Aoife Mac Alister
MMus | BMus | BA | ARIAM
I am an award-winning classical pianist with over twenty years playing and a decade of teaching experience. I studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music for over ten years where I was awarded the Gold Medal for Piano Performance with Distinction, the Certificate in Performance, and an Associate Teaching Diploma.
Having suffered significant playing-related musculoskeletal injuries, over the past number of years I have been engaged in an ongoing action research project and continuing professional development in the area of piano technique, studying and retraining in the Taubman Approach with the foremost experts in the world at The Golandsky Institute: Edna Golandsky, Therese Milanovic, John Bloomfield, and Robert Durso. The institute was established in 2003 by Edna Golandsky, John Bloomfield, Robert Durso and Mary Moran to bring high-level training in the Taubman Approach to the musical community. The aim of the Institute is to provide musicians with a foundation that allows for full artistic expression and the development of virtuosic technical ability. They offer a rigorous training programme to become a qualified Taubman teacher. Aoife is currently a participant on the professional training programme. These studies have been generously supported by The Arts Council of Ireland.
I am a graduate of University College Dublin where I completed my Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees. My Masters in Music was completed at Kings College London and was awarded with Distinction. I have been the recipient of a number of special awards, including the Aer Rianta Young Musician of the Year, and have been a prize winner at numerous national music competitions across Ireland in solo piano performance and chamber music. I am also a member of the examining team of the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
I welcome enquiries for lessons from pianists and students interested in my specialist work in Taubman Approach to resolve technical limitations, playing-related tension, or injuries through learning the tools of healthy, co-ordinate technique.
Reach out and start your journey today!
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I also have some limited availability to offer more general classical piano lessons, for more information click here