Dr. Susan Boettger, Director of the Piano and Chamber Music Department at Irvine Valley College will give a live masterclass to select SDPA students

Composer, concert pianist, singer-songwriter, and producer. Currently releasing a series of original felt-piano compositions from his upcoming album Roots, reflective piano meditations built for calm, presence, and clarity, in concert.

Yamaha Artist, internationally acclaimed pianist, multi-competition winner and co-founder of the San Diego Piano Academy, in concert

Renowned concert pianist and faculty at Cleveland Institute of Music. Leading interpreter of Schubert, Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, and Beethoven in concert.

For 23 years on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music, he's shaped students who've gone on to win major competitions and land teaching posts at prestigious universities themselves. Daniel Shapiro will give a live masterclass to select sdpa students.

A champion of 21st century music, under contract to record the complete piano works of composer Lorenzo Milani, with prize-winning students of her own. Melissa Evans Tierra will give a live masterclass to select sdpa students, built around the storytelling that shapes every lesson she teaches.

Rising star of the academy, first-prize winner of the State MTAC Concerto 15–18 Division and multiple other competitions. Her first solo recital, in concert.

One of the top jazz pianists in San Diego, she's shared the stage with jazz legend Charles McPherson and toured internationally as a performer and recording artist. Performing with jazz band.

Yamaha Artist and Chair of the MTAC Southern Regain State Solo/Concerto Competition, whose students swept all three prizes in the Under-18 division at the 2026 Southern Regional. Chetan Tierra will give a live masterclass to select sdpa students.