teachers
The Campbell Music Studio Partners are members of the Music Teachers National Association and the New York State Music Teachers Association, both of which sponsor performing opportunities to Campbell Music Studio members. In addition, the Campbell Music Studio presents one student recital each year.
felicia campbell
Felicia Fan Campbell was born to two of Hong Kong's most prominent piano teachers. While growing up she won many of Hong Kong's most important piano competitions, culminating in the top prize for piano, the Nancy Loo Scholarship. Mrs. Campbell was a scholarship student at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she received the Bachelor of Music under Sedmara Rutstein. As a scholarship student, Mrs. Campbell received the Bachelor of Music and the Master of Music from the Juilliard School in studying under Adele Marcus and Beveridge Webster.
Since her graduation from the Juilliard School, Mrs. Campbell has established herself as an expert in teaching young children, combining music pedagogy with developmental psychology. Mrs. Campbell has served as founder of pre-school music classes at the Morrell School; St. James Church Play Group; Bethany Memorial Church Play Group; Music and Movement Specialist, William Woodward Jr. Nursery School and New York Hospital Play Area Association; Park East Synagogue Day School; and has served as Music Instructor, Pre-School Music Classes, Play Area Association, Cornell Medical Center, New York Hospital for over twenty years.
Mrs. Campbell has judged many piano auditions including the City Wide Performing Festival sponsored by the New York State Music Teachers Association, and the National Collegiate Artists Competition, New York State Music Teachers Association state division, at the NYSMTA state convention.
jeff campbell
Jeffrey Campbell is a fourth-generation professional musician and began his teaching career at fourteen in the studio of his mother Carolyn Jones Campbell, nationally recognized teacher, adjudicator, published composer of piano pedagogy music (Willis Music Co.) and Texas Music Teacher of the Year (TMTA). During high school Mr. Campbell won over two dozen regional and national piano competitions, and at sixteen made his formal debut with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra performing the Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto No.1.
During his collegiate career Jeffrey Campbell won many national and international honors including major prizes in the Maryland International Piano Competition; Bachauer International Piano Competition; and the Grand Prize of the Music Teachers National Association National Collegiate Piano Competition. Mr. Campbell holds the Bachelor and Master of Music from the Juilliard School where he was a student of Adele Marcus. While at Juilliard, Mr. Campbell won the Liszt Competition and performed with the Juilliard Symphony in Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center. He was also the first recipient of the William Petschek Scholarship for complete tuition to the Juilliard School.
After graduating from the Juilliard School Mr. Campbell became an internationally recognized concert pianist, appearing regularly throughout the U.S., Far East, and EU.
Mr. Campbell has served as a judge for many national state and local auditions, including the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra National Young Artist Competition, the City-Wide Performing Festival (sponsored by the New York State Music Teachers Association), the National Collegiate Artists Competition, New York State Music Teachers Association state division, at the NYSMTA state convention, and the Cecilian Club Competition (New Jersey). Mr. Campbell has served as Chairman, District 1, New York State Music Teachers Association.
Mr. Campbell recorded the Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto, which included his original cadenza, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) in London. The performance was issued by Telarc.
Mr. Campbell's recording was a Featured Spring Selection of the BMG Record Club. Mr. Campbell was honored to record with the RPO during its’ Fiftieth Anniversary Season, an important milestone in the orchestra's history.
what people say
“The fourth movement Allegro is significantly bolstered by the pianist's flamboyant--and highly musical--cadenza. An accomplished and extroverted performance.” — Gramophone
“Asserting that the Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto is a neglected work, Texan pianist Jeffrey Campbell has done much to raise its profile. He has even gone as far as writing an alternative cadenza for it, on the basis that the composer's own "timid" effort has been a barrier to the work's acceptance. It is an impressive contribution, fully in accord with the Lisztian spirit of the work.” — The Times, London, (Barry Millington)
“I've known of this work from the dutiful 1960's Westminster recording by Paul Badura-Skoda, and this new Campbell/Levine performance puts the work in a fresh, highly favorable light. In five movements the concerto is like a Russian-flavored suite, with an engaging main theme that will stay in your head for a long time. Highly Recommended.” — The Buffalo News (Herman Trotter)
“Mr. Campbell's cadenza fits in quite nicely with the surrounding material; it is substantial but not excessive in length and it is a model of good taste in cadenza-writing.” — The Dallas Morning News (Olin Chism)
“Pianist Jeffrey Campbell gives the colorful concerto a dashing performance highlighted by his beautiful tone.” — Knight-Ridder Newspapers
“There are four other recordings of this concerto, and I've heard some of them, but I've never really heard the work before this performance. Rimsky admitted it was Lisztian, and in some moments it could be by the Hungarian master, but the concerto also has a Russian atmosphere that this performance brings out nicely.” — The American Record Guide (Donald Vroon)
“Mr. Campbell is obviously a complete master of his instrument. His phrasing is lucid, his technique clean and crisp, and his lyrical sound is gorgeous. But what is most impressive is his mesmerizing personality: he makes the listener constantly eager to hear more.” — Hi-Fi Review, Hong Kong (Yu See Lok)
