"In 1994, I was diagnosed with FOCAL DYSTONIA and told I would never play again.  Edna Golandsky was the first person to tell me that I might recover through the TAUBMAN TECHNIQUE.  In the fall of 1996, a center for teaching the technique was established in La Crosse, Wisconsin.  One of Edna's students, Dr. Teresa Dybvig, traveled once a month to the area to work with injured pianists.  By means of Terry's persistent work and insightful eyes, I was able to overcome the dystonia. Terry and Edna belied that “experts” who said that I would never play again. They restored to me the joy of playing the piano. Today I don’t even consider myself someone who has dystonia. It is a thing of the past. I currently perform regularly as Professor of Music at Viterbo University, and play for services, sometimes several in a week, as Director of Music at the Roncalli Newman Center. I will be forever grateful to Terry for this tremendous gift in my life."

A Sampling of One-of-a-Kind PERFORMANCES
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Performance History

SUMMER Noonday Recitals—Rochester, MN
  • The Music of Debussy and Poulenc (violin and piano chamber works w/Nancy Oliveros)—June, 2010
  • The Music of Alberto Ginastera (solo piano, vocal w/Ann Schoenecker, soprano)—June 28, 2009
  • Four-Hand Piano Duets (w/Timothy Schorr—July 25, 2009
 
Artistic Director and Collaborator: ONE-of-a-KIND CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES at VITERBO UNIVERSITY
  • KEYED IN (February 22, 2016) – Stephanie Arado, violin and Mary Ellen Haupert, piano
  • KEYED IN (November 13, 2015) – Timothy Schorr and Mary Ellen Haupert, pianists
  • KEYED IN (September 27, 2015) – Artaria String Quartet and Mary Ellen Haupert
  • TIMECAPSULE IV (April 25, 2015)—Nancy Oliveros, violin and Mary Ellen Haupert, piano
  • TIMECAPSULE III—February 8, 2015 (w/Viterbo voice and piano faculty)
  • TIMECAPSULE I—September 20, 2014 (w/Timothy Schorr and Ann Schoenecker); program performed at Winona State University on Friday, September 19, 2014
  • CLARA and LOUISE II—April 6, 2014, Viterbo University (piano trios of Louise Farrenc, songs by Clara Schumann; with Laura Sewell, Nancy Oliveros, and Ann Schoenecker
  • The Piano Trios of Louise Farrenc—UW-Eau Claire, February 8, 2014
  • The Piano Trios of Louise Farrenc—Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN, November 10, 2014
  • The Piano Trios of Louise Farrenc—Minneapolis Friday Club, October 11, 2013
  • PIANO TANGO—March 12, 2014, UW-Eau Claire (piano duo concert with pianist Owen Lovell)
  • PIANO TANGO—November 17, 2013, Viterbo University (piano duo concert with pianist Owen Lovell)
  • CZECH MATES--September 22, 2013, Viterbo University (piano duet concert with Timothy Schorr)
  • CAFÉ MUSIC FOR PIANO TRIO/Sunday, April 28, 2013 (trio concert with Kirsten Whitson and Nancy Oliveros)
  • Bohemian Rhapsody: Take 2 (four-hand with Timothy Schorr)—April 28, 2012
  • POINTS on JAZZ/Sunday, September 9, 2012  (two-piano concert with pianist Owen Lovell)
  • The Saga of Sefarad (in collaboration with World Languages)—September 17, 2011 (solo piano—Lecuona)
  • Clara and Louise:  The Chamber Music of Louise Farrenc—November 13, 2011
  • Clara and Louise ENCORE PERFORMANCE (UW-Eau Claire, April 4, 2012)
  • Lasting Impressionism: The Music of Claude Debussy—Sept. 19, 2010 (violin and piano)
  • Music That Makes You Want to Move: The Music of Alberto Ginastera—Saturday, November 13, 2011
  • Subtle and Sublime: The Music of Francis Poulenc—Saturday, February 12, 2011 (vocal and piano)
  • A Foote Note:  The Music of Barber and Schumann—Saturday, April 9, 2011 (concert repeated on Wisconsin Public Radio’s LIVE FROM THE CHAZEN, Sunday, April 10, 2011)
  • Robert Schumann and Friends—Poet’s Love (w/Viterbo voice faculty)—Sept. 13, 2009
  • Robert Schumann and Friends—Three’s Company (w/Nancy Oliveros)—November 8, 2009
  • Robert Schumann and Friends—Glorious Thunderstorm (w/Artaria String Quartet)—February 20, 2010
  • The Music of Rebecca Clarke (w/ Busya Lugovier, viola)—September 14, 2008
  • Four-Hand Salute to American Composers (w/ Timothy Schorr)—November 16, 2008 [Performed at Itasca Community College on October 23rd, 2008 and St. Mary’s University on November 8, 2008]
  • The Music of Ottorino Respighi (w/ Nancy Oliveros, violin)—February 14, 2009 [Performed at the College of St. Benedict on February 11, 2009]
 
