Title: Questions and Answers : Practical Advice for Piano Teachers. Publisher: ....
Title: The art of piano playing / Heinrich Neuhaus ; translated by K.A. Leibovitch.
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” – Lao Tze
SYLLABUS PIANO PEDAGOGY, MUS 418 SPRING 2007 – T 4:00-5:40pm Classroom Location: (HFA) 214 Office Location: (HFA) 130 Office Hours: T 5:45-7:00 PM T 8:00-9:15 PM By appointment only. (702) 895-0861
Professor Enrico Elisi E-mail:
[email protected]
Materials deadline: The materials and textbook below are required by the second class. Required materials: a three-ring binder, regular paper, staff paper, pencil(s), pen(s).
Required Textbooks Author: Marianne Uszler, Steward Gordon, Scott McBride Smith Title: The Well-Tempered Keyboard Teacher Publisher: Wadsworth Group/Thompson Learning Edition: 2000 (second Edition) ISBN: 0028647882
Additional Recommended Textbooks Author: Magrath, Jane Title: The Pianist's Guide to the Standard Teaching and Performing Repertoire Publisher: Van Nuys, CA: Alfred edition Music Co. Edition: 1995 ISBN: 0882846558 Author: HINSON, MAURICE Title: Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire Publisher: Indiana University Press Edition: 2001
ISBN: 0253336465
Author: BRUNER, JEROME SEYMOUR Title: The Process of Education Publisher: Harvard University Press Edition: 1977
ISBN: 0674710010
Author: LAST, JOAN Title: The Young Pianist: an Approach for Teachers and Students Publisher: Oxford University Press Edition: 1972 ISBN: 0193222876 Author: CLARK, FRANCES Title: Questions and Answers : Practical Advice for Piano Teachers Publisher: Northfield, Ill Instrumentalist Co. Edition: 1992 ASIN: B0006F1I3M Author: GORDON, STEWARD Title: Etudes for Piano Teachers: Reflections on the Teacher’s Art Publisher: Oxford University Press Edition: 2001 ISBN: 0195148347 1
Items on reserve at the Music Library Students must get acquainted with the following materials: • • •
all materials available on reserve (see http://innopac.library.unlv.edu/search/p?SEARCH=elisi) all articles on the E-Reserve (see http://ereserves.library.unlv.edu/eres/default.aspx and have your library bar code ready) at the Music Library in the BMC building. Current issues of the Piano Pedagogy Forum provided by the University of South Carolina are available online athttp://www.music.sc.edu/ea/Keyboard/PPF/index.html. Online back issues (from 1998 to 2004) can be found at http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/Keyboard/PPF/index.i.html. Course Description
This course is an intensive and comprehensive presentation of the various aspects of the piano teaching profession, focusing in particular on techniques and methods for teaching the beginning and intermediate student. There will be a survey of various pedagogical materials with emphasis on evaluation and analyses of elements necessary to achieve comprehensive training. As a significant portion of the assignment, students will observe a number of local piano teachers and will finally teach an individual lesson in front of the class. Goals • • • •
To study the intellectual, creative, and musical development of a piano student (with emphasis on beginners and intermediates) To review piano materials, teaching methods, and piano literature for different teaching levels To observe and study the teaching of a group of students To identify musical concepts and keyboard skills appropriate for various students and to develop processes for teaching Class Assignments and Activities
The present course though designed as a series of lectures retains a seminar-like nature where each student brings diverse skills to the class and the learning experience is enhanced by listening to each other during presentations, and observing teaching sessions. Frequent assignments may involve watching videos, doing research, as well as reading books, articles, and other material available on the internet. Grading formula Your grade will be based on a combination of the following: 1. Teaching observation – a total of fourteen hours in the semester, eight of which are due by mid-semester (March 8th). The remaining six hours are due on May 3rd. These are typed comments of your observations during private lessons taught by local piano teachers (a list of recommended teachers will be provided). 2. Teaching applied piano lessons with young students during class time 3. Two short book reports (between three and five pages) the first of which is due on February 15th. The second report is due by April 26th. 2
4. Design a studio contract and lesson policy. This is due by April 5th. 5. Teaching sequence: designing a six-month teaching structure for individual lessons. A rough draft is due by April 19th. Final version is due on May 3rd. 6. Short assignments: We will have regular short written assignments as well as reading assignments once per week. They will be due by the next class time and cannot be accepted for credit late except in the case of excused illness. (If you know you won’t be in class, have the written assignment in my box at the faculty office by class time that day). Remember that you will get a zero every time you turn in a written assignment late or show up in class with unprepared reading/studying assignments. I will always notice if you have actually worked on a reading assignment before the class. (Please, do not test me in this respect). As an example, a zero will lower your final grade and it will be very hard to bring the average back up! These assignments are where much of your learning takes place, so please keep up with them, and don’t let neglecting this important learning opportunity affect your grade. (If the written assignments show sloppiness, your final grade may be lowered by 15%). Every written assignment must be typed and double spaced. 7. Class participation: this consists of both your being in class (on time), and of what you do in class such as comments, questions, and participation in class discussion. Participation counts for your grade and even more for the learning process. You can learn an enormous amount from your colleagues as they can from you. Make use of class time to share your questions as well as your knowledge. Your work and that of your peers will be severely compromised if you forget to bring materials, and distributed handouts to each class. Should this happen more than three times during the semester, your final grade will be lowered by a ½ grade. Keep in mind that I will grade you on your preparation at each class. Absen ces Since the class meets just once weekly, it is extremely important that students attend each session. Therefore, for each class missed without the teacher’s approval 24 hours in advance of the scheduled class time, the final course grade will be lowered a complete letter grade (e.g., A- to B-, B+ to C+, etc.). More than two absences of any kind (other than excused medical emergencies or family death where written documentation will be required) will not be tolerated and will result in a failing grade for the semester.
