Full List of Events: CPI 2024

WEEK 1

Monday June 3rd:

  • Orientation
  • Ana Maria Otamendi and Elena Lacheva: Collaborative Piano: Oh, The Places You Will Go!
  • Amy Petrongelli: Performance Anxiety

 

Tuesday June 4th:

  • Elena Lacheva: Beginner’s IPA
  • Ana María Otamendi: Advanced Italian
  • MASTERCLASS w/Elizabeth Bishop: Works in Progress!
  • OPEN COACHING: Jorge Parodi and Matthew Giallongo

 

Wednesday June 5th:

  • Elena Lacheva: Beginner’s IPA II
  • Ana Marìa Otamendi: Advanced French
  • MASTERCLASS w/Christopher Turbessi
  • That Opera LifeTM w/Elizabeth Bishop, Howard Watkins, Jorge Parodi, and Christopher Turbessi

Thursday June 6th:

  • Christopher Turbessi: Sight-Reading!
  • Kelli Turczyn & Katie Travis: Vocal Health
  • MASTERCLASS w/Amy Petrongelli

Friday June 6th:

  • Sandra Moon: Advanced German
  • MASTERCLASS w/Jorge Parodi: Now That’s What I Call Italian Arias!
  • 7 pm: Starry Nights and Participant Recital 
    • Amy Petrongelli (voice)
    • Christopher Turbessi, Howard Watkins, Jorge Parodi, Ana María Otamendi, Elena Lacheva (piano)

Saturday June 7th:

  • MASTERCLASS w/Howard Watkins: Art Song
  • 7 pm: Participant Recital

 

WEEK 2

Monday June 10th:

  • Ana María Otamendi: Learning Effectively
  • MASTERCLASS w/Elvia Puccinelli: Art Song & Text
  • Horacio Contreras: Latin-American Repertoire for Piano and Strings

 

Tuesday June 11th:

  • Megan Ihnen: Make It Rain!
  • MASTERCLASS w/Blair Salter: Contemporary Arias
  • MASTERCLASS w/Virginia Weckstrom

 

Wednesday June 12th:

  • MASTERCLASS w/Virginia Weckstrom: Instrumental Repertoire
  • MASTERCLASS w/Sandra Moon: Old Faithfuls
  • MASTERCLASS w/Paul Kantor

 

Thursday June 13th

  • Q&A: Elvia Puccinelli, Rita Sloan, Martin Katz
  • Loraine Sims: Vocal Pedagogy
  • Q&A: Megan Ihnen
  • MASTERCLASS w/Horacio Contreras
  • 7pm: STUDENT RECITAL

Friday June 14th

  • MASTERCLASS w/Cecilia Duarte and Ana María Otamendi: Canción Lírica
  • MASTERCLASS w/Rita Sloan: Instrumental Repertoire
  • 7pm: Starry Nights Recital @ CPI
    • Sandra Moon, Cecilia Duarte (voice)
    • Rita Sloan, Elena Lacheva, Ana María Otamendi (piano)
    • Nanci Belmont, Darrel Hale (bassoon)
    • Amaro Dubois, Dennis Parker (strings)

 

 

Saturday June 15th

  • Q&A: Cecilia Duarte
  • MASTERCLASS w/Martin Katz: Different Strokes
  • 7pm: Composer and Chamber Recital
    • Amaro Dubois, strings

 

WEEK 3

Monday June 17th

  • Amy Petrongelli: Diversifying Resources
  • MASTERCLASS w/Martin Katz: Instrumental Repertoire
  • MASTERCLASS w/Paul Groves
  • Gjergji Gaqi: Playing for the Ballet
  • Alexander Technique with Patricia O’Neill

 

Tuesday June 18th

  • Elena Lacheva: Opera Score Preparation
  • Sandra Moon: Life in the Fest Lane
  • MASTERCLASS w/Elena Abend
  • MASTERCLASS and WORKSHOP w/Jean Bernard Cerin: Haitian Song
  • MASTERCLASS w/Espen Lilleslåtten
  • MASTERCLASS and LECTURE w/Yeon-Kyung Kim: Korean Art Song

