News & Events
Guests and Special Events
- Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 12:00pm, Fred Jones Museum
- Recital: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 7:30pm, Sharp Hall
- Lecture: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 2:00pm, Pitman Hall
- Master Class: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 4:30, Sharp Hall
- Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 3:00pm, Sharp Hall
- Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 7:30pm, Pitman Hall
- Monday, October 30, 2023 at 7:30pm, Pitman Hall
- Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 9:30am, Choir Room
- Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 9:30am, Choir Room
- Saturday, January 20, 2024
Activities in the OU Piano Pedagogy Program
MTNA Collegiate Piano Pedagogy Symposium, January 2022: Katie Ostrosky, PhD in Music Education with emphasis in Piano Pedagogy, third year, invited to give the plenary session at MTNA Collegiate Piano Pedagogy Symposium with her lecture: Playing to Our Strengths: Strategies for Students with ADHD. Hayden Coie, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, fourth year, accepted to present with the topic: Soundscapes: Experimenting with 20th Century Sounds Through Intermediate Repertoire. Devin Weckstein, BA in Piano, second year, accepted to present with the topic: Why, What, and How: Applying Universal Design for Learning in the Piano Studio.
Meldy Tanako, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, second year, named Grand Prize winner in the New York International Young Musicians Competition, January 2022.
Jenna Klein, PhD in Piano Pedagogy, successfully defended her dissertation, “An Examination of Collegiate Piano Majors’ Experiences Learning, Beliefs About, and Confidence in Selecting and Teaching Literature by Diverse Composers,” December 2021.
Jenna Klein, PhD in Piano Pedagogy, fourth year, presented two sessions at the CMS National Conference: Expanding the Repertoire: An Exploration of the Pedagogical Works of Theresa Carreño, Florence Price, and Germaine Tailleferre and Piano Music by Female Composers and Composers of Color: Selections for Elementary to Early Advanced Levels, October 2021.
Omar Roy, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the University of South Carolina, August 2021.
Hannah Roberts, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a position as Instructor of Piano at the University of Alabama, August 2021.
David Mach, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, second year, named 3rd prize winner at the inaugural Virtual New Orleans Piano Institute International Competition, August 2021.
Emily Rudquist, MM in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a post-graduate fellowship at the New School for Music Study, August 2021.
Alexis Barton, MM in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a full-time teaching position at the Musical Arts Center of San Antonio, August 2021.
Hayden Coie, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, fourth year, published an article in the American Music Teacher, August/September 2021, “Preparing” the Piano Studio: Prepared Piano and the Intermediate Student.
Katie Ostrosky, PhD in Music Education with emphasis in Piano Pedagogy, third year, named winner of the general pedagogy poster prize at NCKP National Conference for her poster titled: Music, Poetry, and Sonic Meaning, July 2021.
Mimi Zhang, DMA, second year, in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, received honorable mention at the NCKP National Conference for her poster titled: What I Learned in Kickboxing Class Applied to Group Piano, July 2021.
Hannah Roberts, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, ABD, has a poster accepted for the NCKP National Conference, with the topic: The Piano Music of Helen Hopekirk, July 2021.
Jenna Klein, PhD in Music Education with emphasis in Piano Pedagogy, ABD, has a poster accepted for the NCKP National Conference, with the topic: Piano Music by Female Composers and Composers of Color: Selections for Elementary to Early Advanced Levels, July 2021.
Hayden Coie, DMA in Piano Pedagogy, ABD, has been selected as a recipient of the Nancy L. Mergler and Bullard Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Fall 2021.
Jenna Klein, PhD in Music Education with emphasis in Piano Pedagogy, ABD, has been selected as a recipient of the Nancy L. Mergler and Bullard Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Fall 2021.
John Price, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Piano at Northwestern State University, August 2020.
Andrea Johnson, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Northern Iowa, August 2019.
Danny Milan, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at Texas Women’s University, August 2019.
Todd Van Kekerix, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Houston, August 2019.
Chris Madden, DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), August 2019.