Abigail Silverberg

An alumna of CSU-Pueblo, Abigail Silverberg recently completed her Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano and Piano Performance/Pedagogy from the University of Idaho. Passionate about working with other musicians, she has been extremely active as a collaborative pianist, playing for instrumental and vocal recitals, university and church choirs, and working as a rehearsal pianist and coach for The Pirates of Penzance, Die Zauberflöte, and various minor Mozart operas. Abigail recently spent time in Salzburg, Austria where she served as a faculty intern and coach at the Austrian American Mozart Academy, a branch of FAVA Opera. She has had the immense privilege of studying at the Collaborative Piano Institute for two summers and working with renowned collaborative piano pedagogues Rita Sloan, Anne Epperson, Warren Jones, and Martin Katz.

In addition to collaborating, Abigail has a great love for teaching music and has worked as a teacher of private piano lessons for several years within her own studio, Denver Musical Arts music studio, and the University of Idaho Preparatory Music Program. She served as an assistant piano instructor at the Southern Colorado Music Adventure Camp for several years. She has taught Class Piano as a teaching assistant at the University of Idaho and is now professor of the Functional Piano Curriculum at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Abigail joined the Music Teachers National Association as an undergraduate student founding the collegiate chapter at CSU-Pueblo and has remained an active member ever since, presenting at state and national conferences on a variety of topics including mental practice, etude curriculum, and underrepresented composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price. She also maintains an active membership with the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society.