Master Classes:                   Aug 4-6, 2:00 pm-5:00 pm PDT

Private lessons:                   Aug 4-6 9am-12pm PDT

Performance Concerts:  July 22, Aug 5, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm PDT

Master Classes

Dr. Robert Palmer, Piano 

Pianist Robert Palmer's career spans three continents, with solo, orchestral and chamber music appearances throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His students, who hail from throughout the world, on both the university and high school level have been prize-winners in more than 125 state, national, and international competitions.  Palmer has appeared on the summer faculties of the ARIA international music festival in the United States, the Rencontres Estivales au Moulin in France, the “Musical Summer” International Festival and Master Classes in Spain, and the Interharmony International Music Festival in Germany and Italy.  He has adjudicated international piano competitions in Russia, England, and Thailand as well as national piano competitions in the US including the American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship awards.

Aaron Pike, Music Composition

Muisc composer Aaron Pike holds a Masters of Music Composition from SFCM,  is an active music educator and composer in the Bay Area. He is published by Santa Barbara Music. He has had works performed at Rice University, The Brevard Music Center, San Francisco Conservatory and Brigham Young University-Idaho. He was a featured composer at the 2008 New Music Festival at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, the winner of the 2009 Marion Richter American Music Composition Award through the National Federation of Music Clubs, Finalist for the 2010 ASCAP Morton Gould Awards and winner of the 2010 Biannual Choral Competition at the San Francisco Conservatory.