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Cathy Campbell, Classical Piano.
- D.M.A. Eastman School of Music (piano)
- M.M. New England Conservatory of Music (piano)
- B.M. Manhattanville College (piano)
- Additional studies at Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University
- Piano studies with David Burge, Arthur Balsam, Joseph Seiger, Leon Kushner
- Chamber music studies with Leonard Shure, members of the Cleveland Quartet, Jan de Gaetani, Heidi Castleman
- Developed piano programs in New Jersey music schools
- Awarded NY Teacher of the Year Prize from David Dinkins (1991)
- Faculty positions at Thurnauer School of Music, Rockland Conservatory and Sylvan Academy of Music
- Active recitalist and teacher
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Bob Rodriguez, Contemporary Jazz Piano.
- Attended Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory
- Additional studies at Ohio State University and Akron University
- Tours and recordings as pianist and composer / arranger in residence with Billy Hart, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow and Carla Bley
- Festival performances with Paul McCandless, Ahmad Jamal and McCoy Tyner
- Opening pianist, Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Concert, The Blue Note (NYC)
- Guest lecturer in Jazz Studies at Julliard School and Wheaton College (MA)
- Pianist and commissioned composer, Creative Opportunity Orchestra (a 13-piece band based in Austin, TX, led by vocalist Tina Marsh)
- CD recordings on CreOp and Nine Winds labels
- Featured composer and pianist, along with Muhal Richard Abrams and Jack Walrath, for Discovery Orchestra
- Faculty positions at Turtle Bay Music School of Music, Rockland Conservatory, and Thurnauer School of Music
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Bob Pettegrew, Traditional Swing/Stride Piano.
- Studied with contemporary pianist Tommy Taylor in New York, Eugene Uman and Harvey Diamond at the Vermont Jazz Center, and with the late Tom Gallant, contemporary/jazz pianist and Music Department Chair at Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH.
- Involved in solo performances, vocal accompaniment and small combo groups around New England.
- Teaches piano (including chordal structure/theory) in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire. His playing reflects the stride-base style of the '30s and '40s a-la Teddy Wilson.
- Management Consultant and voice-over artist, who records commercials for TV and radio – as well as educational, training and industrial DVDs.
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What students said about Piano'Scape 2009:
“The faculty is totally dedicated to the students, and the classes and lectures were very organized and well presented”.
JF, New York
“As has been the case in previous years, I leave 'full' and very satisfied”.
HS, New Hampshire
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