Molly Stier > Résumé

2901 Ascott Lane, Olney, Maryland 20832-2625
tel: 301-774-9011
e-mail: molly@cherryvalleymusic.com

Experience

  • Founder, Piano and Clarinet Instructor: Cherry Valley Music Studio, Olney, MD since 1985.
  • Founder and Executive Director of Halcyon Productions, specializing in producing, recording and distributing fine musical literature and recordings.
  • Founder and Artistic Director of Music Among Friends, an impromptu chamber music series in Sandy Spring, MD, ongoing.
  • Associate Artistic Director and Secretary of Music in the Great Hall, Baltimore, MD, 1991-1997
  • Assistant Music Director and Pianist for the Washington, Savoyards, 1996-2002
  • Music Director and Pianist, Bethesda Academy for the Performing Arts, world premier of Shady Glade (Martha Horsley, Bob Hanrott), June 1997
  • Pianist, Musical Theatre Center, Rockville, Summer 1998
  • Music Together Program, Catholic University, Washington, DC, 1998
  • Sessione Senese per la Musica, concerto and chamber music performances in Italy and Switzerland, Summer 1994
  • The French Piano Institute, attended L'ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, 1993
  • Pianist for the chamber group, SONUS, 1992-1993
  • Music Copyist, Charlestown Chorale, 1989-1990
  • Accompanist, Charlestown Chorale, 1987-88 and 1991 seasons
  • Accompanist, Youth and Senior Choirs, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, DC 1984-1987
  • Treasurer, Gaithersburg Library Advisory Committee, 1992-1995
  • Retail Sales, Jacobs Gardiner, Greenbelt, MD 1984
  • Counselor, Music Instructor, Maryland Center for the Arts, 1983
  • Music Dept. Assistant, Theory Tutor, Goucher College, 1982-83
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Internship, 1982
  • Clarinetist, Baltimore County Youth Orchestra, 1979-81. All State Band 1976-1978

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Education

  • Master of Music Degree in piano performance, University of Maryland, 1986
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree, Goucher College (1983). Awarded General Honors in Music/Communications
  • Advanced Certificate in Piano, Peabody Institute of Baltimore (1979)

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Professional Organizations

  • Baltimore Music Club, Performing Member since 1984
  • Music Teachers National Association, Maryland State Music Teachers and Montgomery County Music Teachers Associations since 1989

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Honors

  • Winner of the 2006 MSMTA Jordan Kitt's Piano Teacher Grant
  • Winner of the 2001 Jordan Kitt's Music Piano Teacher Grant
  • Membership in the Beta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
  • The Phi Beta Kappa Prize for an original musical composition, 1983
  • The Class of 1905 Fellowship, Goucher College, 1983
  • The Ruth and Henry Rosenberg Prize in Music, 1983
  • The Julia Gontrum Hill Award in piano, 1981, 1982
  • Dean's Scholar, 1980, 1981
  • National Dean's Scholar, 1982

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Discography

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Performer

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Record Producer

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References

  • available upon request

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