Wednesday, July 24 |
| 1:00-1:50 pm Keynote Address |
| Sam Holland NCKP: Past, Present, and Future Location: Grand Ballroom HIJ |
| 2:00-9:30 pm Pre-Conference Tracks |
| Click here to view the Pre-Conference schedule |
Thursday, July 25 |
| 8:00-8:50 am Publisher Showcases |
| Paula Dreyer | Little Gems for Piano Rote and Pattern Pieces that Motivate and Captivate: Spark the Love of music with Simply Impressive and Expansive Repertoire for All Levels and Ages! Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| Brendan Fox, Jennifer Linn, Rick Walters | Hal Leonard Update Yourself with New Releases for Classical & Educational Piano Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| Kevin Olson | The FJH Music Company The Perfect Start and Beyond: Music that Motivates at all Ages and Stages Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| Tom Gerou, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E.L. Lancaster| Alfred Music Music for a Lifetime: New Materials for All Ages and Stages Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 9:00-9:50 am Workshop Sessions |
| 9:00-9:50 am Wynn-Anne Rossi Jazzy Notes and Wild Stories Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| 9:00-9:50 am Vanessa Cornett, Jessica Johnson, Brenda Wristen Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask Before Assisting Others Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| 9:00-9:50 am Leah Claiborne Leveling Piano Music By Black Composers Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 9:00-9:50 am Todd Van Kekerix Elvina Pearce: An Excursion Through the Life and Contributions of a Piano Pedagogue Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 9:00-9:50 am Christopher Fisher and Katherine Fisher The Secret Ingredient to Piano Teaching Success: The Powerful Role of Parents Location: Magnolia A |
| 9:00-9:50 am Laura Silva The Power of Piano Ensembles: Building Collaboration, Musicianship and Community Location: Magnolia BC |
| 9:00-9:50 am Michelle Conda, Yeeseon Kwon, & Thomas Swenson Teaching Demonstration: Adult Students and their Facilitators Location: Cypress AB |
| 9:00-9:25 am 25 min session Adrienne Wiley Undiscovered Gems of Canadian Pedagogical Piano Literature: The Piano Works of Violet Archer, Jean Coulthard, and Barbara Pentland Location: Lilac B |
| 9:25-9:50 am 25 min session Soojung Jeon and Yoonsook Song Time for Two!: Succeeding with Piano Duet Location: Lilac B |
| 9:00-9:25 am 25 min session Sean Hutchins Cognitive Benefits of Early Childhood Music Training Location: Lilac C |
| 9:25-9:50 am 25 min session Garinee Garmanian Jording The Professional Identity of Independent Piano Teachers Location: Lilac C |
| 9:00-9:50 am Wendy Richards Piano Lessons in the Dark Location: Lilac D |
| 10:00-11:00 am Keynote Address |
| Karen Brooks Hopkins The Power of 88 Keys: Unlocking Hearts and Minds Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 11:15-12:15 pm Video Teaching Demonstration: Celebrating Excellence through Shared Practice |
| Facilitated by Dr. Andrew Hisey Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 12:15-1:30 pm Research Posters: Click here to view all poster topics |
| Location: Junior Ballroom Foyer |
| 12:15-1:30 pm Interactive Wellness Café |
| Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Workshop Sessions |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Cole Burger Beginning and Early Intermediate Piano Music by Female Composers Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Beth Bauer, Scott Price, Derek Polischuk Inclusive Piano Teaching—Same Lesson, Different Pedagogy, Your Questions WITH Answers Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Diana Dumlavwalla Striving for Excellence in Online Pedagogy: Characteristics of Expert Teachers Using the Video-Conferencing Format Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Penny Lazarus When our Piano Students Inspire Others: The Socially Conscious Piano Studio Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Andrew Rathbun and Jeremy Siskind Footprints in the Snow: Exploring Debussy's Preludes through Improvisation Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Joann Kirchner and Eun Hae Yun Promoting Mindful Practice Location: Magnolia A |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Rachel Fritz and Catherine Walby Community Music Schools As Advocates For Social Justice Location: Magnolia A |
| 1:30-2:20 pm John Mortensen Six Rainy Day Activities for Learning Baroque Improvisation Location: Magnolia BC |
