CollabFest

CollabFest is today! CollabFest 2022 is October 12-15, online! The conference for collaborative pianists, by collaborative pianists.

Register now at www.ikcas.org. Membership to the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society includes admission to CollabFest and access to recordings after the event.

Back by popular demand! Join fellow collabs for CollabFest’s Saturday evening concert: the “Collabaret Showcase Concert” featuring pianists from across the globe: ​​Seehee Lee, Chih-Yi Chen, Sallie Pollack, Mo Suet Ng, Thomas Jesty, Miho Fisher, Ana Maria Otamendi, Chialing Hsieh, Jooyeon Chang, Emely Phelps, K.M. Melody Ng, Zach Gulaboff Davis, Timothy Hoekman, Piaowen Tan, and more!

Register for CollabFest October 14-16 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Non-member admission to CollabFest is also available. Questions? Contact [email protected].

A can’t miss event! On Saturday, October 15th at 15:45-17:00 CDT Joela Jones and Steven Harlos will present “The Orchestral Keyboardist: Lessons learned from careers with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra” at CollabFest 2022.

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Mark your calendars! On Saturday, October 15th from 13:00-14:30 CDT the incredible panel of Anne Epperson, Gordon Back, Mitsuko Morikawa, and Rebecca Wilt will present “Playing for Instrumental Competitions” at CollabFest 2022.

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

On Saturday, October 15th from 10:15-11:45 CDT the incomparable Jean Barr will present an Instrumental Masterclass at CollabFest 2022.

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

You won’t want to miss this! On Friday, October 14th from 18:00-19:30 CDT Grant Gershon and Jeremy Frank will present “The Pianist in the Choral Setting: A discussion from both sides of the podium, with lessons from the Los Angeles Opera Chorus” at CollabFest 2022.

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Check this out! On Friday, October 14th from 16:30-17:30 CDT Verónica Villegas Rojas will present “Teaching diction to Spanish speakers” at CollabFest 2022.

“The Spanish phonetic catalog is limited when compared with other languages, i.e., French sixteen French vowel sounds vs. five in Spanish. Let’s explore Spanish phonetics to address the main problems that Spanish speaking singers have when singing in foreign languages to help them expand their phonetic inventory.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Don’t miss this! On Friday, October 14th from 14:00-15:00 CDT Russell Harlow, Leslie Harlow, Richard Jones, and Pamela Jones will present “Adapting and Presenting Baroque Chamber Music for Modern Instruments Using Piano or Continuo” at CollabFest 2022.

“This lecture discusses the process of performing Baroque repertoire using piano as continuo. It then explores how the same players reimagine and respond differently to the same repertoire when playing with harpsichord & cello/gamba with a historically inflected response, creating a different and artistically valid interpretation of the same piece.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Mark your calendars! On Friday, October 14th from 11:30-12:45 Laura Loewen, Judith Siebert, and Valerie Dueck will present “Bridging Distances: A Community Model for Collaboration” at CollabFest 2022.

“A key strength amongst collaborators is our ability to build community. With isolation already a job hazard, we deeply felt the profound silence created by COVID. In this interactive talk, we will explore how harnessing our pre-existing strategies for connecting and community-building can help us rebuild towards a new normal.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

You’ll want to join CollabFest 2022 for this event! On Friday, October 14th from 10:00-11:15 Myriam Reynolds will present “I’m nobody, who are you: Exploring imposter syndrome in the collaborative world” at CollabFest 2022.

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

You won’t want to miss this! On Thursday, October 13th from 19:00-20:30 CDT James McQuillen and Zachary Peterson will present “Playing Musical Theatre” at CollabFest 2022.

“Join James and Zachary for a discussion of techniques and approaches to playing musical theatre. This session will discuss styles, genres, and strategies for the various scenarios in which you may counter in musical theatre repertoire.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

A can’t miss event! On Thursday, October 13th from 15:45-17:00 CDT Kathleen Kelly will present “Expanding the Canon: exploring new ways of teaching and interacting with song literature” at CollabFest 2022.

