Cliburn Kids on the Road at Chandor Gardens

Chandor Gardens Foundation Inc. is honored to be collaborating with The Cliburn to offer its music education program Cliburn Kids on the Road for elementary school age children (6 to 12 years old) on Thursday , March 20, 2025 in the Great Room of the Chandor house at Chandor Gardens, 711 W. Lee Ave, Weatherford, TX from 11:00 A.M. to Noon.

If you are looking for a fun interactive activity for your child during spring break this is it. Plus class participants and their family members are welcome to explore Chandor Gardens after the class.

The theme for this event is "What Makes A Hero?"
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a pianist?! A musical conversation about heroes, from caped comic book characters to heroes we meet in everyday life; told through the lens of how Van Cliburn used the superpower of music to connect people around the world.

Featured music:

BEETHOVEN–LISZT Symphony No. 3 “Eroica,” S. 464/3

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor: II. Romance

BENZECRY Toccata Newen

CHOPIN Etude op. 10, no. 12 “Revolutionary”

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo

HOUGH Fanfare Toccata

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Sara Doan began studying piano at the age of 3 with Donna Edwards. Under her tutelage, Ms. Doan won top prizes in several state and regional competitions. She earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in piano performance at the University of North Texas, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at TCU.

Ms. Doan has performed with the Meadows Symphony Orchestra in Dallas and the North Texas Symphony Orchestra in Denton. She has presented recitals across Texas, and in Oklahoma, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. In December 2010, Ms. Doan served as guest artist in the First International Piano Festival of Bogotá, Colombia where she performed, taught master classes, led discussions, and served on the competition jury.

Ms. Doan has served as collaborative pianist-in-residence at Southeastern Oklahoma State and adjunct professor of piano at the University of North Texas. She maintains a private studio in the DFW area and is an adjunct professor at Tarrant County College -Northwest Campus, while performing regularly with her chamber groups, Trio 8831 and Apana Trio. She also presents lectures and educational programs through the Fort Worth Music Fund and Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth.

Passionate about collaboration, pianist Michael Bukhman is active internationally as a chamber musician, adjudicator, and pedagogue. An award-winning pianist, he has been a top-prize winner and medalist in several international piano competitions.

Currently associate professor of collaborative piano and chamber music at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Michael participated in the inaugural concerts of the Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU. Working with musicians from the Dallas and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras, he has also been featured in the Metamorphosis Dallas ensemble, the Spectrum Chamber Music Series, and the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth. He also established a local chapter of Music for Food, an international community outreach program, generating thousands of dollars to benefit the Tarrant Area Food Bank.

Prior to his appointment to TCU, Michael served as guest artist-in-residence at the Oberlin Conservatory, and on the staff and pre-college faculty of the New England Conservatory. He also taught at Bard and Vassar Colleges. While at Bard, he founded Play/Chat@Bard, a concert series showcasing young musicians in performance with informal conversation.

Michael attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he became the first in that institution’s history to graduate with Honors in Piano Performance. He holds MM and DMA degrees from The Juilliard School.

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