KEY NOTES PIANO SUMMER SCHOOL
Monday 15th – Friday 19th July 2013 in the Ballina Arts Centre
Concert pianists and piano duo partners Cliodna Shanahan and Simon Callaghan delivered a week of specialised performance music education of the highest calibre which inspired and enhanced 8 young developing pianists, all in a joyous and nurturing environment. Participants were engaged throughout each day in individual tuition, solo and duet practice; group sessions and sitting in on their fellow students' lessons.
In addition to developing the young pianists'solo performance, the Piano Summer School will also provided experience of working in ensemble with a duet partner.
The summer school ran over five days and included an informal concert at the end for the students to share their favourite pieces with each other. It also included a duo recital given by Clíodna Shanahan and Simon Callaghan.
Download the Recital Programme here: 
RecitalProgramme.pdf
Information on the Facilitators:
Irish pianist Clíodna Shanahan, following her early piano tuition in Limerick with Moira Gray,studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School,Surrey and graduated from the Royal College of Music with first class honours,where she also received a MMus in Advanced Performance and numerous prizes while studying with Ruth Nye, Yonty Solomon and Noriko Kawai. Cliodna has performed solo throughout Ireland in the John Field Room,National Concert Hall, National Gallery of Art and RDS, Dublin; Castalia Hall, Kilkenny, GMIT, Galway and Waterfront Hall, Belfast. She has also given solo recitals as part of the Irish Chamber Orchestra'sMBNA Shannon International Music Festival and of the Comhaimseartha Series, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick.Clíodna has also performed extensively throughoutthe UK,in the Wigmore Hall,Royal FestivalHall, Conway Hall and Royal Opera House,London,and at the Centre Culture! lrlandais,Paris.
Her highly successful piano duo partnership with Simon Callaghan has become an integral part of their performing schedule.
British pianist and Steinway Artist Simon Callaghan's intelligentand compelling performances both on the concert platform and inthe recording studio have earned him a reputation as an exciting and versatile artist of the new generation.Performance highlights include Rachmaninov's Second Concerto at Birmingham'sSymphony Hall, Liszt'sFirst Concerto with the RLPO, Wigmore Hall,a chamber music
recital in South Korea and Japan and a gala concert with ENO principals.He has also broadcast on BBC Radio and has appeared on lTV and BBC Television. Simon Callaghan'srecent CD of English piano music on the De Rode Pomp label received rave reviews,including the following comment from musicweb-international (2009): "an essential purchase...one can ask nothing more...stunning playing"
Watch our showreel featuring participants from Key Notes Piano School below:
