​Frances Clark Center Residency Program
Through The Frances Clark Center Residency Program, area teachers will have the opportunity to attend seminars on special topics given by master pedagogues. We invite you to join us for these community workshops.
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2024-2025
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Dr. Lesley McAllister
May 14, 2025 - 10:30am
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Sing, Breathe, Move, and Play: Mindful Movement for Beginning Pianists
This presentation will demonstrate how mindful movement can be used in children’s music classes to promote executive function skills, enhance focus, reduce anxiety, improve aural awareness, and develop rhythmic skills in the developing musician. After learning about the research-backed benefits of mindful movement, participants will engage in some poses together and observe videos of children moving and singing in a music class.
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Dr. Omar Roy
February 26, 2025 - 10:00am
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Repertoire Roadmaps: Taking the Guesswork out of Repertoire Assignment
How teachers assign repertoire has a tremendous impact on their students’ progress and growth as musicians. Repertoire roadmaps take the guesswork out of assigning pieces by setting specific goals, breaking down pieces by their technical elements, and establishing a roadmap of pieces that address these difficulties, leaving students better equipped to learn the pieces they dream about.
Dr. Christopher Madden
November 20, 2024 - 10:00am​
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Technique through Repertoire
While many instrumentalists study repertoire excerpts to address technical and musical challenges, pianists are the exception. This session seeks to change that by introducing standard literature excerpts to inspire through the repertoire, develop technique and fill in the gaps of the intermediate student. Progressively sequenced excerpts will be presented and performed with helpful strategies for including this pedagogical tool in the piano studio.​
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Location
The New School for Music Study
4543 Rt. 27, Kingston, NJ 08528
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Fee
$25, or FREE for Piano Magazine subscribers (click here to join).
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