IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp

2013 IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp

June 9-14

on the campus of

Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne

The IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp will allow students to experience a week of intensive piano study with IPFW piano faculty and guests. Daily activities will include group sessions, individual lessons, Alexander technique and music theory classes, supervised practice and a variety of workshops and lectures. Performance opportunities include master classes and recitals. Evening activities will include faculty and guest artist recitals. The camp is for intermediate and advanced students, ages 12-18, and includes both a residential and a commuter option. There is no geographic restriction for attendance at this camp. Students from all areas are welcome to attend.

All camp activities will take place on the campus of Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). IPFW is a Carnegie Community Engaged University that awards Indiana University bachelor’s degrees in music. The camp will be held in the recently built John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center, a facility that provides an ideal learning environment as well as excellent rehearsal spaces, studios and performance halls. Recitals and master classes will be held in Rhinehart Recital Hall, an acoustically superb performance space. Ample practice facilities are available, including a number of rooms with grand pianos.

The 2013 featured guest artist will be Caio Pagano an internationally renowned concert pianist, teacher and scholar. He will be performing a solo recital and presenting a piano master class for camp participants. Pagano has been a distinguished professor of piano at Arizona State University since 1986.

Pianist Elsie Johnson will be this year's "emerging artist." She is a 2010 IPFW graduate (B.M., Piano Performance) and will earn a double master's degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Butler University in May 2013. Elsie will be joining the camp staff and also performing a solo recital.

Please check the tabs above for more detailed information. We hope you will join us for a week of outstanding music making, inspiration and fun!

--Dr. Hamilton Tescarollo, IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp Director

Piano camp students who choose the residential option will stay in IPFW campus housing during the camp week. They will be housed together under the supervision of a resident assistant at ratio of no more than 10 students to one resident advisor. Resident assistant staff members are front-line personnel who serve as resource persons, facilitators and advisors for activities within the community. They are responsible for maintaining community standards and safety, performing administrative tasks, and developing a sense of community.

IPFW student housing offers furnished suites that include sleeping, living and kitchen facilities. Upon registration, students will be sent a checklist of items to bring for the camp week.

Piano camp students who choose the residential option will have three meals a day included in their fee. They will have breakfast and dinner served in their dorm; lunch will be served in the Rhinehart Music Center. Piano camp students who choose the commuter option will have lunch included in their fee and may choose to purchase their evening meals as well. Please see the registration form for details.

Click here to learn more about student housing at IPFW.

Piano camp students will be supervised at all times. The IPFW resident advisor will provide supervision from dinner time through breakfast and will make sure all students are present at the end of the camp day. The camp director and faculty/staff will supervise students throughout the camp day and at any evening activities that take place.

2013 IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp Daily Schedule (Subject to Change)

Sunday, June 9

• 1:00 - 5:00 pm: Check in at IPFW Student Housing (for residential campers only)
• 5:30 pm: Welcome and Pizza (all campers)
• 6:30 pm: Opening Recital: Winners of IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Competition

Daily Schedule, Monday - Thursday
A typical day at the camp will be as follows:

• 8:00 - 9:00 am: Supervised practice in the practice rooms of the Music Department.
• 9:00 - 10:00 am: Individual lessons
• 10:00 - 12 noon: Master classes and interactive group sessions
• 12 noon - 1:00 pm: Lunch
• 1:15 - 3:15 pm: Individual lessons, music theory classes and supervised practice.
• 3:15 pm: Break
• 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Special sessions in Alexander technique, performance preparation, practice techniques, etc.
• 5:30 - 7:30 pm: Dinner and free time
• 7:30 pm: Recitals and other piano-related activities.

Friday, June 14

• Morning/Early Afternoon: Schedule as above until 3:30pm
• 4:00 pm: Snack and free time to prepare for recital
• 5:30 pm: Final student recital

2013 Gene Marcus Piano Camp

Featured Guest Artist

Caio Pagano

“Pagano is such a fine performer that any opportunity to hear him should be seized.” --Joseph McLellan, Washington Post

Dr. Caio Pagano is an internationally renowned concert pianist, teacher and scholar. He has been a distinguished professor of piano at Arizona State University since 1986, having earned the honor of Regents' Professor of Piano at this institution. Read more.

Camp Faculty

Dr. Robert Bean

Robert Bean serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at IPFW, a position he assumed in July, 2002. Since his arrival at IPFW as department chair, Dr. Bean has been heavily involved in the reaffirmation of accreditations of the Department of Music by the National Association of Schools of Music and the American Music Therapy Association, and in the planning and design of IPFW's new music building, Rhinehart Music Center, which opened in August, 2007. Read more.

Christine Freeman

Christine Freeman has been a music teacher and accompanist in the Los Angeles and Fort Wayne areas for over 30 years. She received her Bachelors of Arts degree in music from California State University at Northridge (CSUN) where she studied with artist in residence, Jakob Gimpel and Francoise Regnat. Read more.

Carol Hahn

Carol Hahn has taught piano privately for 50 years. She is on the faculty at IPFW where she teaches freshman piano class to music majors. She has taught Suzuki piano for the past 28 years. Mrs. Hahn holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, and a Master of Music Degree in Piano from the University of Missouri – Columbia. Read more.

Elsie Johnson

Pianist Elsie Johnson balances a love of solo and collaborative performing as well as teaching the next generation of pianists. Graduating May 2013 with a double master's degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Butler University, Indianapolis, Elsie has served as a graduate assistant in accompanying, collaborating regularly with the school ensembles and a number of student performers. Read more.

Dr. Joyanne Outland

Joyanne Outland is Assistant Professor of Music at IPFW where she teaches piano, piano pedagogy, music theory and music appreciation. Dr. Outland is an experienced adjudicator for the National Guild of Piano Teachers, the Indiana State School Music Association, and the Indiana Music Teachers Association. Read more.

Dr. Hamilton Tescarollo

Since his debut with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), pianist Hamilton Tescarollo has made solo and collaborative appearances in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. Recent performances have taken him to Austria, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and a number of US states. A versatile musician who performs both the mainstream and the avant-garde repertory, he frequently includes the music of Brazil (his native country) and other Latin-American countries in his programs.  Read more.

2013 IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp Sponsors

The IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp is funded in part by the Gene Marcus Endowment, which was created specifically for that purpose. The camp also is sponsored by the IPFW Department of Music and relies on additional contributions to make it possible. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the IPFW Gene Marcus Piano Camp, please contact Dr. Hamilton Tescarollo at (260) 481-6723 or tescaroh@ipfw.edu. Opportunities include establishing a scholarship or contributing to the general operating budget of the camp. All donations are tax deductible and will be recognized in the camp brochure (unless specified otherwise by the donor).

Wilda "Gene" Marcus (1927-2005) was a lifelong piano teacher and enthusiastic supporter of all the arts. She held several degrees, including Bachelor of Music in Piano with Honors from Indiana University, Bloomington, 1950; and a Masters of Music in Piano with Distinction, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1951. She was a public school music teacher and later was associate faculty of piano at IPFW from 1968 to 1986. She taught privately and hundreds of piano students of all ages, accompanied many soloists, and was pianist in numerous ensembles throughout her 60-year career. Her extensive involvement at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre included rehearsal pianist and music director for numerous musicals. She was a former member of Morning Musical Society and patron of Fort Wayne Civic Theater. She was president of Northeast Indiana Music Teachers Association, a member of Sigma Alpha Iota (Music Honorary Society), and Patron of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. She was given the 1994 Teacher of the Year Award by the Indiana Music Teachers Association.