Elizabeth Lamberth, piano
Elizabeth holds a Bachelors of Music in piano performance from Oberlin Conservatory
and a Masters of Music in piano performance from the Mannes School of Music, a
division of The New School University. Her teachers have included Francis Walker,
Sanford Margolis, Haewon Song, Robert Shannon and Stephanie Brown. Early studies
were with Thomas Redcay and Addison Jones, a pupil of Emil Von Sauer. While at
Mannes, she studied composition and theory with Carl Schachter, David Loeb and Robert
Cuckson. She has studied Jazz at the Berklee School of Music in Boston and the Oberlin
Conservatory where her teachers included Jan Jarczyk, Ray Santisi, Wendell Logan and
Neil Creque. She is currently studying organ with Dr. Timothy Wissler.
While studying at Oberlin Conservatory, Elizabeth taught secondary piano students, aural
skills pupils and maintained a large piano studio in the Oberlin and the Cleveland areas.
While in New York she taught at Concordia Conservatory in Bronxville and also ran a
large piano studio in Westchester and Manhattan. Ms Lamberth currently serves on the
faculties of Georgia Academy of Music and The Presbyterian School for the Performing
Arts.
Elizabeth has performed extensively giving solo piano recitals, and playing jazz piano as
well as working as a chamber musician and accompanist in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North
Carolina, New York and California. She has held church positions as Music Director
responsible for all aspects of liturgies and services--most notably, at St. Malachy’s
Church The Actors Chapel in New York but also in the Cleveland area. Her
compositions have been performed in North Carolina, New York and Ohio. She has
received many scholarships for her studies and a grant for work in composition on the
Isle of Iona.
I have been extremely graced to have studied and worked in many different fields of
music. I believe that even beginners should have a working knowledge of theory, form,
scales and chords, besides learning to read, improvise/compose and perform music. It is
immensely important that while studying the classical body of repertoire, students must
also be playing the music they hear in popular culture, as music involves first and
foremost, the skill of listening. I strive to include all of these aspects of study in my
teaching. I also believe deeply in an attitude of compassion and kindness. The body is
our true instrument and a miraculous vehicle of song, sound and creativity. Respect and
gentleness between teacher and student are of the utmost importance when training the
body to do all of the immensely complex tasks required in the making of music.
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