Academic Areas:
Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Piano Literature, Class Piano, Accompanying, Chamber Music
Degrees:
D.M.A. in Piano Performance and Related Literature, Eastman School of Music
M.M. in Piano Performance and Related Literature, Eastman School of Music
B.M. in Piano Performance, Indiana University
Fulbright Grant, Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary
Phone: (940)-898-2517
Email: rshuster@twu.edu
American pianist and teacher, Richard Shuster is Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Piano Studies at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. He is a versatile pianist and a dedicated pedagogue and mentor to a diverse class of piano students majoring in piano performance, piano pedagogy, liberal arts - music, music therapy and music education. In addition to applied piano, Dr. Shuster teaches graduate piano pedagogy and piano literature seminars and coordinates the undergraduate class piano program at TWU. His student-centered teaching integrates a natural approach to technique and focuses on injury prevention, sound production, style and professional development. He has regularly appeared as guest teacher at a variety of institutions in the United States and abroad, including the Vienna International Piano Academy in Austria, Marco Polo Festival in Querceto, Italy, and Mukogawa Women’s University in Hyogo, Japan. He has also traveled extensively throughout Taiwan serving as a teacher and examiner for the International Piano Performance Examination Committee in the summers of 2007 and 2010.
Recently, Dr. Shuster was approved for candidacy on the Fulbright Specialist Roster, and the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity recognized him as a National Arts Associate for his accomplishments as a distinguished educator and performing pianist. His performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue can be heard on Naxos CD “American Tapestry” with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Corporon conducting. His solo, chamber music and accompanying repertoire are ever-expanding with appearances at a variety of venues including the McKinney Musical Arts Society Series in McKinney, Texas, Dorothy McKenzie Price Piano and Master Class Series in Toledo, Ohio, Texas Music Teachers Association Annual Convention, Cornell University Summer Concert Series in Ithaca, New York, Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, and the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Germany. He has been the featured guest on several radio programs including “Music of the Metroplex” and “Art Matters” on WRR Classical 101.1 FM, Dallas/Fort Worth, “Opus Classics Live” on Buffalo Public Radio, and “The Front Row” on Houston Public Radio.
Dr. Shuster earned the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied with Rebecca Penneys, and the Bachelor of Music in piano performance degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He was also the recipient of the Fulbright Grant for study at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
Related Links:
Dr. Richard Shuster - Fauré Nocturne No. 12 in E Minor
Music Teachers National Association
Texas Music Teachers Association
Denton Music Teachers Association
International Piano Performance Evaluation Committee (IPPEC)
College Music Society
Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity
Lone Star Wind Orchestra
Gershwin Naxos CD
Querceto International Piano Festival
Vienna International Piano Academy
Course numbers and titles:
Undergraduate
MU 2031, 2032, 4031, 4032 Piano
MU 1021, 1031, 2061, 2081 Keyboard Musicianship I-IV
MU 3473 Piano Literature
MU 3483 Piano Pedagogy
MU 4911 Accompanying
Graduate
MU 5031, 5032 Piano
MU 5553 Seminar in Music Literature I – (Piano, Baroque through 19th Century)
MU 5563 Seminar in Music Literature II – (Piano, 20th Century)
MU 5753, 5763 Music Pedagogy I, II (Piano)
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