2016 |
"The Applicability of Undergraduate Piano Training to Professional Musicians" To date no one has studied the longitudinal applicability of undergraduate piano instruction as it applies to future and current professional musicians. Ultimately, the purpose of this study is to do exactly that: to measure the relevancy of undergraduate piano training to recent music school graduates. This initial project will pilot test the interview questions used to describe the undergraduate training that participants in the longitudinal study receive. |
2011 |
Completion of two dedicated web sites for both the music major and non-music major undergraduate group piano programs. Through pdf files and mp3 files, ancillary materials are provided for additional skills activities and to support the materials presented in the actual texts. The price to students for each of the two texts has been lowered by more than 50% as a result of the web sites. <http://www.pdmpiano.org> and <http://www.pfppiano.org> |
2004 |
"Mapping Brain Plasticity: Neural Growth Through Music" In cooperation with Dr. Lynda Cleveland, MSIS, McCombs School of Business. Funding source, Yamaha Corporation (In-Kind) and Southwestern Medical School (In-Kind). |
2002-03 |
Completion of web site designed for the music major group piano program. The site parallels the text used for the four semester sequence through the use of tutorials designed with Director 8.5. The resulting shockwave movies either show practice tips and aids for materials studied in class or contain additional materials suuplementary to those already presented in class. <http://pdm6e.music.utexas.edu> (no longer available due to subsequent editions of Piano for the Developing Musician 6th Edition Concise.) |
2001 |
Recipient of ITAC Project Funding Grant. $132,000. Replacement of both digital keyboard labs, computers, computer projectors and various software plus one Graduate Research Assistant. Recipient with Dr. Waneen Spirduso. $12,000. "The Impact of a University Piano Instruction Program on the Hand Function of Adults Over the Age of 70; Their Psychological Well-Being, and the Graduate Students Who Teach Them." Principal Investigator. |
1997 |
Recipient of Project Quest. "Keyboard Skills for Developing Musicians" |
1996 |
Recipient of College of Fine Arts Ducloux Fellowship. "The development of multimedia learning modules for School of Music group piano students." |
1993 |
Redesigned FA 381, "Career Goals and Management" to be offered as a course focused on graduate students in the School of Music. Offered every spring semester. |
1992-94 |
Chair. Curriculum Innovation Committee. Revision of current Bachelor of Arts degree program. Degree approved and offered Fall, 1996. |
1990 |
Recipient of College of Fine Arts Research Grant. "Educational Applications of MIDI Keyboards, Sequencers and CAI in Undergraduate Group Piano. |
1988 |
Recipient of College of Fine Arts Grant. "The Curricular Implications of MIDI Keyboard and the Apple Computer in Group Piano Instruction and Testing." |
1984-85 |
Redesigned and reinstated the Continuing Education Piano Program. Classes start fall semester, 1984. |
1983-84 |
Developed a graduate fine arts course in cooperation with Dr. Barbara Salisbury (Theatre) and Professor Stephen Daly (Art). FA 381, "Career Goals and Management." First offered 1984. |
