ANDREW WILLIS

School of Music
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

P. O. Box 6170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

phone: (336) 334 5508 (ans. machine)
fax: (336) 334 5497

e-mail: aswillis@uncg.edu
http://www.uncg.edu/~aswillis


EDUCATION
D.M.A. in Eighteenth-Century Historical Performance, Cornell University, 1994
Thesis: “Free Variation of Repeated Passages in Mozart's Keyboard Music”
Fortepiano study with Malcolm Bilson

M.M. in Piano Accompaniment and Chamber Music, Temple University, 1982
Piano study with George Sementovsky, Lambert Orkis

B.M. in Piano, The Curtis Institute of Music, 1972
Piano study with Mieczyslaw Horszowski
 
 

TEACHING

Professor of Music, School of Music, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2006-
Associate Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1999-2006
Assistant Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1994-1999

Courses taught:
Undergraduate and Graduate Performance Studies in Piano, Fortepiano, Harpsichord
Undergraduate Accompanying for Piano Majors (2003-)
Piano Literature I (to 1800); Piano Literature II (1800 to present)
    (every other academic year since 95-96)
Graduate seminars:  
The 18th-Century Piano (fall 94)
The 19th-Century Piano Sonata (spring 95)
Techniques of New Music for Piano (spring 97)
The Mozart Piano Concertos (fall 96, spring 01)
Haydn’s Keyboard Music (fall 98)
The Pianist’s Bach (fall 00)
Performance Practice on Historical Keyboard Instruments (fall 02)
Beethoven’s Late Piano Music (fall 04)

Teaching Assistant, Cornell University Department of Music, 1990-92, 1994

Individual Instruction in Piano
Freshman Writing Seminar: “Sound, Sense and Ideas”


Adjunct Assistant Professor, Franklin and Marshall College, 1989-90

Piano course comprising individual instruction and lectures


Instructor, The New School of Music, 1974-86

Individual Instruction in Piano, Chamber Music Coaching

MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS                               

Cornell University Fortepiano Workshop, with Malcolm Bilson and David Breitman, 25 participants, 
    July 05   

UNCG Fortepiano Workshop, 6 players, attendance 50, June 02

Masterclasses:  Central Conservatory of China (Beijing) and five other Chinese conservatories, Eastern Music Festival, Oberlin Piano Festival, numerous U.S. universities, music teachers' associations, and early music organizations


PERFORMANCE

Recording

Albany Troy 674:  Andrew Willis Plays American Piano Music, works by Amlin, Fine, and Copland

Bridge 9168:  Visions Intérieures: The Developing Song Cycle, with soprano Georgine Resick

Claves CD 50-9707/10: Beethoven Sonatas Opp. 49/2, 26, 54, 106, WoO 57, in sonata cycle on period             fortepianos, a project directed by Malcolm Bilson

Newport Classic NPD 85614: Schubert Winterreise, 1827 version, 2 Moments Musicaux, with Julianne Baird, soprano

Vox 7542: Schubert Night Songs, 3 Moments Musicaux, with Julianne Baird, soprano

Albany Troy 530:  Rossini in Venice, with Julianne Baird, soprano

Centaur 2562:  The Russian Clarinet, will Kelly Burke, clarinet

Albany Troy 145:  Music of Ibert, with Sue Ann Kahn, flute

CRI SD 531:  Music of Rochberg, Luening, Schickele, with Sue Ann Kahn, flute

Capstone CPS 8609:  Music of Leo Kraft, with Sue Ann Kahn, flute
 

Concerto
Magnolia Baroque Festival, Winston-Salem NC, summer 06: Mozart Concerto in C, K. 467

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, John Hsu, spr 06: Mozart Concerto in F, K. 459

Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro NC, summer 01:  Mozart Concerto in C, K. 415

Apollo Ensemble, John Hsu:  Mozart K. 449, 2000, 1992; Mozart K. 459, 1991

Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Karl Middleman: Beethoven Concerto No. 2 and Choral Fantasy, 1998; Beethoven Concerto No. 4, 1995

Mozart Society of Philadelphia, Davis Jerome:  11 Mozart concertos, 1984-2001.  
    Most recent performance: K. 415, May 2001

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Carl St. Clair:  Mozart Concerto for two pianos, 1990


Recital

Tour of China, May/June 05, 9 recitals in Shenyang, Yingkou, Dalian, Qingdao, Xi’an, Chengdu, and Beijing

Bloomington Early Music Festival, recital on Ferrini fortepiano replica, spr 05

Harpsichord Center of Los Angeles, inauguration of restored 1800 Schmid fortepiano, fall 04

Music for a Great Space, Greensboro NC, debut playing 1848 Pleyel, fall 04

Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville MD, 1850s Broadwood, fall 04

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC, inauguration of Regier fortepiano, winter 04-05

San Diego Harpsichord Society and Harpsichord Center of Los Angeles, winter 03-04

National Music Museum, Vermillion, SD, May 2003:  Recital on 1815 Thÿm fortepiano

