TAT

“Talk About Teaching” with Bonnie Kellert

November 20th at 10.00am

 ” Challenges For Young Pianists (Including Pedal!)”–

Challenges For Young Pianists include:

Developing and achieving technical ability as well as understanding and acquiring musicianship. 

Requiring special attention for individual needs and challenges.   

Cultivating strengths by promoting proper practice habits

Focusing on musicianship, including interpretation, phrasing, listening skills, pedaling, tone control, stylistic differences;  

Building a solid technical foundation geared toward proper posture, strong fingers, appropriate hand and finger position (including a reliable bridge), flexible wrists and relaxed arms.  

Developing a wide dynamic palette, facility, ease of playing and so forth.  

Gaining basic techniques such as sound production, articulation, evenly played scales & accuracy. 

Examining, distinguishing and determining each technical challenge before approaching and discovering solutions.   

Setting effective goals and clear solutions to motivate students.  

Demonstrate HOW and WHAT to practice. 

Learning to analyze and memorizing, performing for others, sight reading and duet playing.  

Pedaling to expand expression and color.  The pedal is the “soul of the piano.”