Molly Stier > About |
Molly Stier, a prize-winning pianist, composer and clarinetist, is blessed to be living and working in Olney, MD where, along with her husband, Charles Stier, they run a vibrant private music studio. A part of the community since 1985, the Cherry Valley Music Studio is filled with students of all ages enjoying the study of clarinet, composition, guitar and piano. Molly has performed throughout the US and Europe in chamber recitals, as soloist, recording artist and with orchestra. She has produced and edited several recordings. While sharing her musical knowledge with students of all ages is her primary passion, she also enjoys gardening, cooking, reading, traveling, laughing and being with friends and family. The influence of her teachers goes beyond measure: Alvina Clary, Baycka Voronietzky, Julian Martin, Christopher Wolfe, Jeffrey Chappell, Santaigo Rodriguez, Virginia Reinecke and Charles Stier. |
Master of Music Degree in piano performance, University of Maryland, 1986 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Goucher College, 1983 Advanced Certificate in Piano, Peabody Institute of Baltimore, 1979 Jordan Kitt’s Music Educator’s Grant for 2006 and 2001 -- presented by Jordan Kitt’s Music and the Maryland State Music Teachers Association Phi Beta Kappa Society…"proudly recognizes the exemplary leadership |
Sessione Senese per la Musica, concerto and chamber music performances The French Piano Institute |
Founder, Piano and Clarinet Instructor: Cherry Valley Music Studio, Olney, MD since 1985. Founder and Artistic Director of Music Among Friends, an impromptu chamber music series in Sandy Spring, MD Associate Artistic Director of Baltimore’s Music in the Great Hall, 1991-1997 Assistant Music Director |
Founder and Executive Director of Halcyon Productions. Specialized in producing, recording and distributing Recital partner, recording artist and record producer "A spendid collection of pieces (Winter) presented in an engaging and highly personal manner. A generous selection of lovely pieces, performed with a refreshingly original point of view." — Fanfare, The Magazine for Serious Record Collectors, March/April 1997 |
"This altogether attractive anthology of short piano pieces (Winter) ranges from well-trodden terrain into less familiar territory. Molly Newton Stier serves them up in a gently lyrical manner, with unfailingly attractive tonal values, a large array of colors, and a thoroughly musicianly style that does, however, become sufficiently dramatic when required. Her broader-than-usual rendition of Chopin's Winter Wind is intriguingly massive. This attractively programmed and evocatively performed CD is enthusiastically recommended." — Harris Goldsmith, Piano and Keyboard, March/April 1998 |