Adult Piano Workshop

Leander Bien, Director, has degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music and the Sibelius Academy. Formally on faculty at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Lehigh University, Moravian College and the Levine School of Music (Washington, DC), he currently maintains a private teaching and coaching studio in Maryland. He has performed throughout the US, in Europe and Southeast Asia as soloist and collaborative artist. Also a composer, his work is published by Mentor Music and has been featured on National Public Radio and at the National Flute and Society of Composers conventions.

English pianist Andrew Harley studied at Oxford, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and the University of Southern California. Formerly Head of Collaborative Piano at the University of North Carolina/Greensboro, Andrew has taught in the Collaborative Piano Program at the Juilliard School, served as guest professor at USC, and is pianist at the Kamp-Lintfort Festival in Germany. Currently Associate Director of Collaborative Piano at the Aspen Music Festival, Andrew’s performing career spans the US and Europe, and includes collaborative performances with many of today’s leading artists, among them Lynn Harrell and Denyce Graves.

Victor Galindo, a faculty member at the Levine School of Music (Washington, DC), has performed in Europe, Russia and Latin America. He earned degrees in performance and piano pedagogy at the University of Michigan and the University of Montana, and his teaching was recognized with an award from the Fifth Biennial National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. Victor is the author of several music books for young pianists. He also has an interest in international socio-economic development, having worked in USAID programs in Latin America. He received a master’s degree in Public Policy Management from Georgetown University.

Betty Ann Miller holds Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees in Piano Performance from the New England Conservatory, SUNY at Stony Brook, and Rutgers University, respectively. In demand as a recitalist, teacher and lecturer/clinician, her specialties include the works of women and modern composers. Dr. Miller has been guest artist at the Chautauqua Institute, and has studied and performed abroad in Italy and London. Her critically acclaimed CD of women composers on the Centaur label was sponsored by an award from the MTNA. Her principal teachers include Gilbert Kalish, Richard Goode, Alan Feinberg and Paul Hoffman. She maintains a private studio in Washington, DC.

Kristin Mozeiko, a musician and AmSAT-certified Alexander Technique teacher based in Brooklyn, NY, leads optional group and one-on-one sessions in the technique for resolving movement problems that cause chronic pain and stress for performers and athletes. Kristin serves on the faculty at Queens College and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and French Horn performance. She is completing her doctoral studies in Music Education.