Artaria String Quartet, Guest Artist
  • Guest Artist – March 10, 2016 (Itasca Community College; Grand Rapids, MN)
  • Guest Artist--May, 2011 (Sundin Hall, Hamline University; St. Paul, MN)
  • Guest Artist--February 21, 2010 (Sundin Hall, Hamline University; St. Paul, MN)
  • String Quartet a la mode—February 29, 2008
  • Central Square Performing Arts Series—February 23, 2008
  • String Quartet a la mode—February 17, 2007
 
Grand Rapids Concert Series
  • Concert with Matthew Haupert—August, 2012
  • Solo piano recital—August, 2011
  • Solo piano recital—August, 2006
  • Solo and four-hand piano recital—July, 2007
  • Solo piano with oboe chamber music—July, 2008
 
Four-hand piano recitals with Dr. Timothy Schorr
  • One-of-a-Kind Chamber Music – KEYED IN (November 13, 2015) – also listed under “One-of-a-Kind”
  • CZECH MATES—September 21, 2013, UW-Osh Kosh Guest Artist Recital (piano duet with Timothy Schorr)—also listed under One-of-a-Kind Chamber Music Series
  • UWEC, recital and masterclass—October 11, 2009
  • Holmen Concert Series--April, 2008
  • Edinburgh Society of Musicians; Edinburgh, Scotland--October, 2007
  • Winona State University--November, 2006
  • Viterbo University--November 11, 2006
  • University of St. Francis--September, 2006
  • Washington University in St. Louis--February, 2006
  • Live broadcast of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Live from the Chazen”--February, 2005
  • The Language of Flowers
(a vocal recital featuring Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer)—February, 2005
  • Song and Script: A Celebration of Music and Poetry (w/ Jean Saladino)—April 19, 2005

La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Guest Artist
  • Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals (with Pamela Preston Kelly)—January, 2013
  • Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals (wth Timothy Schorr)—November, 2012
  • Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals (with Pamela Preston Kelly)-December, 2005
  • MacDowell's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra—Spring, 1994
 
Collaboration for a Cause: Three Concerts for Katrina Relief
  • Stephen B. Humphrey Auditiorium/St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN—September 28, 2005
  • Fine Arts Center Recital Hall/Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI—September 30, 2005
  • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall/University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN—October 2, 2005
Performances with four string faculty from Texas Tech University
 
Keyboard Conversations: Three Centuries of Keyboard Music by Women Composers
(with pianist, Pamela Kelly)—February 21, 2003
University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois       
 
La Crosse Chamber Chorale, Guest Artist
  • “The Energies of Love”—November, 2014
 
The Schubert Club and Minnesota Landmarks Courtroom Concerts Series, St. Paul, MN
  • November, 2009 with Nancy Oliveros