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ArtistWorks Classical Campus: The only interactive online learning community for classical musicians
ArtistWorks Classical Campus:
The Worldwide Interactive Online Learning Community for Classical Musicians, Offering any student the ability to study with world class teaching artists in a virtual master class setting
www.artistworksclassical.com
Napa, CA — ArtistWorks Classical Campus is the first and only interactive, worldwide online learning community for classical musicians, offering aspiring professionals and enthusiastic amateurs the unprecedented opportunity to take lessons with esteemed soloists, conservatory teachers, and principal players of leading orchestras (including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Pittsburgh Symphony) in a virtual master class setting. Seven instruments are currently available for study: violin, piano, flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, and guitar.
ArtistWorks democratizes classical music education, allowing students anywhere in the world access to lessons with top-tier teaching artists, removing the barriers of time, location, and cost. Membership in the ArtistWorks Classical Campus is offered at an affordable $90 for 3 months, $150 for 6 months, or $240 for 12 months.
The ArtistWorks Classical Campus includes instructors Jeffrey Khaner (Principal Flutist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute); David Bilger (Principal Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute, University of Georgia, Temple University); Ricardo Morales (Principal Clarinetist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute, Juilliard, Temple University); William Caballero (Principal French Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Mellon University School of Music); violinist Nathan Cole (First Associate Concertmaster, Los Angeles Philharmonic); guitarist Jason Vieaux (Curtis Institute, Cleveland Institute of Music); and pianist Christie Peery (Peabody Institute).
The Classical Campus uses ArtistWorks’ Video Exchange™ Feedback Platform, which combines the best of online learning with the best of face-to-face lessons. Membership provides students with unlimited access to a comprehensive collection of streamed video music lessons. Each expert teacher has personally developed their curriculum through the ArtistWorks school, resulting in hundreds of illuminating online lessons that explore technique and fundamentals, etudes, key orchestral excerpts, and solo repertoire.
When students want feedback, they submit videos of their own practices sessions, and receive video responses from their teachers with personalized guidance. All online student-teacher interactions are visible to the entire membership, resulting in a virtual master class where each student can benefit from one-on-one teaching.
Instructors of the ArtistWorks Classical Campus are motivated by a desire to share knowledge of their instruments with as wide an audience as possible – from high school and college students preparing for auditions, to amateurs who studied in their youth but pursued other professions, to aspiring multi-instrumentalists.
“The possibilities with ArtistWorks are really terrific,” says flute instructor Jeffrey Khaner. “I can work with people all around the world. It offers me unprecedented direct access to the students, and it offers them direct access to me. It’s a very cutting edge way of teaching classical music. The potential for how people can use ArtistWorks is limitless.”
Within their ArtistWorks schools, students are encouraged to participate as much as they like – chatting online, posting questions and comments to forums about their instrument, and even seeking out others to play music with in person, fostering a diverse virtual community centered around students’ common goals of learning and improving their musicianship.
“The dream of every student is to study under a world-renowned master,” says David Butler, CEO of ArtistWorks. “The ArtistWorks Classical Music Campus makes this dream a reality by offering music students everywhere an opportunity to get direct guidance and individualized instruction from some of the greatest classical musicians teaching and performing today.”
About the ArtistWorks Classical Campus Instructors
As the Principal Trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 1995, David Bilger is highly regarded for his “easy brilliance” (New York Times), and “engaging legato touch” (Washington Post). As a soloist, Bilger has appeared with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Oakland Symphony, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, among others. His solo appearances with The Philadelphia Orchestra include a 2008 US Premiere of Herbert Willi’s “Eirene” for trumpet and orchestra as well as performances of the Tomasi Trumpet Concerto at Carnegie Hall. Bilger also has played trumpet with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest, the New York Trumpet Ensemble, Saint Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Canadian Brass and the Empire Brass. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and the University of Illinois, Bilger has a background deeply rooted in music education. He currently serves on the music faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music, Temple University, and the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. In additional to teaching classical trumpet lessons online at ArtistWorks, Bilger has taught master classes at dozens of institutions, including Juilliard, Indiana University, the University of Michigan, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Peabody Conservatory. As a recording artist, Bilger recently released a recording of new electro-acoustic music for trumpet and synthesizers with composer Meg Bowles.
