Jazz Fest

​PianoFest 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Noel Fine Arts Center

Please join us for a day of piano music, master classes and workshops.  All events will take place on the campus of UW-Stevens Point in the Noel Fine Arts Center.  Events will include:
  • Master classes with UWSP Piano Faculty, Raffi Besalyan and Molly Roseman. We recommend participating students bring a piece that is close to performance level.   Repertoire should be equivalent to Class A solo difficulty. 
  • Two sessions for students & teachers: “If You Can Talk, You Can Write Music” with Dr. Charles Young, UWSP Professor of Theory & Composition. No composition experience is required for this session.  All styles of music are encouraged. Professor Mathew Buchman, Director of Jazz Studies at UWSP will also present a session on playing jazz piano. 
  • Piano Recital given by UW-Stevens Point Piano faculty and students.

Who can participate? 

 
High school pianists grades 9-12. Master class participants will be chosen on a first-come, first-serve basis.
  • Teachers
  • Both teachers and students invited to all sessions!

Registration

Please fill out on-line PianoFest registration form before Friday, March 16, 2012 and mail to Molly Roseman.  (This form requires Adobe Acrobat  Reader.  You can dowload this free from Adobe Acrobat.)
 

Clinicians

 

Directions 

Highway 66 from the West:

  • Follow Highway 66 east (Clark Street) through four traffic lights
  • Proceed one more block from the Division Street intersection (Business Hwy 51) to Phillips St.
  • Turn left on Phillips Street
  • Park in Lot Q, or north end of lot P

Interstate 39 from the East/North/South:

  • Take the Business Hwy 51 Exit from I-39 (Exit #161)
  • Follow Business Hwy 51(Division St.) through 3 traffic lights
  • Turn left on Portage Street
  • Park in Lot Q, or north end of lot P

Highway 66 from the East:

  • Follow Highway 66 west (Main Street) through seven traffic lights
  • Proceed four more blocks from the Michigan Avenue intersection to Phillips Street
  • Turn right on Phillips Street
  • Park in Lot Q, or north end of lot P