Exceptional Teaching Demonstrations

Six teaching demonstrations will focus on what effective teachers do to create extraordinary results with their students--beginners to advanced, young children to adults. In these demonstrations, both live and on videotape, you will observe exceptional teaching in action in a variety of ability levels and lesson formats.

The live teaching demonstrations will include an early childhood class taught by Lorna Heyge, an intermediate private lesson taught by Elvina Pearce, coaching of an ensemble by Jean Barr, and Conference Artist Boris Berman teaching the MTNA 2005 collegiate piano auditions winner.

The videotape lessons will include an elementary group taught by Ted Cooper and a high school private lesson taught by Randall Faber.

Jean Barr is Professor of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music. In 1994, the Eastman School of Music honored her with the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2004 she received the Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Rochester.

Boris Berman is Chairman of the Piano Department at the Yale University School of Music. His concert tours have taken him to forty countries on six continents, and he is soloist with the world 's most prestigious orchestras. Author of From the Pianist 's Bench, his numerous recordings include the complete piano works of Prokofiev.

Ted Cooper teaches at the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C. and composes educational music. He is a recipient of the Group Piano Teaching Award presented jointly by MTNA and the National Piano Foundation. Videotapes of his teaching were presented at the 2004 MTNA national convention and at the 2001 NCKP.

Randall Faber has toured the USA, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He recently presented at the 9th International Conference on Motivation in Lisbon and frequently performs as convention artist for music teacher organizations.

Lorna Lutz Heyge has been active in early childhood music since 1971. She has developed pedagogical materials in the USA, Germany, and with native authors in several Asian countries. She is founder of Kindermusik (1974) and Musikgarten (1993).

Elvina Pearce studied piano with Isabelle Vengerova and pedagogy with Frances Clark. She has presented recitals, workshops and master classes in over 40 states as well as in Canada, the Republic of China, and Australia. A nationally recognized composer, she was a founder of the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, and serves as Editor-in-Chief for Keyboard Companion.