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Piano Teachers' Workshop
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Jessica Johnson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Artistic Director
Chelcy Bowles
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program Director
Participants in the 2008 Piano Teachers’ Workshop at
University of Wisconsin–Madison will have the opportunity to investigate how the Taubman Approach can enrich one’s playing
and teaching. Clinicians for this year’s workshop are Edna Golandsky and Mary Moran.
The Taubman Approach was developed by Dorothy Taubman, who spent over 50 years of study and research in the field of piano pedagogy. The Approach is a groundbreaking analysis of the mostly invisible motions that function underneath a
virtuoso technique, making it possible to help pianists
overcome technical limitations as well as cure playing-related injuries. It is an innovative approach for understanding and teaching tone production and other components of expressive playing. This approach assists the teacher in learning how to diagnose problems, implement solutions, and integrate the many various components of technique and music. Performers, students, and teachers will benefit from the three-day exploration
of this highly successful approach to teaching. (See
additional information about the Taubman Approach at
www.golandskyinstitute.org)
Featured clinician Edna Golandsky is the person with whom Dorothy Taubman worked most closely and with whom she established the Taubman Institute. She subsequently established
the Golandsky Institute, which brings high-level training in the Taubman Approach to the musical community.
Golandsky will present several sessions that emphasize the development of a healthy and virtuoso piano technique and discuss why so many pianists have immersed themselves in the Taubman Approach. Listen and learn as Golandsky
unravels the mysteries of some of the typically challenging passages in the piano literature, and participate in hands-on experiences that will help you to discover new levels of potential
in your playing. You will gain insight into the techniques that will give you command of leaps and produce non-stop
octaves, and increase your understanding of tone production and its communicative powers when combined with other technical elements and experience sudden ease in passages that may have eluded you in the past. In a special session, Golandsky will also address how to use the computer
keyboard efficiently.
Guest Clinician Mary Moran, who has studied and practiced the Taubman Approach for 30 years, will introduce the Taubman Approach and explain concepts that enable you to build a healthy technique for life. Moran will also unlock ways to enhance your beginning and intermediate students’ natural gifts at the piano with the building blocks to virtuoso playing. Observe Moran’s application of Taubman Principles in a master class for pre-college piano students. The primary goal of this workshop is to provide an intimate setting where piano teachers of varying levels of experience can come together to exchange ideas and benefit from the guidance and expertise of experienced clinicians.
Optional University of Wisconsin-Madison credits or Continuing Education Units (CEU) are available for participation in the Piano Teachers' Workshop. See details under "Credit Options."
Participants are invited to participate in master classes and group lessons, as well as to bring questions, problems, and relevant music. Time is also set aside for breakout discussions and questions following each session. Please join us for a unique opportunity to experience this exciting approach to playing and teaching with its leading experts in a relaxed, collaborative atmosphere.
Special Piano Concert:
Sole Nero: Music for Piano and Percussion and Music for Four-Hands and Two Pianos
Thursday, June 12, 7:30 pm
Mills Concert Hall
Enjoy an evening of American music with Leonard Bernstein's "Musto Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story for two pianos and Samuel Barber's "Souvenirs" for piano four-hands. Experience new works for piano and percussion duo, including David Cutler's "Superpower" and Curtis Hughes "Advoidance Tactics".
The concert is free for workshop participants. The public is invited; additional tickets may be purchased at the door for $10.
| 8:00 am | Workshop Check-in |
8:30 am |
Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks ~ Jessica Johnson |
| 9:00 am | Introduction to the Taubman Approach ~ Mary Moran |
| 10:45 am | How the Taubman Approach Can Transform Your Teaching ~ Mary Moran |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Pre-College Master Class ~ Mary Moran |
| 3:15 pm | Technique Clinic ~ Mary Moran |
| 7:30 pm | Piano Concert featuring Sole Nero: Music for Piano and Percussion, with Jessica Johnson, piano, and Anthony DiSanza, percussion, and Music for Four-Hands and Two Pianos with Martha Fischer and William Lutes |
| 8:30 am | Why the Taubman Approach? ~ Edna Golandsky |
| 10:15 am | Cultivating Virtuosity ~ Edna Golandsky |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Using the Computer Efficiently ~ Edna Golandsky |
| 3:15 pm | Group Lesson ~ Edna Golandsky |
| 8:30 am | Facility and Freedom in Octaves and Leaps ~ Edna Golandsky |
| 10:15 am | In the Service of Musical Expression—Tone ~ Edna Golandsky |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Master class ~ Edna Golandsky |
| 3:15 pm | Technique Clinic ~ Edna Golandsky |
| 4:45 pm | Closing Remarks ~ Jessica Johnson |
Edna Golandsky is the leading exponent of the Taubman Approach. She has earned wide acclaim throughout the United States and abroad for her extraordinary ability to solve technical problems and for her penetrating musical insight. She received both her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School, following which she continued her studies with Dorothy Taubman. A pedagogue of international renown, she has a long-established reputation for the expert diagnosis and treatment of problems such as fatigue, pain, and serious injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, focal dystonia, thoracic outlet syndrome, tennis and golfer’s elbow, and ganglia. She has been a featured speaker at many music medicine conferences.
