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Turkey, Yasar University, Izmir. May 5, 2011, Oscar E. Macchioni May 2011

Turkey, Yasar University, Izmir. May 5, 2011, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Invited to perform as part of the 2011 Chamber Music Days at Yasar University.


Review: Anthology Of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Keyboard Music, Edited By Susanne Skyrm, With Calvert Johnson And John Koster, Oscar E. Macchioni Mar 2011

Review: Anthology Of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Keyboard Music, Edited By Susanne Skyrm, With Calvert Johnson And John Koster, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Review appeared in the March/April issue of American Music Teacher, a publication of MTNA, 2011.


University Of South Florida, Tampa. March 6, 2011, Oscar E. Macchioni Mar 2011

University Of South Florida, Tampa. March 6, 2011, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Lecture-Recital "The Tango in American Piano Music. Selected Tangos by Thomson, Copland, Barber, Jaggard, Biscardi and Bolcom."


The 21st Century Piano Teacher By Claire Wachter, Oscar E. Macchioni Dec 2010

The 21st Century Piano Teacher By Claire Wachter, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

"I observed one of the most interesting and advance use of technology when I saw the Roland Lab at the University of Texas at El Paso [...] Most important Dr. Macchioni has a practical perspective on the use of technology in teaching...."


Ernst Widmer’S Kosmos Latinoamericano: A Progressive Piano Method, Oscar E. Macchioni Dec 2010

Ernst Widmer’S Kosmos Latinoamericano: A Progressive Piano Method, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Article. Published February/March Issue, 2011.

Latin American piano repertoire for the elementary to intermediate level is not an easy subject since most of the available scores of famous Latin American composers are for the late intermediate or advanced level. Ernst Widmer (1927-1990), a Swiss composer who moved to Bahia, Brazil in 1956, composed Kosmos Latinoamericano between 1978 and 1982. It is an eclectic collection of 146 pieces organized in four volumes ranging from the beginner to the intermediate/advance levels. It includes an array of musical elements such as: original compositions and improvisations; readings and exercises; popular melodies and rhythms from …