U. of Notre Dame, South Bend IN, inauguration of Regier fortepiano with soprano Georgine Resick, spring 02

Oberlin College, Oberlin OH summer 01

Amici della Musica di Cefalù, Palermo, Italy, October 2001: Beethoven Sonata Cycle, Opp. 49/2, 26, 54, 106 on period instruments

Accadèmia Bartolomèo Cristofori, Florence, Italy, November 1999: Beethoven Sonata Cycle, Opp. 49/2, 26, 54, 106 on period instruments

University of NC at Greensboro, 1994-2002. In 97-98 season, five recitals on seven keyboard instruments     ranging from harpsichord to modern piano

Numerous recitals at U. S. colleges and universities including Wake Forest University, 2005; Rutgers         University, Camden NJ, 1994-2006; Brevard College, 2002; Shorter College, Rome GA, 2000; Longwood College, Farmville, VA, 1998; Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, 1998; Occidental College, Glendale, CA, 1998, 1993; Duke University, Durham, NC, 1994, 1995; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1990-94

University of NC at Chapel Hill, 1997, Lecture-recital, Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 106

Utrecht Festival of Early Music, 1994, Beethoven sonata cycle on period instruments (Opp. 26, 106)

Merkin Hall, New York, 1994: Cornell University Beethoven Sonata Cycle on period instruments (Opp. 49/2, 26, 54, 106, WoO 57)



Chamber Music

Series and festivals
“Music for a Great Space,” Greensboro NC, on 1840’s pianos, 1999, 2005
Artist Faculty Chamber Series, UNCG School of Music 2002-
Vicksburg International Chamber Music Festival, 2002
Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro NC, period-instrument ensemble, 2000/01
Music for a Great Space, Greensboro NC, 19th-c. period-instrument trio, 1999
July in Jordan series, New England Conservatory, Boston MA, 1998
Garth Newel Music Festival, Hot Springs VA, 1998
International Bartók Festival, Szombathely, Hungary, 1996 (2-piano duo)
Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber Series, 1985-90
1807 & Friends Chamber Ensemble, Philadelphia PA, 1985-90, 2005


Continuing associations

Eisenstadt Trio (period-instrument trio), 1997-, recitals at Duke University, North Carolina Museum of Art, Middlebury College, others

Duo with Julianne Baird, soprano, 1996-, recitals at Curtis Institute, Rutgers University, others

Duo with Sue Ann Kahn, flute, 1980-, recitals at Merkin Hall, recordings 

Orchestra

Piano and celesta, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1985-88


PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA
Music Teachers Association of California, Los Angeles, July 2006

Lecture-demonstration:  “Beyond the Limits:  Enlivening Classical Repertoire through the Fortepiano”


College Music Society National Meeting, Quebec, Canada, November 2005

          Lecture:  “ ‘I Must Have a Pleyel:’ in Search of Chopin’s Piano Ideal”


Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society Annual Meeting, Duke University, Durham NC, March 2003:
Lecture:  “ ‘I Must Have a Pleyel:’ in Search of Chopin’s Piano Ideal”


College Music Society International Meeting, San José, Costa Rica, June 2003:

Performance of Sonata No. 7 by Martin Amlin


“Four Centuries of Great Keyboard Instruments: What They Tell Us,” joint conference of Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, and Western Early Keyboard Association at National Music Museum, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, May 2003:

Recital on 1815 Thÿm fortepiano


“Schubert and the Art Song:  175 Years of Winterreise,” symposium at Trinity College, San Antonio,
TX, October 2002:

Lecture:  “The fortepiano from Mozart to Schubert”
Master class
Performance of Winterreise with Julianne Baird, soprano

“Beyond Notation:  The Performance and Pedagogy of Improvisation in Mozart’s Time,” conference co-
sponsored by the University of Michigan and the Westfield Center, Ann Arbor MI, September 2002

         Opening remarks
         Three workshops on improvisation
         Recital performance, “Music in a Viennese Salon”
         Recital performance, “Amadeus and Friends”


Oberlin College Conservatory International Piano Festival and Competition, July 2001

Guest Recital
Lecture-demonstration: “ ‘The Undamped Register is the Most Pleasing for Improvisation:’ What Early Pianos Teach Us about Pedaling”

Ohio Music Teachers Association State Convention, Columbus, October 2000
Lecture/master class: “Classical Style in the Light of the Fortepiano”
Convention guest recital

North Carolina Music Teachers Association State Convention, Greensboro, October 2000
Host concert: Mozart Concerto in C, K. 415, with the Gate City Camerata


Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society International Meeting, London, England, August 1999

Performances: Clementi, Dussek, Cramer on 1830 Collard & Collard


Music Teachers National Association National Convention, Los Angeles, CA, March 1999

Demonstration/discussion with Thomas Schumacher: “‘You say portato, I say portato:’ the influence of the fortepiano on Mozart interpretation”


College Music Society, Regional Meeting, March 1997

Lecture-recital: “Anthony Philip Heinrich and the Dawning of Music in Kentucky”


Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society and Southeastern Association for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Joint conference, Florida State University, March 1996