Golandsky conceived the idea of establishing an institute where people could come together during the summer and pursue an intensive investigation of the Taubman Approach in 1976. She encouraged Taubman to establish the Taubman Institute, which they ran together as co-founders. In June 2003 Golandsky and senior faculty members previously with the Taubman Institute formed the Golandsky Institute, which is dedicated to the advancement of the Taubman Approach. She leads the Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium and International Piano Festival each year at Princeton University.
Edna Golandsky’s lectures have broadened the Taubman
Approach and imparted it to many people who have come to benefit from it. As her knowledge deepened over the years, she continued to develop new material. The three-disc DVD set of her lectures and master class entitled “The Art of
Rhythmic Expression” has been heaped with praise from around the world. The two-disc DVD set “The Forgotten
Lines: Lines That Support, Surround and Intensify the Melody” is taken from lectures by Edna Golandsky during the 2006
Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium at Princeton
University. It provides a fascinating exploration of the role played by “hidden lines” and illuminates the way they
profoundly influence the nature of artistic performance.
Mary Moran has been on the adjunct faculties of Russell
Sage College and Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, teaching applied piano, music appreciation, and
arranging. She has studied the Taubman Approach to Piano Performance since 1977, primarily with Edna Golandsky. She was a faculty member of the Taubman Institute of Piano from 1981 through 2002, and has been recognized for her application
of this approach to children’s pedagogy. She has been
invited to lecture on technical training for students and give master classes by many music teachers’ organizations in
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, and at Portland State University and Williams College. She performs frequently as a soloist, a duo-pianist, and a collaborative
pianist. A founding director of the Golandsky Institute, Moran has taught in Lecce, Italy at the Symposium on the Taubman Approach in 2003 and in Grenoble, France in March of 2004. She frequently teaches and gives master classes in the
Montreal area. In addition to maintaining a private studio at
her home in the Capital District of New York State, she regularly speaks at teacher training events sponsored by The Golandsky Institute, and mentors teachers in The Golandsky Institute’s Professional Training Program in Massachusetts and in
Kingston, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.
Jessica Johnson is Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Graduate Studies in Piano Pedagogy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 2006, she was the recipient of UW-Madison’s prestigious Emil Steiger Distinguished Teaching Award for excellence in teaching. She received the MM in Piano Performance and DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Michigan.
In addition to her love for the standard keyboard repertoire, Johnson frequently commissions and programs contemporary solo and chamber works. She regularly performs with Sole Nero, a piano and percussion duo with Anthony Di Sanza, percussion. Sole Nero has performed extensively in the United States and recently appeared in Shenyang and Beijing, China. In 2004, the duo released its first compact disc recording on the Equilibrium label titled “Music per Due.” Recent performance venues include the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Society of Composers National Conference, the MTNA National Conference and multiple performances in the U.S.
An active clinician, she has given workshops and presentations at the European Piano Teachers Association International Conference (Portugal and Serbia), the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, five featured presentations at MTNA National Conferences, as well as held residencies at major universities and colleges throughout the United States and in Canada and China. Johnson has articles published in American Music Teacher, Piano Journal of the European Piano Teachers Association, Keyboard Companion, Piano Pedagogy Forum, and Piano Adventures Teacher Newsletter. In 2007, she was the recipient of the National Article of the Year Award for “The Art of Listening with Depth, Understanding, Flow and Imagery” (in collaboration with Midori Koga, University of Toronto).
Chelcy Bowles (Program Director) is Professor of Music and Director of Continuing Education in Music at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she directs professional development
opportunities for music teachers and performers, the
community adult music education program, and the Madison Early Music Festival.
Julie Page (Student Assistant) graduated with honors from the University of Portland with a BA in Music. After completing her BA she was an associate instructor at the Joanna Hodges
Piano Studio in Vancouver (WA) teaching private lessons and group theory classes. She recently completed her MM in Piano Pedagogy and Performance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and hopes to pursue a DMA in Collaborative Piano.
