Stephen Fiess
Dr. Stephen Fiess is returning to Summer Sizzle as a guest clinician and performer. He joins Summer Sizzle 10 to perform selections from Chopin’s Opus 10 Etudes and to share the much anticipated workshop – ‘10 Stylistic Characteristics of the Romantic Period’. Several of his piano works have been selected for inclusion in the CNCM Northern Lights and Making Tracks series.
Dr. Stephen Fiess, a native of Stratford, Ontario, Canada, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from the University of Western Ontario; a Master’s degree in Piano Performance from Indiana University; and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance, Pedagogy and Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also holds an Associate certificate in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, and is Nationally Certified by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers. He also holds an Associate Certificate in organ from the American Guild of Organists. His teachers include Josephine Parrott, Dr. Damiana Bratuz, John Ogdon, Dr. Henry Upper, Dr. Keith Wallingford, and Robert Spillman.
Dr. Fiess was a prize winner in the Krenek Division of the 1989 Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition.
Dr. Fiess has composed ballets that have been performed in Colorado; and a ballet that was performed at the International Dance Festival of Havana, Cuba. He has composed several published piano solos and duets, including Northern Wilderness Suite and Lorelei Suite, published by Waterloo Music. Dr. Fiess has also composed church music; including a setting of the Lutheran liturgy, and three sets of variations on Christmas carols for organ, published by Morningstar Music. He has recently released a CD of his solo piano works, entitled White Reindeer.
His interest in Prokofiev's piano music led to a doctoral dissertation on that subject, and subsequently a book, The Piano Works of Serge Prokofiev, published in 1994 by Scarecrow Press.
Dr. Fiess is currently organist at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Centennial, Colorado; and teaches piano privately in Highlands Ranch, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.
Dr. Stephen Fiess, a native of Stratford, Ontario, Canada, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from the University of Western Ontario; a Master’s degree in Piano Performance from Indiana University; and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance, Pedagogy and Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also holds an Associate certificate in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, and is Nationally Certified by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers. He also holds an Associate Certificate in organ from the American Guild of Organists. His teachers include Josephine Parrott, Dr. Damiana Bratuz, John Ogdon, Dr. Henry Upper, Dr. Keith Wallingford, and Robert Spillman.
Dr. Fiess was a prize winner in the Krenek Division of the 1989 Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition.
Dr. Fiess has composed ballets that have been performed in Colorado; and a ballet that was performed at the International Dance Festival of Havana, Cuba. He has composed several published piano solos and duets, including Northern Wilderness Suite and Lorelei Suite, published by Waterloo Music. Dr. Fiess has also composed church music; including a setting of the Lutheran liturgy, and three sets of variations on Christmas carols for organ, published by Morningstar Music. He has recently released a CD of his solo piano works, entitled White Reindeer.
His interest in Prokofiev's piano music led to a doctoral dissertation on that subject, and subsequently a book, The Piano Works of Serge Prokofiev, published in 1994 by Scarecrow Press.
Dr. Fiess is currently organist at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Centennial, Colorado; and teaches piano privately in Highlands Ranch, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.
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