 

Wednesday June 19th

  • MASTERCLASS w/Martin Katz: American Icons
  • MASTERCLASS w/Dennis Parker
  • MASTERCLASS w/Ana María Otamendi: Instrumental Repertoire
  • Q&A: Martha Guth and Jean Bernard Cerin

 

Thursday June 20th

  • MASTERCLASS w/Martha Guth: Trans and Nonbinary Voices
  • MASTERCLASS w/Dennis Parker: Chamber Groups
  • 7pm: STARRY NIGHTS AND CHAMBER RECITAL

 

Friday June 21st

  • 7pm: FINAL RECITAL

Starry Nights @ CPI 2024: come one, come all!

You are invited to join us at one of the concerts on our Starry Nights at CPI Recital Series! Numerous concerts will take place within the next three weeks, both in person and via livestream.
 
Admission is free but donations are appreciated! 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Starry Nights I Faculty & Participant Recital: Friday, June 7th, 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Featuring: MET Assistant Conductor Howard Watkins, Jorge Parodi (Juilliard school),  playing cheerful Italian Opera overtures, joined by Christopher Turbessi and Amy Petrongelli interpreting Tom Cipullo’s Late Summer. And University of Michigan faculty Elena Lacheva and Ana Maria Otamendi will regale us with Mozart’s witty Four-Hand Sonata in D Major.

Faculty and Participant Recital: Saturday, June 8th at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Join us for a concert featuring faculty and participants playing art song, opera arias, four-hand repertoire, and more!

Participant Recital I: thursday, June 13th at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
A wonderful evening with a variety of music from Europe, Latin America, and the United States, performed by the wonderful participants of the Vocal Academy, the String Institute, and the Collaborative Piano Institute!

Livestream link: coming soon

Starry Nights II Faculty & Participant Recital: Friday, June 14th, 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Come hear Grammy-award winner Cecilia Duarte, collaborative piano legend Rita Sloan, LSU Faculty and renowned cellist Dennis Parker,  LSU Voice faculty Sandra Moon, with pianists Elena Lacheva and Ana Maria Otamendi.

Participant Recital II: Saturday, June 15th at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Join us for a concert featuring faculty Charles Goodman, Dennis Parker, Amaro Dubois and Simón Gollo side by side with participants playing piano quintets, brand new compositions by the participants of the Composition Intensive, and Latin American music!

livestream link:

Coming soon!

Starry Nights III Faculty Recital: thursday, June 20th, 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Martin Katz (world-renowned pianist) will perform Ravel’s whimsical Histoires Naturelles with fantastic baritone Jean-Bernard Cerin (Cornell University). Espen Lilleslåtten (LSU Professor of Violin) and Elena Abend will regale us with movements from Beethoven’s  joyful Violin Sonata No. 8; while Sandra Moon and Elena Lacheva will perform three versions of Paul Verlaine’s Claire de Lune.

Final Participant Recital: Friday, June 21st at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Come hear the final recital of the Collaborative Strings Institute, the Vocal Academy, and the Collaborative Piano Institute! In addition to new and exciting Latin American works, our wonderful faculty Espen Lilleslatten and Dennis Parker will perform with piano, string and voice participants during this recital that includes some of the most famous piano trios and quintets!

livestream link: coming soon

 

Silent Auction on 12/14/2023!

If you are interested in bidding for an item, please send an email to collaborativepianoinstitute@gmail.com with the item number and name, your name, and your bid.  Or better yet, come to the concert!

Items 1 and 2: “Music Box” sculptures by renowned cellist and visual artist Dennis Parker. The music boxes have sound. Starting bid is $400 each. 