| 1:30-2:20 pm George Litterst and Shana Kirk The World Is Our Village: Streaming Recitals to an Online Audience Location: Cypress AB |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Maria Confer, Taae Hamid, Elizabeth Jackson, Evan McAuley, Angelica Rendek, Laura Silva, Joseph Stacy, and Alexandra Taggart Creating Art in the Community: An Interdisciplinary Approach Location: Lilac B |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Ruby Chou and Margaret M. Young Bridging the Gap: Designing Keyboard Skills Curricula for Future Music Majors Location: Lilac B |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Gail Berenson and Linda Cockey Bringing 1990's Wellness Strategies into the Present: Looking at their Relevance from Today's Perspective Location: Lilac C |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Lesley McAllister Facing Fear: Anxiety and the Adolescent Student Location: Lilac D |
| 2:30-4:20 pm PEDx9 |
| Alma Deutscher, George Litterst, and Shana Kirk Tea with Alma: A Long Distance Musical Experience |
| Scott Donald and Jeremy Siskind Stories from Beirut: Music IS a universal language |
| Bryann Burgess Rethinking disABILITIES and Music Education, A young woman with Down Syndrome shares her insights and reflections of her musical journey thus far |
| Lara Downes How To Make Holes In The Sky: Living a musical life of broad vision, courageous creativity and generous spirit |
| 4:30-5:20 pm Publisher Showcases |
| Carol Matz Creative Teaching Ideas with Carol Matz’s "Interactive Piano Method®” Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| Elaine Rusk and Sheila Vail | The Royal Conservatory The RCM Certificate Program – Celebrating Student Achievement! Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| Lara Downes and Dan Tepfer, moderated by Shana Kirk | Yamaha Telling Our Stories through the Piano: Connecting with 21st Century Audiences Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| Katherine Fisher and Julie Knerr | Piano Safari Piano Safari Method: Building a Foundation for Music Literacy Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 7:30-9:00 pm Concert |
| Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow Sponsored by Steinway & Sons Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
Friday, July 26 |
| 8:00-8:50 am Publisher Showcases |
| Tim Stephenson & Guests | Steinway & Sons Pedagogy in the “Age of Spirio” Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| Elaine Rusk and Marvin Blickenstaff | The Royal Conservatory Rediscovering the Celebration Series® Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| George Litterst, Shana Kirk, Stella Sick | Timewarp Technologies Take Your Studio Where Few Studios Have Gone Before! Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| Wynn-Anne Rossi | Alfred Music Latin Steps and Creative Journeys Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 9:00-9:50 am Workshop Sessions |
| 9:00-9:50 am Christopher Norton Mixing it up - different approaches to the teaching of improvisation Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| 9:00-9:50 am Davis Dorrough, Olivia Ellis, Marji Fint, Angela Marshall, and Jennifer Walschap Build Your Dream Job! How Five Teachers from the Same Pedagogy Program Customized Their Careers Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| 9:00-9:50 am Fred Karpoff Balancing Clarity and Resonance With Artistic Pedaling Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 9:00-9:50 am Lisa Bastien The Bastien Family: A Tribute to Jane and Jim Bastien Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 9:00-9:25 am 25 minute session Joseph Stacy Progressive Lessons: How Our Music Careers Can Combat Social Injustice Location: Magnolia A |
| 9:25-9:50 am 25 minute session Alicia Caicedo-Cavazos The Health Aware Piano Student: Suggestions for Health Information Delivery in University Music Programs Location: Magnolia A |
| 9:00-9:50 am Pamela Pike Serious Learning – Serious Fun! Strategies for Making Music with Older Adults Location: Magnolia BC |
| 9:00-9:50 am Sarah Alexander and Whitney Hawker The More the Merrier: Creating Collaborative Experiences for Students of All Ages Location: Cypress AB |
| 9:00-9:50 am Beth Bauer and Scott Price Teaching Repertoire to Special Learners: Practical Solutions Location: Lilac B |
| 9:00-9:25 am 25 minute session Barbara Fast Change it UP!: Interleaving Practice – What it is, Why it works Location: Lilac C |
| 9:25-9:50 am 25 minute session Carla Davis Cash, Brooke Trapp, and Qin Ling Effects of Recreational Piano Instruction on Brain Function in Adult Novices Location: Lilac C |
| 9:00-9:50 am Nicola Cantan The Five Foundations of Successful Preschool Piano Teaching Location: Lilac D |
| 10:00-11:00am Keynote Address |