“There’s a shared call to teach song literature more inclusively. How do we build structures of knowledge and confidence for new and lesser-known repertoire? Kelly shares the first phase of a long-term project that garners the power of crowdsourcing to reimagine our engagement with these questions.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Have you heard about this upcoming event? On Thursday, October 13th from 18:00-18:50 CDT Katie Hughes will present “Vocal Arranging for Pianists” at CollabFest 2022.

“This presentation will discuss how to arrange popular tunes for varying vocal ensembles, from duets to SATB. We will talk about how to use Finale efficiently and how to clearly notate music for singers. Katie will share my experience with the most effective teaching strategies I have found when working with these groups.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

You won’t want to miss this! On Thursday, October 13th from 14:15-15:30 CDT Arlene Shrut will present “Vocal Coaching: The Sister Art” at CollabFest 2022.

“An exploration of how coaches for classical singers develop and grow, differences between coaching and collab playing, and a discussion of different types of coaches. Lecture plus Q and A.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Share your projects!

Please make note of the CollabFest informal Virtual Poster Session on Wednesday, October 12th from 19:00-20:00 CDT where all IKCAS members are invited to share recent and upcoming projects! Bring your recordings, visual aids and joys to share with one another!

Join CollabFest! On Friday, October 13th at 9:15am Central, Graham Johnson will present a masterclass on Lieder and mélodie.

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

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Mark your calendars! On Thursday, October 13th from 13:00-14:00 CDT Christina Wright-Ivanova will present “Collaborative Piano & New Vocal Repertoire: Coaching Consideration in New Art Song” at CollabFest 2022.

“This lecture will focus on vocal coaching ‘tips-and-tricks’ for work with singers in art song from the late 20th century to today, including how to best support healthy and informed vocal experimentation from our singers in the coaching studio.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Put this on your calendar: On Wednesday, October 12th from 14:15-14:45 CDT Mei-En Chou will present “An introduction of AFTERMATH: A song cycle by Ned Rorem” at CollabFest 2022.

“Aftermath, the song cycle Rorem wrote in the wake of 9/11, expresses a dark, angry or mournful picture of war and its aftermath. This presentation will introduce this rarely-performed vocal chamber cycle with an analysis of selected movements.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

You won’t want to miss this! On Wednesday, October 12th from 13:00-14:00 CDT, Nico de Villiers will present “Poetic Bookends in Song: Richard Hageman’s Settings of Tagore and Nathan” at CollabFest 2022.

“Composer-poet pairs such as Britten and Auden, Copland and Dickinson, Bonds and Hughes are familiar to us. Richard Hageman had two go-to poets: Rabindranath Tagore and Robert Nathan. This presentation explores Hageman’s development as a song composer through his settings of these poets’ words.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

A can’t miss event! On Wednesday, October 12th from 16:30-17:30 CDT Juliet Preston will present “Developing Skills in Collaborative Pianists: Preparing the Next Generation of Working Musicians” at CollabFest 2022.

“When teachers see their students as “future working pianists,” routine lesson activities can be a gold mine for cultivating specific skills that collaborative pianists need and foster their confidence to say “Yes” to collaborative music-making.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Check out the CollabFest 2021 schedule! CollabFest is Wednesday, October 12 - Saturday, October 15 and there's still time to register!
Visit www.ikcas.org to register! IKCAS Members receive access to CollabFest 2022 recordings through the end of the year.

Questions? Contact us at [email protected].

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Is this on your calendar? On Wednesday, October 12th, Jessica Koebbe will present “Festival Fun and Foresight:How to Plan for and Execute an International
Music Festival” at CollabFest 2022.

“Interested in putting on a music festival somewhere fun or exotic? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you understand all that is involved. From fundraising and advertising to venues and housing, this session will give you a sense of whether or not this type of work is for you. Jessica Koebbe and her PRCCP team have successfully launched both an international virtual and in-person collaborative piano festival in Puerto Rico and are eager to share what they have learned along the way.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

Check out this upcoming presentation! On Wednesday, October 12th from 15:45-16:15 CDT Aubrie Jacobson will present “The Personal is Musical: Programming in Today’s Graduate School Setting” at CollabFest 2022.

