UMBC Piano Day

• Teodora Adzharova, piano
• Audrey Andrist, piano

The UMBC Department of Music invites you to the 2024 Annual UMBC Piano Day! This event is FREE and open to all pianists, friends, family, and colleagues.

Meet our piano faculty, perform in or observe masterclasses, and hear faculty and students perform in our Linehan Concert Hall. We look forward to having you with us for a day of music, food, fun, and all things piano!

Schedule:

12:30pm–1pm Welcome and check-in

1pm-2pm Tour of facilities

2pm-2:20pm Program overview/Q&A

2:20pm-3pm Presentation: Practice tips for Peak Performance with Dr. Andrist

3pm-4pm Masterclass with Dr. Adzharova

4pm-4:30pm Meet our current students for pizza and conversation

5pm–6pm Perform with us: Faculty and students performance in Linehan Hall

6pm Good bye and we hope to see you again!

About University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) – Department of Music

https://music.umbc.edu/

About Teodora Adzharova, piano

As an active soloist and a sought-after chamber musician, Bulgarian pianist Teodora Adzharova performs throughout the Baltimore-Washington region, frequently collaborating with musicians from both the Peabody Institute and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She has had numerous appearances at the Sundays at Three Concert Series, Summer Chamber Music at Roland Park, Montpelier Arts Center, Washington College, Towson University, University of Maryland, Silo Hill, and as part of the Hedgelawn Series. On many occasions, her recordings have been broadcast on APM’s Performance Today. As a devoted educator, she is currently a faculty member at the Peabody Institute, UMBC, and Baltimore County Community College.

About Audrey Andrist, piano

Hailed as a “stunning pianist with incredible dexterity”, Canadian pianist Audrey Andrist has thrilled audiences around the globe, from North America to Japan, China and Germany with her “passionate abandon” and “great intelligence.” Ms. Andrist grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, and while in high school traveled three hours one-way for lessons with William Moore, himself a former student of famed musicians Cécile Genhart and Rosina Lhévinne. She completed Masters and Doctoral degrees at the Juilliard School with Herbert Stessin, and garnered first prizes at the Mozart International, San Antonio International, Eckhardt-Gramatté, and Juilliard Concerto Competitions. She is a member of the Stern/Andrist Duo with her husband, James Stern, Strata, a trio with Stern and clarinetist Nathan Williams, and the Andrist-Stern-Honigberg Trio with Stern and cellist Steve Honigberg. She lives in the Washington, DC area, where she teaches at the Washington Conservatory and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.