Jeanette Winsor
Meet our Collaborative Keyboardist
"If I don’t practice for one day, I know it; if I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it; if I don’t practice for three days, the audience knows it."
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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Bio
Jeanette Winsor has been at the keyboard with the Chorale since 1980. She studied piano with Clifford Herzer, Lois Rova Ozanich, and Shirley Harrison.
She received the:
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Bachelor of Music degree cum laude from Heidelberg College and the
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Master of Music degree in piano performance from Kent State University.
She:
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teaches piano in her studio in Virginia Beach,
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is the pianist for the Hardwick Chamber Ensemble,
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is a member of core performers for NACUSA-MA concerts,
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has coached with Thomas Schumacher.,
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teaches Class Piano, Applied Piano, and serves as the Head of Keyboard Studies at Tidewater Community College,
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teaches Applied Piano, Class Piano, Piano Technique, and coaches Chamber Music at the Governor's School for the Arts, and
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serves as an adjudicator for the National Guild of Piano Teachers.
Jeanette frequently appears as a soloist and lecturer. Lecture topics include "Why Piano Teachers Should Practice," "Music by Clementi for You and Your Students," "How to Deal with the ADHD and LD Student in the Private Studio," and "Music by Women Composers for You and Your Students."
Jeanette holds National and State Professional Teaching Certificates from:
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MTNA (Music Teachers National Association)
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VMTA (Virginia Music Teachers Association), and certification through the
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American College of Musicians.
Jeanette is listed in the 21st edition of Who's Who of American Women. She is the immediate past MTNA Southern Division Competitions Chair, and a past president of both the Tidewater Music Teachers Forum and the Virginia Music Teachers Association. Her articles on piano pedagogy have been published by Piano Guild Notes. Recent performances include the College Music Society/NACUSA National Conference in Kansas City, MO, Salon Concert Series in Princeton, NJ, NACUSA concerts in Philadelphia, New York City and throughout Virginia, and soloist with the Virginia Beach Symphony.