Samuel Grodin (pianist)

Pianist Samuel Grodin performs David Conte's Sonatine at Alfred Newman Recital Hall, University of Southern California on October 3, 2013.

Samuel Grodin (born 1985) is an award-winning American pianist, lecturer and teacher. Grodin's teachers have included Nina Scolnik, Julian Martin, Robert McDonald, Antoinette Perry, Marc Durand, Joseph Kalichstein, Sharon Mann, Craig Richey, and Lucinda Carver.^[1]Grodin has worked with Emanuel Ax, Blanca Uribe, Dominique Weber, and Stephen Hough in master classes.^[1]

Education

Grodin attended CSULB as a President's Scholar,^[2] receiving a full-ride scholarship to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music.

Between 2003 and 2008, Grodin studied with Craig Richey.^[1] Within this time, in 2004, Grodin was the recipient of the Dramatic Allied Arts Guild Scholarship.^[3]

Following Cole Conservatory, Grodin was accepted to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and was the recipient for the Harold W. Scheeline Piano Scholarship,^[1] where he completed a Master of Music in Piano Performance, studying under Dr. Sharon Mann.^[1] He also worked as a Graduate Assistant for the Piano Department.

Grodin completed his doctoral degree (DMA) ^[4] in Piano Performance at the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California, studying under the acclaimed Dr. Lucinda Carver,^[1] the Vice Dean of Classical Music Performance at USC^[5] and guest conductor at the LA Phil.^[6]

Awards

• 2003 Bellflower Symphony Concerto Competition - Winner
• 2008 Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition - Winner
• 2010 XIX Ibiza International Piano Competition - Special Prize Best performance of a contemporary work^[7]
• 2015 Classics Alive Artists - Honorable Mention^[8]
• 2015 Seattle International Piano Competition - Silver medalist^[1]

Contributions

As a Judge

• Jack Gard Music Competition - May 7, 2015, Grodin was one of three judges to choose winners of The Los Angeles Music and Art School’s (LAMusArt) annual Jack Gard Music Competition.^[9]

As a Performer

• Ensemble Parallele - in 2010, Grodin performed with Ensemble Parallele in San Francisco.^[10]
• The Trevor Project Benefit Concert - In April 30, 2011, Grodin and many of his SFCM colleagues performed in a concert to support the Trevor Project.^[11]
• Bob Cole Conservatory of Music - April 7, 2012, Grodin took part in the Multi-Piano Extravaganza^[12]

As a Public Speaker

• 2016 MTNA Collegiate Symposium - Lecture, The Value of Teaching Popular Music, January 16, 2016^[13]
• Bob Cole Conservatory of Music - Alumni Lecture Recital, Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata, March 16, 2016^[14]

See also

• List of classical pianists
• List of people from Long Beach, California
• Long Beach Polytechnic High School
• Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• USC Thornton School of Music

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2015 Finalists". 2015 Seattle International Piano Competition. 
2. ↑ "President Scholars Class of 2003". csulb.edu. 
3. ↑ Wild, Shirley (July 6, 2004). "A GOOD TIME FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS". Press Telegram. America's News. Retrieved March 11, 2016 – via Newsbank. 
4. ↑ "Keyboard Studies Department Member". USC Academia Faculty. 
5. ↑ "Thornton School of Music - Faculty". Thornton School of Music. 
6. ↑ "About Lucinda Carver". laphil.com. 
7. ↑ "2010 Winners". Ibiza International Piano Competition. 
8. ↑ "Division A - Winners". Classics Alive Artists. 
9. ↑ "Students demonstrate talents during annual Jack Gard Music Competition". lamusart.org. 
10. ↑ "Samuel Grodin - Official". Samuel Grodin - Official. 
11. ↑ "The Trevor Project Benefit Concert". Bay Area Rainbow Symphony. 
12. ↑ "Multi-Piano Extravaganza" (PDF). csulb.edu. 
13. ↑ "2016 MTNA Collegiate Symposium" (PDF). mtna.org. 
14. ↑ "BCCM Events". csulb.edu. March 11, 2016.