Anna Maria Manalo as Music Mentor

053118 A favorite indulgence: making comparisons.  PART I.  Violin vs. Piano , music-making.  TONE: Most immediate: V – control of beginning, middle and end of note. P – harmonically supported.  SONIC INTENTION: V – singing/speaking. P – Orchestral.  INTERPRETATIVE PACING: the same. Anticipation of subsequent phrases.  PHYSIOLOGICAL: V: hands are independent. P: hands are interdependent.  […]

“Uber Hashtag” by Isabel Maria Manalo, from “Skin Codes” Series http://www.isabelmanalo.com . Used with permission. Compositions inspired by Isabel Maria Manalo’s works, presented by the Zucaire Gallery in SUNY-Stony Brook, 2015. Compositional themes are based on ancient Filipino Airs.  During the Opening, a live violin track was played (by myself) to the pre-recorded piano tracks. The […]

Piano Mind-Body : a Technology TO be in absolute communion with music is an ideal for all listeners and musicians alike. As interpreters and re-creators however, the attention is redirected to being in communion with the instrument and one’s personal physiology, with the ultimate purpose of allowing the Music to realize itself and live freely […]

I am in need of music that would flow Over my fretful, feeling fingertips, Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow. Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low, Of some song sung to rest the tired dead, A song to fall like water on my head, And over quivering limbs, […]

EDUCATION Master of Arts (Music – Piano) 1992-1995 Hunter College, New York, NY Bachelor of Music, Honors Program/High Honors (Piano Performance) 1985-1989 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTORS Piano: Abbey Simon, Herbert Stessin, Edith Oppens, Peter Takacs, Howard Karp, Frances Karp. Composition: Melinda Wagner, George Tsontakis, Stanley Wolf, David Noon, Michael Cjakowski. Violin: Tyrone […]

AMM Pedagogy Assessment Quiz: Completion of this quiz determines your own unique approach and program, and specifies goals. 1. What’s your favorite song? 2. What types of music do you enjoy? 3. What would you like to do with your Music (select as many as you like) a) develop and gain a new skill; b) […]

PIANO JOURNAL Notes along the way . Please be in touch for any translation needed. Entries are in chronological order since start date Sept. 24, 2013, after sustaining a shoulder injury and being unable to play for 11 months. This was an opportunity to discover and face our shared corporeality, and adopt an objective sense […]

Concert Musician Anna Maria Manalo is passionate about interpreting and expressing our shared humanity through the language of Music. “Anna clearly demonstrates an ability to convey the emotional intent of the composer, and yet pour out her own personality in her interpretation.” “I have the opportunity to work with many pianists, from Milwaukee to New […]