Christine Vanderkooy

Biography

Dr. Vanderkooy graduated with Distinction from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo with a Bachelor of Music degree, after which she could be found practicing piano among the elk at the Banff Centre for the Arts. At McGill University, she completed a Master of Music degree as well as a Doctor of Music in Piano Performance in 2005 with Sara Laimon and Marc Durand, where she was one of two music graduate students in her year to hold an FCAR Research Fellowship (currently Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture). During her doctoral work, Christine’s areas of specialization focused on Russian Piano Music in the 20th Century, the development of the piano and its influence on composition, and the psychophysiology of Music Performance Anxiety. Dr. Vanderkooy has taught at McGill University, the University of Prince Edward Island, the University of Windsor, and Lakehead University. She joined the music faculty at the University of Regina in August 2007, where she is currently Associate Professor of Piano. Her solo CD featuring the works of Schubert and Schumann is due for release later this year. Dr. Vanderkooy completed the Young Artist tour as the winner of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association Competition. She did a recital tour of Canada in 2007 as a SSHRC grant recipient, and a solo recital tour of Europe in 2008, also as a SSHRC grant recipient, performing in Ireland, England, and Spain. Christine has performed at the Eckhardt-Grammaté National Piano Competition, the Gaudeamus International Competition in the Netherlands, and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in the Dietrich Fischer Dieskau Workshop (before he cancelled!)

Research Interest

Solo Piano Performance; Collaborative Piano; Chamber Music; Piano Pedagogy; Music Performance Anxiety; The Development of the Keyboard; Russian Piano Music of the 20th Century.