Below is a list of events that occurred during the sixth Amateur
Competition. All events took place on TCU Campus. Click here for a TCU
Campus Map.
"How Can a Wrong Note Be
Perfect?" with William Westney
Co-presented by the Van Cliburn Foundation and the Fort Worth
Piano Teachers Forum
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Choral Hall, Walsh Center for Performing Arts, TCU Campus
No tickets required.
Is perfectionism healthy or not (and when)? Should we avoid
mistakes or embrace them? How can our musical pursuits retain their
natural joyousness and physical comfort while we pursue high goals?
In this lively and candid presentation, pianist and author William
Westney will challenge much of the "conventional wisdom" about
music lessons, relating musical processes to other fields of
endeavor and recent neurological findings. Attendees are invited to
bring in specific technical "trouble spots" from their repertoire
for demonstration work during this insightful lecture. This event
is free and open to the public.
Biography: William Westney, top piano winner of the Geneva
International Competition and a competitor in the 1969 Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, has had a uniquely refreshing and
invigorating impact on the world of music pedagogy. Not only is he
in great demand as a keynote speaker and conference presenter, but
his acclaimed and trailblazing book The Perfect Wrong Note:
Learning to Trust Your Musical Self (Amadeus Press) has sold
over 15,000 copies worldwide and is a required text in many college
pedagogy courses. Winner of many teaching awards, Westney is also
the originator of the "The Un-Master Class" workshop (profiled in a
featured New York Times article), which has been given
hundreds of times over the last 25 years at major conservatories,
universities, and conventions around the world from Beijing to
London, Seoul, Helsinki, Vienna, New York, and many more.
Piano Marathon
Thursday, May 26, 2011
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Ed Landreth Hall, TCU Campus
No tickets required.
Competitors not selected to advance to the Semifinal Round are
invited to perform their remaining repertoire for the public.
Screening of "They Came to Play"
Thursday, May 26, 2011
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Moudy 131N, TCU Campus
No tickets required.
Life comes between us and our dreams. Sometimes, we are lucky
enough to be reunited. When your dreams call will you answer? THEY
CAME TO PLAY is an uplifting feature-length documentary chronicling
the passion, pressure and potential surrounding the Fifth
International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs™ hosted by
The Van Cliburn Foundation, a prestigious event which reunites
seventy-five of the world's best amateur pianists with their
dreams, if only for a brief time.
Entertaining, irreverent and, above all, inspiring, the film
provides an intimate look into the lives of these colorful,
multi-faceted competitors as they strive to balance the demands of
work and family with their love of music. Years of dedicated
preparation culminate in critical performances before a
professional jury and discerning audience during three
nerve-wracking elimination rounds.
Press Jury
Symposium
Co-presented by the Van Cliburn Foundation and the Arts Council of
Fort Worth and Tarrant County
Saturday, May 28, 2011
10 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Pepsico Recital Hall, TCU Campus
No tickets required.
Doug McLennan, founder and editor of Artsjournal.com and
director of the National Arts Journalism Program, will lead the
distinguished representatives of the national press--including arts
critics from The Dallas Morning News, The Boston
Globe, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia
Inquirer, and the Los Angeles Times--in a compelling
open panel discussion. Hear these top journalists' takes on the
topics most effecting today's arts scene--amateurism vs.
professionalism in performance and visual arts, as well as in the
written critiques of that art; what that may mean for the future of
criticism; technology's ever--increasing and changing impact not
only on how art is promulgated, but also on the live patron
experience. The panel will welcome questions from the audience.
This event is free and open to the public. Click here to view
the listing and bios for members of the press jury.
Piano
Texas
From May 18 - June 28, 2011, Piano Texas International Academy
& Festival will also be taking place on TCU campus. This marks
the 30th anniversary year for Piano Texas! Click
here for more information about Piano Texas.
