Kathryn Woodard

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Kathryn Woodard
Born1969
Dallas, Texas
EducationUniversity of Music and Performing Arts, Munich; University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
OccupationMusician, Educator
Websitekathrynwoodard.com

Kathryn Woodard (born 1969) is an American pianist, scholar and educator. She specialises in the interpretation of music by composers from Turkey and East Asia.[1][2][3][4] Woodard's scholarly research has focused on timbral experiments in piano music and on the works of Turkish composers such as Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907-1991).[5][6] More recent presentations have focused on the perception of rhythm and the process of learning rhythms.[7][8] Since 2015 she has led an initiative to publish reprint and new editions of piano music by Turkish composers with a focus on pedagogical repertoire.[9] Her work as an educator has addressed musicians who seek relief from injuries and an increased awareness of the body in motion.[10][11]

Discography[]

  • Ahmed Adnan Saygun: Piano Music, Albany Records 1168 (2010). (Solo recording)
  • Journeys. With works by Hasan Uçarsu, Ivan Božičević, Kathryn Woodard, Paula Matthusen, Sansar Sangidorj, Eka Chabashvili, and Keiko Fujiie; Sonic Crossroads 02 (2009). (Solo recording)
  • Silhouettes. With works by Muammer Sun, Kosaku Yamada, Qu Xiao-song, Umar Temor, Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky; Sonic Crossroads 01 (2008). (Solo recording)
  • “Four Studies of Peking Opera” for piano and strings by Ge Gan-ru. Recorded with the Shanghai Quartet for the album Lost Style – Ge Gan-ru, New Albion Records 134 (2007).

References[]

  1. ^ Brookes, Stephen (October 3, 2008). "Kathryn Woodard". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ Chism, Olin (April 5, 2004). "Pianist Kathryn Woodard Crafts Exotic Program at the Crow Collection". Dallas Morning News.
  3. ^ Smith, Steve (September 16, 2007). "Youth and Beauty, and Wails, Whispers and Growls". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Bedetti, Andrea (November 2013). "Review of Journeys and Silhouettes CDs". CD Classico (Italy).
  5. ^ "Interview: Kathryn Woodard Discusses the Music of Ahmed Adnan Saygun". Fanfare Magazine. 33 (6). 2010.
  6. ^ Woodard, Kathryn (2007). "Music Mediating Politics in Turkey: The Case of Ahmed Adnan Saygun". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 27 (3): 552–562. doi:10.1215/1089201x-2007-032.
  7. ^ Woodard, Kathryn. "Traversing the 'Devil's Staircase': Perception and Notation of Folk Rhythms in Piano Music from the Balkans (and Beyond)," presented at the IMS Regional Meeting for the Balkans, Bucharest, Romania, September 2–6, 2019.
  8. ^ Woodard, Kathryn (2021). "Syncopation, Cross-Rhythm and Aksak Meter: A Workshop in Pedagogical Approaches". Art in Motion Symposium: RHYTHM!.
  9. ^ "Sonic Crossroads". soniccrossroads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  10. ^ Woodard, Kathryn (2009). "Recovering Disembodied Spirits: Teaching Movement to Musicians". British Journal of Music Education. 26 (2): 153–172. doi:10.1017/S0265051709008419.
  11. ^ Woodard, Kathryn (June 2018). "Understanding and Accessing the Body Map When Training Movement". Art in Motion 2018: Training for Creative Excellence. Symposium Program: 60–61.
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