10:00 a.m. CAMTA BuSINESS MEETING
New Board officers announced
Election for Member of the Year
11:00 a.m. Professional Development Program
Alexander Wasserman, Associate Professor of Music, Reinhardt University
"I Played it Perfectly at Home... Or did I?" Aligning Expectations with Results in Performance
This presentation equips pianists of all levels with strategies to accurately predict concert-stage performance. Self-assessment techniques will be discussed to align expectations with results, thus mitigating performance anxiety, optimizing practice efficiency, and boosting confidence and artistry.
BIOGRAPHY
Described as a "pianist of real firework" - (Giorgio Koukl, EarRelevant), Dr. Alexander
Wasserman enjoys a distinguished career on both the concert stage and in the teaching studio.
Recent solo recitals include concerts in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, and other cultural
centers throughout the United States.
As a concerto soloist, Dr. Wasserman has appeared with the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra,
Thousand Oaks Philharmonic (CA), the New Valley Symphony (CA), the Suburban Symphony
(OH), The Santa Barbara Choral Society and Orchestra (CA), The DeKalb Symphony (GA), The
Rome Symphony (GA), The Reinhardt Symphony (GA), The Atlanta Community Symphony
Orchestra, and the Parma Symphony (OH) in concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt,
Grieg, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky.
As a chamber musician, he frequently collaborates with members of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and
others. Recent chamber music engagements include performances on the Atlanta Symphony
“Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series” at Atlanta Symphony Hall. He is also a regular performer
at Festival Mozaic, in San Luis Obispo, California. His CD of solo and chamber French music,
in collaboration with Atlanta Symphony principal oboist, Elizabeth Tiscione, and St. Paul
Chamber Orchestra principal bassoonist, Andrew Brady, was released on Centaur Records in
2023. Andrew Desaderio of Fanfare Magazine writes: “Pianist Alexander Wasserman gives a
beautiful performance of the original Sonatine, with keen attention to Ravel’s elegantly veiled
classicism…has remarkable balance and precision that illuminates Ravel’s shimmering
harmonies and textural shadings. Wasserman’s playing sounds effortless and graceful.”
Equally dedicated to the education of emerging talent, Dr. Wasserman is Assistant Professor of
Piano at Reinhardt University (GA). He also served as Professor of Piano at Youngstown State
University (OH) shortly before moving to Atlanta. In addition, he serves as Founder and Artistic
Director of the Reinhardt Piano Festival and Academy – an intensive one-week summer piano
festival held at Reinhardt University. Dr. Wasserman also maintains a private piano studio; his
students have been prize winners in the GMEA All-State Competition, GMTA Romantic and
Impressionistic Competition, GMTA Piano Competition, MTNA Competition, Nashville
International Piano Competition, Rising Stars Competition, Osaka International Competition,
Emory Young Artists Competition, Kennesaw State University Young Artists Competition,
Rome Symphony Concerto Competition, Atlanta Community Symphony Concerto Competition,
and more. He frequently serves as a judge of national and international piano competitions.
Alexander Wasserman, a native of Los Angeles, began formal piano studies with Suzanne Julian.
He went on to receive degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Southern
California’s Thornton School of Music (BM), the Cleveland Institute of Music (MM), and the
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (GPD). He completed his Doctor of Musical
Arts program in Piano Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2011. His primary
teachers include Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Yong-Hi Moon, Daniel Shapiro, and Antoinette Perry.
Additional study with Paul Schenly and Sergei Babayan has also been of tremendous influence.
Dr. Wasserman currently resides in Marietta, GA with his wife, Jessica Oudin, a member of the
Atlanta Symphony viola section, and their son, Bradley.
Alexander Wasserman is a Shigeru Kawai Artist.