Argentine-American pianist Gustavo Tolosa maintains an active career as a performer, teacher, and administrator. As a performer, Dr. Tolosa presents several solo recitals every year and also performs with orchestras and with chamber music groups around the country. He is also in constant demand as competition adjudicator and master class presenter.
As a teacher, Dr. Tolosa maintains a busy private piano studio and he also teaches piano at Brookhaven College and at North Lake College, both in Dallas. At North Lake College, Dr. Tolosa is the Director of Piano Studies.
As an administrator, Dr. Tolosa is the Director of the Arts Academy at Brookhaven College where he is in charge of a thriving non-credit program in music. Children and adults of all ages and levels participate in this program. Dr. Tolosa also manages two Concert Series in Dallas, the Coffee Concert Series at Brookhaven College and the Classical Concert Series at Southside on Lamar.
Dr. Tolosa was the Piano Division Director for seven years at Abilene Christian University from 1996 to 2004. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Abilene Christian University. He also holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Redlands, California, and a Doctorate in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. While at Eastman he had the opportunity to study with internationally acclaimed pianists such as Barry Snyder, Nelita True, Natalya Antonova, and Malcolm Bilson.
Dr. Tolosa is a member of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA), the Dallas Music Teachers Association (DMTA), and the College Music Society (CMS). In March of 2006 Dr. Tolosa was chosen to give a lecture on Argentine Piano Music at the National Convention for MTNA.
With over 400 performances, master classes and workshops given in the United States and South America, Dr. Tolosa was selected by the International Biographical Centre in England as one of the few to be included in the important reference title, "Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century."
In August 2008 Dr. Tolosa created and launched the Musical Angels Foundation. Musical Angels is a non-profit organization that brings music lessons to hospitalized children. Several businesses and organizations have joined Dr. Tolosa’s mission to bring the healing power of music to children’s hospitals all over the world.
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