2003 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
Extraordinary Results with Every Student!
August 6-9
Hyatt Regency Oak Brook
Oak Brook, Illinois

Program at a Glance

Pre-Conference Seminars

Seminar for the Independent Teacher: Breaking the Mold: The 21st Century Keyboard Professional
Seminar for Collegiate Teachers of Piano Pedagogy: The Pedagogy Intern: Efficient and Effective Evaluation

Keynote Addresses:

Brian Chung: In Search of the Elusive WE
Marilyn Neeley: Music and Life: An Ongoing Partnership
Robert T. Stroker: The Professional Music Educator

Recitals

Mini Recitals by pre-college students twice daily
MTNA National Piano Winners: Alexander Lue, Sergiy Komirenko, Stephen Beus
Conference Artist: Abbey Simon

Demonstration Teaching Sessions

Bruce Berr: Elementary Private Lesson
Martha Hilley: Collegiate Group Instruction
Sam Holland: Intermediate Repertoire Class
Robert Weirich: Collegiate Private Lesson
Scott McBride Smith: High School Private Lesson
Mary Brostrom Bloom: Elementary Group

Workshops

Nehama Patkin: What I have learned from the Suzuki Philosophy
Barbara Fast and Yu-Jane Yang: Review of New Piano Publications
Lorna Heyge: The Well-Prepared Beginner
Martha Braden: The Piano Works of David Kraehenbuehl
Robert Duke: Music and the Brain
Dr. Alice Brandfonbrener: Health Maintenance for Pianists
NCKP Committee on Adults: Accent on Adults: Lucy Tells All!
NCKP Committee on Research: Systematic Observation of StudentsŐ Practice

Forums on Piano Pedagogy

Effective Practice: The Key to Student Motivation
Remedial Reading for the Transfer Student
Recitals, Contests, and Festivals: Who Wins?

Technology Hubs

George Litterst: Long Distance Learning Hub
Michelle Gordon: 21st Century Studio Hub
Kathy Maskell: Keyboard Class/Ensemble Hub
Paul Sheftel: Creative Hub

Research Posters

Huei Li Chin: The Effect of Area of Specialization of Class Piano Instructors on the Emphasis in Teaching Functional Skills
Victoria Johnson: A Survey of Undergraduate Piano Pedagogy Core Course Content
Rebecca Grausam and Deanna Moore: Edwin GordonŐs Skill-Learning Sequence Applied to the Pedagogy of Preschool Piano Methods
Kenneth Williams and Huei Li Chin: Critical Listening: Beyond Error Detection toward Artistic Teaching

Pedagogical Legacies from the Past

Josef Hofmann and the Early Curtis Days: Interview of Conference Artist Abbey Simon by Norman Pelligrini, WFMT Chicago