JEANNE KIERMAN FISCHER
Artist Teacher of Piano

B. Mus. (1971) Oberlin College License (1973) Dalcroze School M. Mus. cum laude (1977) New England Conservatory of Music 2810 Alice Pratt Brown Hall 713-348-3592 jkf@rice.edu

JEANNE KIERMAN FISCHER A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Dalcroze School, and the New England Conservatory, Ms. Kierman studied with William Masselos, Miles Mauney, Victor Rosenbaum, and Menachem Pressler. Formerly on the faculties of the Oberlin Conservatory and Dartmouth College, Ms. Kierman has made a professional specialty as a player and teacher of ensemble repertoire. For ten years she toured extensively under the sponsorship of the New England Foundation and the Vermont Arts Council as a member of the Alcott Piano Quartet. In cello/piano partnership, Ms. Kierman and Norman Fischer (as the Fischer Duo) have concertized and engaged in residency activities all around the United States for almost thirty years; in 1996 and 1997, they were chosen as Artistic Ambassadors for the United States Information Agency and toured in South America and South Africa. In the summer months, Ms. Kierman works with high school students in piano chamber music at the Greenwood Music Camp in Massachssetts and performs with the Concord Trio. Ms. Kierman has written about her experiences as a Collaborative Pianist for Piano and Keyboard Magazine and has recorded for Northeastern Records and most recently for Gasparo Records.