Research
Area of Research: Colonial Music & Peter Pelham
Keywords: Composer-performer, 18th century, early American pedagogy, keyboard performance, Colonial American music, copybooks
March 26, Academic Lecture-Recital at the Society of American Music national conference at Richmond
March 26, Lecture-Recital at Colonial Williamsburg
This public-facing lecture-recital celebrates the complexities of keyboard education in the foundational years of Colonial America. Peter Pelham gained prominence first in Boston, and later in Williamsburg, Virginia, as an organist, teacher and performer.
November 25 Lecture-recital at FSMTA conference
Centered around Peter Pelham’s Music Manuscript of 1744, this lecture-recital celebrates the complexities of keyboard education in the foundational years of Colonial America and seeks to gain deeper understanding of the evolution of music pedagogy through the manuscript containing collected pedagogical material and pieces organized for student study.
Area of Research: Jane Austen & the Keyboard
keywords: Regency era, women at the keyboard, under-represented groups, pedagogy, interdisciplinary use of music, copybooks
February 26
Lecture-recital for the Palm Beach JASNA chapter at the Mandel Public Library
Winter, 2025
Article written for Persuasions, the Jane Austen Society of North America’s yearly publication.
October 25, Lecture-Recital at Manheim Library, PA
Very Accomplished Women
Exploring the world of Jane Austen and Music through film, writing, and musical notation.
Area of Research: 20th Century Performance &Adele Aus der Ohe
Keywords: Composer-performer, 20th century, under-represented group, pianist, Gilded Age, solo recital development, pedagogy
February 25, Lecture-Recital at CMS Southern conference, Berry College
“How to Learn New Music from the 1890s” is a lecture-recital that explores Aus der Ohe’s compositions and seeks to put them into historical and musical context. The performance of works by Aus der Ohe is likely to be one of the first at a regional conference and offers a chance to represent an overlooked composer on a large stage. I seek to introduce these pieces to the piano repertoire and endeavor to bridge the historical gap that exists when ‘new’ works from historical composers are brought to light.
Winter 2024, From the Artist Bench
Adele Aus der Ohe, Op. 13 Concert Etude, for the Frances Clark Center
March 2024, Lecture in South Carolina
A 60 minute presentation with an additional focus on the keyboard music of Adele Aus der Ohe and a pedagogical leveling of pieces, for educational purposes. For Columbia Music Teachers Association.
October 2023, Lecture in Pennsylvania
A 60 minute presentation on Adele Aus der Ohe’s career in context to Gilded Age America and her contemporaries, including a deeper exploration of her compositions and their pedagogical uses. For Lehigh Valley Music Teachers Association.
August/September 2023
“Adele Aus der Ohe and the Lost 1895 Solo Recitals”-published in American Music Teacher August/Sept 23 issue
article available upon request
Martinus Sieveking, pianist and occasional body builder.
March 23
Solo Piano Recitals at Carnegie Hall 1891-1896
Research poster investigating the early piano recitals at Carnegie Hall and their pianists.
February 22
Doctoral Dissertation-Adele aus der Ohe: Pioneering Through Recital Programming at Carnegie Hall, 1895
This research centers on the early solo piano recital and its beginnings in the United States at the end of the 19th century. Adele aus der Ohe, notable pianist of the time, and her scheduled solo recital at Carnegie Hall act as the centerpiece of an investigation into the musical and cultural history of the time.
