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Welcome to the National Piano Foundation
(NPF) website, a special communications venue for group piano
teachers. NPF is the educational arm of the Piano Manufacturers
Association International. A primary part of NPF's mission is to
contribute to the professional well being of the teaching community,
and this website fully supports that mission.
If you are reading this, you may have received an e-mail alerting
you that new information has been posted to this site. If you are
a first-time visitor to this site, remember to enroll on our database
so that you, too, will be sent an e-mail informing you when there's
new information.
The Director of the Waco Piano Center in Waco, TX has some full-time piano instructor positions available. The job description includes both group and/or individual teaching. For details interested applicants should access the center website (www.wacopiano.com or info@wacopiano.com) or e-mail Mary Beth Parker at marybethp76671@yahoo.com.
For your convenience, we maintain a list of group piano workshops, clinics, convention sessions, and any other group piano events of interest. The intent is to list only those events that are entirely focused on group teaching or a portion of the event relates to group teaching. Please e-mail Brenda Dillon (Brenda@dondillon.com) with your suggestions of events that should be listed. This listing will be continuously updated. Please send the title of the event, clinician(s), date, place and the e-mail address for the contact person.
The schedule for the Musikgarten Workshops is:
June 23-25, Oak Park, IL
June 27-28, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
July 9-11, Atlanta, GA
August 1-2, Denver, CO
For details: event@musikgarten.org
The Comprehensive Musicianship Group Piano Teacher Training Workshops are:
Session 1 – Music for Moppets and Level 1 – July 21-23, Chicago, IL
Session 2 – Working with Level 2 – July 25-27, Chicago, IL
Session 3 – Working with Level 3 – July 29-31, Chicago, IL
Keyboard Oriented Music Games and Improvisation – August 6, Chicago
For details: www.lakeshoremusicstudio.com
Join our database of group piano teachers by clicking enroll and
completing the registration. Your information is kept confidential
and you will be notified by e-mail when new information is posted
on this site. Click here to Enroll.
The goal of this part of the NPF website is to be a comprehensive resource center for group piano teachers. Although we have listed some resources in the past, it hasn't been an extensive list. Therefore, we are requesting from you any of the following that you believe would be useful for both novice and experienced group piano teachers:
- Activities
- Articles
- Bibliographies
- Books
- Dissertations
- Ensembles
- Games
- Methods/texts
- Software
- Videos
We do make an effort to not promote a brand of piano or a particular method, but we do want to inform teachers about what resources are available to them. Please click below to see examples of some resources that have already been posted:
NPF Video: Getting Started in Group Teaching
Filmed at the November 2001 Group Piano Seminar
Available from NPF (5960 W. Parker Rd., Suite 278, #233, Plano, TX 75093-7792)
Cost: $35.00 (includes shipping and handling)
Please send your resource ideas to Brenda Dillon (brenda@dondillon.com).
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