida, Dr. Asche all ages in her home studio. She National Association for Music began his early studies with Peggy enjoys composing fun, motivational Therapy for work done following Neighbors Erwin. He later studied music and has coauthored the series the 1994 Northridge, California at the University of Texas with John Bastien Piano for Adults, and Bastiens’ earthquake. In 2006 he received the Perry. He was a member of piano Invitation to Music, with her mother, Award of Merit from the American faculties at the Interlochen Center Jane Smisor Bastien, and her sister, Music Therapy Association, for the Arts, the Claremont Colleges, Lisa Bastien. Lori, her husband Eric the highest award given by the and the International Institute for Vickers, and their two children Abby Association for accomplishments in Young Musicians. He is currently and Riley live in La Jolla, California. music therapy. Senior Lecturer in Piano at the Lori writes a blog which can be found Page 1 of 5 Susan Bruckner Gavin English Pianist Diane Hidy is known for is a pianist with is the General her expertise in writing music degrees from Manager of the for students with ADD and other the Eastman Steinway Piano learning differences. She recently School of Music, Gallery in West presented at New School Hollywood. A the 2014 MTNA for Music former private Conference Study, and piano instructor in Chicago. the San Francisco Conservatory. and high school music teacher, Her Attention Her teachers include Frances Clark, English is a graduate of the Berklee Grabbers Jerome Lowenthal and Paul Hersh. College of Music. Gavin began his are National She lives in Santa Cruz, is head of the career at Steinway Hall on 57th Street Federation of piano department at Cabrillo College, in New York City and went on to Music Clubs’ selections for 2014–16 and is author of The Whole Musician: manage the Steinway Piano Gallery and her Sight Reading Flashcards A Multi-Sensory Guide to Practice, of New Jersey, before opening the are downloaded hundreds of times Performance & Pedagogy. Susan has new Steinway Piano Gallery in West each week. With Keith Snell, she given workshops on the topics of Hollywood which is the first Steinway co-wrote Piano Town, a method learning styles, group teaching, and Factory owned showroom on the series for beginning piano students. developmental stages for musicians West Coast. Besides her 40+ recordings of piano throughout the U.S. and in Europe. teaching repertoire, her most recent She performs regularly with the Santa Charles recording was with Jane Bastien on Cruz Chamber Players. Fierro is an Bastien’s newest Piano Literature, accomplished Volume 6. Diane made her Carnegie Michael pianist, teacher, Hall debut following her studies with Delfín is professor, John Perry and Leon Fleisher. Diane currently both author and was the first woman Fellow of the a Bachelor of music reviewer. American Pianist Association and Music student He has worked won the national MTNA Collegiate at the Peabody with many legendary musicians Artist Award. She attended Julliard Conservatory including Nadia Boulanger,who and holds music degrees from the of Music personally invited him to perform USC and Peabody. Diane lives in San (where he studies piano with Boris in the 1976 American Bicentennial Francisco with her husband and two Slutsky and composition with Recital at the Palace of Fontainebleau children. Judah Adashi), and a Bachelor of in France. Fierro has a wealth of Arts in History student at the Johns highly acclaimed recordings to his John S. Hord, Hopkins University. An avid solo credit including the piano works of M.A., is active and collaborative performer on Aaron Copland which was made as a performer both the East and West Coasts he under the auspices of the composer and an made his solo debut with the EMF himself. Fierro has made concert tours educator. His Young Artists Orchestra under Eric for the National Endowment for the performances Garcia performing Liszt’s Piano Arts and the California Arts Council have occurred Concerto No. 2, which was lauded and has given more than 25 concerto throughout as a “beautiful performance of great performances with orchestras. He the United States and many foreign warmth.” He has performed in has appeared twice at the National countries. Mr. Hord has been a master classes and privately for many Gallery of Art and the Dumbarton member of the music faculty at celebrated artist-teachers including Oaks Foundation in Washington, D.C. Fresno City College since 1990. Leon Fleisher, Joseph Kalichstein, Currently a Professor Emeritus of Also, he is a member of the Music Yoheved Kaplinsky, Jon Nakamatsu, Piano at California State University Teachers’ Association of California John O’Conor, John Perry, and Pascal Northridge, where he received the and has served twice as President Rogé. His interest in chamber music Distinguished Teaching Award, Fierro of the Fresno County Branch. Mr. led him to be a founding member holds a Doctorate of Music “with Hord had the privilege of studying of the trio ‘Inuendi’ which took first Distinction” from the University of piano with Dr. Bob L. Bennett of prize in the Levine Chamber Music Southern California. California State University, Fresno Competition, and subsequently and Dr. Robert Pace of Columbia performed at the Kennedy Center University, New York. Dr. Bennett Millennium Stage and the Bulgarian was a student of Karl Friedberg who Embassy in Washington D.C. had studied with Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Dr. Pace was a student of Josef and Rosina Lehvinne. Page 2 of 5 In addition to being an adjudicator at Baltimore County, and as Visiting collaborated with major philharmonic and a composer, Mr. Hord presents Professor at the Eastman School of orchestras and symphonies in workshops on a variety of subjects Music. In 2013, he lived in Strasbourg, Chicago, Los Angeles, Pacific, San including: The Intermediate Piano France, where he led SUAbroad’s Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Literature of Franz Liszt and Ineffable music program in conjunction with Vienna, as well as with singers from Beauty - French Music. the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. major operas in Baltimore, Bayerische He is Professor of Piano at Syracuse Staatsoper, Los Angeles and New Jade Huang University. Fred Karpoff is a York. She also performed in Taiwan, is currently Steinway Artist and a former Artistic Russia, Austria and the U.S., and a third-year Ambassador for the U.S.