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Testimonials
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Piano
If accepted as a piano student, you will receive a minimum of ninety minutes of private lessons with Penn State faculty and participate daily in classes chosen from keyboard
technique, harmonization, sight reading, history, conducting, keyboard literature, and theory. You could be chosen to perform in a public master class during the week. Pianists are
afforded from three to five hours per day of monitored practice time in order to prepare for the multiple lessons they will have during the week.
Please refer to the Piano Application information on the Fee and
Registration page.
Timothy Shafer, professor of piano
Timothy Shafer, recipient of the 1997
Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Teacher of the Year Award, has twice appeared at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall both as a soloist and as a member of Duo Concertant. In
addition to maintaining an active solo recital and chamber music schedule in the United States, he has concertized, taught, and adjudicated in South America and Asia. With performance
degrees and awards from both Oberlin and Indiana University, Dr. Shafer is the founding director of the keyboard option in Penn State's High School Summer Music Camp in 1987.
Steven Smith, professor of piano
Steven Smith, professor of piano at Penn State, has
recorded and performed throughout the United States and Europe. He has won the Mozarteum competition in Salzburg, and in 1991 he received the Teacher of the Year Award from the
Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association. Dr. Smith has taught at Penn State's Summer Music Camps since 1987.
Christopher Guzman, assistant professor of piano
Christopher Guzman has entertained
audiences throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. A prizewinner in many international competitions, including the Walter M. Naumburg Competition, the Seoul International Music
Competition, and the Isang Yun Competition of South Korea, he has performed as soloist with many large ensembles, including the San Antonio Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Corpus
Christi Symphony, and The EOS Orchestra of New York City. He has performed concerti with the Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and in Spoleto, Italy, during the
orchestra’s first summer residency at the 2003 Festival Dei Due Mondi. Dr. Guzman has appeared in recitals in such varied venues as Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, and
Spoleto’s Teatro Caio Melisso.
For more information about piano at the camp, contact:
Email: summermusic@outreach.psu.edu
