EDUCATION

University of Southern California Thornton School of Music Los Angeles
Ph.D., historical musicology
Dissertation topic: Scriabin in Russian Musicology.
DMA., piano performance major; music history, music theory, German minors.
conferred 1997.
MM., piano performance.

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Vienna
Übertrittsprüfung, (qualifying exam)

Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory of Music Baltimore
BM., piano performance.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department San Francisco

INSTRUCTORS

Bryan R. Simms, chairman of dissertation committee, USC; Ph.D.
Daniel Pollack, primary instructor, USC; DMA.
Malcolm Hamilton, primary instructor, USC; DMA, MM.
Paul Badura-Skoda, primary instructor, Vienna Hochschule für Musik.
Walter Panhofer, primary instructor, Vienna Hochschule für Musik.
Lillian Freundlich, primary instructor, Johns Hopkins; BM.
Claire James, primary instructor, SFCM.
Tatiana Nikolayeva, masterclass instructor, Salzburg Summer Festival.
Vitaly Margulis, masterclass instructor, Hamburg Brahms Conservatory.
Leon Fleischer, masterclass instructor, SFCM and Johns Hopkins .