- Performance degrees from Cleveland Institute of Music, MM (Solo, Olga Radosaljevich;
Collaborative Piano Performance, Anne Epperson/Russell Miller; Orchestral Keyboard, Joela
Jones) - Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, BM (Piano, Joseph Schwartz, Lydia Frumkin
Organ, Haskell Thomson; Harpsichord, Lisa Crawford) - Private Study, Juilliard School (Victoria Mushkatkol, Jonathan Feldman)
- Diploma & Fine Arts Award, Interlochen Arts Academy and Camp (Piano, Victoria Mushkatkol; Violin, Julia Bushkova)
Experience
Liza nurtures a successful piano studio remotely as well as privately, for over 25
years.
Teaching specificities include concert/exam/competition preparation, collaborative/chamber
music coaching, facility in sight-reading/vocal diction/presentation, as well as technique and
musicality, for young children new to piano, up through high school, college/conservatory adults,
and continuing education for professionals/educators/presenters.
Bio
American-born Korean-Chinese musician Liza W. is a classical pianist/keyboardist, organist,
music director, chamber musician, and educator in Manhattan, performing regularly with
professional musicians in NYC in performance venues such as the Weill Recital Hall of
Carnegie Hall, the halls at Curtis Institute, Yale University, Columbia University, New York
University, Boston University, Indiana University Bloomington, Duke University, Ball State
University, Westminster College, Morehouse College, USAF Academy, and West Point; Walt
Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, CA), California Center (San Bernardino, CA), Van Wezel
Performing Arts Hall (Sarasota, FL), among countless other esteemed venues.
International presentations in Canada, Italy, Amsterdam, Poland, Switzerland, Canada, and
Grand Cayman. She has been a long-time affiliate of many prestigious organizations including
Barnard College/Columbia University, New York University, the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity (Organist), the Old Basilica of St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Organist, Substitute), the
Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, and Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, MI. She is
a regular pianist/collaborator of renowned musicians and director/pedagogues Amadi Azikiwe,
Rodney Marsalis, Jia-Yi He, Josephine Mongiardo, Harolyn Blackwell, and Catherine Malfitano;
As an organist, she has performed most recently internationally in Poland, Italy, and
Switzerland, as well as in NYC, in-services at the beautiful St. Patrick’s Old Basilica, St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Fifth Avenue, St. Paul’s Chapel, and the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity.
Member SAG-AFTRA since 2012. Liza is also Suzuki Certified.
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