As Principal Horn of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for 24 years running, William Caballero is one of today’s most respected French horn players. He has performed as guest Principal Horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the St. Louis Symphony. His previous Principal Horn positions include the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, and Hartford Symphony. A graduate from the New England Conservatory in Boston, Caballero studied under former members of the Boston Symphony. Early in his career, Caballero was a member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and an acting member of the Boston Symphony both as Third Horn.
As an educator, Caballero has held teaching positions at Rice University Duquesne University, and at Indiana University Bloomington as adjunct professor of horn. He has taught master classes at prestigious institutes including his alma mater New England Conservatory, Curtis Institute of Music, New World Symphony, and the Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories – as well as numerous others. Caballero currently chairs the Brass Department at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music and is the current Associate Teaching Professor of Horn. In addition to his French horn lessons online at ArtistWorks, Caballero continues to collaborate with jazz and classical musicians from around the world as an in-demand chamber musician.
Violinist Nathan Cole currently serves as First Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He previously spent nine seasons in the first violin section with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and also performed as concertmaster in cities throughout the US and Canada. Cole grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and he made his solo violin debut at the age of ten with the Louisville Orchestra. He later went on to study violin at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, where he received a Bachelor of Music. It was at Curtis where Nathan heightened his love for chamber music. As a performer, Cole has won numerous awards which include a top prize at the International Violin Competition of Sion-Valais. His debut album, Rapid Approach, was released in 2007 on Bacchanale Records and features works by Bach, Bartók, and Augusta Read Thomas. Also in 2007, Cole founded the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington which each summer commissions a work of chamber music. Cole is known worldwide as one of the premier classical violinists of our time. His writing on violin practice techniques and chamber music coaching have been published in magazines as well as online. Aside from teaching online violin lessons at ArtistWorks, Cole is also on the faculty of the Colburn School of the Performing Arts and will also be teaching audition preparation master classes at the University of Southern California.
As current Principal Flutist of The Philadelphia Orchestra for the past 22 years, Jeffrey Khaner is one of the most respected names in classical flute. From 1982-1990 he was Principal Flutist of the Cleveland Orchestra, and also served as Principal Flutist of the New York Mostly Mozart Festival, the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, and as co-Principal of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He was selected by Sir Georg Solti to be Principal Flutist of the World Orchestra for Peace in 1995. Jeffrey Khaner is also an accomplished soloist, having performed concertos with orchestras throughout the world. He works regularly with today’s top composers, many of whom have written flute music expressly for him. He has released seven critically acclaimed solo CDs which showcase his interest in the different flute music from different regions. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Khaner was later named to the faculty as flute professor after the passing of his mentor Julius Baker. He is also on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music and Lynn University’s Conservatory of Music, and has given master classes to students around the world.
As Principal Clarinet of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 2003, Ricardo Morales is one of the most respected names in classical music. Prior to joining The Philadelphia Orchestra he was with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1993-2003, where he was appointed Principal Clarinet at the age of 21. A much sought after musician, Ricardo Morales has played clarinet with The Chicago Symphony, The New York Philharmonic, as well as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Kinen Orchestra in Japan. Ricardo Morales began his professional career in the Florida Symphony after receiving his Artist Diploma from Indiana University. He has since won many awards including Grand Prize at the Seventeen Magazine National Concerto Competition, First Prize in the national Arts Recognition and Talent Search, as well as being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts by President Bush. As an educator, Morales serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Temple University and the Curtis Institute of Music, and has been giving clarinet master classes for years at many classical conservatories and institutions. Aside from his clarinet lessons online at ArtistWorks, Morales continues to perform and collaborate with a wide range of chamber musicians. His debut solo recording, French Portraits, was released in 2004 on Boston Records and his most recent recordings with the Pacifica Quartet was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.
Christie Peery Skousen began taking piano lessons from her mother at the age of 5 and began teaching piano herself at the age of 9. At 13 she won her first international competition and gave her orchestral debut. At 17 she spent the summer in Moscow studying with Dmitri Boshkirov at the Gnessin School of Music, gave her European debut recital in Geneva, Switzerland and attended Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Peery Skousen returned to Carnegie Hall at age 18 for her own debut recital. In that same year she moved to Baltimore for four years of study at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University as a student of Leon Fleisher. Upon graduation Peery Skousen was awarded the Lillian Gutman Memorial Prize in piano and the Azalea H. Thomas Prize as the student with the highest GPA in theory. Peery Skousen has performed numerous times as a soloist with symphony orchestras around the world including the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and Samara Philharmonic. Orchestral and solo performances have taken her to Geneva, Moscow, Calgary, Michigan, Texas, Colorado, California, Baltimore, and New York. She has won numerous national and international competitions. Peery Skousen serves on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory Preparatory where she is head of the First Steps at the Keyboard program. Her students are frequent prize winners in local and national competitions and perform as soloists and with orchestras throughout the Bay Area.
