2023 Schedule

8:15–9:00 a.m.

Registration

9:00–9:15 a.m.

Welcome

9:15–9:50 a.m.

plenary session

From Student to Studio: The Transition from Busyness into Business!

9:50–10:05 a.m.

BREAK

10:05–10:30 a.m.

split session

• A Musician’s Guide to Effective Public Speaking
• Ready, Set, Explore!: Creating an Elementary Summer Music Camp as a Traveling Teacher
• “A Rose by Any Other Name”: Exploring Three Roses by Florence Price
• Serving the Underserved: Experiences in Community Music Programs

10:30–10:45 a.m.

BREAK

10:45–11:10 a.m.

split session

• Reaching Beyond Our Grasp: Making Rachmaninoff's Music Accessible for Smaller Hands
• Enriching Intermediate Students’ Repertoire: Bohuslav Martinů’s Selected Piano Works
• Know Your Self-Worth: Using Key Economic Indicators to Determine Your Financial Value
• "Zoltán Kodály in the Collegiate Group Piano Classroom"

11:10–11:25 a.m.

BREAK

11:25 a.m.–12:00 noon

Networking Split Session

• Entrepreneurship
• Grad School
• Group Teaching
• Independent Teaching

12:00 noon–2:00 p.m.

LUNCH (on your own)

2:00–3:00 p.m.

Lightning Session

• Collaborative Piano for the Young Musician: How to Incorporate Chamber Music into Pre-College Piano Programs
• Into a New Era of Piano Technique Book: A Pedagogical Analysis of Rae de Lisle’s Fit-4-Piano Through the Lens of Muscle Injury Prevention
• Learning on the Go: Using Podcasts Outside of the Lesson
• Listen, Sing, Play! An Improvisation Activity for the Elementary Piano Student Based on Audiation
• Muscular Tension and Self-Massage: The Burden Pianists Carry
• An Opportunity to Reflect
• Practical Strategies for Success with ADHD Students
• A Small World of Music: Celebrating Culture in the Music Studio
• Strengthening the Inner Ear with Zoltán Kodály’s Historical Pedagogy and the 333 Elementary Exercises in Solfege Singing

3:00–3:15 p.m.

BREAK

3:15–4:00 p.m.

Keynote Address

• Kris Chesky, Texas Center for Performing Arts Health

4:00–4:15p.m.

BREAK

4:15–5:00 p.m.

Poster Session

• Be Empowered: Strategies to Enhance Your Practice Through Effective Journaling
• Brazilian Music Ensemble: Playing Bossa Nova at Collegiate Group Classes
• Engaging Color Analysis in Music Reading
• Expanding the Limits of Standard Piano Literature: An Analysis of Melesio Morales La India Frutera
• Improvisation as Preparation: Incorporating Music Learning Theory into Beginning Piano Study
• No Tension, No Injury: Tips for Teaching Our Students to Recognize and Remedy Tension While Playing the Piano
• The Other Side of the Staff: Teaching Collaborative Piano to Non-Pianist Musicians
• Piano Exams in Different Cultures: A Comparative Study of Piano Exams by the Chinese Musicians Association and the Royal Conservatory of Music
• Ruth Crawford Seeger: The Nine Preludes for Piano
• Solfège as a Musical Language: Teaching Pianists to Audiate Through Solmization
• Teaching Baroque Dance Steps in Piano Lessons
• (Un)charted Territory: Incorporating Jazz Study at the Beginning and Intermediate Levels

5:00–5:15 p.m.

BREAK

5:15–5:50 p.m.

Plenary Session

The Echo of Beijing Opera in Piano Repertoire