Kathryn Woodard

Kathryn Woodard (born January 3, 1969 in Dallas, Texas) is a pianist, scholar and educator. She is known for her interpretations of music by composers from Turkey and East Asia.[1][2][3][4] She was an active member of the new music consortium Music Under Construction in New York City from 1999 to 2008 where she performed and premiered numerous works by American composers including Rome Prize winner Paula Matthusen.[5] Woodard's scholarly research has focused on timbral experiments in piano music and on the works of Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907-1991).[6][7] She studied music pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich and piano performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. From 2000 to 2004 she taught at Hunter College in New York City. From 2004 to 2010 she was on the faculty at Texas A&M University where she taught piano and undergraduate music seminars. In 2008 she performed at Carnegie Hall with the Texas A&M Wind Symphony under the direction of Timothy Rhea.[8] As an educator she specializes in working with musicians who seek relief from injuries and an increased awareness of the body in motion.[9][10]

Recordings

  • Journeys. With works by Hasan Uçarsu, Ivan Božičević, Kathryn Woodard, Paula Matthusen, Sansar Sangidorj, Eka Chabashvili, and Keiko Fujiie; Sonic Crossroads 02 (2009). (Solo recording)
  • “Four Studies of Peking Opera” for piano and strings. Recorded with the Shanghai Quartet for the album Lost Style – Ge Gan-ru, New Albion Records 134 (2007).

References

  1. ↑ Brookes, Stephen (October 3, 2008). "Kathryn Woodard". The Washington Post.
  2. ↑ Chism, Olin (April 5, 2004). "Pianist Kathryn Woodard Crafts Exotic Program at the Crow Collection". Dallas Morning News.
  3. ↑ Smith, Steve (September 16, 2007). "Youth and Beauty, and Wails, Whispers and Growls". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Bedetti, Andrea (November 2013). "Review of Journeys and Silhouettes CDs". CD Classico (Italy).
  5. ↑ Smith, Steve (June 14, 2009). "Sounds with a Whiff of Sulfur: Computer-Enhanced Music at Roulette". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "Interview: Kathryn Woodard Discusses the Music of Ahmed Adnan Saygun". Fanfare Magazine. 33 (6). 2010.
  7. ↑ Woodard, Kathryn (2007). "Music Mediating Politics in Turkey: The Case of Ahmed Adnan Saygun". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 27 (3): 552–562.
  8. ↑ "Wind Symphony to Give Carnegie Hall Preview". Texas A&M Today. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Woodard, Kathryn (2009). "Recovering Disembodied Spirits: Teaching Movement to Musicians". British Journal of Music Education. 26 (2).
  10. ↑ Woodard, Kathryn (June 2018). "Understanding and Accessing the Body Map When Training Movement". Art in Motion 2018: Training for Creative Excellence. Symposium Program: 60–61.
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