Education: Ph.D., Northwestern UniversityDistinguished Professor, Dr. Elyse Mach coordinates the piano and piano pedagogy programs. She is the author of nine books on piano and pianists, among them: Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves (Dover, New York and Robson, London); it has also been translated to Japanese and Korean. Her book, Contemporary Class Piano (Oxford University Press, New York) is one of the leading class piano books in the country. Dr. Mach’s latest text, Learning Piano: Piece by Piece, is also by Oxford University Press.
Dr. Mach has been a contributing music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. In addition, she has conducted interviews with many of the renowned classical and jazz virtuosos. These interviews have been published in magazines and scholarly journals worldwide. She regularly writes feature articles for Clavier Magazine, where she serves as Consulting Editor and she is on the Board of Directors of The American Liszt Society.
Professor Mach has given guest lectures at prestigious universities and conservatories including St. Catherine’s College of Oxford University, Yale, Northwestern, The Juilliard School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, and most recently at the Amalfi Music Festival in Vietri, Italy and at the Kongju Arts Communication College in Gongju, South Korea.
As a performer, Elyse Mach has concretized throughout Europe and the United States, appearing as piano soloist with such orchestras as the NBC Symphony and the Netherlandische Philharmonic Broadcasting Orchestra.
As the first recipient of the Board of Governors Universities Distinguished Professor Award, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois have honored Dr. Mach with a proclamation.
Advising: Undergraduate piano and voice performance majors.
Office: FA-136
Phone: 773.442.5913
E-mail: Elyse Mach
