Kathryn Woodard

Kathryn Woodard (born 1969) is an American pianist, scholar and educator. She specialises in the interpretation of music by composers from Turkey and East Asia.[1][2][3][4] Woodard's scholarly research has focused on timbral experiments in piano music and on the works of Turkish composers such as Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907-1991).[5][6] More recent presentations have focused on the perception of rhythm and the process of learning rhythms.[7][8] Since 2015 she has led an initiative to publish reprint and new editions of piano music by Turkish composers with a focus on pedagogical repertoire.[9] Her work as an educator has addressed musicians who seek relief from injuries and an increased awareness of the body in motion.[10][11]

Kathryn Woodard
Born1969
Dallas, Texas
EducationUniversity of Music and Performing Arts, Munich; University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
OccupationMusician, Educator
Websitekathrynwoodard.com

Career

After initial studies in Dallas with noted new music pianist, Jo Boatright, Woodard moved to Munich, Germany where she continued studies with Yasuko Matsuda and later with Gitti Pirner at the University of Music and Performing Arts (Hochschule für Musik). She pursued graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with Frank Weinstock and began a focus on piano music by composers outside of the Western tradition. At the same time she began to learn the Alexander Technique to overcome physical limitations in her playing, studying primarily with Barbara Conable.[10]

In 2001 Woodard served as a consultant for Turkish music with the Silk Road Project to help identify composers for the Silk Road Ensemble to commission. From 2000 to 2004 she was adjunct assistant professor at Hunter College, and in 2004 she accepted a position at Texas A&M University in its fledgling music program.

Discography

References
  1. Brookes, Stephen (October 3, 2008). "Kathryn Woodard". The Washington Post.
  2. Chism, Olin (April 5, 2004). "Pianist Kathryn Woodard Crafts Exotic Program at the Crow Collection". Dallas Morning News.
  3. Smith, Steve (September 16, 2007). "Youth and Beauty, and Wails, Whispers and Growls". The New York Times.
  4. Bedetti, Andrea (November 2013). "Review of Journeys and Silhouettes CDs". CD Classico (Italy).
  5. "Interview: Kathryn Woodard Discusses the Music of Ahmed Adnan Saygun". Fanfare Magazine. 33 (6). 2010.
  6. Woodard, Kathryn (2007). "Music Mediating Politics in Turkey: The Case of Ahmed Adnan Saygun". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 27 (3): 552–562. doi:10.1215/1089201x-2007-032.
  7. Woodard, Kathryn. "Traversing the 'Devil's Staircase': Perception and Notation of Folk Rhythms in Piano Music from the Balkans (and Beyond)," presented at the IMS Regional Meeting for the Balkans, Bucharest, Romania, September 2–6, 2019.
  8. Woodard, Kathryn (2021). "Syncopation, Cross-Rhythm and Aksak Meter: A Workshop in Pedagogical Approaches". Art in Motion Symposium: RHYTHM!.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Sonic Crossroads". soniccrossroads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  10. Woodard, Kathryn (2009). "Recovering Disembodied Spirits: Teaching Movement to Musicians". British Journal of Music Education. 26 (2): 153–172. doi:10.1017/S0265051709008419.
  11. Woodard, Kathryn (June 2018). "Understanding and Accessing the Body Map When Training Movement". Art in Motion 2018: Training for Creative Excellence. Symposium Program: 60–61.
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