Maria E. Botelho Hubler

Piano

Ms. Botelho Hubler's teaching philosophy is based on the fact that everyone is unique, every student is different in the way they learn, practice, and retain information. Based on this philosophy she customizes her teaching to each student individually, using diverse pedagogical methods to ensure the best instruction possible.

Her studio website is Piano Molto.

Maria E. Botelho Hubler is a pianist, piano teacher, and lecturer. Ms Botelho Hubler was also a choir director and church musician for 14 years in the Philadelphia area. She earned her Master of Music degree from the Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University with a full scholarship from the Brazilian Government. She obtained her Bachelor of Music from Faculdades de Artes Alcantara Machado, Brazil. Her teachers include Maria del Pico Taylor, Gilberto Tinetti, Sergio Melardi, Jose Eduardo Martins and Attillio Masttrogiovanni.

She has participated in Master Classes with Dorothy Taubman, Magda Tagliaferro, Iara Bernetti, and Charles Dobler. Ms. Botelho Hubler has been giving lectures on teaching the Taubman Approach to children for the past twelve years for the Music Teachers Association of Pennsylvania, North, and South Jersey chapters. She lectured for The Dorothy Taubman Seminar at the Lincoln Center, NY for two years. She has been a Faculty member of the Dorothy Taubman Seminar at Temple University, since 2008. Ms. Botelho Hubler has presented lectures about the Taubman approach for many MTNA State Chapters, in New Jersey and Virginia for their annual State Conferences. In the same subject most recently she presented a lecture at the World Piano Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia, June 2015. She has been adjudicating for the Music Teachers Association of Pennsylvania, North Jersey, South Jersey, and Delaware chapters for the past twenty-five years.

Ms. Botelho Hubler has been teaching piano for over 25 years. She taught piano and the Suzuki Method at Temple Preparatory Division in Philadelphia, Academy of Community Music in Fort Washington, PA, and Haddonfield School of Performing Arts, Haddonfield, NJ. She currently has a full-time Piano Studio in Cherry Hill, NJ. She has been trained in the Suzuki Method with Dr. Ray Landers, Dr. Haruko Kataoka, and Ms. Joan Krzywicki.

She received the Genia Robinor Award for Teaching Excellence and The Allison R. and Maria E. Drake Pedagogy Award for Excellence in Ensemble Teaching, presented by the Piano Teachers Society of America. Her students have won competitions in North and South Jersey and have performed at Ethical Society, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall.

As a pianist she performed extensively in Brazil from 1980 to 1987, appearing at the prestigious Sala Cecilia Meirelles in Rio de Janeiro, sponsored by the National Institute of Music and National Foundation of Arts. In 1983, she performed with the Chamber Orchestra of the VIII International Summer Course of Brasilia, Brazil playing the Concerto in F Minor and the Concerto for Two Pianos in C Minor, both by J.S. Bach. In the United States, she performed in the Philadelphia area at Ethical Society and other venues as a Soloist and Accompanist. In 1997, she performed with the Orchestral Society of Philadelphia, playing the Concerto in C Minor Op. 37 by L. van Beethoven. In 2010, she presented a lecture/recital about the works of Brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth at UNICAMP (State University of Campinas) Brazil. Also in Brazil, she has premiered the Concertino for piano, wind, and brass instruments by Brazilian composer Michel Cipes Sheir. She performed at the same event the Sonata op. 31 no 3, in E flat Major by L.van Beethoven as a guest artist of the Orquestra Sinfonica de Americana. In August 2014 she returned to Brazil to perform as a soloist with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Americana in Nova Odessa, SP, Brazil. She has a standing invitation to return to perform with the above-mentioned institution.

She participated twice in the Curso Universitario International the Musica Espanola in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, with a scholarship from the Spanish Government. In Madrid, she appeared in recital at Casa do Brasil, sponsored by the Brazilian Diplomatic Service.