Cameron Bennett, piano

CAMERON BENNETT has had an active and varied career as a performing musician, teacher, and music administrator. He is Professor of Piano at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he teaches piano, chamber music, twentieth-century theoretical techniques, is a member of the Duvall Piano Trio, and serves as Chair of the Department of Music. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Russia, and the Far East. He is a founding member of the Marble Cliff Chamber Players, (www.marblecliffchamberplayers.org), an annual summer chamber music festival held in Columbus and Delaware, Ohio, and appears regularly with the Snake River Chamber Players in Keystone, Colorado. Dr. Bennett served for many seasons as chamber music performer and coach at the Victoria International Festival in Victoria, Canada, and as staff accompanist at The Juilliard School. He has taught previously at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and has given master classes at the Beijing Central Conservatory, Shanghai Conservatory, and the Chinese Cultural University in Taipei, Taiwan. His performances have been featured on WOSU-FM in Columbus, Ohio and in Taipei, on the Taiwan Television Network. Dr. Bennett continues to be in great demand as a collaborating pianist. In recent seasons, he has performed with pianist Cecile Licad in a duo-performance with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, was featured in a chamber music performance at the Ohio Theatre, and has performed with cellists Zuill Bailley and Clancy Newman, clarinetists Richard Stoltzman and Robert Spring, violinists Charles Wetherbee and Yenn-Chwen Er, and bassoonist George Sakakeeny.

Dr. Bennett received both his Masters and Doctorate degrees in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music. He also holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Bennett has held numerous administrative positions throughout his career, including: Executive Director of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Ohio from 2003-2006; Chair of the Department of Music at OWU from 1998-2003; and Executive Director of the MidAmerica Chamber Music Institute from 1995-2000.

Dr. Bennett is a member of and holds the College Teacher Certification Diploma from the Music Teachers National Association, and is also a member of the College Music Society, Chamber Music America, and the Ohio Music Teachers Association. He is currently a Commissioner on the Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Commission and served previously on the executive boards of both the Music Teachers National Association and the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra.

He has studied piano with Constance Keene, Ronald Turini, Robin McCabe, Peter Katin, Pierre Souvairan, and Irina Kugucheva. He has also studied chamber music with Harvey Shapiro, Lorand Fenyves and Raphael Bronstein. He lives in Upper Arlington, Ohio, with his wife, violinist Korine Fujiwara, and son, Julian.

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