THE BACH ACADEMY
Santa Cruz, California
July 28 – August 2, 2008 (stay tuned for 2009 dates!)
Who we are
Who We Are
Susan Bruckner (Co-Director) is a pianist and teacher with degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the New School for Music Study and the San Francisco Conservatory. She has done extensive research on learning styles and brain research pertinent to musicians and is author of the book, The Whole Musician. She is a clinician at the annual Healthy Musician Institute at Ithaca College and frequent lecturer on these topics in the U.S. and abroad. She is co-founder and director of the Bach Academy in conjunction with the Carmel Bach Festival. Susan is head of the piano department at Cabrillo College and has also taught at the University of Utah, Ithaca College, and Diablo Valley College.
Elisabeth Crabtree received her BA in music studying harpsichord at UC Santa Cruz. She performed Bach's Goldberg Variations for her senior recital in 2000. Since then she has worked at both public and private schools in Santa Cruz, teaching music, dance, and theater to grades K-12 in the classroom setting and also teaching privately to people of all ages. She is certified in Orff Schulwerk and spent the last year at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria where she received a degree in post graduate music and dance education. Elisabeth is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Music Education from San Jose State University, and teachers K-6th grade at Vine Hill, Brook Knoll, and Orchard School.
Jane Hancock (Co-Director) has a degrees in photography from the University of California, Santa Cruz. and in education from San Jose State. She has been an educator in the Scotts Valley School District, CA, for 18 years. Ms. Hancock was awarded a grant to develop a classical music appreciation program for the Scotts Valley Schools. She has pursued her passion for music through many courses and as a performer in recorder ensembles and classical choirs. Jane has sung the music of Bach in local choirs in Santa Cruz for over 25 years. She is the co founder of the Summer Bach Academy for Children, sponsored by the Carmel Bach Festival. Inspired by her love of Bach’s music, she lead a student tour of 5th graders to the Bach cities in Eastern Germany in the summer of 2006.
In cooperation with the
Our 72nd Season • July 18-August 8, 2009
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www.bachfestival.org