ALAN FRASER – Curriculum Vitae 2015
Conference Presentations
2016 OMTA (Ohio Music Teachers Association) Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker –
Recital, Lectures, Master Class.
2015 CFMTA (Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations) Bi-annual Convention,
Vancouver, Canada: Wellness & Use of the Body – Biotensegrity, the Skeleton &
Musicianship at the Piano.
2015 MMTA (Minnesota Music Teachers Association) Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker: 3 Presentations,
Master Class & Lecture Recital: Rachmaninoff & Goethe – Faust & the D minor Piano
Sonata Op. 28
2014 TMTA (Texas Music Teachers Association), Houston: Using Technique to Improve Your
Professional, Performing and Teaching Life
2014 MTNA Annual Convention, Chicago: New Strategies for Wellness and Artistic Integrity in
Piano Playing
2013 CFMTA Bi-Annual Convention, Halifax, Canada: Your Mind, Your Skeleton &
Feldenkrais at the Piano
2013 EPTA International Annual Convention, Dusseldorf, Germany: Qualities of Emotion
and of Touch: Internal vs. External Motion in Music Performance
2012 PMTA (Pensacola Music Teachers Association) Annual Meeting, Pensacola, Florida:
Master Class, Recital & Presentation: The Hand’s Arches: Unsuspected Source of
Power and Artistic Expression in Piano Playing
2011 MMTA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN: You Can Play the Piano With Your Skeleton?
2011 EPTA Netherlands Annual Meeting, Nunspeet, Holland: The Mind, The Skeleton,
The Piano – Towards a New Pedagogy
2010 World Piano Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia: Feldenkrais for Pianists and other Musicians
2009 University of St. Thomas Summer Workshops in Piano Pedagogy,
Minneapolis-St. Paul: 1-day presentation & master class
2008 EPTA Austria Annual Meeting, Linz, Austria: Master Class – Feldenkrais at the
Piano for a More Artistic Piano Technique
2008 CFMTA/MTNA Wellness Symposium, New York: Empowering Musicians –
Mind, Body & Spirit: 1-day seminar: The “Body”
2007 EPTA Serbia Annual Conference, Novi Sad: “Skeletal-Based” Piano Technique
2007 German Feldenkrais Guild Annual Convention, Düsseldorf: New Strategies to
Empower the Body’s Relationship to the Piano
2006 German Feldenkrais Guild Annual Convention, Stuttgart: The Craft of Piano
Playing DVD – Bringing Feldenkrais to the Piano
2004 EPTA UK Annual Meeting, Bath, UK: The Craft of Piano Playing and Feldenkrais
Exercises for Pianists
2003 ISSTIP Summer Course, Trinity College, London: Feldenkrais for Musicians
2002 Conference on Music & Medicine, King’s College, London: Effective Use of the
Skeletal Frame at the Piano
2001 World Piano Pedagogy Conference, Orlando, Florida: panel member,
Musicians & Wellness Symposium
Book & DVD Publications
2016 Skeletal Wisdom: Reuniting Mind & Body with Feldenkrais (148 pp, Maple Grove Music Productions (MGMP), Novi Sad, Serbia)
2016 The Craft of Piano Playing for Kids: Skeletal-Based Piano Technique in Your Teaching Studio (172 pp., MGMP, Novi Sad, Serbia)
2016 Transforming the Pianistic Self-Image: Your Inner Conductor, Expressively Directed Micro-Timing and Biotensegrity at the Piano
(370 pp., MGMP, Novi Sad, Serbia)
2014 Piano! Die neue Leichtigkeit des Klavierspiels (The Craft of Piano Playing, German translation) Von Loeper Verlag, Karlsruhe
2014 Nos Deux Mains Gauches (All Thumbs, French translation) (325 pp., MGMP, Novi Sad, Serbia)
2012 All Thumbs: Well-Coordinated Piano Technique (320 pp., MGMP, Novi Sad, Serbia)
2011 Umeća Sviranje Klavir (The Craft of Piano Playing, Serbian translation) (CLIO Publishing House, Belgrade, Serbia)
2011 The Craft of Piano Playing: A New Approach to Piano Technique, 2nd Edition (500 pp., Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD)
2010 Honing the Pianistic Self-Image: Skeletal-Based Piano Technique (420 pp., MGMP, Novi Sad, Serbia)
2009 A Study Guide to The Craft of Piano Playing (60 pp., MGMP, Novi Sad, Serbia)
2006 The Craft of Piano Playing: A New Approach to Piano Technique – DVD (90 min., (MGMP, Novi Sad, Serbia)
2003 The Craft of Piano Playing: A New Approach to Piano Technique (450 pp., Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD)
Journal Publications & Reviews
2010 MTNA E-zine Journa article: Discovering the Thumb: the Hand’s Flying Buttress
2009 MTNA E-zine Journal article: Discovering the Hand’s Skeleton & Sensory-Motor Education
2009 MTNA E-zine Journal article: Discovering Unstable Equilibrium in Our Bodies & Hands
2008 PianoNews, Germany article: Rubinstein, Cathedral Arches & the Hand’s Skeleton
2005 ISSTIP Journal, UK article: My ‘Conversion Experience’ with Arm Weight
2007 American Music Teacher: The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – DVD review
