<p>I had to choose between the two...Pton was by far better for an undergraduate education. They take care of you and you are a first class citizen on campus, unlike Yale where the grad students reign over the undergraduates</p>
<p>Not to mention pure beauty...Yale just isn't a pretty place to go to school. pton is breathtaking</p>
<p>Yale, with its residential college system that Princeton is trying to imitate, certainly has an excellent undergraduate education.</p>
<p>princeton is imitating oxbridge, moreso than yale. princeton president woodrow wilson was actually the first american administrator to suggest the imitation, in his tenure early in the twentieth century. for internal political reasons, implementation of a two-year system at princeton waited until the 1980s. princeton is now moving to a two-year/four-year hybrid system, quite unlike yale's three-year system where freshmen live together on old campus and not in their residential colleges.</p>
<p>Princeton students seem to like the flexibility of the current and future system. They like the support of the residential college, and they also like to know that if they want to, they can room as juniors with friends from other residential colleges.</p>
<p>The orchestra has many accomplished players and typically tours internationally every other year. See <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epuo/%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epuo/</a>
Princeton has a number of teachers who give private piano lessons, which are subsidized for persons taking a certificate in music performance.
See: <a href="http://www.music.princeton.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.music.princeton.edu/</a> for teachers of piano:
PIANO
Benjamin Binder</p>
<p>Education: MM Washington University, BA Yale University </p>
<p>Concert credits: Tanglewood Music Center, Cleveland Institute of Music Art Song Festival, AIMS in Graz, Princeton Composers Ensemble, United Nations. Recital performances throughout USA, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. </p>
<pre><code>Geoffrey Burleson
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<p>Education: DMA, SUNY Stony Brook; MM, New England Conservatory; BM, Peabody Conservatory
Studied with Gilbert Kalish, Leonard Shure, Veronica Jochum, Lillian Freundlich, and Tinka Knopf </p>
<p>Concert Credits: Solo appearances throughout North America and Europe, including prominent venues in Paris, New York (Merkin Hall, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Rome, Athens (Mitropoulos Hall), Mexico City (National Museum of Art), Rotterdam (De Doelen), Chicago, Boston, Switzerland, England and Spain. Recent concerto performances with Boston Musica Viva, New England Philharmonic, Arlington Philharmonic, and Holland Symfonia in the Netherlands. Member, Boston Musica Viva. Duo performances with violinist Malcolm Lowe, flutist Jacques Zoon and soprano Maria Tegzes. Silver Medal, International Piano Recording Competition; Special Commendations; VMM International Performers Competition. </p>
<p>Recordings: Albany, New World, Centaur, Music & Arts, CRI, VMM, Neuma </p>
<pre><code>Elizabeth DiFelice
</code></pre>
<p>Education: DMA, MM, SUNY at Stony Brook; BM, Oberlin College.
Studied with Gilbert Kalish and Martin Canin. </p>
<p>Concert Credits: New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Composers Orchestra, Eos Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood, Aspen, Lincoln Center Festival, Mostly Mozart, Cleveland and Metropolitan Art Museums, Phillips Collection, American Academy in Rome. Tours as soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. Former visiting faculty member at Smith College, Bard College, and the Eastman School of Music. </p>
<p>Recordings: CBS/Sony, DGG/Polydor, CRI, Nonesuch, Bridge, GM, New World. </p>
<pre><code>Margaret Kampmeier
</code></pre>
<p>Education: DMA, MM, SUNY at Stony Brook; BM, Eastman School of Music.
Studied with Gilbert Kalish and Barry Snyder. </p>
<p>Concert Credits: Founding member of the Naumburg award winning New Millennium Ensemble. Guest artist with the Kronos Quartet, performances with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Speculum Musicae, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. Festivals include Mostly Mozart, Caramoor, June in Buffalo, Tanglewood, and Ravinia. Tours of North America, Europe and Asia. Educational forums on music of women composers and contemporary techniques. </p>
<p>Recordings: Centaur, CRI, Koch International, Nonesuch, Bridge. </p>
<pre><code>Francine Kay
</code></pre>
<p>Education: MM, BM at the Juilliard School, DMA SUNY Stony Brook
Studied with Marek Jablonski, Leon Fleisher, and Gilbert Kalish </p>
<p>Concert Credits: Winner of the Pro Piano International Competition (2000), solo performances at: Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Trinity Church, Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, Newport Music Festival, Banff School of Fine Arts, Tanglewood Music Center, and recitals in London, Paris, Washington, Chicago, Seattle, Shanghai, Hong Kong. Soloist with Toronto Symphony, Princeton Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Victoria Symphony, K-W Symphony. CBC radio broadcasts. </p>
<p>Recordings: Analekta, Audio Ideas, CBC records </p>
<pre><code>Edmund Niemann
</code></pre>
<p>Education: MM, BM at Manhattan School of Music
Studied under Arthur Balsam, Robert Goldsand, and Arminda Canteros. </p>
<p>Concert Credits: Formed piano duo, DOUBLE EDGE, with Nurit Tilles, and has toured Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, US and Canada. Member of the contemporary ensemble Parnassus, member of Steve Reich & Musicians, appeared as guest artist with the New York New Music Ensemble, the Da Capo Players, Speculum Musicae, and Newband. Also played with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Riverside Symphony, the Westchester Philharmonic, and the American Symphony Orchestra. Member of the Laura Dean Dancers & Musicians and toured with choreographer Anne Theresa de Keersmaeker. Teaches and lectures at the Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Westchester, NY and has been on the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University. </p>
<p>Recordings: CRI, ECM, Lovely Music, Ltd., New Albion, Nonesuch Records </p>
<pre><code>Jennifer Tao
</code></pre>
<p>Education: DMA, MM, SUNY at Stony Brook; BM, New England Conservatory.
Studied with Leonard Shure, Gilbert Kalish, Richard Goode. </p>
<p>Concert Credits: Soloist at 11 with Arthur Fiedler, soloist with Miami Philharmonic, Tobay Chamber Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony. Solo and chamber music performances throughout Europe, United States and Southeast Asia. Prize winner in the Maryland International Piano Competition, New York Young Artists in Recital, Baldwin National Piano Competition. Premieres of solo and chamber music works at New Hampshire Music Festival, Columbia Composers' New Music Series, New Music Series at Interlochen, Michigan, and Tanglewood Music Festival. Former faculty member of Interlochen Arts Academy. </p>
<p>Recordings: Centaur, solo CD on Eroica.</p>