Collaborative piano

Collaborative piano is a discipline of music that combines piano performance, accompaniment, and music pedagogy (and often, vocal coaching).[1]

Genres

Instrumental literature

One responsibility of the collaborative pianist is to perform the piano part of the instrumental sonata literature. These are duo chamber works, and the role of the pianist in this genre is that of equal partner with the instrumentalist.[2] This includes a large number of works such as but not limited to the following important works from the string repertoire:

• Wolfgang A. Mozart, Sonatas for Piano and Violin
• Ludwig van Beethoven, 10 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, 5 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
• Franz Schubert, 3 Sonatinas for Violin and Piano, et al.
• Robert Schumann, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano
• Cesar Franck, Sonata for Violin and Piano
• Johannes Brahms, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Cello and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Clarinet (or Viola) and Piano
• Edvard Grieg, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Cello and Piano
• Gabriel Fauré, 2 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
• Claude Debussy, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata
• Richard Strauss, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata
• George Enescu, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
• Sergei Prokofiev, 2 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Cello and Piano

In addition to sonatas, the instrumental collaborative piano literature includes short pieces, often of a virtuoso nature. In this genre, the original work is often for a soloist with orchestral accompaniment; but in order to enable the work to be performed under wider circumstances, composers often also write piano reductions of the orchestral score.

Another important responsibility of the collaborative pianist is to perform the accompaniment of other, multi-movement non-chamber works such as concertos. In this role, the collaborative pianist is often serving as a rehearsal partner for the study of this extensive repertoire as preparation for the instrumentalist's subsequent performance with orchestral accompaniment.

Notable artists

• Gerald Moore
• Malcolm Martineau
• Martin Katz
• Warren Jones[3]
• Roger Vignoles[4]

List of schools

Andrews University

Appalachian State University, MM only

Arizona State University

Azusa Pacific University

Ball State University

Bard College Conservatory of Music

Baylor University

Benjamin T. Rome School of Music

Binghamton University

Boston Conservatory

Boston University

Bowling Green State University

Brandon University

California State University

Carnegie Mellon School of Music

Chapman University

Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland State University

East Texas Baptist University

Eastern Mennonite University

Eastern Washington University

Eastman School of Music

Florida State University

Furman University

Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music

Hunter College

Illinois State University, MM only

Indiana University

Ithaca College

James Madison University

Juilliard School

Lawrence University

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Lynn University

Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Mercer University

Michigan State University

Middle Tennessee State University

Montclair State University

New England Conservatory of Music

New York University

North Dakota State University

Northwestern University

Ohio University

Peabody Institute

Radford University

Rider University

Rutgers University

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Shenandoah University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

State University of New York

Temple University

Texas State University

Texas Tech University

University of Akron

University of Arkansas

University of California, Irvine

University of Central Oklahoma

University of Cincinnati

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Georgia

University of Hartford

University of Houston

University of Idaho

University of Maryland

University of Massachusetts

University of Memphis

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

University of Nevada, Reno

University of New Mexico

University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, MM, DMA

University of North Texas College of Music

University of Northern Colorado

University of Oregon

University of South Alabama

University of South Dakota

University of Southern California

University of Tennessee

University of Texas at Austin

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Wayland Baptist University

Weber State University

West Virginia University

Yale University

Sources on collaborative piano and accompanying

Algernon Lindo. The Art of Accompanying. New York: G. Schirmer, 1916.

Coenraad V. Bos and Ashley Pettis. The Well-Tempered Accompanist. Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, 1949.

Cranmer, Philip. The Technique of Accompaniment. London: Dennis Dobson, 1970.

Dian Baker. “A Resource Manual for the Collaborative Pianist: Twenty Class Syllabi for Teaching Collaborative Piano Skills and an Annotated Bibliography.” DMA doc., Arizona State University, 2006.

Elana Estrin. “It Takes Two,” The Strad 121, no. 1439 (March 2010): 56-62.

Gerald Moore. Farewell Recital: Further Memoirs. New York: Taplinger, 1978.

Gerald Moore. Furthermore: Interludes in an Accompanist’s Life. London: Hamilton, 1983.

Gerald Moore. Singer and Accompanist: The Performance of Fifty Songs. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, [1973].

Gerald Moore. The Unashamed Accompanist. Rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1959.

Guilherme Montenegro. "Besides playing, we have to teach": pedagogical dimensions in the actuation of the collaborative pianist. Scotland, Glasgow: Proceedings of the 32nd ISME World Conference, 2016.

___________________. "The collaborative pianist and his modes of being and acting: an interview study with professionals in a Brazilian music school". Porto Alegre, Brazil: Proceedings of the 31st ISME World Conference, 2015.

Kurt Adler. The Art of Accompanying and Coaching. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1965.

Martin Katz, The Complete Collaborator: The Pianist as Partner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Robert Spillman. The Art of Accompanying: Master Lessons from the Repertoire. New York: Schirmer Books, 1985.

Ruthann Boles McTyre. Library Resources for Singers, Coaches, and Accompanists: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1997. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Music festivals

Aspen Music Festival and School

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Brevard Music Center

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival

Hot Springs Music Festival

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Music Academy of the West

SongFest Los Angeles

References

1. "Collaborative Piano Studies". NYU Steinhardt. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
2. Adler, Kurt (1965). The Art of Accompanying and Coaching. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0816660742.
3. Jepson, Barbara (April 16, 1989). "Who's That Man With Marilyn Horne?". The New York Times. p. 6006033. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
4. Elliott, Noelle (January 9, 2017). "Three of the World's Leading Collaborative Pianists to Teach and Perform at Notre Dame". Department of Music. Retrieved 2018-06-07.