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Join pianist Meriel Owen for a hands-on piano workshop! This workshop will explore the art of solo piano performance, focusing on technique, interpretation, and how to bring a piece to life on stage.
Participants are warmly encouraged to perform a solo work during the workshop - to participate in the masterclass, please email Lynette Smith with details of playing level, student names, and piece to be performed. $10 per ensemble/duo to perform. Observer/audience is free.
Hosted at a private home in Kingston Beach, Hobart. On-street parking, and some stairs at the venue. TMTA Members should login to the TMTA website to register their free entry.
This is a wonderful opportunity for students to develop their performance confidence, for teacher to share in a community of learning from colleagues, and connect with friends and colleauges!
MERIEL OWEN
Meriel studied her Diploma of Music at Canberra School of Music in 1985, before heading to the US to study her Masters at the University of Maryland, College Park, majoring in piano chamber music and accompanying. Meriel is a Churchill Fellow, after receiving the 2013 honour to study harp in Austria and Germany.
She is a freelance teacher and musician on both piano and harp and has played with orchestras across Australia, including the Tasmanian, Melbourne, Sydney, and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, and Opera Australia.
As an accompanist, she has worked at the Australian National University and as a freelance including innumerable student exams and recitals, specialising in string repertoire.
As a chamber musician and collaborative artist, Meriel has performed at many festivals across Australia and the US, and is a regular with Virtuosi Tasmania.
With over 30 years of teaching experience in Australia and the US, Meriel has taught at Canberra School of Music, Radford College (ACT), St Mary's College (TAS) and has intermittently taught privately between a full calendar of performance and travel engagements.
