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Show B-4 Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 10-12, 2020 The Park Record Continued from B-3 PUZZLE ANSWERS FROM PAGE B-3 ‘Dr. Dan’ retires diately how genuine and interested the staff was in its students. And I want to encourage students of all ages to get involved with the Utah Conservatory. They are doing some wonderful things.” One of those wonderful things, he said, is the Conservatory’s philosophy to teach with compassion, which aligns with Harrison’s own teaching philosophy he began to develop when he was in high school. “From there, I taught through my undergraduate years and through my graduate years,” he said. “I love teaching, and Find the job that fits YOU! Multi-Company omp y Multi-Location Continued from B-3 Pianist recruited legislature of Tucuman province courted me to run for political office,” he said. “While I wasn’t interested, the ruling party at that time didn’t know I wasn’t interested, and the threats to my life started. So after several months of looking over my shoulder, I decided I needed to leave.” Earlier this year, Utah Conservatory cofounder Debra Cook contacted Manookian to see if he was interested in joining the faculty. “I met with them and substituted for a few lessons,” he said. “Debra told me Dan Harrison was retiring, and they were prepared to give me his studio and a studio of another teacher. I’ve known Dan for years. So this was a wonderful coincidence. “ The coronavirus pandemic in March put the talks on hold, until two weeks ago when Cook and the conservatory’s I never felt I was in the wrong field. I enjoyed working with the students, even if they haven’t practiced. I loved devising ways to inspire them.” Harrison’s love of teaching only rivaled his love of music, which started with the piano and clarinet. “I don’t actually know how I came into those instruments, except that my folks had a piano and I took to it from the beginning,” he said. “I learned to play the clarinet in high school, but that ended when I had an accident where I fell and lost my teeth. But it was OK, because I still had the piano.” Since Harrison has performed all different styles of piano and organ, he doesn’t really have a favorite composer. “I love Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and all of them,” he said. “But if I had the opportunity to play a piece from anyone it would probably be a piece by Brahms.” Harrison is currently pondering his future as a retiree. “To be honest, I don’t know what the future holds,” he said. “I have to do some soul searching because I’m now footloose and fancy free. It will be intriguing and fun to me to try out some new things.” Harrison will remain with the Utah Conservatory in a consultation role while his replacement, world-renowned pianist and conductor Jeff Manookian adjusts to his place on the staff, said conservatory founder Debra Cook in a Utah Conservatory press release. (See accompanying story). Harrison is excited that Manookian will join the faculty. “Jeff is a veteran teacher, and I really like him,” Harrison said. “He composed some pieces for the Music Teachers Association that I had the opportunity to play through, and I really liked them.” faculty director Aaron Mitchell met Manookian in a conference call to say they were ready to move forward. “The thing that impressed me most about the Conservatory is the wonderful people I’ve been in contact with up there,” Manookian said. “It’s important to know that I”m going to be with a wonderful group of people.” Manookian’s love for the piano began when he was a toddler. “We had an old player-piano that belonged to my grandparents, and my mother says when I was old enough to walk, I was always reaching up to pound the keys all day long,” he said. “So when I was 4 she enlisted me in piano lessons with a neighbor.” Manookian’s musical life changed when he was 13, and started piano lessons with one of the Salt Lake classical music scene’s pioneers, Gladys Gladstone Rosenberg. Gladstone Rosenberg, who passed away in 2002, cofounded the Utah Symphony’s Salute to Youth program, now in its 61st year, with the symphony’s late founder Maurice Abravanel. The program gives young musicians the opportunity to perform professionally with the orchestra, according to Manookian. “Gladys was an excellent teacher,” he said. “I was with her longer than any of her other students, which may have been because I needed it more.” After winning international piano contests from the time he was 14, and conducting orchestras since he was 16, Manookian earned a master’s degree in piano pedagogy from Brigham Young University, and has performed around the world in Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, Mexico and the United States. In addition, his compositions have been performed by Utah Symphony, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and in orchestras in Russia, China and Poland. “It’s funny to me because I thought it was normal to win competitions and travel around the country to perform,” he said with a laugh. That perspective helps him while teaching younger students. “I remember being that age, so I know what young people are capable of,” he said. “I’m looking forward to doing my best to contribute to the conservatory’s program, being part of the conservatory family and making a dent in my students’ piano playing.” June 16 & June 17 Chat live with employers from 9-noon Tuesday, 6/16 and 1-4 Wednesday, 6/17! Register here and save the date: SwiftLocalSolutions.CareerFair.Live Employers- interested in being a part of this Job Fair? Call the Park Record Classified Team at 435-776-7725 or e-mail classifieds@parkrecord.com Local Park City news every Wednesday and Saturday When our community thrives, we all prosper. 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