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Review appeared in the March/April issue of American Music Teacher, a publication of MTNA, 2011.

Article. Published February/March Issue, 2011.

Latin American piano repertoire for the elementary to intermediate level...

Book. ISBN: 1-881913-38-4

Published. This document represents research and analysis of tangos for solo piano...

Solo CD recorded through a University Research Institute Grant in 2006 at the Minnesota Public...

Published Article

Published Article

Invited to perform as part of the 2011 Chamber Music Days at Yasar University.

invited by the Iberian and Latin American Music Society of London.

Performed works by Heitor...

Organized by the Ente de Cultura de Tucumán.

Performed a solo recital.

Works by Heitor...

Invited. Piano Music from the Américas.

Works Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 For solo Piano...

Invited. Works Performed:

Sonata No. 88 by Padre Antonio Soler

Fantasien op. 116 (selection) by...

Invited. Works Performed:

Sonata No. 88 by Padre Antonio Soler

Fantasien op. 116 (selection) by...

Invited. Works Performed:

Sonata No. 88 by Padre Antonio Soler

Fantasien op. 116 (selection) by...

Mostly Tangos. Piano Music from the Americas. Selected "The Outstanding Musical Presentation both for its...

Works Performed:

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 For solo Piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Hesitation Tango by...

Invited. Works Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 For solo Piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Hesitation Tango...

Invited. Works Performed:

Ballade No. 3 in E-flat major by Frederick Chopin

Preludes Book I...

World Premier of Andrea Pensado's work "Reptando" for mixed ensemble and dancer.

Lecture-Recital "The Tango in American Piano Music. Selected Tangos by Thomson, Copland, Barber, Jaggard, Biscardi...

Performed selections from my CD "Mostly Tangos" and from my book "The Tango in American...

Invited.

Performed works from my CD Mostly Tangos, Piano Music from the Americas

Lecture-Recital and Book Presentation.

Recently published book by College Music Society Press.

Invited by the Cypress Creek Music Teachers Association of Houston, Texas. Benefit concert for the...

Presented a lecture-recital with material from my book:

"The Tango in American Piano Music. Selected...

Premiered with Prof. Luffey my own arrengement of Piazzolla's Libertango for piano and alto saxophone

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 For solo Piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos

The Dead Moth Tango by...

Invited

Works performed:

Sonata in D-flat major by A. Soler

Funerailles by Liszt

Etude op....

Invited. Works Performed

Círculo op. 91 by Joaquín Turina

Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas by Astor...

Work Performed

Círculo op. 91 by Joaquín Turina

Works Performed:

Funérailles by Franz Liszt

Forgotten Waltz by Franz Liszt

Preludes Op. 1 (selection)...

Works Performed

Hermano by Carlos Guastavino

Desde de que te conocí by Carlos Guastavino

Invited. Works Performed:

Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla

Invierno Porteño

Primavera Porteña

Works Performed:

Sonata in C major by Antonio Vivaldi

Premier Trio in Sol by Claude...

Works Performed:

Sonata in C major by Antonio Vivaldi

Premier Trio in Sol by Claude...

Invited. Works Performed:

Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzolla

Primavera Porteña

Works Performed:

Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla

Las Cuartro Estaciones Porteñas

Work Performed

Mujer Latina by Paul Rennick

Works Performed

Fantasien op. 116 by J. Brahms

Sonata No. 88 by A. Soler

Preludes...

Solo Recital Sponsored by UTEP

Works Performed

Two Sentimental Tangos by Virgil Thomson

Tempo di...

Collaborative Performance with Dr. Dena K Jones, Bonnie Whalen and Paul Kroeger.

Malagueña by Ernesto...

Works Performed

Intermezzo by Manuel M Ponce

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 for solo piano by...

Works Performed

Ave Maria by Astor Piazzolla (saxophone and piano)

Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona (two...

Works Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 by Heitor Villa Lobos

Sonata for flute and piano...

Works Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 for solo piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos

The Dead Moth...

Works Performed:

Astor Piazzolla trios.

Works Performed:

Le Grand Tango

Adios Nonino (solo piano)

Oblivion

Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas

Ave...

Works Performed

Sonata in D-flat major No. 88 by Antonio Soler

Chanson Triste by Henri...

Works Performed:

Sonata op. 109 by L. v Beethoven

Fantasien op. 116 by J. Brahms

Work Performed

Prelude op. 1 no. 1 by Karol Szymanowski

Malambo by Alberto Ginastera

Works Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Work Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

III Aria

IV Dansa

Works Performed

Ballade No. 1, op. 23 by Fryderyk Chopin

Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 by...

Works Performed

Etudes op. 4 by Karol Szymanowski

III in B-flat minor

I in E-flat...

Presented my book in a lecture-recital format.

The Tango in American Piano Music. Selected Tangos...

Invited.

Presented a lecture-recital on my book "The Tango in American Piano Music. Selected Tangos...

Invited. Piano Music from the Américas.

Works Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 For solo Piano...

Presented 4 sessions for school teachers on Technology and Group Piano Repertoire. Hands-on workshop were...

Reporter

Presentation Panel

"From the Top: What Students Think About Their Group Piano Experience"

Presented, by request of Dean Daudistel, a hands-on workshop on improvisation for a selected group...

