Heather Bissell
Traditional Piano

• Education: M.M., Piano Performance/Pedagogy, The Hartt School; undergraduate studies, Piano Performance, University of Southern Maine
• Member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, Inc.
• Teaching experience: Sebago Music Camp, 1993; private studio since 1989
• Professional Performances: solo recitals, professional accompanist, vocal coaching - musical theater.
• Professional Tours to Europe with Waynflete Chorale (1992) and The Hartt Chamber Singers (2004 and 2005)
• Recordings: R. Vaughan Williams "The Sea Symphony"; the Hartt Chamber Singers Summer Tour to Spain (2004) and May Tour to Europe (2005); All Eastern Choir (1992); Arcady Concert Series: Schumann Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44 - Scherzo, with the New York Essex String Quartet (1994)
• Piano study with Paul Rutman, Margreet Francis, Frank Corliss, Frank Glazer, Robert Cole, Laura Kargul, Susan Aceto, Brenda McNeal, Doris Jeffreys, June Smith, and Orsolya Szabo
• Master Classes with: Seymour Bernstein, Laura Kargul, Nalita True, Lukas Foss, Jando Jeno, and Orsolya Szabo
• Honors: National Baldwin Piano Competition Finalist and Outstanding Musicianship Award (1991); All State Jazz Festival, Me (1991); Bay Chamber Concert Series Participant (1990, 1998); Maine State Piano Competition Winner (1990, 1993); Arcady Music Festival Competition Winner; All-Eastern Chorus (1992); Gold Medals in Canadian Victorian Piano Competition (1987-89)
• Workshops conducted in Massachusetts: Fundamentals in Music Theory, Sight-singing, & Ear-training; The History of Keyboard Instruments; The Piano Inside and Out; The Mechanics of Sound; Learning the Instruments of the Orchestra
• Hartt Community Division faculty member since 2003