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Chad's ten-minute, four-piano arrangement Herr, unser Herrscher from Bach's St. John Passion will be performed by Piano 4te in a concert to be announced.

Redesigned Matrix ReSolutions, Chad's in-depth site of explanations and theories about the Matrix films, first released in 2006. The new design works on phones as well as computers, and the original 2006 design is still online for anyone who prefers it.

Launched Tennis Asylum, a home for organized tennis in Reno: singles and doubles ladders where players challenge one another, report their scores and climb the standings, with end-of-season tournaments for the top qualifiers.

Chad's four-piano work Cosmosis was performed by Piano 4te on March 29, 2025 at the August Wilson Center in downtown Pittsburgh. See concert program here.

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).

Released The Art of Rubato, a six-hour Udemy course on how to analyze, notate, and teach rubato.

Cosmosis is available to purchase on orangenote.site, along with two other new titles: Dragon Suites and Solfeggissimo. All of Chad's older titles have been republished at orangenote.site.

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).

Chad's four-piano work Cosmosis was commissioned and given an 8K livestream world premiere by Piano 4te, a four-piano group based in Pittsburgh.

Moved back to Reno. As we planned even before our 2012 move, we moved back to our family and friends in Reno. Happy to be back!

“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.”

Gave a presentation, “The Art of Rubato,” to faculty and students at Duquesne University at the request of the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.

Gave a presentation, “Metacognition and MetaPractice,” to the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.

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).

Gave a presentation, “Tone Production: Doing the Right Things for the Right Reasons,” to the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.

Gave a presentation, “The Art of Rubato,” at the 2015 Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (PMTA) state conference.

One of my former students, Matthew Wood, was accepted to the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at LSU.

Dragons' Odyssey album. Chad 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.

Gave a presentation, “The Reality of Music and Creativity,” to the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.

Made my popular Scale & Arpeggio Fingering Cards available to purchase in packs of 5.

Gave a presentation, “The Art of Rubato,” to the Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association (PPTA), affiliated with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC).

Judged for the WQED Musical Kids competition.

Judged for the Pennsylvania state round of the MTNA Competition (senior levels).

Gave a presentation, “The Art of Rubato,” to GPC-PMTA.

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.

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.

Published a sheet music review (Piano Fitness: A Complete Workout) in the Oct/Nov 2011 issue of American Music Teacher.

Gave a presentation, “The Art of Rubato,” to the Northern Nevada Music Teachers Association (NNMTA), affiliated with MTNA.

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.

Judged for the Sacramento Saturday Club Piano Competition at California State University, Sacramento.

Presented at the 2007 World Piano Pedagogy Conference as part of Hans Boepple's town hall committee.

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.

Published an article titled “Passing the Torch” in the Jun/Jul 2007 issue of American Music Teacher.

Judged for the “Go for the Gold” piano competition held at Sacramento State University.

Published a sheet music review (High School Musical) in the Feb/Mar 2007 issue of American Music Teacher.

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.

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 Chad was awarded for composition. Dr. James Winn joined Chad for some two-piano music and performed solos of his own by Chopin (Ballades Nos. 1 and 2).

Chad was awarded the 2005 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship Grant for the composing on his Ostinato CD. It is a $5,000 grant given to three artists in performing, literature and visual arts. His 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 judges focused mainly on the originality and “newness” of the work.

Provided music for the grand opening of the Carson-Tahoe Hospital.

Presented in concert (90-minute program) by Franktown Ranch Center for the Arts. Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.

Provided music for the first Reno Air Racing Foundation fundraiser 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).

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.

Gave a 90-minute concert at California State University, Sacramento (Capistrano Hall). Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.

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.

Gave a 90-minute concert at Santa Clara University (held at Mission Santa Clara). Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.

Gave a presentation on composing to the Placer Branch of the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC).

Gave a 90-minute concert at University of Nevada, Reno (Nightingale Concert Hall). Music of Twedt, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Alkan, Bortkiewicz and Ligeti.