香农·韦特斯坦 Shannon Wettstein

Real Name:
Shannon Wettstein Sadler

Profile:
Shannon Wettstein (now Sadler) is an American pianist, chamber musician and educator. She works at the since 2015, and before that she was on the faculty of Augsburg College and Bemidji State University. Sadler is a founding member of Boston'sAuros Group For New Musicand formerly a pianist with the contemporary music ensembleZeitgeist. Also, she plays in the Calliope duo with flutistElizabeth McNutt. The artist has collaborated with many famous composers, includingBrian Ferneyhough,Chinary Ung,Roger Reynolds,Jeffrey Mumford,Frederic Rzewski, andMartin Bresnick.

Wettstein-Sadler has premiered countless works through the United States and internationally, including performances at New York's Lincoln Center,Gardner Museumat Boston,Walker Art Center, and theAspen Music Festivalin Colorado. As a guest faculty member of New England Conservatory's Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance, Shannon gave the first U.S. performance ofIannis Xenakis'Komboifor amplified harpsichord and percussion.

She earned a Bachelor of Music degree with highest distinction from theUniversity Of Kansas, Master of Music with honors fromNew England Conservatory Of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from theUniversity Of California, San Diego. Wettstein's teachers have includedAleck Karis,Stephen Drury,Sequeira Costa, andClaude Frank.

Sites:
stcloudstate.edu,augsburg.edu

In Groups:
Auros Group For New Music