One of the “youngest stars of the guitar world” according to The New York Times, Jason Vieaux won the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Competition at the age of nineteen. Vieaux has been Head of the Guitar Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music since 2001, and in 2011 co-founded the classical guitar department at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music. Aside from his years of teaching classical guitar, Vieaux has been an Artistic Ambassador of the US to Southeast Asia, a Naumburg Foundation Competition top prizewinner, a Cleveland Institute of Music Alumni Achievement Award recipient, a Salon di Virtuosi Career Grant winner, and a former NPR Young-Artist-in-Residence. As a recording artist Vieaux has 12 albums to his name, including Bach: Works for Lute (2009), Images of Metheny (2005), and Sevilla: The Music of Isaac Albéniz (2003). Widely recognized as a contemporary modern guitarist who specializes in Spanish and baroque music, Vieaux continues to perform for audiences worldwide. Prior to teaching online at the ArtistWorks Guitar Campus, Vieaux taught less than a dozen students each year.
About ArtistWorks, Inc.
Founded in 2008 by former AOL executive David Butler and former financial executive Patricia Butler, ArtistWorks, Inc. is the leader in a new generation of online learning platforms. Their revolutionary global learning community of world-renowned teaching artists and enthusiastic amateurs is dedicated to unleashing the music that lies within all of us. This “next generation” Video Exchange Feedback Platform enables virtuoso musicians to "teach the world" by presenting their musical legacy in the form of HD video lessons to subscribing students. Utilizing simple web cams, smartphones, tablets or video cameras, students are able to submit practice videos and get individualized video feedback and guidance from their teaching artists - creating a constantly evolving two-way, online learning experience. For more information, visit www.artistworks.com.
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The Worldwide Interactive Online Learning Community for Classical Musicians, Offering any student the ability to study with world class teaching artists in a virtual master class setting
www.artistworksclassical.com
Napa, CA — ArtistWorks Classical Campus is the first and only interactive, worldwide online learning community for classical musicians, offering aspiring professionals and enthusiastic amateurs the unprecedented opportunity to take lessons with esteemed soloists, conservatory teachers, and principal players of leading orchestras (including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Pittsburgh Symphony) in a virtual master class setting. Seven instruments are currently available for study: violin, piano, flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, and guitar.
ArtistWorks democratizes classical music education, allowing students anywhere in the world access to lessons with top-tier teaching artists, removing the barriers of time, location, and cost. Membership in the ArtistWorks Classical Campus is offered at an affordable $90 for 3 months, $150 for 6 months, or $240 for 12 months.
The ArtistWorks Classical Campus includes instructors Jeffrey Khaner (Principal Flutist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute); David Bilger (Principal Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute, University of Georgia, Temple University); Ricardo Morales (Principal Clarinetist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Curtis Institute, Juilliard, Temple University); William Caballero (Principal French Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Mellon University School of Music); violinist Nathan Cole (First Associate Concertmaster, Los Angeles Philharmonic); guitarist Jason Vieaux (Curtis Institute, Cleveland Institute of Music); and pianist Christie Peery (Peabody Institute).
The Classical Campus uses ArtistWorks’ Video Exchange™ Feedback Platform, which combines the best of online learning with the best of face-to-face lessons. Membership provides students with unlimited access to a comprehensive collection of streamed video music lessons. Each expert teacher has personally developed their curriculum through the ArtistWorks school, resulting in hundreds of illuminating online lessons that explore technique and fundamentals, etudes, key orchestral excerpts, and solo repertoire.
When students want feedback, they submit videos of their own practices sessions, and receive video responses from their teachers with personalized guidance. All online student-teacher interactions are visible to the entire membership, resulting in a virtual master class where each student can benefit from one-on-one teaching.
