Keyboard Skills 3 (127-3-1)
Instructors
Karen Chih-Pah Kan-Walsh
847/491-3886
Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Evanston, IL 60208
Office Hours: By appointment
Karen Kan-Walsh studied during her pre-college years with her mother, Juliana Kan. She then received the bachelors (with distinction) and masters degrees in piano performance from the University of Michigan School of Music. Additional studies in the Taubman approach were with Joseph Gurt followed by the Doctor of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northwestern University. Kan-Walsh has also performed both solo and chamber music in the Ann Arbor/Chicago areas as well as solo and duo piano performances in St. Petersburg, Russia. A member of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association, she is an active adjudicator and has presented workshops in the Chicago area including "Creative Projects in Keyboard Skills" at the 2008 ISMTA annual conference. Kan-Walsh is currently the coordinator of the keyboard Skills and Non-Major Piano Programs at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music, where she was recognized for excellence in teaching by the ASG (student organiz
Meeting Info
RCMA 4-136 Keyboard Lab: Tues, Thurs 1:00PM - 1:50PM
Overview of class
This is the third quarter of a year-long sequence of Keyboard Skills for students who had no or very little piano background when they started the sequence in the Fall. In Spring quarter continued work will emphasize fluent piano technique, repertoire study (20th and 21st century), seventh chords, modes, harmonization, sight reading, ensemble and creative work.
Registration Requirements
Successful completion of Level 2, and permission number. Restricted to music majors.
Learning Objectives
Selected chords and their Roman numeral and letter symbols, the basic principles of fluent piano technique, strategies for learning new pieces, how to construct a short piece with acceptable voice leading from a notated melody and chord symbols, how to project a convincing musical presentation in the form of sight reading, and to perform repertoire with appropriate articulation, phrasing and dynamics.
Teaching Method
Demonstration, individual and group activities.
Evaluation Method
Point system evaluating exams, performance, group projects, participation and improvement.
Class Materials (Required)
Keyboard Strategies Master Text 1 by Stecher and Horowitz published by G. Schirmer
ISBN10# 0793552915
ISBN13# 9780793552915
$40