Piano Master Class

Chairs Susan Merritt Nelsen, Janet Laird, Cynthia McDowell

The Washington DC Chapter

will conduct  a

Piano Master Class Benefit with Christopher O’Riley

Classical Pianist and Public Radio Show Host

For Master Class tickets and information please contact

Susan Merritt Nelsen at 703-683-4340

Sunday, March 25, 2012

2:00 to 4:00

Steinway Recital Hall

Steinway Piano Gallery

Tysons Corner Center

1961 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, VA 22102
703-388-2482

NSAL would like to thank

Steinway for generously donating their Recital Hall for this event

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The Piano Master Class Benefit is held as part of a

NSAL Musical Marathon Festival

which will kick-off at 9:00 am with the

2012 Helen Lee Henderson Musical Theater Award

Washington DC Chapter Competition

for the National Career Awards

for more information you can visit our National Career Award link at

http://www.nsalwashington.org/careerawards.htm

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A look back at last season’s

 Piano Master Class

Steinway Piano Gallery

Tysons Corner Center

Sunday,  November 14, 2010 

2010 Piano Master Class Chair Stephanie Stoyanoff

We provided a feast for the eyes and ears.

We were all-inclusive and brought the joy of music to so many hearts. 

We gave them all a superior gift.

Stephanie Stoyanoff

In a dramatic two-story open area of Tysons Corner Center the Steinway Piano Gallery provided a majestic Steinway Concert Grand Piano lovingly placed on a red carpet complete with staging and sound equipment for NSAL’s inaugural Piano Master Class.  Initiated by NSAL Membership Chair Cici Hughes and conducted by Awadagin Pratt, winner of NSAL’s 1989 Constance Caraway Erskin Piano Award, we had five pianists who took part in the Piano Master Class:

Sharifa Clark, Suitland High School

Arami Coleman, Suitland High School

Jihae Lim, George Mason University

Chi-Hsuan Yin, University of Maryland

Fiffi Zhang, Lee Studios of Music

Not only were the one hundred chairs filled, but the audience overflowed into the aisles and hung over the balcony to listen.  Little children sitting on the floor were mesmerized, the elderly were totally engrossed. The crowd was visibly uplifted by the event.

Featuring world renowned pianist and conductor Awadagin Pratt

Winner of the 1989 NSAL Constance Caraway Erskin Piano Award

In 1992, Awadagin Pratt won the prestigious Naumburg International Piano Competition and two years later was awarded a 1994 Avery Fisher Career Grant.  He has performed at the White House at the invitation of both Presidents Obama and Clinton as well as at other notable venues including Lincoln Center in New York, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.  Mr. Pratt is currently an Associate Professor of Piano and Artist in Residence at the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.

http://www.awadagin.com/

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