BiographyEducation and work experienceBorn in Maringá (PR – Brazil), Dr. Pacheco-Hjelmstad has performed internationally, including countries such as Austria, Germany, Brazil, and the United States of America. She has also performed in Master Classes across the globe, and is an award-winning pianist in Brazil.
She is an active pianist, chamber music collaborator, choir accompanist, piano teacher, presenter/lecturer, and adjudicator. Since 2014, she has been presenting at many different conferences, on the regional and national level, around the United States. Finally, she served as an adjudicator for several piano competitions, including the Washington State Music Teachers Association competition and MTA achievement days. Recently, Dr. Pacheco-Hjelmstad was one of the featured artists at the 2020 Oregon Music Teachers Association Conference, where she gave two presentations and a lecture-recital in Brazilian music, and also a master class with Spanish/Latin music focus. Currently, she keeps a busy schedule performing solo and chamber music nationally and internationally, with many different performers. In September 2020, she performed as a guest artist at the CU Boulder Faculty Series with her piano duet partner, Alejandro Cremaschi. The program was fully dedicated to compositions by female composers from all three Americas. In addition to the performances, she teaches private piano lessons and chamber music in northern Colorado, and during the summer, she is the Colorado Kodaly Institute pianist and recital coordinator (at CSU). |
InterestsAreas of InterestPiano, collaborative piano/chamber music, private piano lessons, piano pedagogy, aural skills, theory (for undergraduate level), and class piano teaching.
Conference Presentations*2014 Georgia Music Teachers Association Conference
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