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Dr. Karen SavageClinical Assistant Professor of Music Office: Kimbrough 258 |
Praised as a "tour de force" (Santa Barbara News-Press) and for the "breathtaking beauty and pure lyricism" of her playing (Le Soleil, Vancouver), Karen Hsiao Savage won second prize with husband Jeffrey Savage in the two-piano division at the 2006 Concours Grieg International Piano Competition in Oslo, Norway. During the competition their duo, 882 (Eighty-eight Squared), performed with members of the Oslo Philharmonic.
An active performer, Karen Savage joined the prestigious Perlman Music Program in its China tour, including a residency at the Shanghai Conservatory and a live national broadcast from the Shanghai Theater. She has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Merkin Hall, and has performed in community outreach concerts through the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation, Sing for Hope, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Recent collaborations include those with singers Randall Scarlata, Kathleen Flynn, Benjamin Sosland, and violist Melia Watras.
Ms. Savage completed masters and doctoral degrees in collaborative piano at The Juilliard School under full scholarship. She also holds a masters degree in piano performance from Juilliard, a bachelor's degree from the University of Victoria, and performance diplomas from the Victoria and Toronto conservatories. Major teachers include Yoheved Kaplinsky, Jonathan Feldman, Samuel Sanders, Margo Garrett, Robin Wood, Winifred Wood, and Edward Parker.
Currently she serves on the faculty of Washington State University's School of Music, where she teaches piano and chamber music and coordinates accompanying. Projects for 2008-2009 include a recital in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall by 882 featuring the premieres of newly commissioned works by Heather Schmidt and Daniel Ott.
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