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have combined their backgrounds as composer and performer to become leading supporters of the
piano teacher and student. The husband and wife team has authored over 200 publications, including the bestselling PreTime® to
BigTime® Piano Supplementary Library and the acclaimed method Piano Adventures®.
Nancy Faber was named "Distinguished Composer of the Year" by the Music Teachers National Association for her award-winning
composition Tennessee Suite for Piano and String Quartet. Her flute quartet, Voices from Between Worlds, was the winning composition for
the 1994 National Flute Associationās Professional Chamber Music Competition. Nancy Faber's music has been heard on network television
and on public radio. Teachers of composition include Joan Tower, William Albright, and British composer Nicholas Maw; piano studies
were at the Eastman School and Michigan State University.
Randall Faber has toured Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. He was a master teacher for the World Conference on Piano Pedagogy, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and the National Piano Teachers Institute. He gave recent recitals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, St. Louis, Ann Arbor, Dallas and Austin, with upcoming engagements at the Wasserman Festival, the Gilmore Festival and the Portland International Music Festival. Dr. Faber holds three degrees from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. In 2005 he presented his academic research at the 9th International Conference on Motivation in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Fabers advocate piano study not only for personal expression and performance success, but also as a vehicle for the studentās creative and
cognitive development. Their philosophy is reflected in their writing, their public appearances, and in their own teaching.
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