“This presentation will explore many crucial considerations for planning an engaging and imaginative doctoral collaborative piano degree recital. Today, it is important not only to create a cohesive program to advocate for the field of collaborative piano, but also to promote inclusivity and connect authentically with all audience members.”

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

CollabFest is less than two weeks away! Register now at www.ikcas.org for the seventh annual international conference for collaborative pianists, by collaborative pianists!

Join CollabFest! On Friday, October 13th at 9:15pm Central, Graham Johnson will present a masterclass on Lieder and mélodie.

Register for CollabFest October 12-15 now at www.ikcas.org. International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society members receive admission to CollabFest 2022 and access to recordings after the event. Questions? Contact [email protected].

The world needs you and your special superpowers!

Come recharge with us October 12-15 at CollabFest 2022, where the inimitable Graham Johnson will be our keynote speaker and master clinician. We are thrilled to have Graham with us and to be able to interact with him in real time!

I sincerely hope you will consider joining us as we use our super-powers to save the world one phrase at a time by listening and responding to each other in the moment with head and heart.

We are stronger together!

Register now at

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Superheroes, its almost time……and we need YOU to submit your work because IKCAS is eager to celebrate your artistry, creativity and accomplishments!
CollabFest 2022, October 12-15!

Registration is automatic with IKCAS membership.

Please visit www.IKCAS.org for more information and registration.

We have a diverse, interactive, enriching and renewing lineup of presentations, masterclasses, discussions, and performances for our annual superhero summit (fully virtual because we are devoted to international, real- time access and conversation).

And (here’s where we need you!) there are many opportunities for you to share your work,

including masterclasses with

Graham Johnson

Jean Barr

and

Arlene Shrut

Apply with a Lieder or Mélodie recording for the Graham Johnson Masterclass!

Those with Lieder or Mélodie recordings of approximately 10 minutes are encouraged to apply. Submission instructions below*.

Apply to perform on the Jean Barr Instrumental Masterclass!

Those with a recording of instrumental repertoire and who will be available with their partner during CollabFest for the masterclass are encouraged to apply. Submission instructions below*.

Apply to receive feedback on your coaching during the Arlene Shrut Masterclass!

Those with a 15-20 minute recording of their coaching are encouraged to apply. Submission instructions below*.

Apply with a performance recording to be featured during the evening Collabaret Concert!

All repertoire is welcome, and we particularly encourage repertoire by underrepresented composers. See submission instructions below*.

Apply to share your latest project with the IKCAS Community during our Virtual Poster Session!

If you’d like to share what you’ve been working on (whether its completed or in process) in these sessions, please send a 100 word abstract about the project following the submission instructions below*.

Also…if you would like some personalized career counseling or feedback on your teaching or coaching…

Apply to have an IKCAS-Designated Mentor meet in small groups to discuss your career questions, or to review and discuss a video of your teaching/coaching of chamber ensembles, instrumental duos, song or operatic literature!

Email us your career direction questions, and/or submit a video of up to 20 minutes total length in the format below*.

As always, please reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions, ideas, or requests. We are here to serve YOU, the pianist partner!

Wishing you well, and looking forward to seeing each other soon!

*To submit videos for consideration for masterclasses and Collabaret, please fully complete the following two-step process before September 10**

Please note: performers for the classes must be the same as in the submitted recording. Masterclasses and sessions will take place on Oct 13, 14, and 15.

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Reminder: IKCAS' Interview Event is tomorrow, Saturday, November 13th 7-9pm CST!

Questions? Need the zoom login information? Contact IKCAS at [email protected]

Need to practice those interview or audition skills? Join IKCAS for Practice Auditions and Interviews Saturday, November 13th from 7-9pm CDT! Login information will be sent to IKCAS members via email. Questions? Contact IKCAS at [email protected]