Lisa Marsh is a member of the adjunct piano faculties at Marylhurst
University, Portland State University and Portland Community College. As
Director of the Coordinate Movement Program for Pianists at Portland
State University she specializes in retraining injured pianists.
She received
her Bachelor of Science in Music and Master of Music in Performance from
Portland State University. Additional background in somatic education
includes 19 years as a Registered Nurse in the fields of Neurosurgery and
Emergency Medicine, 8 years of piano technique study at the Taubman
Institute of Piano and 5 years of study of the Alexander Technique and
Body Mapping with Barbara Conable. She received her Andover Educator's certification in December of 2004.
Ms. Marsh is principle Keyboard with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, and pianist with the Onyx Chamber Ensemble and the Marsh- Titterington Piano Duo.
Inspired Me
The Coordinate Movement Program at Portland State University has given me
the tools, the support and the vision to advance my playing and
teaching in a new direction. Developing my own body map has made sense of
technique, ease of movement and quality of sound that I never imagined
possible for me at the piano. Now I can't imagine playing or teaching
without this information and approach. Lisa Marsh and Barbara Conable have
inspired me to become an Andover Educator.
- Susan Riggs; Pianist and Teaching Assistant in the Coordinate Movement Program
Most Helpful
The Coordinate Movement Program has helped reduce the pain I feel in my body and has helped me learn to play the piano more efficiently. As someone who has suffered from tendonitis/fibromyalgia for over 4 years, I have finally been able to find results in a program that helps me heal at my instrument. Not only am I learning how to play my instrument without pain, but I am able to play more musically and achieve the sounds I want without being limited by technique. The pedagogical approach Professor Marsh uses is most helpful to me as an aspiring music teacher and an Andover Educator trainee.
- Colleen O'Connor; Pianist, Composer and Teacher Trainee in the Coordinate Movement Program
Lisa Marsh is a member of the adjunct piano faculties at Marylhurst
University, Portland State University and Portland Community College. As
Director of the Coordinate Movement Program for Pianists at Portland
State University she specializes in retraining injured pianists.