| Alan Walker Fryderyk Chopin: the Copernicus of the Piano Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 11:15-12:15pm Concert |
| Lara Downes Holes in the Sky: A celebration of #phenomenalwomen Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 12:15-1:30pm General Posters: Click here to view all poster topics |
| Location: Junior Ballroom Foyer |
| 12:15-1:30pm Interactive Wellness Café |
| Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 12:15-1:30pm Book & CD Signing |
| Anderson’s Bookshop will be selling copies of Alan Walker's latest publication Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times, and Mr. Walker will be available to sign copies. Lara Downes willl also be selling and signing coipes of her new album Holes in the Sky during this hour. Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 1:30-2:20pm Workshop Sessions |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Lois Svard The Musical World of Infants: What It Can Tell Us About How Children Actually Learn Music Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Glenn Utsch What, No Joplin? Exploring the "Other" Early Ragtime Pianists and Expanding the Piano Repertoire Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Jennifer Eklund Strategies for Successfully Teaching Teens Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Michael Clark Reflecting What's Right in Your Playing: An Introduction to Mirror Practice Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Lightning Talks David N. Bower - The American Guild of Organists National Committee on The New Organist (CONO): Opportunities for Pianists to Acquire Basic Proficiency on the Pipe Organ Kristin Cahill - bitKlavier: Reimagining the Piano Amy Chaplin - Evernote for the Independent Music Teacher Barbara Fast - Keep Your Cell Phone Out: Technology that Transforms Traditional Practicing and Teaching Rachel D. Hahn - Do You Validate? Parking National Core Arts Standards in Elementary Piano Ivan Hurd - 1-2-Ready-Go!: Applying Group Teaching Skills in the Private Lesson Charlene Shelzi Jarvis - Dogfooding - An Essential Staple in Your Studio Diet Nicolas Lira - All Blues | Blues for All: Composing Contrafacts with Young Improvisers McKenzie Pausch - Game-Based Learning: Mundane Tasks Transformed Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Immanuela Gruenberg Secrets and Dilemmas From a Music Editor’s Desk Location: Magnolia A |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Janet Tschida Elementary Level Chording for Sing-Alongs and Accompanying Location: Magnolia BC |
| 1:30-2:20 pm João Paulo Casarotti and Stella Sick Online Piano Lessons 301: Teaching Demonstration - Mastering the Medium Location: Cypress AB |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Kotova Svetlana Chilean Music for Young Pianists Location: Lilac B |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Amber Yiu-Hsuan Liao Promoting Equity in Concert Programming: Piano Solo Works by Asian Female Composers Location: Lilac B |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Diane Hidy and Michelle Lifshitz Beyond Boys and Girls: Ten Proven Ways to Make Wise Choices For Your Students Without Resorting to Gender Cliches Location: Lilac D |
| 2:30-4:20 pm PEDx9 |
| Latitude 49 Living Sounds: New Music Performance and Education as an Ever-widening Horizon |
| Danny Jenkins Transformative Public Music Theory |
| Tim Topham What I've learnt from 150+ podcast interviews...and counting |
| Dan Tepfer From Bach to Natural Machines, algorithms as the shapers of music |
| Nicholas Phillips #45miniatures Project |
| 4:30-5:20 pm Publisher Showcases |
| Diane Hidy Teach With Diane Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| Janet Lopinski and Members of the RCM College of Examiners | The Royal Conservatory Elements of Evaluation: What to Listen for when Assessing our Students Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| Sean Slade, Aaron Garner | Piano Marvel New Pieces Your Students Will Love - New Tools You Will Love! Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| Eric Baumgartner and Jason Sifford | Willis Music It All Starts with Good Music! Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 6:00-8:15 pm 20th Anniversary Banquet |
| Reception sponsored by University of Oklahoma and Alfred Music Location: Lilac AC |
| 8:30-9:30pm Concert |
| Dan Tepfer Dan Tepfer’s Natural Machines Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 10:00pm Late Night Jam |
| Sponsored by Yamaha Location: Cypress AB |
Saturday, July 27 |
| 8:00-8:50 am Publisher Showcases |
