Piano students can learn from one of the best (in training, that is) at a master class Sunday, Jan. 8.
The Yarilo Music Series, hosted by Tri-City music teachers Anna Levy and Greg Myers at their Port Moody home, is bringing in former student Richard He, who is studying piano performance at the prestigious Eastman School of Music in New York.
He will perform a couple of pieces, including Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 9, and talk about his experiences learning the finer points of piano performance one of the top music schools in the world. He won a full scholarship to attend the school in 2010.
"We would like him to share with other students his hard and sometimes crazy times in his studies, as I call it, the 'Music Studies for Real,'" Levy joked.
Levy has invited a handful of her students who are pursuing music careers but she hopes other piano students from throughout the Tri-Cities, as well as the general public, come to perform, talk or just sit back and watch the informal class in action.
The free master class is at Levy's home, where she and Myers have been hosting the Yarilo Music Series of music concerts. The entire lower floor of the home has been converted to a music studio and comfortably sits up to 60 people.
The class is on Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. at 34 Shoreline Circle, Port Moody. Anyone who would like to attend is asked to call 604-936-9752 or visit www.annalevypiano.com for more information.
