Alan Fraser will be in his original home town for just a few days this summer. He will be teaching privately, lessons to be scheduled by appointment. To book your lesson, and also to register for our newsletter to stay abreast of updates, please send us an email. Some of these lessons will take place at the
now the official affiliate partner of the Alan Fraser Piano Institute.
Because Alan Fraser and Lmbda School executive director Angela Chan have both worked extensively with Phil Cohen, their approaches dovetail beautifully: Angela with her unique focus on what actually makes a child prodigy, and Alan with his additional insights gained from Feldenkrais, Tai Chi and Kemal Gekic-style virtuosity.
Many relatively inexperienced pianists hesitate to have a lesson with Alan, feeling they are not good enough or not well-enough prepared. However, Alan Fraser insists that we are all here to learn and this approach can help all of us, no matter whether our program is well-prepared or in a shambles. Thus the Institute really is open to all interested pianists:
There is no limit to improvement!
If you would like to have some sessions with Alan, please contact Ivona Despoovich.
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ALAN FRASER
Canadian pianist Alan Fraser gives master classes and recitals worldwide and conducts ongoing research and refinement on the ideas put forth in his books:
Alan lecturing, 2016
DR. ANGELA CHAN
Angela Chan - Founder & Director of Lambda School, Head of Piano Pedagogy
Dr. Angela Chan founded the Lambda School in 2008 to bring the highest quality musical and artistic education to Montreal's West Island. Prof. Chan is a graduate of Concordia University's Leonardo Project, the brainchild of Phil Cohen who pioneered many new techniques in linking the body to musical performance: "shaping the invisible." Prof. Chan has modified these techniques to suit the mind and soul of her young pianists, with whom she continues to work miracles. They regularly win competitions, and some of them have been invited to play in Carnegie Hall every year for the past decade.
Recognized as the great-grand student of Alfred Cortot (from the lineage of Frederyck Chopin), Dr. Chan is an accomplished concert pianist who has performed extensively in Canada, Europe, the U.S.A. China and Hong Kong, and has been featured on the Discovery Channel (Canada), Global TV, CBC, the Australian Television Network, CJAD, CJOH, RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) and other media networks. Dr. Chan’s works have also been featured in Maclean’s Magazine, La Scena Musicale, the Montreal Gazette and the National Post. Angela Chan holds a Doctorate in Piano Performance, Pedagogy and Education from Concordia University, Montreal. Dr. Chan is head of the piano pedagogy division at Lambda School, providing professional and career development opportunities for piano teachers. Dr. Chan has a wealth of experiences in helping students achieve their maximum potential, and has groomed numerous child prodigies in her career. In her 30 years of extensive music and psychological research, Dr. Chan has unraveled the mysteries of effective and efficient learning. As a consequence, within short periods of study with Dr. Chan, many of her students have demonstrated phenomenal progress.
Dr. Chan's students have won numerous first prizes in national and international piano competitions and have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York as well as in Europe. Dr. Chan's students have been highly successful under her guidance - they have been accepted by prestigious universities in the US and Canada, including the New England Conservatory, Peabody Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music and the Manhattan School of Music in New York, as well as McGill University in Canada. Dr. Chan is also the author of the new Lambda piano method series developed to help pianists progress at an accelerated pace. Dr. Chan is completing a book on her research and experiences with innovative pedagogical approaches, due to be released in 2020. Recognized internationally as an outstanding pedagogue, Dr. Chan has been invited to adjudicate a number of major competitions in Canada, China and in the US. She is also senior examiner and clinician of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Dr. Chan serves as pedagogical consultant to the iScore Project – an online pedagogical platform co-developed by the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Concordia University and Queen’s University. Dr. Chan has lectured at Concordia University, and she also serves as artistic and pedagogical consultant for a number of music and arts organizations. She is also currently pedagogical consultant to an innovative pedagogical project in China in the provinces of Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Dr. Angela Chan 4989 Boul des Sources Pierrefonds, Quebec Canada H8Y3E3 Angela Chan email
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