Invited by EPMTA. Addressed and demonstrated ornamentation, fingering, and sources on Baroque performance practices. Informed...

Reporter

Tamy Bush's presentation "Working With Special Needs Students." Published in Piano Pedagogy Forum, January...

Mostly Tangos. Piano Music from the Americas. Selected "The Outstanding Musical Presentation both for its...

Presenter. Invited to join panel with Dr. Ken Williams (Ohio State University) and Maria Balcon...

Peer-reviewed selection.

In the last ten years, perhaps more than ever, the Argentine tango has...

Peer- review selection. Lecture -Recital

Juan José Castro composed Tangos for piano in 1941. Perhaps,...

Doctoral Lecture-Recital.

Peer-review selection. Presenter

Panel Presentation "Returning to the Sources: Hispanic Music from the Americas in...

Presenter, Invited.

Presented and demonstrated how private studio teachers can enhance their teaching with the...

Peer-review selection.

Lecture-Recital.

Lecture-Recital and Book Presentation.

Recently published book by College Music Society Press.

Premiered with Prof. Luffey my own arrengement of Piazzolla's Libertango for piano and alto saxophone

Work Performed

Círculo op. 91 by Joaquín Turina

Works Performed:

Funérailles by Franz Liszt

Forgotten Waltz by Franz Liszt

Preludes Op. 1 (selection)...

Works Performed

Hermano by Carlos Guastavino

Desde de que te conocí by Carlos Guastavino

Works Performed:

Sonata in C major by Antonio Vivaldi

Premier Trio in Sol by Claude...

Work Performed

Mujer Latina by Paul Rennick

Solo Recital Sponsored by UTEP

Works Performed

Two Sentimental Tangos by Virgil Thomson

Tempo di...

Works Performed

Ave Maria by Astor Piazzolla (saxophone and piano)

Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona (two...

Works Performed

Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 by Heitor Villa Lobos

Sonata for flute and piano...

Works Performed:

Le Grand Tango

Adios Nonino (solo piano)

Oblivion

Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas

Ave...

Works Performed

Sonata in D-flat major No. 88 by Antonio Soler

Chanson Triste by Henri...

Works Performed:

Sonata op. 109 by L. v Beethoven

Fantasien op. 116 by J. Brahms

Named International Steinway Artist by the prestigious piano manufacturing company.

July 2010

"I observed one of the most interesting and advance use of technology when I saw...

"He plays these endlessly evocative works with understanding and seeming ease—bringing out their lovely melodies,...

"...fine pianist, his playing is strong, with clear and expressive phrasing. And the recorded sound...

Interview and video featuring UTEP's $250,000.00 Digital Keyboard Lab (DKL). Includes a teaching demostration and...

"Macchioni is a sublime pianist with a deft touch... Any time the name of piano...

Article featuring the $250,000 state-of-the-art Digital Keyboard Lab opened at UTEP.

Extensive educator/artist Interview.

“precise fingering…..mature interpretation of Brahms and Szymanowski…. Didactic, eclectic program…”

Extensive article featuring UTEP state-of-the-art Digital Keyboard Lab.

“…a powerful reading of Beethoven’s Sonata [op. 109]….impressive interpretation of Prokofiev Sonata no. 3….his fingering...

See "Avec la Pologne," pages 5 and 6 of the PFD document (pages 92-93 of...

Oscar Macchioni performs Karol Szymanowski's Prelude op. 1 No. 2

Oscar Macchioni performs Karol Szymanoski's Prelude op. 1 No. 7.

Oscar Macchioni performs Samuel Barber's Hesitation Tango from Souvenirs op. 28 (solo piano version)

Oscar Macchioni performs Carlos Guastavino's Sonata in C# minor, I Allegro

Oscar Macchioni performs Carlos Guastavino's Sonata in C# minor, IV Final y Fuga

Oscar Macchioni and Eduardo Conde Gracía perform Samuel Barber's "Souvenirs op. 28" VI Galop

Oscar...

Claude Debussy Premier Trio in G

III Andante espressivo

Debussy Premier Trio in G

IV Finale

The Mesa St Trio Oscar Macchioni (piano), Lesley Chen (violin), Benjamin Vickers (cello).

Astor Piazzolla...

Live performance. St. James's Piccadilly, London, UK. Organized by the Iberian and Latin America Music...

European Piano Teachers Association Word Piano Conference. Novi Sad, Serbia, 2009

Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras...

Faculty Recital

The Mesa St Trio Lesley Chen (violin), Benjamin Vickers (cello).

Joaquín Turina "Círculo...

Faculty Recital

The Mesa St Trio Lesley Chen (violin), Benjamin Vickers (cello).

Astor Piazzolla "Las...

Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.

Chicago: Chicago Cultural Center.

Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4

Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.

Chicago: Chicago Cultural Center.

Juan José Castro "Tangos"

Evocación

I...

Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series.

Chicago: Chicago Cultural Center.

William Bolcom The Dead Moth Tango

Article.

Juan José Castro composed Tangos for piano in 1941. Perhaps, this is the first...

Article.

In the last ten years, perhaps more than ever, the Argentine tango has kept...