"Marjorie has deep insight into music and has ingenious ways to make music accessible – both musically and technically.” |
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Piano Teaching and Mentoring
Since 1976, Dr. Janove has taught beginners, intermediate and advanced students. She guides and mentors them in their goals of technical proficiency, musical expression and love of playing the instrument. She currently teaches out of her private studio. Dr. Janove has taught piano at the university level, including Westminster College and University of Utah (Graduate Piano Literature, Solfege, Musicianship).
'Teacher Marjorie' has taught the piano for more than 40 years in a variety of teaching environments and with students of widely different ages and levels. She served as Associate Instructor at Indiana University as well as piano instructor at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. She also taught privately in Salt Lake City, and since 2007 in Portland, Oregon.
Education in Piano
Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN
Master of Music, Piano, Cognate field in Music History and Literature, 1979
Doctorate of Piano Performance, with Distinction; Minor in Music Education, 1986
Chicago Music College, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano; Minor in Cello, 1978
Professional Associations
Piano Performance
Marjorie Janove performed for over 30 years as a piano soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Over a 20-year span in Salt Lake City, she soloed with the Utah Symphony as pianist and harpsichordist. She accompanied violinist and conductor, Joseph Silverstein, on several concert series including the Cathedral of the Madeline Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Westminster College, and Logan Recital Series.
She soloed as harpsichordist for the Utah Council for Citizens Diplomacy Vivaldi Candlelight Series. She collaborated with Utah Symphony associate concertmaster Gerald Elias on the Utah Performing Arts Tour and benefit concerts for the Seeds of Peace Organization.
Her performance of Bach’s Art of the Fugue for the Bach Tricentennial was recorded for broadcast on National Public Radio. She received the YWCA Outstanding Achievement Award in Arts & Communications and was featured guest artist for the 1992 Utah Music Teacher Association.
Since moving to Portland, Dr. Janove has played on the University of Oregon Concert Series, 2009 Piano in the Park series at Pioneer Square, and 2009 First Thursday series at Sherman Clay. She has also played benefit recitals for the Oregon Food Bank, the Portland State University Judaic Studies Program and Our House. She continues to perform special events.
Since 1976, Dr. Janove has taught beginners, intermediate and advanced students. She guides and mentors them in their goals of technical proficiency, musical expression and love of playing the instrument. She currently teaches out of her private studio. Dr. Janove has taught piano at the university level, including Westminster College and University of Utah (Graduate Piano Literature, Solfege, Musicianship).
'Teacher Marjorie' has taught the piano for more than 40 years in a variety of teaching environments and with students of widely different ages and levels. She served as Associate Instructor at Indiana University as well as piano instructor at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. She also taught privately in Salt Lake City, and since 2007 in Portland, Oregon.
Education in Piano
Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN
Master of Music, Piano, Cognate field in Music History and Literature, 1979
Doctorate of Piano Performance, with Distinction; Minor in Music Education, 1986
Chicago Music College, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano; Minor in Cello, 1978
Professional Associations
- Oregon Music Teachers Association (OMTA)
- Music Teachers National Association
- Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM)
Piano Performance
Marjorie Janove performed for over 30 years as a piano soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Over a 20-year span in Salt Lake City, she soloed with the Utah Symphony as pianist and harpsichordist. She accompanied violinist and conductor, Joseph Silverstein, on several concert series including the Cathedral of the Madeline Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Westminster College, and Logan Recital Series.
She soloed as harpsichordist for the Utah Council for Citizens Diplomacy Vivaldi Candlelight Series. She collaborated with Utah Symphony associate concertmaster Gerald Elias on the Utah Performing Arts Tour and benefit concerts for the Seeds of Peace Organization.
Her performance of Bach’s Art of the Fugue for the Bach Tricentennial was recorded for broadcast on National Public Radio. She received the YWCA Outstanding Achievement Award in Arts & Communications and was featured guest artist for the 1992 Utah Music Teacher Association.
Since moving to Portland, Dr. Janove has played on the University of Oregon Concert Series, 2009 Piano in the Park series at Pioneer Square, and 2009 First Thursday series at Sherman Clay. She has also played benefit recitals for the Oregon Food Bank, the Portland State University Judaic Studies Program and Our House. She continues to perform special events.