Dimensions:

Dead Beat Violinist Music Box: Length: 9″ Depth: 8″ Height: 11″

Type O Shark Music Box: Length: 6″ Depth: 6″ Height: 13″

Item 3: A Happy Birthday/Happy Holidays video call from MET Opera star Paul Groves (for you or for a loved one). Starting bid is $100

Item 4: A Happy Birthday/Happy Holidays  video call from MET Opera star Michelle DeYoung (for you or for a loved one). Starting bid is $100

Item 5: One voucher for dance lessons at TC Dance International Dance Academy that includes:

4/40 Min. Private lessons
2/40 Min. Group lessons
1 Club Practice Party
Value: $400.00

Starting bid: $100

Item 6: One voucher for dance lessons at TC Dance International Dance Academy that includes:

4/40 Min. Private lessons
2/40 Min. Group lessons
1 Club Practice Party
Value: $400.00

Starting bid: $100

Item 7: A private piano concert by CPI founders, Elena Lacheva and Ana María Otamendi. Repertoire can be chosen between bidder and artists. Starting bid: $1,000

Holiday Harmony Recital This December 14th!

We are thrilled to invite you to our first Holiday Harmony recital, featuring CPI faculty and alumni performing festive tunes for your enjoyment!

The recital is free, so hurry and reserve your seat through EventBrite before we run out of chairs! This hour-long performance will also feature a silent auction, perfect for getting those last-minute presents.  Grab a sculpture by renowned cellist and visual artist Dennis Parker, a Happy Birthday Facetime call from an Opera Star from the MET, or a dance class package! Click here for details!

When: December 14th, at 7pm

Where: Rotunda of the LSU College of the Coast and Environment

 

Starry Nights @ CPI 2023: Our wonderful recital series

You are invited to join us at one of the concerts on our Starry Nights at CPI Recital Series! Numerous concerts will take place within the next three weeks, both in person and via livestream.
 
Admission is free but donations are appreciated! 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Starry Nights I Faculty & Participant Recital: Friday, June 9th, 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Featuring: MET Stars Paul Groves (tenor), Elizabeth Bishop (soprano), and Howard Watkins (Assistant Conductor)! With Rita Sloan and Kathleen Kelly (piano legends), Simón Gollo (violin, CSI Director, Reverón Piano Trio), Megan Ihnen (mezzo-soprano), Kimberly Sparr (viola), Dennis Parker (cello), Elena Lacheva and Ana Maria Otamendi (piano).

 

Starry Nights II Faculty and Participant Recital: Saturday, June 10th at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Join us for a concert featuring faculty Molly Redfield, Nanci Belmont, Dennis Parker, and Simón Gollo side by side with participants playing piano quintets, brand new compositions by the participants of the Composition Intensive, and Latin American music!

Participant Recital I: thursday, June 15th at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
A wonderful evening with a variety of music from Europe, Latin America, and the United States, performed by the wonderful participants of the Vocal Academy, the String Institute, and the Collaborative Piano Institute!

Livestream link:

Starry Nights III Faculty Recital: Friday, June 16th, 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Martin Katz and Warren Jones (world-renowned pianists) will perform with fantastic baritone Timothy Jones (University of Houston) and  LSU Faculty Dennis Parker. Espen Lilleslåtten (LSU Professor of Violin) and Elena Lacheva will regale us with a movement from Strauss Violin Sonata; Sandra Moon and Korliss Uecker, sopranos with long international careers will perform selections by Brahms, Dupont, and Edith Piaf.