| Will Minter | KOA Music New sounds in the intermediate repertoire Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| Janet Lopinski and Andrew Hisey | The Royal Conservatory Nurturing Well-Rounded Musicians Through the RCM Certificate Program Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| Asaf Ben Yehuda and Lou Ann Pope | Tonara How to Get Students to Enjoy Practice – The Ideas Behind Tonara Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| Elizabeth Gutierrez and Jon Ophoff | Faber Piano Adventures Teach and Learn with A-C-E Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 9:00-9:50 am Workshop Sessions |
| 9:00-9:50 am Nancy Bachus Clara Schumann—A 21st Century Role Model Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| 9:00-9:50 am Elaina Burns, Marilyn Lowe, Janet Tschida, Arlene Steffen, Linda Fields, Jodi Stewart-Moore The Successful Group Lesson: Working with Beginners Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| 9:00-9:50 am Susan Osborn The Score Speaks: Teaching Interpretation Through Score Mapping Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 9:00-9:50 am Spencer Myer Muscle Memory: Friend or Foe? Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 9:00-9:50am Pamela Pike, Andrea McAlister, Craig Sale Professional Opportunities with the Piano Magazine Location: Magnolia A |
| 9:00-9:50 am Clinton Pratt Let’s Make Something Up! A Universal Approach to Improvisation Location: Magnolia BC |
| 9:00-9:50 am Donna Gunn Discoveries from the Fortepiano: A Modern Pianist’s Journey Location: Lilac B |
| 9:00-9:25 am 25 minute session Jonathan Kuuskoski From A to T: Preparing Your Students for the Challenges (and Opportunities) of Tomorrow Location: Lilac C |
| 9:25-9:50 am 25 minute session Natalie Doughty and Scarlette Kerr Not Just Fun and Games: Strategic Design for Significant Learning Location: Lilac C |
| 9:00-9:25 am 25 minute session Michael Rector Flipping the Private Piano Studio Location: Lilac D |
| 9:25-9:50 am 25 minute session Vanessa Cornett The Riddle of the Pianist’s Paradox Location: Lilac D |
| 10:00-11:00 am Inclusive Teaching Demonstration |
| Dr. Scott Price with student Chase Batten Facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Snow Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 11:00-12:30 pm Improvisation Teaching Demonstration |
| Presenters: Jeremy Siskind, Bradley Sowash, and Tony Caramia with students Justin-Lee Schultz, May Lauren Brinkman, and Gerta Weimer. Facilitated by Dr. Jessica Johnson Location: Grand Ballroom EF |
| 12:30-1:30 pm Exhibit Hall Time |
| Location: Junior Ballroom |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Workshop Sessions |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Phyllis Alpert Lehrer Embracing Complexity: Explorations along the Pianists' Path Location: Grand Ballroom AB |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Amy Gillingham, Kimberly Lazzeri, Christina Lalog Seal, and Richard Van Dyke Dedication: Creative Programming for a Collaborative Recital Location: Grand Ballroom CD |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Nancy O'Neill Breth Goodbye Tears and Tantrums: A Fresh Look at Practicing Location: Grand Ballroom GH |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Sophie Wang Worth A Thousand Words: Poulenc’s Musical Depictions in Les Soirées de Nazelles Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Verena Abufaiad The Guia Prático for Solo Piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos: Performance and Pedagogical Approach Location: Grand Ballroom IJ |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Janet Tschida Rhythmic Revolution Location: Magnolia A |
| 1:30-2:20 pm Debra Perez Teaching Adult Beginners in Groups: How to Create Enjoyable Musical Experiences in Every Class Location: Magnolia BC |
| 1:30 – 2:20 PM Dana Brown, Jody Graves, and Spencer Myer. Do Collaborative Piano Programs Serve the Students or the Institution? Moderator: Alexandra Nguyen Location: Cypress AB |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Morgan Murdock Kline Kids & Counterpoint: Teaching Off the Bench Location: Lilac B |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Huiyun Liang Seeing the Unobservable: An Exploratory Study of Incorporating Video Modeling into Piano Teaching Location: Lilac B |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Kayia Baker and Amy Seibert Teaching Piano in Urban Environments Location: Lilac C |
| 1:30-1:55 pm 25 minute session Susan Bruckner Music and Neuroscience: Towards a Return to the Core Curriculum Location: Lilac D |
| 1:55-2:20 pm 25 minute session Gloria Tham-Haines Trust-Based Relational Intervention(R) Strategies for the Trauma-Informed Piano Studio Location: Lilac D |