Start Your Engines!
Preparing Students for Success

Join us for this special piano pedagogy symposium featuring unique sessions and live teaching. The day will focus on technical and musical preparation for recitals, auditions, and competitions, from the first lessons on a new piece through the final stages.

For more information, please contact Dr. Pete Jutras at pjutras@uga.edu. This symposium is sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and the Despy Karlas Professorship Fund.

Preparing Students for Evaluations and Auditions: Turning Fear into Fun!

Proper preparation for performing situations is an essential component for a successful experience. This program includes such topics as choice of repertoire, understanding and solving technical problems, memorization, performance anxiety and stage poise. Choosing the right performance activity to match each studentÓ³ needs will be discussed. This workshop will provide useful strategies to help teachers prepare their students for all kinds of performing experiences.

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.

Joint Teaching Demonstration with Dr. Scott McBride Smith

Panel discussion with Pete Jutras and Dr, Scott McBride Smith