Collaborations

MAJOR COMPETITIONS

• American Music Competition at Carnegie Hall, Naumberg Competition
• Artists International
• CAMI Opera Auditions
• Hudson Valley Violin Competition
• New York Philharmonic Competition (Zubin Mehta)

 

STUDIO VOCAL:

• Harolyn Blackwell
• Martina Arroyo
• Chuck Hudson
• Maureen O’Flynn

 

STUDIO – THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL:

• Lillian Fuchs
• Dorothy Delay
• William Linzer
• Marlena Malis
• Paula Robison

 

COLLABORATIONS:

• David Bouley
• Adela Peña
• Ana María Martínez
• Audra McDonald
• Christine Andreas
• Christine Toy
• Daniel “Rusty” Staub: Lawrence Hickey Fund
• Danny Burstein
• Donna Karan
• Eileen Fisher
• Eric Ripert
• Georgette Mosbacher
• Gregory Hines
• Jessica Molaskey
• John Shea
• Judy Kuhn
• Julia Stiles
• Magee Hickey
• Mark Waldrop
• Marlo Thomas
• Mary Testa
• Nancy Opel
• Pauline Frommer
• Rocco di Spirito
• Sylvia Nasar
• Theresa Santiago
• Tony Randall
• Tovah Feldshuh

 

PRIVATE PIANO TEACHING STUDIO SINCE 1984

 

Quoted in Alice Kay Kanack’s book “Creative Ability Development”

“When a student is free to express ,when he has shed fear, when all musical choices are acceptable, there can be nothing left but improvement. Improvisation is what allows the brain to expand, to develop, to search. Through CAD, the children learn to improvise through one exercise at a time. The rules are few and simple, but the possibilities for improvisation are endless. Because they are not criticized, their performance is strictly their own personal statement, expressed with poise and received with applause.”
-Karen Schwartz
Pianist, Teacher

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS:

• ASCAP
• MTNA
• Suzuki Association of the Americas