Comments on The Collaborative Piano Blog: Degree Programs in Collaborative Piano

Belvoir Terrace has an opening for a collaborative...

2008-05-30T23:25:00.000-04:00

Belvoir Terrace has an opening for a collaborative pianist to play for musical theater in an all arts exciting summer program. Martin Katz has sent his students to us and they have enjoyed our program and done well. We have one of his doctoral students with us this year and Martin will come by as well. We have an opening that just occured so if you want to gain great experience coaching singing and playing for musicals apply on the website at www.belvorterrace.com or call us at 413 637 0555. Thanks and colloborative piano is a great and important field.

Nope.My opinion is that pianists should get a Bach...

2008-05-29T12:56:00.000-04:00

Nope.

My opinion is that pianists should get a Bachelor of Music degree either as a piano major or piano concentrator, then major in collaborative piano at the Master's Degree.

My main concern with undergraduate collaborative piano degrees: there is a perception that pianists in these programs are merely cheap labor pools for voice and string departments, with a very real danger that they will complete their degrees without adequate skills to prepare them for either graduate programs in the field or professional life.

Just wondering if you know of any good schools tha...

2008-05-29T09:32:00.000-04:00

Just wondering if you know of any good schools that have undergraduate degrees in collaborative piano?..

Thanks, Karen. The University of Maine has been a...

2008-05-22T22:31:00.000-04:00

Thanks, Karen. The University of Maine has been added to the list.

A new Master of Music in Collaborative Piano with ...

2008-05-22T13:36:00.000-04:00

A new Master of Music in Collaborative Piano with an emphasis on vocal accompaniment has been launched at the University of Maine in Orono. The program is under the direction of Dr. Phillip Silver, an internationally renowned collaborative artist. Information about the program can be found at: www.umaine.edu/spa.

Thanks for the suggestion, Amy. As it turns out, ...

2008-05-03T17:05:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the suggestion, Amy. As it turns out, that's one of my summer projects.

Could this list be broken down to show which speci...

2008-05-03T16:07:00.000-04:00

Could this list be broken down to show which specific schools offer graduate degrees? Thanks for a great site!

Thanks for that information! My readers will find...

2008-01-28T11:42:00.000-05:00

Thanks for that information! My readers will find it extremely useful.

someone asked about a musical theater accompanying...

2008-01-18T10:12:00.000-05:00

someone asked about a musical theater accompanying degree program... i am very interested in musical theater accompanying as well and wanted to share how i've gotten my fill of it in school. i got my mm at university of michigan and am now getting my dma... they have a big MT department and i was able to work with some of the pianists in it. i took a year long seminar on problems one might encounter in the MT world (arranging, transposing, realizing better accompaniments than the printed ones, and a repertoire study) with a pianist on the faculty, then later played for one of their shows with another pianist/conductor. they also offered to let me accompany dance classes and rehearsals for that experience. if someone is interested in that line of work, i suggest that you look for a school with a good MT department like michigan, cincinnati, etc, and just make yourself available to the department. often, MT departments are hurting for good pianists... although, i've found keeping up my classical studies as well keeps me enriched. later in my life, i would be interested in teaching the MT side of collaborative piano.

I would like to add the MM Collaborative Piano pro...

2007-11-27T08:16:00.000-05:00

I would like to add the MM Collaborative Piano program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge to your list. Thanks for such a wonderful website, Chris!

Northern Illinois University, which has an accompa...

2007-11-06T09:47:00.000-05:00

Northern Illinois University, which has an accompanying and chamber music option at the Master of Music level, has been added to the list.

Northern Illinois University

2007-11-06T09:05:00.000-05:00

Northern Illinois University

Peabody was already listed as the Peabody Institut...

2007-10-17T21:20:00.000-04:00

Peabody was already listed as the Peabody Institute. I changed the listing to the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the division of the school that offers the collaborative piano programs.

Thanks for the info.

Please add the Peabody Conservatory to your list. ...

2007-10-17T20:23:00.000-04:00

Please add the Peabody Conservatory to your list. There are two collaborative programs, one called Ensemble Arts, which is 50/50 Vocal/Instrumental, and another which is a Masters in Vocal Accompanying, which is strictly vocal.

Not that I know of. If you're interested in music...

2007-09-18T21:26:00.000-04:00

Not that I know of. If you're interested in musical theater, I recommend getting experience working either in a musical theater program or in a professional theater company.

just wondering ... Is there any school has the Col...

2007-09-18T15:50:00.000-04:00

just wondering ... Is there any school has the Collaborative piano program which focus on Musical Theater?

Thanks, Perry. The University of Maryland has bee...

2007-09-04T12:00:00.000-04:00

Thanks, Perry. The University of Maryland has been on the list from the beginning, I just added the College Park campus to the listing. I studied with Rita Sloan for a short time at Aspen and found her to be a fantastic teacher and inspiring pianist. Please send her my regards.

Please add University of Maryland - College Park t...

2007-09-04T11:24:00.000-04:00

Please add University of Maryland - College Park to your list of school with collaborative piano programs. They offer M.M. and D.M.A. programs. Rita Sloan heads up the program and she's a truly wonderful teacher.

I'm at New England Conservatory right now for the ...

2007-08-23T08:29:00.000-04:00

I'm at New England Conservatory right now for the Masters program, but they also have a great Coll. Piano program with Rena Sharon at the University of British Columbia, Canada.... she is a wonderful prof.

Thanks, Sandro. I'll be sending out a call for de...

2007-08-03T18:55:00.000-04:00

Thanks, Sandro. I'll be sending out a call for degree program info this evening!

Hi !! I would like receive information about Maste...

2007-08-03T16:02:00.000-04:00

Hi !! I would like receive information about Master Degree in Collaborative Programs Acompanying enfasis in Musical Theater.I´m Looking in all Universitys, School of Music and Colleges, I just get Degree in Vocal/Opera or Chamber Music. My email adress is sandrosilva78@hotmail.com

Thanks

It's added. Thanks!

2007-05-24T22:53:00.000-04:00

It's added. Thanks!

University of Texas at Austin

2007-05-24T21:53:00.000-04:00

University of Texas at Austin

There isn't really much difference between these t...

2007-04-09T19:02:00.000-04:00

There isn't really much difference between these types of degrees. There used to be distinctions between "vocal" and "instrumental" degrees, but these have vanished recently. There are a few specialist degrees left in "vocal coaching".

Again, my advice is to take a look at the teacher of the program, the curriculum, the school, and the track record of the program and the graduates of it rather than what the degree is titled.

Is there a difference between a collaborative pian...

2007-04-09T18:29:00.000-04:00

Is there a difference between a collaborative piano degree and an accompaniment degree?