Instructors of the ArtistWorks Classical Campus are motivated by a desire to share knowledge of their instruments with as wide an audience as possible – from high school and college students preparing for auditions, to amateurs who studied in their youth but pursued other professions, to aspiring multi-instrumentalists.
“The possibilities with ArtistWorks are really terrific,” says flute instructor Jeffrey Khaner. “I can work with people all around the world. It offers me unprecedented direct access to the students, and it offers them direct access to me. It’s a very cutting edge way of teaching classical music. The potential for how people can use ArtistWorks is limitless.”
Within their ArtistWorks schools, students are encouraged to participate as much as they like – chatting online, posting questions and comments to forums about their instrument, and even seeking out others to play music with in person, fostering a diverse virtual community centered around students’ common goals of learning and improving their musicianship.
“The dream of every student is to study under a world-renowned master,” says David Butler, CEO of ArtistWorks. “The ArtistWorks Classical Music Campus makes this dream a reality by offering music students everywhere an opportunity to get direct guidance and individualized instruction from some of the greatest classical musicians teaching and performing today.”
About the ArtistWorks Classical Campus Instructors
As the Principal Trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 1995, David Bilger is highly regarded for his “easy brilliance” (New York Times), and “engaging legato touch” (Washington Post). As a soloist, Bilger has appeared with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Oakland Symphony, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, among others. His solo appearances with The Philadelphia Orchestra include a 2008 US Premiere of Herbert Willi’s “Eirene” for trumpet and orchestra as well as performances of the Tomasi Trumpet Concerto at Carnegie Hall. Bilger also has played trumpet with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest, the New York Trumpet Ensemble, Saint Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Canadian Brass and the Empire Brass. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and the University of Illinois, Bilger has a background deeply rooted in music education. He currently serves on the music faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music, Temple University, and the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. In additional to teaching classical trumpet lessons online at ArtistWorks, Bilger has taught master classes at dozens of institutions, including Juilliard, Indiana University, the University of Michigan, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Peabody Conservatory. As a recording artist, Bilger recently released a recording of new electro-acoustic music for trumpet and synthesizers with composer Meg Bowles.
As Principal Horn of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for 24 years running, William Caballero is one of today’s most respected French horn players. He has performed as guest Principal Horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the St. Louis Symphony. His previous Principal Horn positions include the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, and Hartford Symphony. A graduate from the New England Conservatory in Boston, Caballero studied under former members of the Boston Symphony. Early in his career, Caballero was a member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and an acting member of the Boston Symphony both as Third Horn.
As an educator, Caballero has held teaching positions at Rice University Duquesne University, and at Indiana University Bloomington as adjunct professor of horn. He has taught master classes at prestigious institutes including his alma mater New England Conservatory, Curtis Institute of Music, New World Symphony, and the Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories – as well as numerous others. Caballero currently chairs the Brass Department at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music and is the current Associate Teaching Professor of Horn. In addition to his French horn lessons online at ArtistWorks, Caballero continues to collaborate with jazz and classical musicians from around the world as an in-demand chamber musician.
Violinist Nathan Cole currently serves as First Associate Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He previously spent nine seasons in the first violin section with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and also performed as concertmaster in cities throughout the US and Canada. Cole grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and he made his solo violin debut at the age of ten with the Louisville Orchestra. He later went on to study violin at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, where he received a Bachelor of Music. It was at Curtis where Nathan heightened his love for chamber music. As a performer, Cole has won numerous awards which include a top prize at the International Violin Competition of Sion-Valais. His debut album, Rapid Approach, was released in 2007 on Bacchanale Records and features works by Bach, Bartók, and Augusta Read Thomas. Also in 2007, Cole founded the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington which each summer commissions a work of chamber music. Cole is known worldwide as one of the premier classical violinists of our time. His writing on violin practice techniques and chamber music coaching have been published in magazines as well as online. Aside from teaching online violin lessons at ArtistWorks, Cole is also on the faculty of the Colburn School of the Performing Arts and will also be teaching audition preparation master classes at the University of Southern California.
