Master Lessons with Dr. Christopher Madden
| Dates: | Master Lessons: Oct 1-4 Master Lessons Concert: October 3 Workshop: Oct 5 |
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| Registration: | Aug 9-Sept 17 2021 (postmark deadline) | ||
| Times: | Master Lessons Concert: 5 p.m. | ||
| Fee: | $60 for 45 minutes or $75 for 60 minutes | ||
| Locations: | Kansas City Piano, 7316 W 119th St, Overland Park, KS 66213
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I am excited to announce Dr. Christopher Madden as our Master Lessons Guest this year! We’ve enjoyed having him as an adjudicator in events over the past couple of years, and I am sure he will get our students excited to practice, listen, and perform!
Dr. Christopher Madden is Assistant Professor of piano Pedagogy at University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he teaches piano pedagogy, applied piano, and oversees the keyboard skills curriculum. His playing has earned him numerous scholarships and grants, allowing him to perform in festivals and master classes throughout the United States and Italy.
In addition to performing, Christopher has presented research at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum, Collegiate piano Pedagogy Symposium, and MTNA national conference. He has also published articles in Clavier Companion and American Music Teacher. Christopher’s current research focuses on primary recordings—a term he uses to describe composers’ recordings of their own works. In addition to collegiate-level teaching, Christopher is interested in andragogy (adult teaching).
Christopher holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma (DMA in piano Performance and Pedagogy), Florida State University (MM in Piano Pedagogy), and Pennsylvania State University (MA in Music Theory/History and BM in Piano Performance).
More Information:
Priority is given to school-age intermediate to advanced students. If space allows, adult students and teachers may also be eligible to enroll. One or two compositions are required for the Master Lessons.
Please bring the music with the measures numbered. Memory is optional for the lesson, but required to be selected for the recital October 4th or the workshop on Tuesday morning, October 6th. Strict adherence to lesson times will be necessary. Teachers and parents may quietly observe. Outstanding students will be chosen to perform in the concert with Dr. Sifford and for the Tuesday Master Class.
Send enrollments postmarked between August 9 and September 17, 2021. Lesson times will be scheduled in the order received. You will be notified by email to confirm your lesson time(s). Teachers may begin with an enrollment of no more than three hours of lessons (three one-hour lessons or four 45-minute lessons). You may send more enrollments (please number them in the order of importance) with the understanding that these students will only be added if the schedule permits.
Please email Kari at karijohnsonpiano@gmail.com with questions.