Participant Recital II: Saturday, June 17th at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Come hear the final recital of the Collaborative Strings Institute! In addition to new and exciting Latin American works, our wonderful faculty Espen Lilleslatten will perform with piano, string and voice participants during this recital that includes the Vaughan Williams and Schumann piano quintets!

livestream link:

Final Participant Recital: Friday, June 23rd at 7:00PM

LSU School of Music Recital Hall 
Last chance to see the stars of the future: the Vocal Academy and Collaborative Piano participants will perform in an all art song recital! You’ll be seeing them first here before they take on the world!
 

livestream link: 

 

CPI 2023: Full Event List

Event Schedule

Week 1

Monday June 5th:

  • Orientation
  • Ana Maria Otamendi and Elena Lacheva: Collaborative Piano: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
  • Interactive Lecture: Poetry Reading
  • Alissa Rowe: The Role of the Pianist in the Choir Rehearsal

Tuesday June 6th:

  • Nanci Belmont and Charles Goodman: Bells and Whistles: Playing with Brass and Woodwinds 
  • Katie Travis MFA, Vocologist & Kelli Turczyn M.S., CCC-SLP, Vocologist: Vocal Health  
  • MASTERCLASS Simón Gollo (violin)
  • MASTERCLASS Howard Watkins: Now That’s What I Call Italian Arias! 
  • Q&A: Kathy Kelly, Howard Watkins, Rita Sloan 
  • Q&A: Elizabeth Bishop and Paul Groves 
  • Workshop with Alvaro Bitrán: How to Build a Career as a Chamber Musician 

Wednesday June 7th:

  • Ana Maria Otamendi: Learning Effectively 
  • MASTERCLASS Kathy Kelly: Ladies in Song 
  • Open Coaching with Howard Watkins & Krista Reneé Pape 

Thursday June 8th:

  • MASTERCLASS  Rita Sloan: Instrumental Music I, feat. Alvaro Bitrán (cello)
  • MASTERCLASS Elizabeth Bishop: Works in Progress
  • Kathy Kelly: Orchestral Reductions 
  • Q&A: Megan Ihnen (soprano)
  • MASTERCLASS Brian Nabors: Composition

Friday June 9th:

  • Megan Ihnen: Community Talk
  • MASTERCLASS Rita Sloan: Instrumental Music II
  • MASTERCLASS Paul Groves (tenor)
  • MASTERCLASS Mara Gibson (composition)

7 pm: Starry Nights @ CPI RECITAL 

Elizabeth Bishop, Megan Ihnen, Paul Groves (voice)

Kathleen Kelly, Rita Sloan, Howard Watkins, Ana María Otamendi (piano)

Simón Gollo, Kimberly Sparr, Dennis Parker (strings)

Saturday June 10th:

  • MASTERCLASS Kathy Kelly: Arias 
  • MASTERCLASS Brian Nabors (composition)

6 pm: FACULTY AND PARTICIPANT RECITAL Starry Nights @ CPI: II

Simón Gollo, Santiago Salazar, Kimberly Sparr, Dennis Parker, Molly Redfield (strings)

Nanci Belmont (bassoon)

Featuring World Premiere Works by Composition Intensive Program

Week 2

Monday June 12th:

  • Q&A: Warren Jones 
  • MASTERCLASS Warren Jones: Instrumental Music  
  • MASTERCLASS Timothy Jones: Oratorio and Concert Arias
  • Douglas Gordon M.D., The Musician’s Hand and Wrist: Preventing and Treating Injury (Virtual)
  • Brian Speck: Career Readiness Toolkit (for undergraduate singers)

Tuesday June 13th:

  • Ana Maria Otamendi: Latin American Chamber Music 
  • Workshop with Amy Petrongelli: I like to Move it, Move it!
  • Christopher Turbessi: Sight Reading 
  • MASTERCLASS Brian Speck: Aria Package
  • Brian Speck: Careers in Arts Administration 

Wednesday June 14th:

  • MASTERCLASS Warren Jones: Art Song 
  • Open Coaching with Martin Katz Open and Maura Schaefer
  • Open Discussion with Korliss Uecker Open (soprano)

Thursday June 15th

  • Ana Maria Otamendi: Spanish Diction 
  • MASTERCLASS Martin Katz: Instrumental Music 

