The Cary-Apex Piano Teachers Association
Due to the health restrictions of COVID-19, CAPTA cannot guarantee the presentation of all student events, but CAPTA teachers and members will do their utmost to fulfill these commitments.
Upcoming Public Events
FREE Piano Recital (flier) on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 7:30 pm. Dylan Savage, artist, writer, and professor of piano at the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, will give a free recital at the Cary Arts Center
101 Dry Ave., Cary, NC (map).
Dylan Savage is a Bösendorfer Concert Artist, a Capstone Records Recording Artist, and a winner of the Rome Festival Orchestra Competition. He is author of the book The Transposed Musician: Teaching Universal Skills to Improve Performance and Benefit Life, GIA Publications. It is the first book to present a comprehensive and systematic method for teaching universal skills within the context of the music lesson. Dr. Savage is co-author of the piano pedagogy book A Symposium for Pianists and Teachers: Strategies to Develop the Mind and Body for Optimal Performance, Heritage Music Press. He is the author of numerous articles found in Clavier, Clavier Companion, American Music Teacher, and Pianoforte magazines on topics such as wellness, entrepreneurship, and universal skills.
Dr. Savage pioneered the use of slow-motion video analysis to help pianists improve performance and minimize injury. His research has resulted in numerous master-classes at top music schools and national/international conferences. For decades, Savage has used live music performance to teach in-depth practices of universal skills and continuous improvement to people in non-music disciplines. Applying universal skills to the study of music and to life is the foundation of his studio teaching at UNCC. His work has been featured in television spots on NBC and PBS affiliates.
Dr. Savage is Professor of Piano at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has degrees in piano from the Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Drawing inspiration from nature, he can often be found skiing, hiking, or canoeing.
Recent Events
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Students of CAPTA members shared their favorite pieces with friends, family, and Glenaire residents on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 3:00-7:30 pm at our Spring Fest Recital.
Students of all ages and experience levels presented piano music from all genres and eras. CAPTA teachers reserved performance time slots by contacting event chair Natalie Khatibzadeh. CAPTA would like to thank the Glenaire Retirement Community for generously hosting this event, and would also like to spread the word about the recent Glenaire Benefit 5K run. See https//:www.glenaire5k.org/ for more race details.
- Fall Student Recital (flier) Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 2 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut Street, Cary, NC (Next to Cary HS — map) *Masks Required* (Plenty of room to social distance!)
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FREE Piano Recital (flier)
Friday, October 8, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Thomas Pandolfi performed an eclectic
program
of solo piano works at the
Cary Arts Center
101 Dry Ave., Cary, NC (map).
ADMISSION FREE. Thomas Pandolfi began his music career early on at The Juilliard
School (BM & MM) where the young prodigy caught the influential ears of Vladimir
Horowitz, who would become his mentor, as well as the legendary composer, Morton Gould.
Since then he has been an audience favorite, selling out the world’s most prestigious
stages, such as Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, Strathmore, The Kennedy Center, Kiev
Opera House, Bucharest’s Romanian Athenaeum, and London’s Cadogan Hall. In addition to
being hailed as one of the greatest interpreters of Polish masters such as Chopin and
Paderewski, this versatile pianist has received accolades for his work interpreting
composers from Bach to Gershwin, with Morton Gould saying, “It’s the finest performance
of Gershwin I have heard since the composer himself.” His original and virtuosic
transcriptions of works such as West Side Story and Phantom of the Opera, are
one-of-kind, jaw-dropping, dramatic encores that keep audiences of all ages returning
to his performances. Maestro Pandolfi is a Steinway Artist and when he is not on tour,
resides in Washington, DC. www.thomaspandolfi.com
CAPTA would like to thank the following businesses for their generous support of piano activities throughout the year:
Referrals
- Finding Area Piano Teachers
- Parental Event Permission Form (.pdf)
(Please coordinate with their teacher your children's participation in CAPTA events.) - Joining CAPTA
Members-only Resources — Association Documents
- CAPTA 2021-2022 documents (Login required; forgot password?)
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the Cary-Apex Piano Teachers Association is:
- To provide its members with opportunities for professional growth and mutual support and encouragement.
- To promote excellence in teaching and provide opportunities for students to learn the art of piano playing at its highest level.
- To provide opportunities for our students to develop their skills by sponsoring competitions and performance opportunities.
- To give our students theory skills which will be encouraged through the theory testing, the Lamp of Learning Program and the Composition Competition.