INTERNATIONALLY distinguished Filipino-Canadian concert pianist and
pedagogue Dr. Ross Salvosa will give a Piano Teachers Workshop on Thursday,
January 30, 2020, from 9:00, am – 6:00 pm. This will be followed by a Piano Masterclass
on Friday, January 31, 2020. Both events
will be held at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater). This is a program of the Cultural Center of
the Philippines in partnership with the Embassy of Canada.
The Workshop has three modules: “Path of Least Resistance”, 9:00 am –
11:00 am; “Creating vs. Regurgitating”, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm; and “Road to
Parnassus”, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. The
masterclass the following day will carry the same schedule.
Ross Salvosa is one of the most sought-after teachers in the Pacific
Northwest. He is a seasoned adjudicator
and has served in the juries of national and international piano competitions
including the Seattle International Piano Festival and Competition and the
National Music Competitions for Young Artists. He is renowned for developing prodigious
talents from early formative ages to professional artists. He frequently gives masterclasses in Canada,
USA, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, and the Philippines. He is the director of the Concord Institute of
Performing Arts in Vancouver-BC and also an artist-faculty at the Chopin
Academy of Music in Issaquah-Washington. He is a senior advisor to the board of the
Vancouver Clef Music Society and has served as artistic director of the Music
Without Borders Society.
He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of British
Columbia and was a recipient of the Mildred Johnson scholarship award under the
guidance of Corey Hamm, Sara Buechner, Mark Anderson, Kenneth Broadway and
Ralph Markham. He earned his Master of
Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Conservatory of Music at Lynn
University on a full scholarship under the tutelage of Roberta Rust. He also studied with Philip Evans, Maria Rosa
Oubiña, Frida Conn, Reynaldo Reyes, Emilio del Rosario, Mauricia Borromeo,
Perla Suaco, Ruby Salvosa, Abelardo Galang and Artemio Panganiban.
For more information and reservations, please email the CCP Artist
Training Division at ccp.artist.trainng@gmail.com or call 8832-11125 loc. 1605. (PR)
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