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updated: January 1, 2011
MUS 306 - 001 ADVANCED PIANO PEDAGOGY 2 credits
Univ of Wisconsin-Parkside Spring 2011
Starting Jan. 20, 2011 (Thursdays from 10am to 11:40 am) at UW-Parkside
Dr. James McKeever Phone: (262) 595-2562
Prereq: MUS 221 and 222 or equivalent, MUS 305, or life experience
Frequency offered: Every third spring.
James & Susan McKeever are teaching Advanced Piano Pedagogy
Latest Course News check this for updates to class
Special students not working for a degree can apply online at https://apply.wisconsin.edu/
Required Textbooks: (Available in UWP Bookstore):
Professional Piano Teaching
Author: JACOBSON
ISBN: 978-0-739032-22-0
Publisher: ALFRED
Well-Tempered Keyboard Teacher
Author: USZLER
ISBN: 978-0-028647-88-3
Publisher: WAD
Content: Teaching the intermediate and advanced student; technical approaches, appropriate teaching literature, advanced reading skills, listening and ensemble skills. Observation and practice teaching are included.There will be sessions about Rebecca Shockley's Mapping technique, Performance Anxiety, etc. Both James & Susan McKeever offer private piano lessons to class members before & after the class, if desired.
Other recommended books: Artistic Pedal Technique by Katherine Faricy: & Mapping Music by Rebecca Shockley
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Updated May 13, 2010
Summer Semester 2010 (June 14 through August 6, 2010)
teaching two courses: Online Music Appreciation and Online Music Fundamentals
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SPRING SEMESTER 2010:
Piano Duet and Duo Literature and Performance taught by
James and Susan McKeever (McKeever Piano Duo)
Thursday mornings from January 21, 2010 to May 6, 2010
Study of the literature and pedagogy of duets and two piano music.
Playing together, sharing notes, position at the keyboard, balance, pedaling,
and teaching strategies.
There will opportunities to form “class member” duo teams, who will play for the class and be coached.
Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:45am in Room L105 of the Communication Arts building, UW-Parkside, starting January 21, 2010. Available for two academic credits or on a fee basis.
Call 262-595-2562 or email mckeever@uwp.edu for more information.
The McKeever Duo has been performing for thirty years, and have presented concerts and masterclasses throughout the Midwest. Their extensive repertoire includes works from the 18th through the 20th century, and includes works for for both four hands and two pianos.
This is a one-time course, finally being offered after twenty years of requests!
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Revised November 13, 2009
McKeever Duo Performance of Four Hand Music on a brand new Sauter Concert Grand
Poulenc Sonata, Mozart K. 497, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No. 1, 3 Brahms Hungarian Dances, Dvorak Slavonic Dance, Augie Wegner's "Uncle Remus" and more
Where: Family Piano Store 114 S. Genesee St., Suite 402 Waukegan IL 60085
Phone: 847-775-1988 or 847-336-7624
Joplin's Java & Ragtime Cafe
When: Sunday, November 22, 2009 from 4 to 6 pm
UPDATES FEBRUARY 9, 2009
January 21, 2009 McKeever Duo Recital now online
McKeeverPianoDuoSoundSamples
Story of Jim and Susan's Piano Education
Story of Jim and Susan
New Page about Madame Olga Conus
Madame Olga Conus Info
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Spring Semester 2009: We have an often requested seminar this semester: Piano Literature and Performance Practice of the Impressionistic Period. We will examine the piano works of Debussy, Ravel, Charles Griffes, and other composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We will cover style, tempo, rhythm, articulation, phrasing, structure, rubato, dynamics, expression, ornamentation, and of course pedaling. We hope you can join us for this exciting class! We meet Thursdays from 10:00 to 11:45 in room L105, starting January 22nd. Please contact Dr. James Mckeever for more info: 262 595-2562
This is a program of our upcoming McKeever Duo concert below:
MCKEEVER PIANO DUO - James and Susan McKeever
Favorite Piano Duets Program
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Noon, Free Admission
UW-Parkside, Communication Arts Theatre
Four Fantasies on American Folk Songs (1957) Douglas Townsend (b. 1921)
Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier
Two in One (Old Joe Clark and Sourwood Mountain)
Petite Suite for Piano, Four Hands Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Ballet
Hungarian Dances for Four Hands (1869) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
#2 Allegro non assai
#6 Allegro
Six Pieces, Op. 11 for Piano, Four Hands Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943 )
Russian Theme
Slava
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
A Morning Mood
Ase's Death
Anitra's Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King