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Session 1: Preparing Your Teaching Practice for Online Music Lessons

Your teaching environment will help to set the stage for successful online music lessons. Learn how to set up your home studio and identify digital tools to use to maximize your students’ learning.

Guest Speakers: 
Michael Berkovsky, Faculty, The Glenn Gould School
Hans Jørgen Jensen, Cello Professor, Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University

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Session 2: Adapting Your In-Person Lessons to Online

Good teaching and effective lesson planning have numerous cross over points between in-person and online environments. In this session, we share approaches specific to digital learning that can make your online sessions more dynamic and engaging for your students.

Guest Speakers:
Barry Shiffman, B.M., ARCT, Director, The Taylor Academy; Associate Dean & Director of Chamber Music, The Glenn Gould School
John Ellis, Associate Professor of Piano and Director of Graduate Studies in Piano Pedagogy, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance

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Session 3: Online Community and Class Management

Leading your class online may require different procedures than in person but the goals are the same. In this webinar, we will talk about ways to build a safe online community and manage your online classroom including making your Zoom sessions secure.

Guest Speaker: Julia Galieva-Szokolay, Piano Faculty, The Royal Conservatory of Music, The Glenn Gould School, The Taylor Academy

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Session 4: Successful Communication with Students and Parents

As with all good learning interactions, strong communication is at the heart of successful teaching. In this session, we will discuss how to communicate effectively with students during your online lessons and. with families/guardians/students between lessons.

Guest Speaker: Robert Loewen, Voice Faculty, The Taylor Academy, The Conservatory School

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Session 5: Making Your Online Teaching Interactive and Multi Modal

Design your teaching as an active exchange with the students and present learning concepts through a variety of formats. This will better engage and more successfully inform your students.

Guest Speakers:
Jessica Caporusso, Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in the Department of Anthropology, York University 
Stephen Pierce, Associate Professor of Practice, USC Thornton School of Music
Elaine Lau, Piano Faculty, Wilfrid Laurier University since 2003

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Session 6: Online Teaching with Different Learning

Teaching different types and groups of learners in an online environment presents unique challenges. In this session, we will explore how to best interact with adults, children and group music classes online.

Guest Speakers:
John O’Conor, Mus.D., Distinguished Artist-in-Residence; Chair of Keyboard Division; Professor, Piano, Shenandoah University
Kelly Parkins-Lindstrom, Violin Faculty, Royal Conservatory School, Examiner
Tova Rosenberg, Cello Faculty, Royal Conservatory School

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