Dr. Janet Kocyan-Favreau Los Angeles Harbor College Music Department Office 150 1111 Figueroa Place Wilmington, CA 90744 (310) 233-4429

Janet Kocyan-Favreau received a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music, where she studied on scholarship with Dr. Wolfgang Fetsch. She earned ~ Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California where she studied with Prof. James Bonn. During this time, she spent two summers in Paris, France, studying French Literature and Civilization at the Sorbonne University. Dr. Favreau was then offered a scholarship and teaching assistantship to the Advanced Artist Diploma program at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She returned to the United States in 1991, after living and teaching in Canada and Poland. From 1995-1999 she served on the board of the Music Teachers' Association of California, South Bay Branch, two years as First Vice President, and two years as President. She is currently on the music faculty at Los Angeles Harbor College, Long Beach Community College, has served on the faculty at Loyola-Marymount University, and has a successful private piano studio. She is a member of MTAC (Bach Festival Chairman), MTNA (State Junior Performance Competitions Coordinator), WPPC ("Top Teachers in America", Townhall Meeting chairman) and other organizations. Her students have participated in the World Piano Pedagogy Conference masterclasses, playing for such teachers as John Perry, Martin Canin, Barry Snyder, and Margaret Hair. Her students have won many prizes including the Southern California Junior Bach Festival for eleven consecutive years now, SCJ Bach Regionals, gold and bronze medals at the SCI Bach Complete Works, Bach Festival for Strings (chamber music), MTAC Panel Honors Piano Competition, International Young Artists Peninsula Festival Competition, MTAC Scholarship Auditions, Artists of the Future Concerto Competition, Voce Chamber Music Competition, Redlands Bowl Young Artists Competition, and college scholarships. Her students also have participated in MTAC masterclasses, Honors Recitals, the annual statewide convention recitals, Liszt Festival in Hungary- Austria, Idyllwild Summer Piano Festival, International Institute for Young Musicians, and the 2004 World Piano Pedagogy Conference in honor of John Perry. Dr. Favreau also adjudicates for MTAC and MTNA piano competitions. Janet Kocyan-Favreau has performed in the United States, and abroad. In 2005, she was granted a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California where she studied with master teacher John Perry. Dr. Kocyan-Favreau graduated with academic honors, as a member of Pi Kappa Lambda Honors Society