9th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference

For full abstracts please see the conference program.
Presenter	Paper / lecture Title
Andreacchio, Debra	Sergi Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives Op 22-Kaleidoscope of Thoughts, Ideas and Reflections”
Bibby, Gillian	“The Sun Rises: Creative Margins Between Composer” and “Pianist and Student: A Journey of Imagination and Discovery”
Boyle, Rhonda	“Hand Size and the Piano Keyboard”
Brandman, Margaret	“Making Keyboard Music Easier to Learn Through the Understanding of Root Progression in the Music of Classical and Contemporary Composers”
Burgess, Jane	“Technical & Emotional Fluency at the First Steps Towards Musical Imagination” (with examples taken from the music of Kabelevsky and Bailey from the AMEB Syllabus)
Coates, Samantha	“Sight Reading – How to Teach this Essential Skill”
Deas, Susan	“Improvising from Lead Charts”
Dennis, Terrence (University of Auckland)	“A Potent Symbiosis: The Piano Works of Wagner and late Liszt”
Fursa, Inna	“Rodion Shchedrin: Exploring and Interpreting His Piano Works ”
Green, Elizabeth	“Schumann’s Album for the Young”
Goodchild, Neil	“At the Piano: New Music for Piano”
Haskell, Julie	“Pedalling the works of the Classical Era – Balancing Effective Pedagogy and Historically Informed Performance Practice”
Herscovitch, Daniel (Lecture/Recital)	A Sonat(in)a Soiree Consisting of : Beethoven : Sonata “Das Lebewohl” Op. 81a; Busoni: Sonatina No. 1 “In Diem Navtivitatis Christi MCMXVII”; Stravinsky: Sonata (1924); and Alkan: Sonatina Op. 61
Krowicy, Bohdan	“Creativity through posture and breathing practice”
Loffredo, Antonietta	“Contemporary Music in Piano Pedagogy”
Masaki, Prof. Megumi	“Training Pianists as Athletes: A Basic Training Method for Optimal Performance”
Michalski, Yvonne	“Skills and behaviours important for effective piano teaching: A national study”
Milne, Elissa	“Baby Steps: How old is too young for exams?"
Pfundt, Lynette	“Graded Piano Repertoire Database: An Innovative and Versatile Approach to the Piano Repertoire Guide”
Riddle, Glenn	“Sporting Analogies in the Private Music Studio”
Roberts, Stephanovich	“Creating an Authentic Performance Experience”
Roennfeldt, Prof. Peter	“The (50) Diabelli Variations (not by Beethoven) – Monstrosity or Monument”
Sampson-Kelly, April	“The Surprising Outcomes of a Documented Group Keyboard Learning Experience in an Australian Conservatorium”
Smith, Rodney	"The Short Piano Solos of Arnold Bax, 1911 – 1921: A Premature Abandonment of the Genre?”
Sykes, Julia	“Bridging the Great Divide Between Classical and Contemporary Musicians and Creating Well-Rounded Musicians”
Turner, Angela	“Technology and the Piano Studio: A Teachers’ New Toolkit of Audio and Video Recording and Interactive Games”
Wong, Katherine	"Czerny’s Approach to the Teaching of Posture and Touch”
Zhukov, Katie	“Overcoming Performance Anxiety for Piano Students – How to Apply Research Findings in Your Studio”
Zhukov, Katie (Lecture/Demonstration)	“Recent Compositions by Australian Women Composers”
Zivkovic, Prof. Slobodan	“How Expanded Musical Thinking Can Simplify the Path to Artistic Performance”