Piano teachers at the 2010 SAA Conference will have the opportunity to be inspired and stimulated from several different directions. Topics include Technique, Tone, Suzuki Listening, Repertoire Review, and Piano Group Classes will also be on the menu and will give us the opportunity to reflect on how we can improve these areas in our own home studios.
Three esteemed master teachers will work with piano students at the conference: Doris Koppelman, Hikari Nakamura, and Donna Kwong of the Claremont Trio. Just hearing the piano students perform will be uplifting, not only in the master classes but in chamber music and in a performance of the Mozart Concerto K. 414 with string orchestra. In addition, Mary Craig Powell will describe her work with the International Piano Committee. We will all be inspired to study the new pieces and implement them into our teaching. Our full list of Piano Area Presenters also includes Ellen Berry, Caroline Fraser, Cathy Williams Hargrave, Rita Hauck, Gail Lange, Anne Marie Olson.
Of course, perhaps one of the best reasons to attend a conference is to reconnect with colleagues that one has not seen for awhile. And, if you have never attended before, please come and experience our extended Suzuki Piano family, our “team,” working together to carry out Dr. Suzuki’s mission.
–Joan Krzywicki, Piano Coordinator
