Assessment in your studio: training your students to hear and see what you do!RCM RCM Reliability-Centered Maintenance RCM Royal College of Music RCM Royal Conservatory of Music RCM Royal Canadian Mint RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance RCM Revenue Cycle Management RCM Regional Climate Model RCM Ring-Closing Metathesis Examinations was delighted to welcome Ingrid Clarfield as a guest clinician on the afternoon program. Clarfield, professor and coordinator of the piano department at Westminster Choir College -- Westminster Choir College is a residential college of music located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Westminster has a choral emphasis that educates men and women at the undergraduate and graduate levels for music leadership careers in churches, schools, of Rider University Rider University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, in Mercer County. It consists of four academic units - the College of Business Administration, the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences, the College of , is a nationally recognized performer, clinician and author. She has presented workshops and lecture-recitals in more than 100 cities across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Clarfield has written several books that are published by Alfred Publishing Alfred Publishing is a US sheet music publisher specializing in educational music. It is one of the largest US publishers, second only to Hal Leonard. It is the largest educational music publisher in the world. Co. Her students have won numerous awards in state, national and international competitions. She is well known to both CFMTA CFMTA Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations CFMTA Central Florida Music Teachers Association, Inc and MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) members. This lively session focused on assessment in the studio, sharing many wonderful ideas about how to develop critical listening skills of young pianists. Drawing upon her wealth of knowledge and experience, the presentation highlighted different ways in which teachers can help guide their students, not only during the lessons but with instructions and direction for practicing during the week. Using many musical examples, insightful and inspiring suggestions were given for creative teaching and performing including the following topics: Developing a musical technique that emphasizes the sound, the look and the feel, using rote exercises and examples from Burgmuller, Czerny & Hanon: Piano Studies Selected for Technique and Musicality edited by Clarfield. Building listening skills in upper elementary repertoire, with examples drawn from Alfred Premiere Piano Course Performance 1B and Faber Piano Adventures Performance 2A. Creating a critical musical/technical vocabulary for your students, focusing on the need to always mention what is already good, while finding a way to criticize using positive language. Assessment during the lesson, high-lighting the help students need to understand the correct sound, character and style before they learn the piece, drawing on examples from Keys to Stylistic Mastery. The importance of training students to critique their own playing during the lesson, and of involving the parents was also stressed. Musical examples in this segment included Valse Semplice sem·pli·ce adv. & adj. Music In a simple or plain manner. Used chiefly as a direction. [Italian, from Latin simplex, simplic-, simple; see sem- by Dennis Alexander, Chopin Waltzes in A Minor and F Minor and additional examples from From Mystery to Mastery. Assessment at home, with tips on how to create assignments that will have students critiquing their practice sessions at home. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clarfield's personal charm and charisma, combined with years of experience as a studio teacher and clinician, made this an interesting and enjoyable session. Ingrid Clarfield, presenter |
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