Elizabeth Thomasson
MTNA NATIONALLY CERTIFIED
Accompanying, Piano
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Elizabeth Thomasson is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a B.A. and M.M. in Piano Performance. Her studies included courses in piano pedagogy, music education, music theory, and music history. Additional study was done at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria; Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY; and the Dorothy Taubman Institute, Amherst, MA. Teachers include Paul Pollei, Reid Nibley, Robert Smith, Mary Moran, and Maria Syllm.
She teaches beginning, intermediate, and advanced piano students, maintaining a private piano studio for 35 years. She taught private piano at Brigham Young University and Cuttington University College in Bong County, Liberia, and has coached piano accompanying students at Ithaca College. Teaching experience includes 10 years of class Kindermusik instruction at all levels.
She performs extensively as an accompanist for soloists, choirs, and small chamber ensembles. As a college student she performed concertos with both the Utah Symphony and the BYU Symphony Orchestra.
Elizabeth is an MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM). She is a member of Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico and National Guild of Piano Teachers. She serves as Treasurer for the Albuquerque Music Teachers Association. She and her husband Gordon moved to Albuquerque in 2009 from upstate New York. They have 4 sons.