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A Quick Look at Teaching Adults: What Pianists Should Know

Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question Special thanks to Jackie Edwards-Henry (JEH) and Mary Sallee (MKS), members of the NCKP 2023 Teaching Adults committee, for this post. Why is teaching adults important for pianists today? JEH: Teaching adults shows us that we’re never...

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NCKP 2023: Committee Programming Previews

Spring 2023; Vol. 15, No. 1

NCKP: The Piano Conference will be in-person at the Westin Chicago Lombard from Wednesday to Saturday, July 26–29, 2023, and online on Friday to Sunday, June 9–11, 2023. The conference has a compelling array of topics covering all aspects of piano teaching, learning, and performing....

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How do you help an adult student who has ingrained poor technical habits?

Keyboard Companion Spring 2008; Vol. 19, No. 1

from the series: It’s Never Too Late: Adult Piano Study Michelle Conda, Editor by The Adult Learning Committee of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy Okay, let’s face it – I’m not talking about the good habits your adult students have, but the bad habits that form...

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Adults on the Move with Dalcroze!

November 2018; Vol. 10, No. 6

Say the word “Eurhythmics” to a group of age-forty-plus adults and they would likely define it as a pop music group from the 1980s. College students might even give the same response. The same word given to a group of music educators would likely be defined as movement-based music instruction, primarily used in general music...

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2019 NCKP Preconference Highlights

Summer 2019; Vol. 11, No. 3

NCKP has eleven subcommittees, comprised of leaders in each of the following subcommittee areas: collaborative performance, collegiate pedagogy teaching, creative music making, inclusive teaching, independent music teachers, music in early childhood, research, students and young professionals, teaching adults, technology, and wellness. Over seventy-five individuals serve...

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