Around here, classical music is in style!

Notereading, technique, theory, and interpretation are paired with performance preparation, chamber music coaching, and even perfect pitch training. Recitals, concerts, and competitions are among our students’ favorite events of the year.

Below is just a little more about us.

Adelyn Bendorf

Adelyn Bendorf has been passionate about music for as long as she can remember, playing her first songs on the piano at age two. Since then, she has participated in numerous recitals, concerts, and competitions as both a pianist and flutist.

Adelyn has performed with the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra, the Boise Youth Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Youth Philharmonic. In January 2020, she received top flute honors in the Western United States through the Royal Conservatory of Music and was selected to perform a flute solo at the Celebration of Excellence Recital at USC.

After moving to Idaho, Adelyn began studying flute with Melanie Keller. In 2021, she earned second place in the Atlanta Flute Competition. She was also a first-place winner in the Boise Bach Festival and the 2022 Meridian Symphony Concerto Competition in both the flute and piano categories. That fall, she won first place in the branch Music Teachers Association Sonatina Festival for piano and received the top award from Boise Tuesday Musicale, a local organization dedicated to supporting the arts.

Adelyn has appeared as a featured piano soloist with the Meridian Symphony, performing Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D Minor under the direction of Maestro James Ogle. She was also a third-place winner in the WNYLE International Piano Competition. Most recently, Adelyn received the top award in the Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition. As a result, she will appear as a featured guest soloist with the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, performing the first movement of Mozart’s enigmatic Piano Concerto in D Minor.

Ashlyn Bendorf

Ashlyn Bendorf has loved music throughout her life. She began playing the piano as soon as she could reach the keys and started formal lessons with her parents at age four. At eight, she began studying clarinet and was soon accepted into both the College of the Canyons Orchestra and Novae Symphony, where she served as principal clarinetist.

At age 10, Ashlyn presented her first solo piano recital, performing J.S. Bach’s complete collection of Two-Part Inventions, along with works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Bartók. She has continued to pursue performance and competition opportunities, becoming a finalist in the International Lansum Piano Competition and receiving the top prize in the Los Angeles District CAPMT Romantic Competition in 2019. She has also earned recognition in the CAPMT State Honors Competition, the Southern California Junior Bach Festival, the Boise Bach Festival, and the Young Artist Division of the Sonatina Festival at Boise State University. During her senior year of high school, Ashlyn received the prestigious Kelly Stillman Award from the National Federation of Music Clubs.

In 2020 and 2021, Ashlyn was a featured soloist with the Los Angeles Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Mozart and Max Bruch concertos as part of its virtual concert series. Most recently, she appeared as soloist in the world premiere of Adam Liptak’s Double Piano Concerto with LAYPO during a live performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall in the orchestra’s 2023 season.

Ashlyn is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in piano performance at Boise State University, where she studies with Del Parkinson.

About

Hello, we are Adam & Anna Bendorf. We first met at a piano audition on Valentines Day.  We traded email addresses that serendipitous day, and the rest is history!  Fast-forward to today... we are happily married with three wonderful children.  Church life and beautiful music fill our home on a daily basis.  We  believe that music is a gift to mankind from God; that to enjoy music is to experience a small glimpse of God's enormous creativity. We sincerely want for you to enjoy music as we have enjoyed music!

We take a devoted interest in each of our students. Our students have won awards at the local, regional, and state level.  As performers our students have been featured as concerto soloists, have performed in the U.S. and abroad, and have gone on to become career musicians.  

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Adam and Anna Bendorf have degrees in piano, from The Master’s University and from University of Oregon, respectively. They have been awarded scholarships, awards, and honors, and enjoy performing piano duet literature together. Their students have performed as featured soloists with Slovak State Opera Ochestra, Los Angeles Youth Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Canyons, and Meridian Symphony. The Bendorfs specialize in College-prep teaching, with students accepted into programs such as The Colburn School, BYU, Conservatory at University of the Pacific, and Liberty University, among others.

Adam and Anna have served as officers for multiple music non-profits, serving in multiple roles. In 2021 they founded the Boise Bach Festival, an event that features piano, organ, strings, and woodwind performances of J.S. Bach’s solo and chamber music. They founded Alberti Publishing, a digital sheet music business profiled in American Music Teacher, Clavier Companion, and Los Angeles SBDC. They co-authored The Right Notes, a music history teaching aid.

Anna’s music album reviews can be found in the journal, TD Monthly. As a collaborative pianist she works with various voice, string, and wind performers at the collegiate level, and has played for multiple national competition finalists.

Adam is currently an adjunct faculty member at The College Of Idaho where he teaches piano. Previously he served as adjunct faculty at The Master’s University, Santa Clarita, CA. His most recent performances include the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, and regular appearances with his wife Anna in the annual CSULA duet series. An aficionado of contemporary styles, Adam enjoys arranging Christmas carols for intermediate and advanced-level piano.

The Bendorfs currently adjudicate various competitions and festivals in the area.