Piano performance
Welcome to piano performance at the University of Colorado College of Music!
The internationally recognized piano faculty is uniquely equipped to provide an education that balances a strong program in solo performance with in-depth experiences in pedagogy, accompanying, chamber music, literature, jazz performance and improvisation. Undergraduate pianists may choose to pursue BA, BM or BME degrees. MM and DMA degree programs include extensive and individually considered requirements in repertoire, recitals and research work.
Andrew Cooperstock, prizewinner in the National Federation of Music Clubs Artist Competition and the New Orleans International Competition, has performed throughout six continents and in most of the fifty states, including engagements at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, Greenwich Village’s (le) Poisson Rouge, Broadway’s 54 Below, BargeMusic, National Symphony of Ghana, Hong Kong’s Hell! Hot contemporary music festival, and on National Public Radio and the BBC. An avid chamber player, he has performed with the Takács Quartet and the Colorado Chamber Players, and with Broadway actress Marin Mazzie. MORE
Alejandro Cremaschi, NCTM, received his MM and DMA degrees from the University of Minnesota. He earned undergraduate degrees from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. He studied with Dora De Marinis, Nancy Roldan and Lydia Artymiw. He was a prize winner at the International Beethoven Sonata Piano Competition in Memphis, Tennessee in 2001. Cremaschi’s current pedagogical research areas include concert repertoire and pedagogical music by Latin American composers; student achievement, motivation and practicing strategies; and the pedagogical uses of technology. MORE
Pianist Jennifer Hayghe has been sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher throughout the United States and in Central America, Europe and Asia. She earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from The Juilliard School where she was the last student of the legendary artist-teacher Adele Marcus. During her studies, Hayghe won every award possible for a Juilliard pianist to receive, including the William Petschek Debut Award, resulting in her New York City recital debut at Alice Tully Hall. MORE
David Korevaar, whose playing has been called a “musical epiphany” by Gramophone Magazine, performs an extensive repertoire as a soloist and chamber musician around the US and internationally. In addition to his teaching at CU, he is a regular participant as performer and teacher at Colorado’s Music in the Mountains summer festival and continues to teach and perform regularly in Japan under the auspices of The Music Center Japan. Korevaar’s extensive discography includes numerous solo and chamber music recordings. MORE
Contact
Jennifer Hayghe
Associate Professor of Piano
Jennifer.Hayghe@Colorado.edu




