professional development

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20 Piece Polishing Challenge Video #2: Bourée in F Major

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20 Piece Polishing Challenge Video #2: Bourée in F Major

For the second piece in my challenge, I chose a piece that would juggle nicely with Easter Triduum music and getting speed and memory secure in Typhoon. I picked Telemann's Bourée in F Major.

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My 20 Piece Polishing Challenge

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My 20 Piece Polishing Challenge

With more of my students moving up to the upper intermediate and advanced grades, I myself need to get back into shape. Sure, I know their pieces well enough to teach them, but they are by no means polished. Nor do they need to be, but what better way to get my solo piano polishing skills back up than by starting with my students' pieces?

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Professional Development for Music Educators

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Music educators who teach privately often work in isolation. Continuing education and professional development can re-energize one's teaching and musicianship.

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On Scaring Classically Trained Music Teachers with Contemporary Idioms

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On Scaring Classically Trained Music Teachers with Contemporary Idioms

Earlier this month, I presented improvisation and various elements of Conservatory Canada's Contemporary Idioms syllabus to The Piano Pedagogy Group. This was a group of bright yet frightened classically trained piano teachers.