Faculty

Piano

Liza Wu is a classical pianist/keyboardist, organist, and instructor in Manhattan, performing regularly with professional musicians in the city as well as internationally. She has been a long-time affiliate of many music organizations, including Barnard College/Columbia University, New York University, the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Organist), the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, and Interlochen Arts Camp. She is a studio pianist for renowned pedagogues Josephine Mongiardo, Harolyn Blackwell, and Catherine Malfitano, on the piano faculty of Bloomingdale School of Music NYC, and teaches a successful remote piano studio.

Previously, she was a pianist/keyboardist for New York Stage and Film, Interlochen Arts Camp, School for Strings (NYC), on the faculty of the Professional Performing Arts School, Avenues: The World School (NYC), Westchester Conservatory, Killington Music Festival, the Music Director of the Church of St. Denis; Assistant Music Director/Pianist of the New York Youth Symphony Singers, the Assistant Music Director/Keyboardist for Columbia Artists' Theatricals National Tours North America, the Pianist/Harpsichordist of the Bronx Opera, Chelsea Opera & Orchestra, and Concerts in Motion, Piano and Chamber Music faculty of the Diller Quaile School of Music, and a sideline musician for NBC's music series Smash.

Pedagogically, she has trained and taught at Oberlin College Conservatory's Piano Lab, Cleveland Institute of Music's Preparatory Program, School for Strings (Suzuki), and Diller-Quaile School of Music in NYC. Teaching specificities include concert/exam/competition preparation, facility in sight-reading/vocal diction, as well as technique and musicality for young children new to piano up through high school, college/conservatory adults, and continuing ed for educators/presenters.

(Performance degrees from Cleveland Institute of Music, MM; Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, BM; Interlochen Arts Academy, Diploma & Fine Arts Award; Suzuki Certification, School for Strings NYC)