As current Principal Flutist of The Philadelphia Orchestra for the past 22 years, Jeffrey Khaner is one of the most respected names in classical flute. From 1982-1990 he was Principal Flutist of the Cleveland Orchestra, and also served as Principal Flutist of the New York Mostly Mozart Festival, the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, and as co-Principal of the Pittsburgh Symphony. He was selected by Sir Georg Solti to be Principal Flutist of the World Orchestra for Peace in 1995. Jeffrey Khaner is also an accomplished soloist, having performed concertos with orchestras throughout the world. He works regularly with today’s top composers, many of whom have written flute music expressly for him. He has released seven critically acclaimed solo CDs which showcase his interest in the different flute music from different regions. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Khaner was later named to the faculty as flute professor after the passing of his mentor Julius Baker. He is also on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music and Lynn University’s Conservatory of Music, and has given master classes to students around the world.
As Principal Clarinet of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 2003, Ricardo Morales is one of the most respected names in classical music. Prior to joining The Philadelphia Orchestra he was with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1993-2003, where he was appointed Principal Clarinet at the age of 21. A much sought after musician, Ricardo Morales has played clarinet with The Chicago Symphony, The New York Philharmonic, as well as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Kinen Orchestra in Japan. Ricardo Morales began his professional career in the Florida Symphony after receiving his Artist Diploma from Indiana University. He has since won many awards including Grand Prize at the Seventeen Magazine National Concerto Competition, First Prize in the national Arts Recognition and Talent Search, as well as being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts by President Bush. As an educator, Morales serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Temple University and the Curtis Institute of Music, and has been giving clarinet master classes for years at many classical conservatories and institutions. Aside from his clarinet lessons online at ArtistWorks, Morales continues to perform and collaborate with a wide range of chamber musicians. His debut solo recording, French Portraits, was released in 2004 on Boston Records and his most recent recordings with the Pacifica Quartet was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.
Christie Peery Skousen began taking piano lessons from her mother at the age of 5 and began teaching piano herself at the age of 9. At 13 she won her first international competition and gave her orchestral debut. At 17 she spent the summer in Moscow studying with Dmitri Boshkirov at the Gnessin School of Music, gave her European debut recital in Geneva, Switzerland and attended Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Peery Skousen returned to Carnegie Hall at age 18 for her own debut recital. In that same year she moved to Baltimore for four years of study at the Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University as a student of Leon Fleisher. Upon graduation Peery Skousen was awarded the Lillian Gutman Memorial Prize in piano and the Azalea H. Thomas Prize as the student with the highest GPA in theory. Peery Skousen has performed numerous times as a soloist with symphony orchestras around the world including the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and Samara Philharmonic. Orchestral and solo performances have taken her to Geneva, Moscow, Calgary, Michigan, Texas, Colorado, California, Baltimore, and New York. She has won numerous national and international competitions. Peery Skousen serves on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory Preparatory where she is head of the First Steps at the Keyboard program. Her students are frequent prize winners in local and national competitions and perform as soloists and with orchestras throughout the Bay Area.
One of the “youngest stars of the guitar world” according to The New York Times, Jason Vieaux won the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Competition at the age of nineteen. Vieaux has been Head of the Guitar Department at the Cleveland Institute of Music since 2001, and in 2011 co-founded the classical guitar department at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music. Aside from his years of teaching classical guitar, Vieaux has been an Artistic Ambassador of the US to Southeast Asia, a Naumburg Foundation Competition top prizewinner, a Cleveland Institute of Music Alumni Achievement Award recipient, a Salon di Virtuosi Career Grant winner, and a former NPR Young-Artist-in-Residence. As a recording artist Vieaux has 12 albums to his name, including Bach: Works for Lute (2009), Images of Metheny (2005), and Sevilla: The Music of Isaac Albéniz (2003). Widely recognized as a contemporary modern guitarist who specializes in Spanish and baroque music, Vieaux continues to perform for audiences worldwide. Prior to teaching online at the ArtistWorks Guitar Campus, Vieaux taught less than a dozen students each year.
About ArtistWorks, Inc.
Founded in 2008 by former AOL executive David Butler and former financial executive Patricia Butler, ArtistWorks, Inc. is the leader in a new generation of online learning platforms. Their revolutionary global learning community of world-renowned teaching artists and enthusiastic amateurs is dedicated to unleashing the music that lies within all of us. This “next generation” Video Exchange Feedback Platform enables virtuoso musicians to "teach the world" by presenting their musical legacy in the form of HD video lessons to subscribing students. Utilizing simple web cams, smartphones, tablets or video cameras, students are able to submit practice videos and get individualized video feedback and guidance from their teaching artists - creating a constantly evolving two-way, online learning experience. For more information, visit www.artistworks.com.
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