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Piano Pedagogy Workshop 2026Ìý

Clinicians

  • , Featured Clinician
  • Beverly Smoker, Guest Clinician

Details

Dates:ÌýMonday/Tuesday, June 22–23, 2026

Early Bird Registration (ends June 1)
In-Person/Virtual: $111
Virtual Only: $101
Student: $25
Lunch: $17

Regular Registration (June 2-June 16)
In-Person/Virtual: $131
Virtual Only: $121
Student: $25
Lunch: $17

(To register after the deadline, please contact Dr. Jacob Ertl, jertl2@naz.edu

Call for Masterclass Participants:Ìý

  • Deadline: June 15, 2026
  • Ages 5-18, all levels and repertoire accepted
  • Participating students must be in-person
  • Repertoire:Ìý Anything the student is creating themselves. Improvisations, Compositions, Creative Projects, General Jazz, Jazzy Pieces (may be accepted), No Classical.

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Monday, June 22, 2026

1:00-2:30 ~Ìý5 Things Every Piano Teacher Should Know

2:30-2:45 ~ Break

2:45-3:45 ~ Starting From the Core (Abby Whiteside's Pedagogy)

4:00-4:00Ìý´ÊÌýBreak

6:30-8:00Ìý´Ê Lecture Recital: A Brief History of Jazz PianoÌý
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

9:30-10:30 ~ÌýFrom Scale to Melodies (Improvisation

10:30 -10:45 ~ Break

10:45-11:45 ~ÌýMy Arrangement is Better than Yours

11:45-1:00 ~ Lunch

1:00-2:00 ~ 6 Blues Lessons

2:00-2:20 ~ QÌý& A Grab BagÌý

2:20 -2:35 ~ÌýBreak

2:35-3:35 ~ Theory and Truth; Musical styles, how have they evolved, and what do we need to know?Ìý Beverly Smoker, guest clinician

3:35-3:45 ~ Break

3:45-5:00 ~ÌýMasterclass with Students from the Community

Pedagogy Workshops

    Dennis Alexander 2022
    Theresa Bogard 2024
    Nancy O'Neill Breth
    Jeremy Siskind

    Past Presenters

    2025:
    2024:
    2023: Peter Mack
    2022: 2021:ÌýMarvin Blickenstaff
    2019: Ingrid Clarfield
    2018: Julie Knerr
    2016:ÌýForrest Kinney
    2015: Wendy Stevens
    2013:Ìý

    Contact

    ÌýDr. Jacob Ertl,Ìýjertl2@naz.edu