Teaching has always been a very important part of my life and my career. I love teaching as much I love performing. I do believe that only through teaching a performer can truly understand most aspect of playing and instrument.
I have a great studio raging from graduate students in piano at UTEP to the most precious 7 y.o beginners. My teaching is based in mutual respect. Students are first human beings, then pianists, so for me the human aspect is crucial for the development of a great musician.
I am very proud of the $250.000 Digital Keyboard Lab
I envisioned and installed at UTEP through a grant from the Brown Foundation Inc., of Houston. This state-of-the-art facility is unmatched by any other piano lab in the world. It incorporates the latest technology and teaching aid including SmartBoard, imaging processors and cameras.
SmartBoard split in 3 quadrants showing: score, side keyboard and pedals
Currently, I am a Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of Texas at El Paso. I In the past years I served as Graduate Teaching Assistant for Class Piano and Studio Piano at the University of Arizona, and as Artist in Residency and Research Assistant (RA) for the College of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona. I have worked for Santa Cruz School District in Nogalez, Arizona, through their grant "La Vida en Artes," with the Corridos Project. The final product was the production of a play and performance of the corridos written and composed by the students.
To learn more about my teaching philosophy and to access UTEP's syllabi clicking here
I was interviewed by The Piano Education Page in August of 2007.
Workshop for EPMTA on Baroque Performance Practices
You are listening to Waltz, from Souvenirs Op. 28 by Samuel Barber. Eduardo Conde Garcia and Oscar Macchioni, pianos.