Piano Teacher Course Proposed Timetable (subject to change)

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1 Piano Teacher Course Proposed Timetable (subject to change) Friday 17th pm arrival and registration 4.15pm Welcome meeting NB start time specific for this course. A chance to meet all participants on the course. The welcome pack of books and teaching aids will be given out. 5pm Opening faculty recital Saturday 18th Dinner followed by faculty recitals Simultaneous Learning and creative teaching A day to stimulate and inspire with Paul Harris 9.00 What Simultaneous Learning is really all about Practical 1: Exercises for clever people Getting pupils to do some practice Daily Technique session with Murray McLachlan 'Healthy Technique'

2 12.30 Practical 2: Devising Practice Maps Getting the best out of pupils Lunch - and a chance for further discussion 2.30 Teaching sight reading and the language of music (Part 1) 3.15 Tea and discussion Room G Teaching sight reading and the language of music (Part 2) 4.30 Open Forum Written Daily assignment 1 Principles of the simultaneous learning approach Sunday 19th 9.00 Baroque repertoire for the elementary pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod 9.40 How Can a Wrong Note Be Perfect? (session one)- William Westney Is perfectionism healthy or not? Should we avoid mistakes or embrace them?

3 This presentation inspiring, candid, sensible questions much of the conventional wisdom about music lessons, Keyboard harmony - a road map for musical understanding with Charlotte Turner Baroque repertoire for the intermediate pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod Daily Technique session with Murray McLachlan 'Talking fingers' Lesson observations - please check personal timetable for location a chance to watch different styles of teaching with a range of levels and ages Lunch - a chance to discuss and review the observed lessons Alexander Technique - with James Crow. Practical session Helping to release tension, the Alexander Technique makes possible a performance which is more fluid and lively, less tense and rigid Baroque repertoire for the advanced pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod

4 3.50 Beginner piano 1 - daily sessions covering different approaches to the important first lessons Sharon Goodey - playing with colour Written Daily assignment 2 The first lesson - write lesson plans for 1) a young child and 2) an adult beginner Monday 20th 9.00 Classical repertoire for the elementary pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod 9.40 The Perfect Wrong Note (session two)- William Westney A hands-on problem-solving session for pianists, using the principles of Session I Scales, studies and exercises from the first lesson - Murray McLachlan Classical repertoire for the intermediate pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod

5 12.10 Daily Technique session with Murray McLachlan Touch - including lateral and rotary movement, weight and flexibility Lesson observations - please check personal timetable for location a chance to watch different styles of teaching with a range of levels and ages Lunch - a chance to discuss and review the observed lessons Moving with Period Music - Baroque dances with Bethan Rhys Wiliam We will explore how early dance and dances of the 18th and 19th Centuries influence musical performance in relation to tempo, phrasing, emphasis and interpretation by contextualising the music within the traditional dance framework Classical repertoire for the advanced pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod 3.50 Beginner piano 2 - daily sessions covering different approaches to the important first lessons Hans-Günter Heumann Written Daily assignment 3 To write a short reflective report on the daily lesson observation

6 Tuesday 21st 9.00 Romantic repertoire for the elementary pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod 9.40 Composition from the very first lesson with Emma-Ruth Richards 'Sx4' - Murray McLachlan Speed, Security, Stamina and Strength Romantic repertoire for the intermediate pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod Daily Technique session with Murray McLachlan Pedalling - covering all three pedals Lesson observations - please check personal timetable for location a chance to watch different styles of teaching with a range of levels and ages Lunch - a chance to discuss and review the observed lessons Moving with Period Music - Chopin Mazurka and Polonaise with Bethan Rhys Wiliam The opportunity to experience the dances and

7 accompany others for a selection of Chopin Polonaises and Mazurkas. We will understand the demands on the dancers in relation to social etiquette, skill and aesthetics in appreciating the historical influences that underpin high standards of musicianship 3.10 Romantic repertoire for the advanced pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod 3.50 Beginner piano 3 - daily sessions covering different approaches to the important first lessons The Russian method - Dina Parakhina Written Daily assignment 4 Daily warm up sessions ideas for daily routines for beginner, intermediate and advanced pianists. Wednesday 22nd 9.00 Modern repertoire for the elementary pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod 9.40 Dalcroze Eurhythmics - a teaching and learning process that engages body, mind and emotion.practical session With Emma Dixon

8 10.30 Running your own teaching practice - practical and informative session with Liz Dewhurst Modern repertoire for the intermediate pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod Daily Technique session with Murray McLachlan Creativity in technique Lesson observations - please check personal timetable for location a chance to watch different styles of teaching with a range of levels and ages Lunch - a chance to discuss and review the observed lessons Improvisation for all levels of pianists with Andrew Higgins - practical session 3.10 Modern repertoire for the advanced pianist with Margaret Murray McLeod 3.50 Beginner piano 4 - daily sessions covering different approaches to the important first lessons Andrew Higgins from Alfred Publications

9 Written Daily assignment 5 Write a lesson plan for a 3/4 hour Grade 5 student Thursday 23rd am The final morning gives all participants on the course the opportunity to teach a student and put into practise some of the ideas of the course. Murray McLachlan and Margaret Murray McLeod will lead the sessions. All partiicpants will receive certificates of attendance. Written feedback will also be given. There will be time for questions before the end of the morning.