Featuring students of Kathryn Woodard who auditioned for this concert to be held in Weill Recital Hall and sponsored by the Philadelphia Music Teachers Association
“Her playing is clear and lucid… She has created a highly personal style…” -- Fanfare
“[Satoh’s ‘Birds in Warped Time’] was nothing short of stunning.” -- The Washington Post
“… both a formidable technician and a sensitive artist.”
-- The Dallas Morning News
Acclaimed American pianist Kathryn Woodard is a noted interpreter of new music, having performed premieres of works by Harold Blumenfeld, Ge Gan-ru, Paula Matthusen, Allen Otte, Alan Sentman, Somtow Sucharitkul, and many others. She is also increasingly active as a composer with recent premieres presented by Liberty City Arts in Philadelphia. As an educator she maintains a thriving teaching studio and regularly presents workshops on teaching movement to musicians at venues around the world. Her work as a scholar has focused on bringing attention to the music of twentieth-century Turkish composers.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Woodard holds the DMA and MM degrees in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and earned an undergraduate diploma in music pedagogy from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany. Her main teachers include Jo Boatright, Yasuko Matsuda, Gitti Pirner, Sandra Rivers, Alexander Volkov, and Frank Weinstock, and she also participated in master classes and coachings with Paul Badura-Skoda, Gerhard Oppitz, György Sandor, and James Tocco among others. After holding academic appointments at CUNY Hunter College and Texas A&M University, she now focuses on pedagogical initiatives that reach piano students of all ages, including publications of the music she has researched. Visit www.soniccrossroads.com to learn more.
“In einem Dasein” by Kathryn Woodard with Amanda Staub, mezzo-soprano, presented by Liberty City Arts:
Sage Fogle performs “Water Sprites” by Kathryn Woodard
Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford, 147 High St., Medford, MA
As part of a recital featuring vocalist Dana Lynne Varga and pianist Sage Fogle.
As part of a recital featuring vocalist Dana Lynne Varga and pianist Sage Fogle
As part of a recital featuring vocalist Dana Lynne Varga and pianist Sage Fogle
“Addressing Artistic Limitations Through Basic Applied Anatomy”
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2026 PMTA Conference at Seton Hill University
Kathryn Woodard will present as an invited clinician at the 2026 Conference of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.
Links
~Watch Kathryn‘s latest series of tutorials called “The Three-Hand Problem” covering pieces that require playing and hearing three or more parts at once for intermediate to advanced players.
~Teaching demos that cover various aspects of Kathryn’s action research are available on the Creative Learning and Teaching playlist.
~Listen to Victory March by Leyla Saz and arranged for concert band by Kathryn Woodard at And We Were Heard...
Listen
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Cendrawasih 6:010:00/6:01
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Ge Gan-ru: Si 15:370:00/15:37
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Birds in Warped Time II 12:400:00/12:40
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Sequence (1999) 10:150:00/10:15
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Vertical Thoughts II 4:050:00/4:05
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Sotto voce - III 2:490:00/2:49
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0:00/3:19
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Capers: Blue-Bird 1:300:00/1:30
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Cats on the Prowl 1:070:00/1:07
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Circling Birds 1:090:00/1:09
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0:00/3:07
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Distant Fire 1:540:00/1:54
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There Be Dragons 2:580:00/2:58
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Sonata, 3rd Movement 1:230:00/1:23
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Goofy Goblins 0:570:00/0:57