Course Highlights

MU385/6 & 483/484 Piano Pedagogy I - IV

MU385 An introduction to teaching beginning-level piano lessons, including a summary of methods with practical direction on the administration of a piano studio. This course highlights the observation and discussion of beginning-level piano teaching.

MU386 An introduction to teaching intermediate-level piano lessons, including an overview of available materials and an introduction to leveling repertoire. This course highlights the observation and discussion of intermediate-level piano teaching.

MU483 An introduction to teaching piano lessons within a group setting (whether adult, average age, or pre-school) by examining the approaches of various music educators and by comparing examples of group piano methods.

MU484 A course on current pedagogy topics, ranging from the use of technology in the classroom to approaches to teaching technique, sight reading, improvisation, and composition, as well as directed readings in piano pedagogy.

MU453/4 Teaching Piano Internship II & III

These courses offer students an opportunity to teach a weekly 45-minute group piano class of beginning level students and to teach a private piano lesson with supervision. Weekly meetings address topics such as lesson planning, promoting parent/teacher/student relationships, and organizing recitals and other performance opportunities.

MU473 Advanced Piano Literature

Performance and study of keyboard literature from early Baroque to the present. Purpose is to survey as much literature as possible to study development of keyboard music and its use for teaching purposes.