On Monday, February 4, the Rappahannock Music Society featured Adjunct Piano Professor Andrew Kraus in the workshop and recital called “Wellness for the Performing Musician,” held in the Central Rappahannock Regional Library theater. Kraus’ workshop got the participants up on their feet to learn “The Relaxing Breath” and “5 Elements QiGong.” Kraus also introduced them […]
On Saturday, March 24, University of Mary Washington Adjunct Professors Andrew Kraus and Theresa Steward judged over 30 talented entrants competing for the 2018 Rappahannock Music Society Scholarship and a chance to perform in the Scholarship Honors Recital to be held on April 8th at Ferry Farm Baptist Church.Open to students of local teachers Grade […]
On Monday, April 3, at 11 a.m., Andrew Kraus, Adjunct Professor of Piano at the University of Mary Washington, will present “An Introduction to Peter Feuchtwanger’s Piano Exercises for Curing Playing-Related Disorders in Pianists as Well as for Learning a Functionally Natural Behaviour in Piano Playing” for the Rappahannock Music Society(http://www.rappahannockmusicsociety.org/) in the theater of […]
Adjunct Piano Professor Andrew Kraus traveled to the Black Forest region of Germany last week to play in two concerts memorializing his mentor, Peter Feuchtwanger, who died in June.He closed the evening program on Aug. 31 in the ornately decorated “Baroque Hall” at the Eiztalmuseum in Waldkirch (http://p23515.typo3server.info/) with “Evening Music,” a group of pieces […]
Andrew Kraus, Adjunct Professor of Piano, releases two new “singles” this month on the Tunecore label.Deep River is played in an arrangement by Calvin Taylor, a noted African American pianist, arranger and pedagogue, from his collection Spirituals for Worship, and is available from iTunes, Amazon.com and other outlets as a digital download starting June 10.January, […]