Alison Edwards
Associate Professor of Piano and Area Coordinator at the Cal State Fullerton School of Music.
Alison Edwards, pianist, has maintained a multifaceted career in performance and pedagogy, at both the national and international levels. As soloist and collaborative pianist, she has presented recitals throughout the United States and China.
Edwards has been featured concerto soloist with several Southern California orchestras, and her national collaborative performances include recitals at venues such as the Shenandoah Conservatory, Blair School of Music, as well as Schools of Music at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, Florida State University, Central Michigan University and others.
Edwards serves as Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Area Coordinator in the School of Music at California State University, Fullerton. She passionately leads both the undergraduate and graduate piano pedagogy programs at CSUF, and her former students have gone on to become professional piano teachers, collegiate music educators, and entrepreneurs in the music field. Edwards has completed guest professor residencies for the University of Arizona and Southern Methodist University Piano Pedagogy Programs and has presented at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. An enthusiastic masterclass clinician, Edwards taught for the Sara Compinsky Masterclass Series, the Orange County School of the Arts and for various college/university programs. A graduate of the University of Southern California, where she received the Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance, Edwards’ teachers have been Earle Voorhies, Daniel Pollock and Dr. Stewart Gordon.