Piano pedagogy workshop on Couperin and Hummel with Natalie Landowski

Shining Light on Neglected Keyboard Masters: François Couperin and Johann Nepomuk Hummel
A workshop presented by pianist and pedagogue Natalie Landowski
Thursday, November 10th, 2016 at 1:00 PM
Room 116, Music & Media Bldg.
Free and open to the public

Natalie Landowski received her B.M. in Piano Performance (minors in Education and Art History) from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied with Dr. Lorna Griffitt, graduating with honors. She received her M.M. in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with Drs. Reid Alexander, and William Heiles. Here, Natalie was a graduate teaching assistant, and awarded the Graduate Teaching Certificate from the Center of Teaching Excellence, and cited on their list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent. She was President of the MTNA Collegiate Student Chapter (2011-12), and has served on the piano faculty of the Illinois Summer Youth Music Festival since 2011.

In 2013, she joined the full-time piano faculty of West Music (Coralville, IA) in the Nancy Cree Keyboard Learning Centers. Her students have competed, placed and won at the IMTA district and state auditions. Natalie has performed in master classes by notable artists such as Gary Graffman, Menahem Pressler, and Kenneth Drake, and has attended music festivals in Europe and the U.S. She is currently pursuing the D.M.A. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Iowa, where she studies with Dr. Ksenia Nosikova.