SHARING HER AMAZING LEGACY - OVER 150 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
2022 Grammy U Mentor, Billboard-charting, internationally acclaimed, 9-time Global Music Award winner and Katherine Farnham is as precocious and passionate an educator as she is an artist. In addition to a busy artistic career, she has taught all levels of Piano, Voice, Acting and Modeling. She has studied with legendary Artist Teachers in both classical and jazz and enjoys sharing her passion and knowledge with talented, hardworking and ethical students.
Her students have won competitions and awards in a number of genres.
Katherine possesses an amazing artistic and pedagogical heritage dating directly back over one hundred and thirty-five years to historical concert pianist and composer Franz Liszt. Katherine’s mother was a concert pianist and Director of the New England Conservatory’s Wellesley Branch. Katherine studied piano with her mother for over a decade. Her mother studied with European concert artist Madame Karin Dayas who studied with her parents, William Dayas and Margarethe Vocke Dayas both of whom were students of Liszt. Following her lineage even farther, Liszt studied with Carl Czerny and Czerny studied with legendary composer/pianist Ludwig von Beethoven.
Katherine’s father was a musician/arranger/scholar who toured as first trombonist with several orchestras including The Baltimore Symphony, The Boston Symphony and The Boston Pops. Both her parents also worked with legendary composers Igor Stravinsky and Paul Hindemith at The Sante Fe Opera.
Her motto is “It’s not just a lesson, it’s a legacy.”
She has recorded and performed worldwide and on stages with Latin jazz greats Celia Cruz and Tito Puente Jr. She was recognized by the Mayor of Miami-Dade County for her contributions to music and ethnic unity.
She has taught as Adjunct University Faculty, privately, online and at fine music/arts schools throughout the nation. Her students come from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Katherine gave her first performance as leading lady in a school play at age five. A few months later she performed her first jazz vocal solo. She became a professional singer/pianist at fourteen, also winning scholarships to Tanglewood and conservatory. After studying with Leon Fleischer, Gilbert Kallish and others, she earned her BM Degree Summa Cum Laude from Boston’s acclaimed Berklee College of Music and her MM from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. In addition to doing post graduate work, she holds several certifications, including an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University.
Katherine has been a Guest Lecturer and Performer for the National Federation of Music Clubs and also served as Adjudicator for their Festival (Piano Solo Category). Additional adjudications include the ARTS Recognition & Talent Search (Popular Voice Category) and Los Angeles Music Center’s Annual Spotlight Awards where she served for two consecutive years as Celebrity Voice Adjudicator.
Katherine’s grandfather was also a musician and she is passionate about sharing her three generations of excellence plus her pedagogical legacy and love for the arts. She utilizes a comprehensive, tested curriculum as well as originally designed exercises to ensure her students receive the finest in musical and arts education. Lastly, she has written three educational ebooks she shares with students.
Katherine is available for Lectures, Master Classes, Clinics and Workshops worldwide. For more info, availability or to schedule an Online or In Person Trial Lesson please email LessonsbyKatherine@gmail.com or use the Contact Form below on this page.
To continue her support of the arts, Trial Lessons are still free for students who commit to study.
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