Saturday, March 29th ,
2014, 3pm-5pm - Piano Master Class with Jarred Dunn, who has been hailed in the New York Classical Music
Guides as “evocative and mystical” (Donald Isler), having performed in North
America, Europe and Australia as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist
with orchestras. In the fall of 2013 he had his Rose Theatre Orchestra debut.
He has presented lectures for
the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Associations (ORMTA) of Barrie ,
Brampton-Bolton-Caledon, Hamilton-Halton and Niagara Falls , and given master
classes at the University of Toronto Student Studio (see Bio attached) Hosted by: SYNERGY PERFORMING
ARTS ACADEMY at 51 Mountainash Rd., Brampton. (Bovaird and Airport Road
area) The Master
Class is an opportunity for advance piano students to rehearse their skills and
learn as they perform by performing for the class and receiving instant
feedback from the instructor. Grades 4 +. Benefits: Overcoming performance anxieties
, exploring new questions about the repertoire, engaging and interacting with other students who share the same
passion, learning from other students' performances by
observing and listening to the feedback they receive from the instructor. Cost
is regularly $35 for 2 hrs, SYNERGY ARTS SOCIETY will subsidize $10. Cost is therefore only $25 per
student. (SYNERGY ACADEMY
students receive an additional $10 discount) Register by phone by Saturday, March 15th.
About
the Soloist
Jarred
Dunn has been
hailed in the New York Classical Music Guides as “evocative and mystical”
(Donald Isler), having performed in North America, Europe and Australia as a
recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras. In the fall of 2013
he had his Rose Orchestra debut and first appearance in the Rose Theatre
under the baton of Richard Hoenich. Featured engagements have included
performances at the New York International Keyboard Institute and Festival,
Isabel Bader Theatre, Paderewski Piano Academy, Westben Arts Festival Theatre,
Ravenswood Hall (Sydney), Brampton Chamber Music Concert Series and The
Juilliard School. For the past two seasons he has performed with Torun Symphony
Orchestra at Artus Court
in Poland,
his premiere concerto performance was Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto.
An avid
researcher, Mr. Dunn is involved with books to be published alongside piano
aficionado David Dubal. Mr. Dunn regularly appears in performances and lectures
of Mr. Dubal in New York,
including Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music, and the New York
International Keyboard Institute in the summer. The most recent publication is
being published by Yale University Press. Mr. Dunn also adjudicates in
competitions, most recently the Stirling and ORMTA Zone competitions in Ontario.
Pianists
from across the province come to study and consult with Jarred Dunn: he is a
teacher noted for his insight and understanding of piano technique. Regularly
in demand, he has presented lectures for the Ontario Registered Music Teachers
Associations (ORMTA) of Barrie,
Brampton-Bolton-Caledon, Hamilton-Halton and Niagara Falls,
and given master classes at the University
of Toronto Student Studio (which he
initiated), ORMTA Niagara Falls, Barrie and
Hamilton-Halton and International School of Music in Sydney. Since 2004, he has served as a
teacher for studios in Brampton, Toronto, Sydney, and at
Central Peel and Harold
Brathwaite Secondary
Schools. He is presently teaching advanced
students at the largest Arts Academy in the GTA, SYNERGY PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY
located in Brampton.
He
received the University
of Toronto’s W.O. Forsyth
Scholarship upon graduating as the most meritorious pianist in the faculty
(B.M., B.Ed.). At U.
of T., he double-majored
in English Literature and Piano Performance before undertaking a degree in
Education.
The
pedagogical prowess of Mr. Dunn’s years is remarkable. At 24 (ten years after
he began teaching), he is being called “Brampton’s
amazing young pianist,” having received multiple scholarships throughout his
degree at the University
of Toronto. He has
collaborated and coached with some of the most celebrated teachers and artists
in the world, including pianists Andrea Bonnata, Janina Fialkowska, Edna
Golandsky, Andresj Jasinski, Seymour Lipkin, Peter Longworth, Julian Martin,
Robert McDonald, Anton Nel, Marietta Orlov, Ian Parker, James Parker, Ilja
Scheps, Trefor Smith, Marc-Pierre Toth and Irene Florence Wong. He continues
his studies at The Juilliard School, where he was among the last students of
Jacob Lateiner, and currently is a student of the Chairperson of the Piano
Department, Dr. Yoheved “Veda” Kaplinsky.
