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New Orleans Piano Institute and NOPI Solo Piano Competition July 23-30, 2017 Click here to download the Application Form Click here to download the NOPI Brochure New Orleans Piano Institute General Information
About the program There are TWO levels of participation in the NOPI program: ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS and OBSERVERS.
All NOPI participants will observe master classes, lectures, and performances. All NOPI participants will have the opportunity to take a trip to historic New Orleans French Quarter. Room and board Boarding participants are housed in a dormitory on the campus of Loyola University, a five-minute walk from the Music Building. Dorm rooms house two students per room. Meal cards for breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided and may be used in various campus eateries. The dormitory will have adult supervisors. Students under the age of 18 will not be allowed to leave the campus without permission from an Institute Director. NOPI Fees (Click Here to Pay Fees) NOPI GENERAL application fee .............................. $55 Applies to all NOPI applicants and must be paid with the submission of general application packet. NOPI SOLO COMPETITION non-refundable application fee......$50 An additional fee only for NOPI applicants who apply to the NOPI Solo Competition. This fee must be paid with the submission of the general application packet. NOPI CONCERTO COMPETITION application fee .. $25 An additional fee only for NOPI applicants who also apply to NOPI Concerto Competition. This fee must be paid with the submission of general application packet. NOPI ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS tuition (non-refundable after July 10, 2017) ...................... $550 NOPI OBSERVERS tuition ....................................... $275 Room and Board (optional, but recommended)......... $550 PLEASE NOTE: Late applications might be considered based on availability and on a first come first served basis. CONTACT INFORMATION For information regarding the 2017 New Orleans Piano Institute, please contact: Co-Director Dr. Igor Resnianski For questions about room and board or airport pickup, please contact: Local Director Prof. Joni Jensen jjensen@tulane.edu NOPI FACULTY BIOS
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Alan Chow (NOPI Co-director ) is on the faculty at Northwestern University. He has won First Prizes at the Concert Artists Guild International New York Competition, the UCLA International Piano Competition, the Palm Beach Invitational Piano Competition, and the Silver Medal and Audience Favorite Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. He performed throughout the US and abroad. His students are winners of numerous state, national and international piano competitions. Alan Chow is a Steinway Artist. Mr. Chow is on sabbatical for NOPI 2017.
Igor Resnianski (NOPI Co-director) is a prize winner of many piano
competitions including New Orleans International Piano Competition;
World Piano Competition; Nena Wideman International Piano Competition;
First China International Piano Competition; All-Russia Piano
Competition, etc. He performed, judged, and gave master classes in the
US, Russia, China, South America, Hong Kong, etc. His students are
winners of numerous state, national, and international competitions and
were featured on the national radio and TV program "From the Top". Dr.
Resnianski was named a "2012 Music Teacher of the Year" by PAMTA and
"2016 Top Teacher" by Steinway & Sons. He is on the faculty at West
Chester University of Pennsylvania and Nelly Berman School of Music near
Philadelphia. Igor Resnianski is a Steinway Artist.
Joni Jensen (Local Director) is a long-standing board members of the Musical Arts Society of New Orleans and has served as Local Director of the New Orleans Piano Institute for many years. A native of New Orleans, Joni Fitzpatrick Jensen is on the faculty at Tulane University where she teaches piano, music theory and is the coordinator of the piano classes. She also maintains a private studio in New Orleans where she teaches pre-college students of all ages. She has presented master classes, lectures and has served as an adjudicator across Louisiana. Prof. Jensen currently serves as the Louisiana Music Teachers Association's college faculty forum chair. 
Constance Carroll retired from LSU where she was recipient of the Barineau Professorship of Keyboard Studies. She received her education at the University of Arizona and the Eastman School of Music. As a Fulbright Scholar, she studied for a year in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria. In 2001 she was honored with an Excellence in Teaching Award by LSU and the Outstanding Teacher of 2001 Award by LMTA.
Kevin Chance is on the faculty of University of Alabama. He holds degrees from Eastman School of Music, LSU, and Birmingham-Southern College. He has performed throughout the US and abroad as soloist and collaborator. His students are frequently named winners on local, state, regional, and national competitions. Kevin was most recently awarded the distinct honor of Alabama Music Teachers Association's Teacher of the Year in 2015.
Frank Heneghan is retired Director of the Conservatory of Music and Drama of the Dublin Institute of Technology. He also served as its Director of Cultural Affairs. He has adjudicated, lectured, taught, and conducted master classes in all five continents. Frank has been a faculty member of NOPI since its inception. He has higher degrees, including two doctorates, in Education, Music and Philosophy. He is a respected authority on topics as diverse as general music education, piano technique, the philosophy of interpretation and the theory of Contextualism as related to music education philosophy. 
Shearon Horton holds degrees from Peabody College and The University of Texas at Austin with further doctoral study at Louisiana State University. She has performed as soloist and collaborative pianist and has presented lectures and master classes in many states in the U. S. and in China. Her students have received state, regional, and national prizes including finalists in the MTNA National Piano Competition and have been featured on the national radio program “From the Top.” Former director of the New Orleans Piano Institute, in 2004 she received the Outstanding Teacher Award by Louisiana Music Teachers Association.