2007 La Lettre du Musicien, France: The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – DVD review
2006 International Piano, UK: The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – DVD review
2006 PianoNews, Germany: The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – DVD review
2004 PIANO Magazine, UK: The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – book review
2004 Piano Professional Magazine (EPTA UK): The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – book review, Nadia Lasserson
2004 ISSTIP Journal, UK: The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – book review, Manus Carey
2003 American Music Teacher: The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fraser – book review, Louis Nagel
Recitals – Selected
August 2015 St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown
August 2015 The Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
September 2014 The Colmar Conservatoire, Colmar, France
September 2014 The Chava Shelav Feldenkrais Centre, Vussem, Germany
August 2013 Pamoja Hall, Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks, Kent, Great Britain
January 2012 Freies Muzik Centrum, Stuttgart, Germany
July 2013 Earle Recital Hall, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
July 2012 Concord Community Music School, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
July 2012 Helen Hills Chapel, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
April 2011 Bonn Piano Center, Bonn, Germany
October 2009 Heidelberg Town Hall, Heidelberg, Germany
CD Recording
1997 Russian Recital (unreleased)
Employment
2011-date Director and Chief Instructor, The Alan Fraser Piano Institute
2006-date Artistic Director and Head of Research & Development, Maple Grove Music Productions, Novi Sad, Serbia
1992-date Independent Expert Co-Worker, piano, The Art Academy of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Websites
www.alanfraser.net ; www.craftofpiano.com ; www.pianotechnique.net ; www.maplegroveproductions.com
www.pianotechnique.org
Academic Degrees
1990-1999 Post-Graduate Specializations, Piano Performance, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. Kemal Gekić, professor
1992 Professional Diploma in the Feldenkrais Method, Hawaii, Jerry Karzen, Educational Director
1987 Master’s of Music, Piano Performance, McGill University, Montreal, Tom Plaunt, professor
1984 Diploma in Advanced Music Performance Studies, Piano, Concordia University, Montreal, Phil Cohen, professor
1980 Bachelor of Music, Honours Theory, McGill University, Montreal
1972 High School Leaving Diploma, Lower Canada College, Montreal
Scholarships & Awards
1990-99 Full Tuition Scholarship recipient, Government of Yugoslavia
1990-92 Travel Scholarship, International Council for Canadian Studies
1985-87 FCAR Full Tuition Scholarship for Master’s Studies, Quebec Government
1984 The Philip Cohen Prize, Concordia University, Montreal
1972-4 University Scholarship, McGill University, Montreal
1965-72 Full tuition scholarship, Lower Canada College, Montreal
Home Address
Nehruova 174, IV/43
11070 New Belgrade, Serbia
Emails
alan@alanfraser.net ; phraser@craftofpiano.com ; phrase@maplegroveproductions.com
Telephones
Home: +381 (11) 215-7249 Canadian cell: +1 (514) 557-3441 US cell: +1 (347) 302-2489
Serbian Cell: +381 (64) 225-3205 German cell: +49 (170) 695-9415 UK cell: +44 (740) 457-0323 French cell: +33 6 98 98 46 82
References:
1) Professor Kemal Gekich, Artist in Residence
Florida International University School of Music
PC 543, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199 USA
Telephone: (305) 931-4316; Fax: (305) 348-1908
Email: kgekic@aol.com
2) Professor Katherine Faricy
University of St. Thomas
2115 Summit Ave., BEC 9
St. Paul, MN 55105, USA
Telephone: (952) 934-3852
Email: kmfaricy@stthomas.edu
3) Professor Reinhard Becker
Der Staatlichen Hochschule Fur Musik Trossingen
Schultheis-Koch Platz 3
78647 Trossingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (7425) 94-910
Email: reinhard_becker@gmx.de
4) Professor Emeritus Philip Cohen
Concordia University
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West,
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada H3G 1M8
Telephone: (514) 484-5700
Email: pcohen@alcor.concordia.ca
Work Address:
The Art Academy of Novi Sad
Djure Jaksica 7
21000 Novi Sad
Serbia
Telephone: +381 (21) 422-176
Email: Ana.Bacanov@akademija.uns.ac.rs
Home Address:
174 Nehruova Avenue, II/43
11073 New Belgrade
Serbia
Telephones:
Landline: +381 (11) 215-7249
Mobile: +381 (64) 225-3205
Email: phraser@craftofpiano.com
Websites: www.alanfraser.net , www.craftofpiano.com
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