Tag: Professional Development

PD Video Replay: First Thursdays – Improvisation and Creative Learning

In this live webinar, Australian pianist/improviser/composer/educator Andrea Keller shares her processes for improvisation and creative learning. Lauded for her musical inventiveness and prolific artistry, Andrea demonstrates her approach to practicing improvisation, how she uses concepts and external sources as impetus, and how she turns improvisational material into compositions and vehicles for further improvisatory explorations. Viewers…
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First Thursdays – Music Performance Anxiety

What is music performance anxiety? Causes, symptoms, and experiences Sources of support: the role of the music teacher Challenges for music teachers and performance anxiety management The music teacher as a performance anxiety practitioner: strategies to support students with MPA About the Presenter Isabella Mazzarolo (BMus(Hons), BCom, AMusA)   Scientia PhD Scholar | School of Arts & Media…
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First Thursdays – Improvisation and Creative Learning

In this live webinar, Australian pianist/improviser/composer/educator Andrea Keller shares her processes for improvisation and creative learning. Lauded for her musical inventiveness and prolific artistry, Andrea demonstrates her approach to practicing improvisation, how she uses concepts and external sources as impetus, and how she turns improvisational material into compositions and vehicles for further improvisatory explorations. Viewers…
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VIDEO REPLAY First Thursdays – Which Edition Should I Choose?

Teachers are presented with a wide range of editions for the music that they will teach. There are editions with fingering, and other editions without; editions with numerous editorial markings and editions that have very little other than the notes that the composer wrote. There are “urtext” editions, historically informed editions and performance editions. It’s…
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First Thursdays – Which Edition Should I Choose?

Teachers are presented with a wide range of editions for the music that they will teach. There are editions with fingering, and other editions without; editions with numerous editorial markings and editions that have very little other than the notes that the composer wrote. There are “urtext” editions, historically informed editions and performance editions. It’s…
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