Seminars with Faricy

Katherine Faricy is available for private lessons with any area piano instructors or pianists interested in a few lessons to go deeper into her popular Seminar topics.

Instructor:  Katherine Faricy is Master Artist-in-Residence at the Mount Calvary Academy of Music. Prior to this, she was on the music faculty at the University of St. Thomas for 35 years, where she taught undergraduate piano, piano ensemble and accompanying, and graduate piano and graduate pedagogy courses, including Performance Practices. In frequent demand as an adjudicator and clinician giving workshops on many topics, she is also author of two books on pedaling, Artistic Pedal Technique for intermediate and advanced pianists, and Pedaling - Colors in Sound for elementary piano students.

Faricy graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with a bachelor's degree in music education and received her master of fine arts degree in piano performance from the University of Minnesota. She also studied privately for four years with the renowned concert pianist, Madame Lili Kraus. A frequent recitalist and soloist with orchestras, she also performed and toured for several years as part of the Callahan & Faricy piano duo and the Daws/Faricy violin and piano duo with whom she debuted in Carnegie Recital Hall. Many of her performances have been broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.

Katherine Faricy is also available for private lessons and coaching sessions for teachers. Students of teachers wishing a coaching session are also welcome. Please contact Faricy for more information about the seminar or lessons and coaching at 952-934-3852 or kfaricy@comcast.net.