Angela Leising-Catalan
Astoria, New York
angela.leising@gmail.com
www.angelaleisingcatalan.com
EDUCATION
Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy
Ohio University, Athens, OhioJune 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Piano Performance and Pedagogy
University of Nebraska, Kearney, NebraskaMay 2004
CERTIFICATIONS
Music Together Teacher Training, Music Together LLC
October 2015, New York City
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Independent Piano Instructor since 2001 in New York City, Princeton New Jersey, Athens Ohio, and Kearney Nebraska
Piano Faculty, The New School for Music Study, Princeton, New Jersey August 2008 – March 2017
Teacher, Music Together family classes, Queens and Brooklyn, New York January 2016 - present
Piano Faculty, Brooklyn Musical Arts, Brooklyn, New York October 2011 – May 2013
Class Piano Instructor for Music Majors and non-Music Majors, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio August 2004 – May 2006
Piano Faculty, Athens Community Music School, Athens, Ohio September 2006 – June 2008
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ACCOMPANYING EXPERIENCE
Summer Choral Program Accompanist, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Twin Lake, Michigan June – August 2006 – present
Accompanist, Athens Community Children’s Choir, Athens, Ohio August 2006 – May 2008
Staff Accompanist, The University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio January 2008 – May 2008
Opera Workshop Accompanist and University Singers Accompanist, Ohio University, Athens, OhioAugust 2004 – May 2006
Accompanist, Blue Lake International Choir, European Tour (Germany, France, Denmark) June – July 2005
Freelance vocal and instrumental accompanist, Kearney, NE; Athens, OH; Princeton, NJ; New York, NY, August 2000 – present
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CHURCH MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Associate Organist, St. Jerome Catholic Church, Bronx, New York December 2011 – present
Director of Music/Worship Service Pianist Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey November 2008 – June 2011
Director of Music/Worship Service Pianist, Clark’s Chapel Methodist Church, Athens, OhioAugust 2006 – August 2008
Worship Service Pianist, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Kearney, Nebraska August 2002 – August 2004
Worship Service Pianist Trinity Lutheran Church, Arapahoe, Nebraska May 1998 – August 2000
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RELATED EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant for author Dr. Christopher Fisher, in preparation for the writing of “Teaching Piano in Groups”, Oxford University Press, 2010.
January 2008 – August 2008
Music Librarian for The New School for Music Study. Duties included new music acquisitions, ordering and disbursements, cataloguing, and inventory.
September 2009 – August 2011
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ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE
New Jersey Music Teachers Association Spring Festival, Princeton, New Jersey April 2016
Kentucky Music Teachers Association Spring Piano Festival, Louisville, Kentucky March 2013
Piano Teachers Forum Spring Festival, Lawrenceville, New Jersey March 2011
Southest Ohio Music Teachers Association Pianothon , Athens, Ohio April 2008
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AWARDS
Steinway Educational Partner, September 2014
STAR Award for Excellence in Student Teaching, awarded by the local chapter of Music Teachers National Association, June 2006
Outstanding Senior Award, Department of Music and Dance for achievement and excellence, University of Nebraska, Kearney May 2004
Concerto Competition Winner, University of Nebraska, Kearney March 2004
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, July 2013 Contributor for presentation “Planning for Progressive Growth in the Intermediate Years”. Presented by Sara Ernst, Todd Van Kekerix, and Elissa Miller-Kay, with contributions by Angela Leising-Catalan and Karen Dalley-Jesson.
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REFERENCES
Sara Ernst, Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy, University of South Carolina email: sernst@mozart.sc.edu
Raymond Bonwell, Director of Programs, Erdman Center of Continuing Education at Princeton Theological Seminary email: raymond.bonwell@ptsem.edu
Kelli Falls, Director of Choirs, Parker Middle School, Howell, Michigan email: fallsk@howellschools.com
Rebecca Pennington, Administrative Director, The New School for Music Study, Princeton, New Jersey email: rpennington@nsmspiano.org