Dr. Richard Kogan is the evening concert artist. He is doing a combined lecture/recital of George Gershwin. His musical program includes: Rhapsody in Blue Fantasy on Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess arr. Earl Wild Right now, he is sharing biographical information about Gershwin. Interspersed with his lecture, Dr. Kogan is adding other musical pieces. Here he […]
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy – Friday 6:30 p.m.
Megan, Virginia and I enjoyed a lovely dinner at Baisi Thai. I forgot my camera, so we had to snap this pic with one of our phones:
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy – Friday 4:45 p.m.
Another Publisher Showcase takes me to a presentation by Schaum where they are playing through a variety of music along with accompaniment tracks while offering brief explanations of each piece.
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy – Friday 3:30 p.m.
Robert Duke is speaking at the next plenary session and the topic is Beautiful “For many years of my life I’ve been working with people who teach children about the arts. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t hear the word Beautiful enough from people in the arts.” He proceeded to play a recording […]
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy – Friday 3:15 p.m.
Today’s mini-recital includes three young performers. Andrew French, age 8 is playing: Minuet Op. 14, No. 1 by Paderewski arr. Faber Theme from Symphony No. 1, 3rd Movement by Mahler arr. Faber Prince of Denmark March by Clarke arr. Faber The second performer is Mary Hilding, age 9, performing: Scherzo by Diabelli Spring from Four […]
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy – Friday 2:00 p.m.
James Goldsworthy presents Keeping the First Lesson Open-Ended Mr. Goldsworthy has posed a question, “What if you could start a new student and then four months later could start again?” He has experimented with this idea in his own teaching. In fact, he has even explored the possibility of “beginning three times.” He encourages teachers […]