Paola Savvidou (Student Assistant) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, summa cum laude, and a Diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, U.K. Savvidou will complete a Master’s in Piano Performance and Pedagogy in May 2008 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is currently the Project Assistant for the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and is serving as the President for the UW-Madison Collegiate Chapter of Music Teachers National Association.
Andrea Bontrager Yoder is Program Associate for Continuing Education in Music at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She holds a BA in Music from Goshen College (IN) and is
pursuing a Master’s of Music in Voice Performance.
Location: The Piano Teachers' Workshop is held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Music located in the Mosse Humanities Building, on the corner of Park Street and University Avenue. Detailed maps will be mailed to all who enroll.
Hours: The workshop begins at 8:30 am on Thursday, June 12 (check-in starting at 8), and ends at 5 pm on Saturday, June 14.
Housing:Campus housing is available in the beautiful new Ogg Hall, a state-of-the art dormitory facility just two blocks from the Humanities Building. Amenity and online reservation information is available at http://www.housing.wisc.edu/confserv/index.php (reserve by May 14). Additionally, a list of hotels near the workshop site will be supplied upon enrollment.
Meals: Madison is known for its excellent restaurant scene, and the workshop site is in close proximity to some of its best casual, fast food, and fine dining restaurants. Those staying in Ogg Hall will receive breakfast as part of the housing package.
Parking: A campus parking permit may be purchased directly through the UW-Madison Transportation Department. A reservation form will be supplied upon enrollment. Hourly parking is also available near the workshop site, but not for overnight parking.
Fees: The workshop enrollment fee is $390; full-time college or university student may enroll for $290. A daily participation option is available at $155 per day. A $70 nonrefundable
deposit is required to secure enrollment, with the balance
due upon arrival. Participants desiring credit must pay UW-Madison credit fees in addition to the workshop enrollment fee (see below).
Credit Options:All participants in the Piano Teachers’ Workshop automatically earn 2.1 officially recorded Continuing Education Units (CEU). Those who wish to earn one UW-Madison credit may do so by completing the Special and Guest Student application process and paying appropriate fees in addition to the workshop enrollment fee (approximately $300). One credit may be earned by on-site workshop participation and completion of on-site assignments. Please note that credit registration and fee payment are separate procedures from workshop enrollment, and that academic credit is unavailable for day-only participants. If you are interested in earning credit, mark the appropriate space on the registration form; detailed credit information, requirements, and registration materials will be mailed to you. (Participants enrolled in a University of Wisconsin degree program pay the credit fees required by the program.)
Write: Chelcy Bowles, Continuing Education in Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 720 Lowell Center, 610 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703-1195; Phone: 608/265-5629; Fax: 608/265-2475; E-mail: music@dcs.wisc.edu.
To register for the Piano Teachers Workshop, please download the registration form and mail or fax with payment to the address printed on the form. If you would like us to send you a brochure including registration form by mail, please contact Chelcy Bowles. Phone: 608-265-5629 or e-mail: cbowles@dcs.wisc.edu.
Credo Chamber Music: A summer program designed for advanced string and piano students that distinguishes itself from other festivals with an emphasis on community service and leadership. Students come to Oberlin for two or three weeks, enhancing their skills under the tutelage of faculty from elite conservatories (Juilliard, Oberlin) and top orchestras (Chicago and Pittsburgh symphonies, Cleveland). Two programs are offered: Opus 1, June 28-July 13, and Credo, June 29-July 19.
The Complete Conductor : June 29 – July 2, 2008
Piano Teachers’ Workshop: June 12 – 14, 2008
Madison Early Music Festival and Workshop: July 12 – 19, 2008
Distance Learning: Learn at your own pace through online music classes or by print correspondence.
Continuing Education in Music Classes: Noncredit classes in the Madison area across a wide variety of musical topics: www.uwmusicclasses.org
Educational Video Series: The resource Clinics on Cassette was developed to supplement private lessons and for use in music classrooms. Ideal for music specialists, classroom teachers, studio teachers, teacher education programs, and self-instruction. Most titles now abailable in DVD format.
Contact Chelcy Bowles at 608-265-5629 or music@dcs.wisc.edu for information on any of these programs.
The Department of Liberal Studies & the Arts is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. The units within Continuing Studies provide continuing education programs for lifelong learners, from precollege to seniors, as well as counseling services for adult learners. You will find the UW-Madison Continuing Studies home page at http://www.dcs.wisc.edu, or browse the Web site using the navigational links below.
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File last updated: January 2008
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