1. U​RSULA ​I​NGOLFSSON-FASSBIND
Elkins Park, August 1st 2015
Ursula Ingolfsson-Fassbind is the founder and Director of the​L​eopold ​M​ozart
A​cademy as well as the President of the ​F​ranz ​F​assbind ​F​oundation.“​LMA​” is known
for its small but exquisite learning environment. It offers its services in two different
counties, Montgomery (at the city of Philadelphia border) and North East Bucks
County.
A carefully selected faculty with extensive performance experience but more so with
degrees in pedagogy and music education enables teaching on a broad amount of levels
from early childhood to college preparatory, the gifted and the special child. Classes
offered are:
Piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet, percussion, voice, harp. In addition string ensemble
which creates the opportunity of performing Baroque and early classical works
including concertos with our own students and faculty as soloists.
Most important is our 5 year Preparatory Theory and Solfeggio Program which leads to
our Advanced Theory , College level classes. The later are taught by the same University
faculty teacher as the composition program which produced already several prize
winning works
Our school is also open for children with learning difficulties which brings us much joy
and wonderful, sometimes almost miraculous results. It is part of the Franz Fassbind
Foundation which is also the home of the​Y​oung ​C​omposers’​F​orum, and by means of
a competition searches for talented High School Student composers in the surrounding
Counties. The winners will have the opportunity to attend Masterclasses taught by a
prestigious composer as well as a concert in which their pieces will be performed by
professional performers. Our students love to play for the elderly and LMA launched a
big educational project for the YMCA of a neglected neighborhood, teaching for free
and donating instruments.
Besides discipline and diligent practicing we train our students not just in performing
but also in verbal expression: leading dialogues and formulating opinions about the
music they study. We teach them to become good audience, show good sportsmanship
and to learn from defeats.