Ann Newton Vaughen
Piano
Ann Newton Vaughen holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Michigan (BM) and the Juilliard School of Music (MM). She received two years of additional training in London, England, where she taught and studied under the direction of artist-teacher Maria Curcio. Ann has given concerts and master classes throughout the U.S. and Canada, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. From 1986-90 she taught on the piano faculty at Vanderbilt University, and from 1986-93 concertized with the Ramsay Duo, a classical saxophone/piano duo under the management of Columbia Artists Management, Inc. Ann has served on the piano faculty at The Community Music School in Buffalo, NY and St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, VA. Ann and her family currently reside in Champaign, IL, where she maintains a small private piano studio, teaching, accompanying, and performing chamber music. Ann especially enjoys collaborating with her son James in trumpet-piano performances!