Performances & presentations

Performances

For a list of past performances, please see the latest version of my CV.

Presentations

I have presented on numerous pedagogical and musical topics at the local, national and international levels, for local teacher groups, colleges and universities, and professional conferences.

These are some of the topics I have presented on:

Latin American music

  • Embracing the Americas: Alberto Ginastera's Doce Preludios Americanos - a new edition
  • Chronicles of a Belgian Gaucho: Julio (Jules) Perceval, his eclectic piano music, and his impact on western Argentina’s music education 
  • Tránsitos estilísticos y culturales del compositor Luis Jorge González
  • Sense of Rhythm and Timing with Latin American Composers
  • Dancing with The Hands: Four-Hand Piano Pieces by South American Composers  (with Jessica Pacheco)
  • Tropical 4-Hands: The Long Tradition of Piano Duets in Brazil (with Jessica Pacheco)
  • Francette and Pià: Culture, Immigration and War through an Original Puppet Play and Recital for Children Based on Heitor Villa-Lobos' Piano Piece (with Jessica Pacheco)
  • A Dash of Diversity: Sounds of Latin America (with Cody Goetz)

Identity, self-efficacy and motivation

  • Identidad, motivación y objetivos en alumnos mexicanos de piano clásico
  • Self-Efficacy: a Key to Motivation and Achievement for Music Students

Cooperative learning

  • Cooperative Learning in the Piano Classroom

Diversity in music

  • Sound, Not Silence: Duet Repertoire by Women Composers of the Americas (with Jessica Pacheco)

Repertoire leveling

  • Leveling intermediate repertoire: resources and basic concepts

Technology

  • The role of online videos in piano learning: a survey of pre-college piano students
  • Teaching piano online during COVID: asynchronous and synchronous tools, challenges and opportunities

Sight-reading

  • A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Different Types of Software Eye-Guides in the Development of Sight-Playing Skills in Piano Classes at the College Level (poster, with Sara Hagen and Cynthia Himonides)

Performance anxiety

  • Performance anxiety: what it is, and what you can do about it

Artistry

  • Playing beyond the notes: instilling artistry in your student