About James P. Callahan Books
Katherine Faricy graduated from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music with a bachelor's degree in music education and received her Master of Fine Arts degree in piano performance from the University of Minnesota. She also studied privately for four years with the renowned concert pianist, Madame Lili Kraus. It was during studies with Kraus and Dr. Duncan McNab at the U of M that she became very aware of the importance of pedaling in artistic performance and how few people are taught a methodical approach to learning its technique. Her unique book, "Artistic Pedal Technique-Lessons for Intermediate and Advanced Pianists" published by Frederick Harris Music Co., has become an international success. While on the piano faculty for many years at the University of St. Thomas in St Paul, MN, Faricy taught undergraduate and graduate piano and courses in performance practices and piano pedagogy. She currently is Artist-in-Residence at Mount Calvary Academy of Music in Excelsior, MN, where she teaches piano and gives seminars for piano teachers. A frequent recitalist and soloist with orchestras, she also performed with Dr. James Callahan as an acclaimed duo-piano team for 30 years. Katherine Faricy, a National Certified Teacher of Music, is in frequent demand as an adjudicator, and as a clinician giving workshops and lecture/demonstrations to many piano teachers' organizations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, California, Missouri, New Jersey as well as state MTA conventions in Nevada, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and at Music Teachers National Association national conventions.
