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Lamont School of Music

Faculty: Alexander Technique

Heidi Brende Leathwood

Heidi Brende Leathwood

Heidi Brende Leathwood (Piano) has been performing publicly since she was fourteen, when she performed concertos with several orchestras in her home state of Iowa . At Oberlin Conservatory, where she received her B.Mus. degree she was awarded the John Elvin Piano Prize, the Rudolf Serkin Award, and the Liberace scholarship. She has also been a prize-winner in several national and international piano competitions, including the Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition. She has performed concertos, recitals and chamber music concerts in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Ohio, California, Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado. In Los Angeles, she founded the "Arts in the Parks" concert series, and also presented "Music and Movement" performances for children. Tracks from CDs released on her record label, "Solveig's Song", have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Public Radio International.

  • Office: Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Room 310
  • Phone: 720-839 2549
  • Email: heidi.brende@du.edu
  • Focus: The Alexander Technique is a method of neuromuscular reeducation, through which people can learn how to consciously create more ease in their body in any activity or situation.
  • Background:

    After completion of her Master of Music degree and Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California in 1992, she went on to receive certification as an Alexander Technique teacher. She currently teaches the Alexander Technique at Lamont School of Music, and as a pianist enjoys collaborating with Colorado musicians.

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