Piano Masterclass with Jarred Dunn

Master Class with Concert Pianist and Yamaha Artist, Jarred Dunn

Saturday, January 25

Third Street Music School

1:15pm Open Master Class with focus on etudes (Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall)

3:30 pm and 4:30 pm Third Street Piano Honors Master Class (Barbara E. Field Recital Hall)

Masterclass - Instructors/Guest Artists will work with individual Third Street students and ensembles in front of an audience. All are welcome to attend/observe.

About Jarred Dunn

Jarred Dunn is the first prize and concerto award winner of the Lithuanian Chopin International Piano Competition, and top prizes at the Jan Hoffman, Rome, Bari, and Verona International Competitions. He has been featured on CBC/Radio-Canada, WWFM New York, WQXR New York, Madison Classical, 96.3 New Classical FM, and Belarus First Radio. He performs with ÃTMA Quartet, violinist Anna Kuk as Duo Mirage, in piano duo with Maria João-Pires and Anna Górecka, including premiere recordings of Górecki piano duo works. His discography includes Chopin and Debussy (AFA), Brahms: in Solitude, Chopin’s Diary: The Mazurkas (Lexicon), and Górecki’s complete piano music (forthcoming). CBC/Radio-Canada features him on Top Thirty Under Thirty: Hot Canadian Classical Musicians, This is My Music, and Five Things I Learned from Maria João-Pires.

Brahms in Solitude was described in LaScena Musicale and Piano Professional (EPTA) as a five-star album which critics noticed, “Dunn’s precision, sense of musical direction, and knowledge of the piano’s every colour are on display…like Radu Lupu, Mr. Dunn is a thinking pianist who knows how to place every note.” After recording Chopin’s Diary: The Mazurkas, in the 2023-24 concert season he performed the complete Chopin Mazurkas in Montreal, New York, and Bielsko-Biała.

He performs as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras in North America, Europe, and Australia, including National Polish Radio Symphony, Toruń, Budapest Chamber, Cantus, Belarus Radio/TV, Vilnius Chamber, Sinfonia Toronto, and Niagara Symphony Orchestras, among others. In his repertoire are over 40 concerti. He plays recitals and chamber music concerts at Hindemith Center, Opera de Bordeaux, Warsaw NIFC Museum, Yamaha Center, Canadian Music Centre, Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, Owen Arts Center, Cavatina Hall, NOSPR Katowice, Vilnius Town Hall, Juilliard School, Klavierhaus Göttingen, Klavierhaus NYC, etc.

A pedagogue noted for his insight and understanding of piano technique, he has given lectures and mater classes at the Juilliard School, Mannes College, Oberlin College, SMU Meadows School, McGill University, Royal Academy of Music, Katowice Academy, Bydgoszcz Academy, and pre-colleges in Canada, the USA, Australia, and Europe. He teaches at Semaine Internationale Piano et Musique de Chambre, Tonebase Summer Piano Festival, Chetham’s Summer School for Pianists, Talent Music Master Courses. As a Tonebase Artist, he mentors pianists and teachers worldwide. He regularly serves as a juror in national and international competitions.

Dr. Dunn is also an award-winning author, including Górecki’s World of Piano (Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield Press), articles in CMEA Journal, Canadian Music Teacher, and Piano Magazine (Clavier). He has won distinctions, grants, and awards for his pianistic, pedagogical, and scholarly achievements. While still pursuing his Doctorate at McGill University Schulich School of Music, he was invited to its faculty. He is on the Alumni Committee of Aspen Music Festival and School. He studied with Peter Longworth, Jacob Lateiner, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Dorothy Taubman, Robert Levin, Anna Górecka, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Maria João-Pires, and Andrei Gavrilov.

About Master Classes

A master class is a special opportunity for students and guests to watch and learn from a guest teacher and expert in their area. Guests work with students as a group or one at a time in front of an audience. The guest can engage with students and audiences in a variety of ways, often providing feedback on how to improve their technique, expression, and interpretation.

Guests may also share stories about their experiences such as their career, learning a piece, working with a composer, demonstrating how to play certain passages, and point out common issues and ways to improve.

All spectators and students can benefit from observing a master class and learning master's teaching and listening to the different versions of the piece.

Master Classes are always free and open to the public to observe.

Questions About the Master Class or Workshop?

Contact: Third Street Music School

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Tickets & Attendance

RSVPs are first come, first served.

RSVPs are required of all attendees, including children. An adult must accompany all children.

An RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Free events are oversold to accommodate drops.

Same-day walkups will be accepted, Remaining seats will be released before the start of the show as space permits.

Venue Policies

This venue is accessible to wheelchairs

Large items including strollers and carts are not permitted in the hall but can be left in the lobby at the owner's discretion. Third Street does not assume liability for any theft or damages.

No food or drinks are permitted in the Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall

No pets allowed, service animals only

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