Are you looking for a great piano teaching conference or workshop to attend this summer? Here is a list of summer 2012 workshops on piano teaching. If you know of any that I have omitted, please comment and I’ll add it.
Piano Pedagogy Seminar at Mason
Dates: June 4-8, 2012
Featured clinicians: Peter Jutras, Joanne Haroutounian, John Healey, Linda Apple Monson, and more
Credit available? Yes
More information: Informational Brochure, Info on their website
- Ohio University Piano Pedagogy Seminar
Dates: June 15-16, 2012
Featured clinicians: Bruce Berr, Gail Berenson, Christopher Fisher, and OU piano faculty
Credit available? Yes, graduate and undergraduate credit
More information: Receive a free informational brochure here: Ohio University Fine Arts
Register here - Goshen College Piano Workshop
Dates: June 19-21, 2012
Location: Goshen College, Goshen Indiana
Featured clinicians: Jody Graves, Nicholas Roth, Jorge Muñiz
Credit available? Unclear
More information: Goshen College Piano Workshop - SMU Institute for Piano Teachers
Dates: July 10-13, 2012
Location: SMU, Texas
Featured clinicians: Scott McBride-Smith, Robert Vandall, Kevin Gunter, Sam Holland, Cathy Lysinger, Richard Rejino, Mona Rejino and more
Credit available? Yes, graduate credit
More information: SMU Institute for Piano Teachers - Westminster Piano Camp for Teachers
Dates: July 16-20, 2012
Location: Westminster College of the Arts
Featured clinicians: Ingrid Clarfield, coordinator; Laura Amoriello, Ena Barton, Miriam Eley, James Goldsworthy, Laura Klein, Phyllis Lehrer, David Leifer, Lillian Livingston, Thomas Parente, Radek Materka, Paul Sheftel, Betty Stoloff
Credit available? Yes, 2 hours of graduate credit
More information: Westminster Piano Camp for Teachers - University of Oklahoma’s Piano Pedagogy Seminar and the NCKP (National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy) occur every other year, so this is their “off year.”
George Mason University’ Piano Pedagogy Seminar, June 4-8, 2012, Fairfax, Virginia – credit available (see link below):
http://potomacacademy.gmu.edu/Summer/PianoPedagogy/PianoPed.html
Thanks Sophy! I just added the info on the post.
Not to detract from these fine teacher workshops but a fellow teacher friend and I have decided to set aside a couple of days this summer to view some piano pedagogy DVD’s we have and brainstorm together for the coming year. She has two small children and getting away for a workshop is not something she can do right now.
We love spending time together and encouraging each other in our studios so this will be a perfect solution for us.
Maybe there are other teachers out there who might not be able to travel but could get together with a friend and scour the internet for great resources to discuss. Like Compose, Create perhaps!
This is such a great idea Shelly! Thanks for sharing it. It’s a great thought for those that can’t make it to a workshop or afford to travel. Hmmm…now you’ve got my wheels turning about who in my area I could get together and brainstorm with. I’ve been able to have several teachers at my house in the last year just for coffee and chatting and it’s been such a wonderful way to get to know my colleagues and get new ideas. Thanks so much for sharing your idea! And definitely feel free to peruse all the resource and past posts on ComposeCreate.com! 🙂
What other DVDs are you thinking of viewing together?
Wendy
We have a colleague in our local association, Vicki Conway, who teaches at UT Tyler and also works extensively with Sheila Page, founder and executive director of Piano Wellness. Maybe you’d like to add her seminar to your list. You can learn more about it at http://www.pianowellnessseminar.com
They have a collection of DVD’s from past seminars for purchase. I have gotten several over the years and our association has purchased some for our library. The titles I have include:
“Brain Games – developmental skills, sensory-motor integration, dual dominance”
“How Motion Affects Sound”
“Teaching Beginning Skills”
“Performance Anxiety/Dominance Profiles and Learning Styles”
Another video collection in our ETMTA Library is how to teach David Higginson’s “Professional Chord System”. http://www.pianostar.com/index.php
Of course, I also enjoy Dr. Mario Ajero’s videocasts on YouTube. He and his piano pedagogy students at Stephen F. Austin University post lots of informative and entertaining videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/mariocast
Finally, I may have gotten this link from you in the first place but I also enjoy videos from the University of Iowa Piano Project http://www.youtube.com/user/UIPianoPed/videos They are posting videos of thousands of standard teaching pieces. It’s nice to ‘test drive’ some unfamilar selections before I decide to include them in my curriculum.
Thanks!!
Shelly
This is the Keyboard Creativity Summit at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Summertime is a great time to visit Toronto, and this event is really a great one! See you in Montana in November, Wendy!
Chris