Student Masterclass
A masterclass for students of NEPTA teachers is given for the meeting on April 26, 2010. Students are chosen from the recitals and asked to participate in the masterclass.
This year's teacher will be Judith Gordon .
JUDITH GORDON gave her New York recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 'Introductions' series, and was selected as Boston Globe 1997 'Musician of the Year'. With the Boston Pops she performed Mozart, Saint-Saens and Ravel concertos and with groups from Boston Modern Orchestra Project to the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra she's explored repertory from Bach and Hindemith to Boulez and Rachmaninoff.
Judith works with artists and groups including vocalists Lisa Saffer, Mary Nessinger, Krista River, William Hite and James Maddalena; cellists Andres Diaz and Rhonda Rider; violists Marcus Thompson and Roger Tapping; violinists Rose Mary Harbison and Elizabeth Chang; Imani Winds; Borromeo, Daedalus, Lydian and St. Lawrence string quartets; Lighthouse Chamber Players, Collage New Music, and Santa Fe New Music. Composers with whom she has often collaborated include Martin Brody, Peter Child, John Harbison, Lee Hyla, and Peter Lieberson.
In 2008 she premiered and recorded Donald Wheelock's Piano Variations. Ms.
Gordon performs and teaches at festivals including Charlottesville (VA),
Rockport (MA), Token Creek (WI) and Music from Salem (NY) where she
is an artistic co-director. She was given a 2009 Outstanding Alumni award
by New England Conservatory where her principal teacher was Patricia Zander.
In 2006 she joined the faculty at Smith College in Northampton, MA.