An avid performer since the age of seven, Brenna Berman has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe. She has won many international, national, and statewide awards and scholarships. As an Artists International New York Debut award winner, she gave her New York debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in March 2008. Ms. Berman has performed and been interviewed on several live radio broadcasts and has been featured in multiple Bösendorfer.com articles.
Ms. Berman is a Certified Master Teacher of The Taubman Approach and holds an Associate Faculty position with The Golandsky Institute. While living in Philadelphia, Ms. Berman was an instructor of piano at Drexel University. She has twenty-two years of training as a performer and teacher of the Taubman Approach and mentors piano teachers pursuing certification. She has studied with the most highly acclaimed experts in the field: Robert Durso, Edna Golandsky, John Bloomfield, and Dorothy Taubman. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Oberlin Conservatory and a Master of Arts in Piano Performance from Hunter College.
Ms. Berman is known for helping pianists and other instrumentalists eliminate playing-related injuries, overcome limitations, acquire the tools necessary for virtuosity and expression, and reach their artistic potential. Her students have won many awards, performed with orchestras internationally, and been admitted to prestigious institutions such as Oberlin Conservatory. In addition to pianists and other instrumentalists, she helps computer users, knitters, painters, writers, and others prone to repetitive stress injuries.
Ms. Berman is based in Colorado. She actively performs, lectures, and has private studios in Louisville, CO and Houston, TX. She also offers online video lessons to students across the country and internationally.