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Materials on Reserve at the Music Library (some items have been ordered and might not be available in the first few weeks) Author: Gardner, Howard Title: Frames of mind : the theory of multiple intelligences / Howard Gardner Publication Information: New York : Basic Books, c1993 Edition 2nd paper edition Author: Green, Barry Title: The inner game of music / Barry Green with W. Timothy Gallwey Publication Information: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doublay, 1986 Edition 1st edition Author: Bernstein, Seymour Title: With your own two hands : self-discovery through music / by Seymour Bernstein Publication Information: New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1981 Author: Fink, Seymour Title: Mastering piano technique : a guide for students, teachers, and performers / Seymour Fink ; with illustrations by Donald G. Bell Publication Information: Portland, Or.: Amadeus Press, c1992 Author: Leimer, Karl, 1858-1944 Title: Piano technique consisting of the two complete books The shortest way to pianistic perfection and Rhythmics, dynamics, pedals and other problems of piano playing / Walter Gieseking and Karl Leimer Publication Information: New York : Dover Publications, 1972 Author: Neigauz, Genrikh Gustovovich, 1888-1964 Title: The art of piano playing / Heinrich Neuhaus ; translated by K.A. Leibovitch Publication Information: London : Barrie & Jenkings, 1973 Author: Reubart, Dale Title: Anxiety and musical performance : on playing the piano from memory / by Dale Reubart Publication Information: New York : Da Capo Press, 1985 Author: Whiteside, Abby Title: Indispensables of piano playing ------- Mastering the Chopin Etudes and other essays. Edition by Joseph Prostakoff and Sophia Rosoff Author: Sándor, György, 1912Title: On piano playing : its art and application / György Sándor Publication Information: New York : Schirmer Books, c1981 AUTHOR: Nichol, Barbara. TITLE: Beethoven lives upstairs / Barbara Nichol EDITION 1st American edition. 4
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: New York : Orchard Books, 1994. (Also available in other copies and video) Other items in process: BRUNER, J. The Process of Education. New York: Random House, 1960. MAGRATH, JANE. The Pianist's Guide to the Standard Teaching and Performance Literature. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music Co., 1995 TRUE, NELITA. Nelita True at Eastman. Kansas City, MO: SH Productions, Inc., 1991. (VIDEO) NEWCOMB, ETHEL. Leschetizky as I Knew Him. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. SHOCKLEY, REBECCA PAYNE. Mapping Music for Faster Learning and Secure Memory. Madison, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 1996. BERNSTEIN, SEYMOUR. Lessons in Keyboard Choreography. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing Corp., 1991. (Book 1 and 2) BOYK, JAMES. To Hear Ourselves as Others Hear Us: Tape Recording as a Tool in Music Practicing and Teaching. St. Louis, MO: MMB Music, 1996. GERIG, REGINALD R. Famous Pianists and Their Technique. New York: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1974. GORDON, STEWARD. Memorization in Piano Performance. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing Co., 1995. Video. Running Time: 65 minutes. Leonard Bernstein's Young People 's Concert Series with the New York Philharmonic. Video. Music in Motion (800) 445-0649 ARMSTRONG, T. In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Personal Learning Style. Los Angeles: Jeremy Tarcher, 1987. ______________________________________________________________________________
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