Lecture-recital: “A. P. Heinrich: A European Musician Encounters the American Frontier”


Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society, Washington University, April 1996

Lecture-recital: “C. P. E. Bach’s ‘Indispensable’ Varied Reprises”

FOCUS ON PIANO LITERATURE       
                           
Summer Symposium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Director since 2003

2006:  Russian Romantics
Lecture:  “The Russian Salon: Liadov, Cui, et al”
Lecture:  “Medtner”
Performance:  Glazunov Variations, Op. 72; Glinka Viola Sonata

2004:  J. S. Bach
Lecture:  “What Has Performance Practice Done for Me Lately?”
Lecture-demonstration:  “Bach’s Keyboards”
Performances:  Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria,” Bach-Busoni 3 Chorale Preludes, Toccata in C minor,
Concerto in C for 2 claviers

2002:  Beethoven
Performance:  Sonata in B flat, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”
Lecture:  “The Structure of Freedom:  Beethoven’s Paradoxical Fantasy, Op. 77”

2000:  New Works
World premiere performance:  Sonata No. 7, by Martin Amlin, as dedicatee
Performance:  Four Preludes, by Martin Amlin
Lecture-recital:  “The Music of Martin Amlin”

1999:  Chopin
Performances:  Cello Sonata, Ballade in f minor on 1841 Bösendorfer
Lecture:  “The Ballades”

1998:  Haydn
Performance:  Featured recitalist in solo and chamber repertoire using harpsichord, clavichord, Viennese fortepiano and English fortepiano
Panelist: Closing discussion and question period

1997:  Brahms
Performances:  Sonata for Two Pianos, Variations on a Theme of Schumann   
Lecture-demonstration: “51 Exercises”                

1996:  Clara Wieck Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Performances:  Clara Schumann Piano Sonata, Three Romances

1995:  Bartók
Lecture:  “Overview of Bartók’s Piano Music:  Styles, Genres, Sources”    
Lecture-recital:  “Bartók’s Études, Op. 18:  Romantic Technique in a Brave New World”
Performance:  Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion


ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Early Music America, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Fall 2006), “Jouez le Fortepiano! An Interview with Malcolm Bilson” 

Early Keyboard Journal 22 (2004), review of Franz Liszt:  Étude de Concert No. 1, Deux études de concert No. 1 et 2,    pour piano:  Manuscrits et premières éditions.  Presentation Alex Szilasi. Éditions J. M. Fuzeau, 2002.

MLA Notes, ser. 2, v. 59: no. 1 (September 2002),  review of Mozart’s Piano Concertos:  Dramatic Dialogue in the Age of Enlightenment, by Simon P. Keefe
 

Westfield: Newsletter of the Westfield Center, Vol. XIV, No. 1-2 (2001), review of Piano Roles: Three
Hundred Years of Life with the Piano, James Parakilas, ed.
 

Piano and Keyboard, January 2000, reviews of CD’s:

Scarlatti on Fortepiano, by David Schrader
Eckard: Sonates et Menuet pour le piano forte, by Arthur Schoonderwoerd
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, by Susan Halligan with Paul List


Piano and Keyboard, September 1999, review of videotape, The History of the Pianoforte:
A Documentary in Sound, by Eva Badura-Skoda
 

Piano and Keyboard, March 1999, review of The Pianoforte in the Classical Era, by Michael Cole
 

Early Keyboard Journal 16-17 (1998-99), review of The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn,
by László Somfai, and Haydn’s Keyboard Music, by Bernard Harrison
 

Piano and Keyboard, November 1998, article, “Beethoven Sonatas, Divided by Seven”
 
 

ADMINISTRATION

Director, Focus on Piano Literature, UNCG School of Music, Greensboro NC 2003-.  Responsible for planning and execution of two-and-a-half day symposium on rotating piano music topics.  Ongoing biennial event.

Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society, Secretary, 2000-2004; President, 1998-2000; Vice-President, 1997-98, Board Member-at-Large, 1996-97. Served on planning committees for week-long conference in London, England, August 1999, and annual Conclaves at UNCG,Greensboro NC, March 2000; University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, March 2001; and Moravian College, Bethlehem PA, March 2002

Curtis Institute of Music Alumni Association, Board of Directors, 1998-2000, 1984-90; President, 1988-90

1807 & Friends Chamber Ensemble, Artistic Director, 1985-90
 
 

ADJUDICATION

Old Dominion University Classical Period Piano Competition Finals, 2006
NCMTA Collegiate Piano Competition, 2002
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Concerto Competition, 1999
Wake Forest University Performance Competition, 1999
NCMTA High School Piano Competition, 1995, 1997, 1998
MTNA Southern Division Yamaha High School Piano Competition, 1995
 
 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

North Carolina Music Teachers Association (Music Teachers National Asoociation)
College Music Society
Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society
Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society
Western Early Keyboard Association
The Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Instruments
Early Music America
The American Beethoven Society
The Mozart Society of America
The Leschetizky Association
Society for Eighteenth-Century Music