Jill A Dawe
Assistant Professor
dawej@augsburg.edu

Professor Jill Dawe is an active performer who enjoys solo, chamber music and concerto performances, as well as cross-disciplinary projects. Her most recent solo concert was a somewhat unusual program of 20th-- century music reflecting the theme "night". It was choreographed by Myron Johnson and danced by the Twin Cities dance/theater company,"Ballet of the Dolls", and received favorable review in the Star Tribune.

Dr. Dawe also loves to teach. In addition to her college students at Augsburg, she enjoys teaching adults, young children and pianists of many different backgrounds and levels of experience. Her students range from post-doctoral performance majors to beginners who have never had a piano lesson.

Dawe teaches a physically fluid technique and believes that each student must link their technique to their unique emotional response to music. Her "method" is demanding, yet flexible-- she seeks to fit her approach with the personality and imagination of each student.

Recently Dr. Dawe gave a workshop about rhythm at a national piano teachers convention. It will be published in the Canadian Federation of Music Teacher's National Pedagogy Journal in December. Other upcoming projects include a Mozart Concerto with a local civic orchestra, a solo recital, performances of new works of music theater with Nautilus Music Company, a violin/piano recital with a guest professor from Oklahoma, and engagements at a music festival in California.

This semester, Dawe's Augsburg piano students will also be busy. They will perform Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" with the Augsburg Orchestra; teach piano to elementary students at a neighboring charter school; give solo recitals, compete in the concerto competition; and audition to be assistant music director of this semester’s music theater production. Augsburg pianists will also participate in a variety of off-campus musical activities.

Dr. Dawe enjoys the vibrant location of Augsburg College and feels that the wonderful mix of artistic opportunity in the Twin Cities, and the wonderful mix of students at Augsburg give her the broad challenges and diversity that she most enjoys-- both as a performer and as a teacher!