with Guest Left Hand Artist Ken Christiansen

Keys to Artistic Performance: Color, Choreography and Color

This workshop demonstrates the necessity of incorporating artistic concepts during the early years of musical study. Developing a student’s “performance vocabulary” in the early stages will facilitate the integration of the technical and musical qualities in the more advanced literature. Performance choreography will also be addressed as it relates to musical intention and stylistic considerations. Elements essential to efficient practice and artistic performance of music from all periods will be discussed and demonstrated through examples from beginning, intermediate, and advanced repertoire. Professor Clarfield will also include examples from her publications and some of today’s leading pedagogical composers.

The Road to Chopin: From Method Book to First Chopin Pieces

Your student is dying to play the Minute Waltz, but theyÓ²e still in Book 3 of their method book! How do you get them there?In this session, teachers will discover repertoire that will prepare students for the technical and musical challenges they will encounter in their first Chopin pieces.

Showcase: Keys to Stylistic Performance: Students are Never Too Young or Too Old to Understand Style!