Education

Program History

2012-2013

Building Music
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators, and Jonathan Tsay and Evan Mitchell, pianists

Games!
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator, and Candace Bawcombe and Evan Mitchell, pianists

Musical Conversations
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator, and Kimberly Torgul, violinist

Musical Organizers
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator, and Lewis Warren, Jr., pianist

Pictures at an Exhibition
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators, and Jonathan Tsay, pianist and facilitator, and Evan Mitchell, pianist

Virtuosity
Shields-Collins Bray, Colleen Mallette, and Jonathan Tsay, facilitators, and Spencer Myer, pianist

2011-2012


Colors You Can Hear
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators, and Sahun Hong, pianist

Dances in Music
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators, and John Solomons, pianist

How Many Hands Does It Take to Play the Piano?
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator, and Jonathan Tsay and Jose Cubela, pianists

Let's Write a Song!
Colleen Mallette, singer and facilitator, and Shields-Collins Bray, pianist

Musical Opposites
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators, and Jonathan Tsay and Spencer Myer, pianists

What Makes a Piano a Piano?
Colleen Mallette, facilitator, and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

2010-2011

Carnival of the Animals
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators, and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

How Low Can You Go?
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and pianist, and Brian Perry, bassist

On the Spot
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator, and Lewis Warren, Jr., pianist

Playing with Numbers
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators, and José Cubela and Spencer Myer, pianists

Story Songs
Colleen Mallette, singer and facilitator, and Shields-Collins Bray and Keith Critcher, pianists

2009-2010

Humor in Music
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Dean Peiskee, pianist

Partnerships: It Takes Two
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and pianist, and Helen Blackburn and Jan Crisanti, flutists

Mozart
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Aaron Kurz and Laura Spector, pianists

Musical Organizers
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Jose Cubela and Kyle Orth, pianists

Virtuosity
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Spencer Myer and Jonathan Tsay, pianists

SPRING 2009

Many Meters
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Jose Cubela, pianist

Pictures at an Exhibition
Shields-Collins Bray and Melinda Allen, facilitators and Dean Peiskee, pianist

Dances in Music
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Kyle Orth, pianist

FALL 2008

What Makes a Piano a Piano?
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

Games!
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Jose Cubela, pianist

How Low Can You Go?
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and pianist, and Brian Perry, bassist

Spring 2008

Musical Organizers
January 16, 2008 - February 11, 2008
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and José Cubela, pianist

What makes a Hero a Hero?
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

Taste the Music of Many Countries
Shields-Collins Bray and Margo McCann, facilitators and Jade Simmons, pianist

Fall 2007

How do you Spell Music?
September 10, 2007 - October 8, 2007
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Samir Patel, student speller

Dances in Music
October 22, 2007 - November 5, 2007
Shields-Collins Bray and Colleen Mallette, facilitators and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

Partnerships: It Takes Two
November 19, 2007 - December 14, 2007
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Helen Blackburn and Jan Crisanti, flutists

Spring 2007

Playing with Numbers
January 22, 2007 - February 5, 2007
Shields-Collins Bray and Margo McCann, facilitators and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

Many Meters
February 26, 2007 - March 21, 2007
Shields-Collins Bray and Carol Reynolds, facilitators and Adam Jackson, pianist

Virtuosity
April 30, 2007 - May 14, 2007
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Jade Simmons, pianist

Fall 2006

What makes a Piano a Piano?
September 15, 2006 - October 11, 2006
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and pianist

God Save the Queen

October 17, 2006 - November 3, 2006
Shields-Collins Bray and Margo McCann, facilitators and Sam Hong and Laura Spector, pianists

Games
November 27, 2006 - December 12, 2006
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Elizabeth Joy Roe, pianist

Spring 2006

Mozart's Variations
January 17, 2006 - January 31, 2006
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Sam Hong, pianist

Pictures at an Exhibition
February 27, 2006 - March 3, 2006
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Domenico Codispoti, pianist

Partnerships: It Takes Two
May 1, 2006 - May 5, 2006
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Helen Blackburn, flutist

Fall 2005

Dances in Music
October 17, 2005 - October 26, 2005
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Davide Cabassi, pianist

Humor in Music
November 7, 2005 - November 11, 2005
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Adam Jackson, pianist

Musical Organizers
December 5, 2005 - December 16, 2005
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and José Luis Hernández, pianist

Spring 2005

Many Meters
January 31, 2005 - February 7, 2005
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

Partnerships: It Takes Two
February 28, 2005 - March 8, 2005
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Helen Blackburn, flutist

Pictures at an Exhibition
March 21, 2005 - March 24, 2005
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Andy Russo, pianist

Fall 2004

Dances in Music
September 20, 2004 - September 24, 2004
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and José Luis Hernández, pianist

Musical Organizers
November 15, 2004 - November 18, 2004
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Jonathan Tsay, pianist

Humor in Music

December 6, 2004 - December 9, 2004
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Paul Sánchez, pianist
 

Spring 2004

Emotion in Music
February 17, 2004 - February 20, 2004
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Scott Marosek, pianist

Musical Organizers

March 8, 2004 - March 11, 2004
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Domenico Codispoti, pianist

Virtuosity
April 19, 2004 - April 22, 2004
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Adam Golka, pianist
 

Fall 2003

Dances in Music
September 22, 2003 - September 25, 2003
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Sergey Kuznetsov, pianist

Pictures at an Exhibition
October 13, 2003 - October 16, 2003
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Domenico Codispoti, pianist

God Save the Queen
November 10, 2003 - November 13, 2003
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Sam Hong, pianist

Spring 2003

Elements of Nature in French Music
February 3, 2003 - February 7, 2003
Philippe Bianconi, pianist

The Weird and Wonderful World of George Crumb
March 3, 2003 - March 6, 2003
Andy Russo, pianist

Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Last Romantic

May 5, 2003 - May 8, 2003
Jan Jiracek, pianist
 

Fall 2002

Piano Dancing: One Piano, Four Hands
September 17, 2002 - September 25, 2002
Alexey Kotakov and Katarina Makarova, pianists

Composing Music is Fun
October 14, 2002 - October 23, 2002
Wang Xiaohan, pianist

Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Last Romantic
November 4, 2002 - November 7, 2002
Jan Jiracek, pianist

Spring 2002

World Beat
March 4, 2002 - March 8, 2002
Andrew Russo, pianist

Winning the Gold
March 25, 2002 - March 28, 2002
Olga Kern, pianist

Peter and the Wolf
May 14, 2002 - May 17, 2002
Shields-Collins Bray, facilitator and Frederic Chiu, pianist

Fall 2001

Van Cliburn: America's Musical Hero
September 14, 2001 - September 24, 2001
Shields-Collins Bray, pianist

Composing Music Can Be Fun
October 24, 2001 - October 31, 2001
Wang Xiaohan, pianist

A Look at the Romantic Era
November 12, 2001 - November 16, 2001
Jan Jiracek, pianist

Spring 2001

Van Cliburn: America's Musical Hero
January 31, 2001 - February 12, 2001
Shields-Collins Bray, pianist

The Power of the Piano
March 20, 2001 - March 24, 2001
Frederic Chiu, pianist

My Favorite Music
April 11, 2001 - May 1, 2001
Jan Jiracek, pianist