7pm: OPEN CALL PARTICIPANT RECITAL

Friday June 16th

  • Amy Petrongelli: Diversifying Repertoire Resources 
  • MASTERCLASS Amy Petrongelli: Poetry in Song 

7pm: RECITAL

Starry Nights @ CPI: III 

Sandra Moon, Amy Petrongelli, Korliss Uecker, Timothy Jones (voice)

Warren Jones, Martin Katz, Elena Lacheva, Ana María Otamendi, Christopher Turbessi (piano)

 Espen Lilleslåtten, Dennis Parker (strings)

Saturday June 17th

  • Meet the Composer: Libby Larsen (Virtual) 
  • Elena Lacheva: Opera Prep Step by Step 

7pm: COLLABORATIVE STRINGS FINAL RECITAL

Week 3

Monday June 19th

  • Elena Lacheva: Beginner’s Guide to IPA I
  • Sandra Moon: Advanced German Diction 
  • MASTERCLASS Ana Maria Otamendi: Art Song in Spanish 
  • MASTERCLASS Alexandra Nguyen: Instrumental Music 

Tuesday June 20th

  • Elena Lacheva: Beginner’s Guide to IPA II
  • Ana Maria Otamendi: Advanced French Diction 
  • MASTERCLASS Martin Katz:  A Journey Through French Art Song
  • Q&A: Louise Toppin 

Wednesday June 21st

  • Alexandra Nguyen: Three-Tiered Listening 
  • Sandra Moon: Preparing a Recitative 
  • MASTERCLASS Louise Toppin: African American Art Song 
  • Q&A: Martin Katz 

Thursday June 22nd

  • Christopher Turbessi: What Really Makes Us Happy in a (Musical) Job
  • Sandra Moon: Life in the Fest Lane – Working in Germany (Virtual)
  • MASTERCLASS Martin Katz: Art Song by Hugo Wolf 

Friday June 23rd

  • Elena Lacheva: Preparing Recitatives 

7pm: FINAL RECITAL

Holiday Whimsy 2022!

The Holiday Whimsy is a celebratory hour filled with jubilant music, featuring LSU School of Music faculty members! The date is Thursday, December 1st, the hour is 4pm, and the place is the School of Music Recital Hall. Join us in a beautiful, informal concert, celebrating the end of classes with famous holiday tunes and music by Bach, Godard, Shostakovich, Villa-Lobos and others. 

Featuring: FREE COOKIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE,  and LSU faculty members: Loraine Sims, Sandra Moon, (voice); Lin He and Espen Lilleslatten (violin); Kimberly Sparr (viola), Dennis Parker (cello), Katherine Kemler (flute), Nanci Belmont (bassoon), Matthew and Jena Vangjel (trumpet), Charles Goodman (tuba), with pianists Laurence Hebert, Michael Gurt, Ana María Otamendi and Elena Lacheva, and a special guest performance by LSU’s own piano technician, Joe Rush! 

Click below for the program!

Holiday Whimsy 2022 Program

CPI 2022: Full Event List

This summer is more action-packed than ever! Check out this all-star lineup:

Monday June 6th:

  • Orientation
  • Elena Lacheva: Beginner’s Italian Diction
  • Ana Maria Otamendi: Advanced Italian Diction
  • Lecture Ana Maria Otamendi and Elena Lacheva: Collaborative Piano: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
  • Lecture Amy Petrongelli: Defining Success

Tuesday June 7th:

  • Elena Lacheva: Beginner’s French Diction
  • Ana Maria Otamendi: Advanced French Diction
  • Howard Watkins: Open Coaching 
  • Q&A: Kathy Kelly, Howard Watkins, Elvia Puccinelli, Korliss Uecker 

Wednesday June 8th:

  • Elena Lacheva: Beginner’s German Diction
  • Sandra Moon: Advanced German Diction
  • Lecture Jonathan Feldman: Choosing the Right Fingering I
  • Lecture Korliss Uecker featuring Lori Laitman: On Singers and Singing I 
  • Masterclass Kathy Kelly: Arias

