Anne Epperson

Professor of Collaborative Piano

Email: Anne.Epperson@colorado.edu
Office Location: Room C198, Imig Music Building
Office Phone: 303-735-1708
Mailing Address: 301 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0301

Pianist Anne Epperson enjoys a distinguished career as a performer, recording artist, teacher and clinician.  She made her debut at age twelve with the New Orleans Philharmonic under Alexander Hilsberg.  After studies at Louisiana State University and the Juilliard School, she entered graduate school at the University of Southern California and was appointed staff pianist for the master classes of Jascha Heifetz.  This auspicious beginning led to a successful career as a collaborative partner.  Ms Epperson has appeared in concert with distinguished artists throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Mexico, Europe, Israel and Scandinavia. In the fall of 2004, a tour of Taiwan and China is planned with acclaimed violinist, Cho-Liang Lin.  Critics have praised her collaborative artistry:  New York Times  “..an excellent partner….technical ability and musicality admirably displayed…”;  Seattle Times  “….extraordinarily sensitive and well-realized work…..a giftedaccompanist…”; Los Angeles Times “…eloquent support..”; Cleveland Plain Dealer “..Epperson is a chamber music pianist with few peers….”.    From 1980-89 she toured the U.S. as pianist with the Canterbury Trio, under the auspices of Columbia Artists Management, Inc.  She has recorded for Vanguard, Musical Heritage Society, Nonesuch, Centaur, Koch International and Claves and has produced and edited recordings for Nonesuch and Azica.

Her career as an educator is equally impressive.  Newly appointed as Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s School of Music, she has been Professor of Music and Director of Collaborative Arts at the University of California – Santa Barbara since 2001.  From 1985 – 2001 she was head of the Collaborative Piano Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music.  Previous faculty positions include teaching appointments at the University of Illinois and the North Carolina School of the Arts.  She has been juror for many prestigious competitions, including the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation competitions, the Fischoff Chamber Music competitions, the New Orleans International Piano Competition, the Corpus Christi International Young Artists Competition and the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards.  Ms. Epperson has been a panelist, lecturer and master class presenter for the Music Teachers National Association, National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, the Indiana Music Teachers Association, the South Carolina Music Teachers Association and the Vocal Arts Resource Network in Ohio.  She is active as a consultant and advisor in the development of collaborative piano programs nationwide.

Anne Epperson is currently on the artist faculty of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara.  She has been a guest performer and coach at the Sarasota Music Festival, the Garth Newel Summer Festival, the Taos Chamber Music Festival, the Scotia Festival, Chamber Music Northwest and the Aspen Music Festival, among others.

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