Composing
Mar 2021 - Chad Twedt's four-piano work Cosmosis is available to purchase on orangenote.site, along with two other new titles: Dragon Suites and Solfeggissimo. All of Twedt's old titles have been republished at orangenote.site.
Oct 2020 - Chad Twedt's four-piano work Cosmosis was commissioned and given an 8K livestream world premiere by Piano 4te, a four-piano group based in Pittsburgh.
Nov 2018 - A new review of Chad Twedt's Burgmuller Teacher Duets has been published in American Music Teacher (December/January 2018/2019, p. 57). Some quotations:
"Chad Twedt has taken these pieces and made them even more pleasurable by adding second piano parts, which range in difficulty from intermediate to early-advanced levels."
"Each original piece is treated in an appropriate manner with the second piano part adding excitement, character, beauty or energy to the original solo."
"Overall, each of the 25 pieces captures the essence of its title by intensifying the range and emotion. There is wonderful creative interplay of rhythmic ideas and motives throughout, making each an extremely satisfying musical experience."
Click here to view the Burgmuller sheet music & CD bundle on orangenote.site.
April 2014 - Dragons' Odyssey Album - Chad Twedt wrote and recorded piano arrangements of video game music written by Jordan Steven for the game The Lost Angelic Chronicles of Frane: Dragons' Odyssey. 
Sheet music is also available! The game, a redesign of an action role-playing game originally released in Japan, will be released soon on Steam.
July 2011 - Reno, NV - Anna Koster and Anthony Fidaleo each performed a movement of my Ostinato Suite No. 2 in a concert presented by Reno Artown (500+ in attendance). Anthony played Nocturne and Anna played Chinese Tea Dance.
June 2005 - Grant -Twedt was awarded the 2005 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship Grant for the composing on my Ostinato CD. It is a $5,000 grant given to three artists in performing, literature and visual arts. My category (performing) included applicants throughout the state of Nevada in acting, set design, dancing, choreography, poetry reading, music performance, and music composition (popular, jazz, new). The main consideration the judges were focusing on is the originality and "newness" of the work.
Performing
September 2007 - Lake Tahoe, CA - Presented in concert (90-minute program) by the Tahoe Tallac Association as part of the Valhalla Arts & Music Festival. Music of Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz, and Ligeti. Held at the Tallac Historic Site in the Valhalla Boathouse Theater.
August 2006 - Lake Tahoe, CA - Presented in concert (90-minute program) by the Tahoe Tallac Association as part of the Valhalla Arts & Music Festival. Music of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Twedt, and PDQ Bach. Held at the Tallac Historic Site in the Valhalla Boathouse Theater (Lake Tahoe).
October 2005 - Reno, NV - Presented in concert by the Nevada Arts Council and University of Nevada, Reno Department of Music. Performed 45 minutes of ostinato compositions to satisfy requirements of the 2005 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship Grant, which Twedt was awarded for composition. Dr. James Winn joined Twedt with some two-piano music and performed solos of his own by Chopin (Ballades Nos. 1 and 2).
March 2005 - Carson City, NV - Provided music for the grand opening of the Carson-Tahoe Hospital.
October 2004 - Washoe Valley, NV - Presented in concert (90-minute program) by Franktown Ranch Center for the Arts. Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.
September 2004 - Reno, NV - Provided music for the first Reno Air Racing Foundation fund raiser dinner ($125/plate) for an aviation scholarship, featuring Hugh Downs as the emcee and Eugene Cernan as the guest speaker (held at the Reno Hilton).
September 2004 - Las Vegas, NV - Presented in concert (90-minute program) by Clark County Parks and Community Services (held at Winchester Cultural Center. Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.
April 2004 - Sacramento, CA - Gave 90-minute concert at California State University, Sacramento (Capistrano Hall). Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.
April 2004 - Rocklin, CA - Presented in concert (90-minute program) by Sierra College Department of Music (held in Walker Hall, Sierra College). Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.
April 2004 - Santa Clara, CA - Gave 90-minute concert at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara (held at Mission Santa Clara). Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.
January 2004 - Reno, NV - Gave 90-minute concert at University of Nevada, Reno (Nightingale Concert Hall). Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.
Teaching, Presenting & Adjudicating
December 2023 - Served as an adjudicator for the 2023-2024 MTNA Competition at the division level for the U.S. Southwest division (junior, senior, senior duet, and young artist categories).
December 2020 - Served as an adjudicator for the 2020-2021 MTNA Competition at the division level for the U.S. Southwest division (junior, senior, senior duet, and young artist categories).
February 2018 - Gave a presentation, "The Art of Rubato," to faculty and students at Duquesne University by the request of the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.
March 2017 - Gave a presentation, "Metacognition and MetaPractice," to the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.
March 2016 - Gave a presentation, "Tone Production: Doing the Right Things for the Right Reasons," to the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.
June 2015 - Gave a presentation, "The Art of Rubato," at the 2015 Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (PMTA) state conference.
February 2015 - One of my former students, Matthew Wood, was accepted to the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at LSU.
April 2014 - Gave a presentation, "The Reality of Music and Creativity," to the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.
February 2014 - Made my popular Scale & Arpeggio Fingering Cards available to purchase in packs of 5.
September 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA - Gave a presentation, "The Art of Rubato," to the Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association (PPTA), affiliated with National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC).
March 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA - Judged for the WQED Musical Kids competition.
November 2012 - Greensburg, PA - Judged for the Pennsylvania state round of the MTNA Competition (Senior levels).
September 2012 - Pittsburgh, PA - Gave a presentation, "The Art of Rubato," to GPC-PMTA.
January 2011 - Reno, NV - Gave a presentation, "The Art of Rubato," to the Northern Nevada Music Teachers Association (NNMTA), affiliated with MTNA.
Feb. 2010 - Student on YouTube - One of my piano students seems to be getting quite a few listens on YouTube, especially her wonderful Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 1 (mvt. 1) and Mozart Sonata K. 310 (mvt. 1) videos. To watch other videos she has put up, click here.
April 2008 - Sacramento, CA - Judged for the Sacramento Saturday Club Piano Competition at California State University, Sacramento.
November 2007 - Las Vegas, NV - Presented at the 2007 World Piano Pedagogy Conference as part of Hans Boepple's townhall committee.
April 2007 - Sacramento, CA - Judged for the "Go for the Gold" piano competition held at Sacramento State University, California.
April 2004 - Auburn, CA - Gave a presentation on composing to the Placer Branch of the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC).
Writing & Personal
July 2019 - Moved back to Reno, NV - As we planned even before our 2012 move, we moved back to our family and friends in Reno, NV. Happy to be back!
July 2016 - Published a feature article in the July/August issue of Clavier Companion titled "Tone Production: Doing the Right Things For the Right Reasons" (p. 16-25).
June 2012 - Moving to Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania - My wife has graduated from medical school, and we are moving to Upper St. Clair, PA in the middle of June 2012 for her residency program in ob/gyn. I am sad to leave my friends, family and students behind, but I'm also excited about having a bigger piano studio, having my kids go to amazing public schools, and new opportunities with such a big and wonderful city.
June 2011 - Published a sheet music review (Piano Fitness: A Complete Workout) in the Oct/Nov 2011 issue of American Music Teacher.
June 2007 - Published an article titled "Passing the Torch" in the Jun/Jul 2007 issue of American Music Teacher.
February 2007 - Published a sheet music review (High School Musical) in the Feb/Mar 2011 issue of American Music Teacher.