Thursday June 9th:

  • Lecture Jonathan Feldman: Choosing the Right Fingering II 
  • Lecture Korliss Uecker: On Singers and Singing II
  • Masterclass Kathy Kelly: Art Song 
  • Hot Summer Nights Jazz Concert 

Friday June 10th:

  • Masterclass Elvia Puccinelli: Art Song 
  • Lecture Janice Grimes: Famous Concerti 
  • Masterclass Brian Speck: Aria Package 
  • Faculty Recital: Duos 

Saturday June 11th:

  • Lecture Kathy Kelly: Orchestral Reductions 
  • Brian Speck Q&A 
  • Masterclass Howard Watkins: Mozart Arias 
  • Participants Recital 

Monday June 13th:

  • Lecture Gjergji Gaqi: Playing for Ballet 
  • Lecture Darrel Hale: Prosody/Note Grouping and the Cardinal Rules of Phrasing
  • Zoom Lecture Jennifer Olson: Vocal Health 
  • Masterclass Ana Maria Otamendi: Art Song in Spanish!
  • Reeds: Cane Selection, Design Basics, and Practical Solutions – Darrel Hale

Tuesday June 14th:

  • Lecture Ana Maria Otamendi: Learning Effectively 
  • Masterclass Amy Petrongelli
  • Open Coaching Martin Katz
  • Strings Performance Lecture: Espen Lilleslatten on orchestra excerpts

Wednesday June 15th:

  • Guided Meditation and Constructive Rest Practice with Darrel Hale
  • Q&A: Martin Katz, Anne Epperson, Christopher Turbessi, Elena Abend
  • Q&A: Jean Bernard Cerin 
  • Masterclass Elena Abend: Instrumental Music 
  • Lecture Elena Lacheva: Opera Prep Step by Step 
  • Masterclass Sandra Moon
  • Strategies for Your Worst Orchestral Excerpts – Darrel Hale

Thursday June 16th

  • Darrel Hale: Guided Meditation and Constructive Rest Practice 
  • Lecture Kelley Kimball: Performance mindset and performance anxiety 
  • Lecture Tara Faircloth: Music Business 101
  • Masterclass Jean Bernard Cerin 

Friday June 17th

  • Masterclass Anne Epperson: Instrumental Repertoire I 
  • Lecture Sandra Moon: Life in the Fast Lane 
  • Lecture Christopher Turbessi: Sight Reading
  • The Singing Bassoon: Nanci Belmont 

Friday June 17th (continued)

  • Masterclass Martin Katz: German Lied

Saturday June 18th

  • Masterclass Anne Epperson: Instrumental Repertoire II
  • Lecture Megan Ihnen: Networking and Community Building
  • Faculty and Participant Recital

Monday June 20th

  • Entrepreneurship Roundtable with Simón Gollo, Ana María, Elena, and Amy  
  • Masterclass Christopher Turbessi: Art Song
  • Masterclass Martin Katz: Poulenc Banalités and other songs
  • Strings Performance Lecture

Tuesday June 21st

  • Masterclass Martin Katz: Instrumental Sonatas and chamber music
  • Art Song and Entrepreneurship Roundtable: Martha Guth and Jesse Blumberg
  • Zoom Lecture: Douglas Gordon MD Musician’s Hand and Wrist Q&A 
  • Masterclass Paul Groves
  • Lecture Christopher Turbessi: English Diction

Wednesday June 22nd

  • Masterclass Michelle DeYoung
  • Faculty Recital: Martha Guth, Michelle DeYoung, Paul Groves, Christopher Turbessi, Ana María Otamendi, Elena Lacheva

Thursday June 23rd

  • Masterclass Martha Guth: Contemporary Art Song
  • Final Participant Recital part 1
  • Featured Faculty Recital: Martin Katz and Jesse Blumberg

Friday June 24th

  • Final Recital