Performance
Solo piano, chamber music, collaborative piano, harpsichord, and historical keyboard practice.
Performance and professional work
A life at the keyboard
Dr. Monique Arar’s work spans solo and collaborative performance, historical keyboard practice, conference presentations, adjudication, and the studio’s own recitals and group classes.
Listen
Performance excerpts
A selection of recent playing — solo repertoire, historical keyboards, and collaborative work.
2026 · Recent engagements
This year
On stage and in scholarship
- August 20MonAlessa Piano Duet Concert · Berlin, Germany
- June 10 to 25Masterclass and student recital accompanist, AGK, Berlin and Potsdam, Germany
- June 13Scherzi Musicali Baroque Ensemble performance, Berlin, Germany
- February 14 to 15“Conzon E Confetti” Baroque Music Workshop, HfMT Cologne, Germany
- January 18Cembalo masterclass with Bertrand Cuiller, Berlin, Germany
In the studio
- August 30Summer Term Studio Recital · Monique Arar Studio
- July 12Studio online masterclass: Circle of Fifths
- July 5Spring Recording Project Recital
- May 2Studio online masterclass
- April 1Studio online group performance class
The work
Three connected areas
Studio recitals
Online and in-person recitals, recording projects, group classes, and performance preparation for adult and younger students.
Professional work
Conference presentations, workshops, masterclasses, adjudication, and accompaniment across universities and professional associations.
Archive
Engagements and studio recitals, year by year
Concerts, masterclasses, symposia, and conference presentations across Europe and North America — alongside the studio’s own calendar of recitals, recording projects, group classes, and online masterclasses.
202510 entries
- December 14Monique Arar Studio Winter Student Recital
- November 16Monique Arar Studio Online Masterclass
- November 6 to 7Concert and symposium: Musikalische Stolpersteine, Berlin, Germany
- July 23Monique Arar Studio Online Masterclass
- July 19 to 27Partimenti Institute, Urbino, Italy
- July 6 to 12MentiParti Conference, Basel, Switzerland
- June 2Monique Arar Studio Recording Project Recital
- May 15Monique Arar Studio Online Masterclass
- April 27Monique Arar Studio Online Masterclass
- March 20Masterclass, Open House of Harpsichord, HfMT Leipzig, Germany
202412 entries
- December 14Monique Arar Studio Recording Project Recital
- December 8Monique Arar Studio Online Masterclass
- December 4 to 6Chigiana Conference 2024: Performing Classics Today, Siena, Italy
- November 30Baroque aria opera recording project with mezzo-soprano, Berlin, Germany
- November 12 to 15Symposium: Partimento — Realizing its Potential, Vienna, Austria
- October 13Monique Arar Studio group-class performances and Halloween party
- August 4Monique Arar Studio Summer Recording Project Recital
- April 27Studio Recital at Canterbury Court, Buckhead, Georgia
- April 22Monique Arar Studio kids and adult musical soirées
- March 10Pergolesi Stabat Mater, harpsichord, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newnan, Georgia
- February 19 to 23METRIC International Conference, Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Belgium
- February 12Monique Arar Studio online masterclass
20237 entries
- December 11Winter Holiday Parties Recital, Atlanta, Georgia
- November 23 to 24Musicianship in Development, Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Belgium
- October 29Solo recital, Cathedral of St. Philip, Buckhead, Georgia
- October 15Tennessee State University Homecoming Concert, Nashville, Tennessee
- September 25Tafelmusik: Telemann Dinner Concert, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Alabama
- May 28 to June 11Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Toronto, Canada
- May 18National Piano Guild adjudication, Conyers, Georgia
Earlier11 entries
- 2022Studio recitals, Improv Planet conference, RCM teaching course, Spelman College accompanying, adjudication
- 2021Winter and spring studio recitals, MentiParti Conference, MTNA Annual Conference
- 2020Online studio recitals, College Music Society Southern Conference, Macon MTA presentation
- 2019Solo recitals in Atlanta, PianoTexas Teachers Program, Georgia Musicale Group concerts
- 2018College Music Society, Russian Composers Concert, Royal Conservatoire The Hague harpsichord intensive
- 2017National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, DMA lecture recital, Historical Keyboard Society
- 2016DMA recitals at UNLV, Musicking series at the University of Oregon, RomFest Atlanta
- 2015Doctoral and chamber recitals, San Francisco Early Music Society, Twin Cities Baroque
- 2014Early Music Vancouver, San Francisco Early Music Society workshops, UNLV recitals
- 2013Classical Revolution San Francisco, San Francisco Chamber Music Festival
- 2012Southern Oregon Chamber Music Workshop, Baroque Early Music Workshop, Sonoma
About Dr. Monique Arar and the studio
Read the biography and teaching philosophy, or explore the studio’s structured approach to adult piano study.