| Thomas Mastroianni
Piano
  Thomas
Mastroianni is known for his recitals, lectures, concerto
appearances and chamber music programs throughout the United
States and in Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia, South
America and the Far East. He is Professor Emeritus of Piano
at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University
of America, having served this institution as Dean of Music
for nine years and as Chairman of Piano for twenty-five years.
Prior to this he was Chairman of Applied Music and Professor
of Piano at Texas Tech University .
A native of Pittsburgh, Dr. Mastroianni earned B.S. and M.S.
degrees from Juilliard where he was a scholarship student
of Beveridge Webster. After military service, he earned his
Doctorate in Piano Performance from Indiana University where
he worked with Bela Nagy and Sidney Foster.
Dr. Mastroianni is a frequent adjudicator at piano competitions
and has held offices in national organizations such as the
National Association of Schools of Music in which he was regional
vice-chairman and elected member of the Graduate Commission.
He is currently President of the American Liszt Society, Treasurer
of the Baltimore/Washington Chapter of ALS, Treasurer of the
Friends of Music of the Inter-American Conference, and Director
of the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation. Dr. Mastroianni
is a co-founder of the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy
and teaches, performs, and gives master classes there each
summer.
Dr. Mastroianni has taught courses in Piano Technique emphasizing
the physiological aspects of technique for the past thirty
years and has taught courses in "Wellness for the Performing
Musician". He has worked closely with members of the
medical profession in doing research into pianists' physiological
problems and has appeared with members of the medical profession
in workshop and lecture presentations and is co-author with
Dr. Richard Norris of two articles on the problems of the
performing musician. He was invited to present a series of
sessions on wellness at the 2002 World Pedagogy Conference.
His article on "Memory and Anxiety" recently appeared
in the ISSTIP Journal published in London.
Recently Dr. Mastroianni performed with the National Symphony
in Washington, DC , offered masterclasses, lectures and made
recital appearances in Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Rio di Janiero
and in New York.
His many workshops, master classes and lecture-recitals have
included topics such as "Performance Anxiety", "The
Team Approach to Wellness for the Performer", "Chopin
and Bel Canto", "The Italian aspect of Liszt"
and "Musical Memory". He has been a frequent lecturer
at Pre-Performance Previews at Wolf Trap Farm Park and at
the Smithsonian's Piano 300 exhibit.
Piano Program
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