Master Class and Workshop with Katie Lansdale

Saturday, December 14, Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall

Masterclass 1:15pm – 2:15pm

Masterclass – Instructors will work with individual Third Street students in front of an audience. (All are welcome to attend/observe)

About Tony

Tony Lu is an active faculty member of Sonata and Summer Sonatina International Piano Camp in Bennington, Vermont. He teaches students from age 7 to 80+ both in person and online. His teaching areas include piano instruction, piano duet and ensemble, chamber music, western music history, music analysis, and historical keyboard improvisation. His research areas include classical keyboard improvisation pedagogy, piano solo and duet transcriptions of symphonic/chamber works, and 20th/21st century neoclassical solo literature.

Tony earned his MM in Piano Performance from Austin Peay State University in 2021. He was the instructor for several undergraduate and graduate level music history, applied piano, and chamber music courses at Austin Peay. He collaborated with various Austin Peay faculty in chamber performances.

Tony is a 2018 Bennington College graduate where he earned his BA degrees in Mathematics, History, and Music. Tony has worked closely and performed with many Bennington College music faculty both on and off campus. Such venues include Park–McCullough Historic House, Bennington Center for the Arts, Third Street Music School in New York City, Lincoln Center, and Sage City Symphony. Tony also worked as a piano tutor, music history and analysis lecturer, and accompanist helping students in the Bennington music department.

Tony started learning and playing the piano at age 5 and due to his visual impairment, he has always learned music by ear. He began to study in the US in 2013 and has performed with various chamber music groups and orchestras in high school including Alton Symphony Orchestra.

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

email: info@thirdstreet.nyc

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