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2010 Piano Programs at SummerKeys

 Private lesson and daily practice in a private studio; weekly  performance class; a new hour long class, "Piano Problems,  Resources and Materials" meets three times each week.

$550 per week
Ensemble Option: $100 per week.

Instructors:

The Piano programs at SummerKeys, Piano, are taught by Director Bruce Potterton and his colleagues, Greg Biss and Charles Jones 

Piano A ($550) - Three 60-min pvt. lessons weekly; 3 hours practice daily
                            Piano Programs A, B and C are available during
                           ALL weeks listed below.

Piano B ($550) - 45-min pvt lesson daily; 2 hours practice.

Piano C ($525) - Two 60-min pvt. lessons weekly; 3 hours practice daily.

Piano Duet ($550) - Five 45-minute private lessons; 2 hour daily practice.
                                 Duet repertoire; pianists paired based on skill level.
                                 Available during ALL weeks listed

2 Pianos/4 Hands ($550) - Five 45-minute private lessons; 2 hour daily practice.
                                           Four-hand repertoire; pianists paired based on skill level.
                                           Available during ALL weeks listed

Piano Program Dates

June 21-25
June 28-July 2
July 5-9
July 12-16
July 19-23
July 26-30
August 2-6
August 9-13
August 16-20
August 23-27
August 30-September 3
"Our piano 4-hand": July 26-30




The object of these instructors will be to help you work at the piano in way that are rewarding for you, weather you're an absolute beginner or an accomplished player.  While the work level will be intensive, it will be tailored to your musical interests, and you'll find the atmosphere relaxed and non-competitive.
 
    Pianist attending in August (only) may check the "ensemble option box", in which case we will call you to discuss appropriate music for you to work on in advance.

Regular Attendee Polly Woodward
At practice in the performance hall.



Potterton and Student Steve McConnell, at the piano.

(June 21- September 3)

When not occupied with SummerKeys, Bruce Potterton teaches mainly adults at two music schools in New York City.  He has been a member of the faculty at Henry St.  Settlement since 1972 and at Turtle Bay Music School   since 1982.  For many years, Mr. Potterton was a student of Sasha Gorodnitzski of the Juillard School.  He has continued to concertize throughout his teaching career.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MR. BRUCE POTTERTON'S WINTER PIANO TEACHING SCHEDULE

(August 2-6; August 9-13; August 16-20;
August 23-27; August 30-September 3)

Pianist Charles Jones is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the North Carolina School of the Arts. His major teachers include the late Irwin Freundlich, Clifton Matthews and Seymour Lipkin. Mr. Jones has performed solo and chamber music throughout the Eastern USA as well as in Rome, Italy. He has been heard on radio stations WFUV, WQXR and WNYC in New York. He is currently on the faculties of the Henry Street Settlement Music School and the Harlem School of the Arts, where he was assistant chairman of the piano department for several years. In winter 2004 Mr. Jones was recipient of a professional fellowship from the Rome Festival, Rome, Italy.

(July 19-23; July 26-30; August 2-6; August 9-13)

Gregory Biss was born in Illinois and educated chiefly in New England and Germany.  He has studied piano with Lionel Nowak and Nadia Reisenberg and composition with Leon Kirchner and Karlheinz Stockhausen.  He is a Maine Touring Artist as half of the Biss.Brubaker Duo, and as composer has had his works performed by the Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Biss has recently retired from a 20 year career as a commercial scuba diver in the aquaculture industry and is known to many in the SummerKeys community as the piano tuner/technician.