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2025 Colorado Taubman Approach Workshop and Concert
August 8, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - August 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm MDT
$237
- $237 in-person and online attendance ($217 early bird discount until July 8)
- Students 50% discount (Discount does not apply to private lessons)
- Work study opportunities also available for a 50% discount (discount cannot be combined with student discount)
Deadline to submit questions is July 8!
Concert attendance included for workshop participants.
Can’t make it in person? Online option and unlimited access to videos available to all registrants after the Workshop!
Friday, August 8: Welcome Concert, Orientation
Saturday, August 9: Presentations
Sunday, August 10: Private lessons
PRESENTATIONS
| For first timers: | |
| Getting to Know the Taubman Approach Elizabeth Grace |
Elizabeth Grace will discuss the principles of the Taubman Approach, focusing on coordinate motion and correct alignment. She will address the common causes of tension, fatigue and poor tone. Through musical examples, she will demonstrate how to incorporate these movements into playing resulting in ease, accuracy and success. |
| For anyone: | |
| Shrink the Distance: Tricks for Making All Notes Feel Close Brenna Berman |
The Taubman Approach not only teaches how to move in a coordinated, effortless manner; it also teaches us to think outside the box, experiment, and strategize to make our music easier to play. Many of the Taubman tools shorten the perceived distance between notes. Some tools minimize the movements needed to achieve the distances, and others are mental tricks that convince the brain that distances are smaller than they are. Ms. Berman will explore several of these tools in detail. |
| From Day One: Intentional Hand Coordination for Faster, Deeper Piano Learning Yoriko Fieleke |
Yoriko Fieleke will explore the importance of coordinating both hands from the very beginning of learning a piece. Drawing on the Taubman approach and its concept of the interdependence of the hands, she will show how intentional practice from the outset can significantly enhance learning speed, performance quality, and memory retention. |
| Problem-Solving Practice Strategies for Teachers and Performers Elizabeth Grace |
Pianists spend many hours at the piano practicing for accuracy and success. Elizabeth Grace will discuss how to diagnose problems and practice efficiently, incorporating principles of the Taubman Approach. Using musical examples, she’ll show how students can effectively narrow in on pianistic issues and discuss practice strategies that will ensure consistent success for teachers and performers alike! |
| For advanced Taubman trained Pianists: | |
| The 3D Path- A Revolutionary New Strategy for Combining Movements Brenna Berman |
Taubman-trained pianists are accustomed to understanding movement in 3 dimensions using in and out, shaping, and walking hand and arm movements. Ms. Berman will show how we can combine those 3 dimensions into one unified path for ease of learning and performance. She will also show illustrations and props that help communicate these paths from person to person. |
| For teachers: | |
| Taubman Pedagogy for Younger Students and Adult Beginners Yoriko Fieleke |
Yoriko Fieleke will demonstrate helpful tools for teaching each element of the Taubman Approach to students in your studio for quick results. She will also share some games you can use to teach the basic Taubman movements to the younger students. Teachers who attend the workshop are welcome to sign up students to work one-on-one with Ms. Fieleke during this session. |
| Clinics and Master Classes |
| Chances to work one-on-one with Master Teachers Brenna Berman, Hugo Bermudez, Yoriko Fieleke, Elizabeth Grace, Ron Stabinsky. No need to have fully performance-ready works. All participants are encouraged to bring any question they would like to be addressed at these sessions. |
| Performances |
| Welcome Concert! Works by Ponce, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Stabinsky, and Kapustin with pianists Hugo Bermudez, Ron Stabinsky, and Brenna Berman. |
