Keyboard Skills 3+ (128-3-1)
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 4-138 Keyboard Lab: Mon, Wed 12:00PM - 12:50PM
Overview of class
This is the 3rd quarter of a year-long sequence for students who have had 1-4 years of piano experience.
Registration Requirements
Successful completion of Level 2+ and a permission number. Restricted to music majors.
Learning Objectives
To be able to harmonize melodies with secondary dominants from Roman numeral- or letter-chord symbols, sight read with confident projection of dynamics, phrasing and other musical details indicated in the score, read accompaniments, successfully apply principles of reducing when sight reading, continue technical development, learn and perform solo-piano repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries, transpose, and construct creative projects.
Teaching Method
Demonstration, individual and group activities, class demonstrations.
Evaluation Method
Point system evaluating class demonstrations, prepared and at-sight activities, performance, improvement, participation and exams.