MUS 255 — BEGINNING PIANO PEDAGOGY
MUS 255 examines a variety of published pedagogy methods and music conservatory traditions for teaching beginning piano. Students study pedagogy tools, music education software, music games, and pedagogy traditions from around the world. Students will learn how to teach music for Early Childhood Music Classes, with exposure to the Kodaly Method, Orff Schulwerk, and Suzuki Method. This course will emphasize how to set up the hand position of a beginning student as well as varying approaches to teaching musical expression. It will discuss different learning modalities and how to work with students with special needs. Students will create lesson plans for private and group instruction for different age groups and will be evaluated on their teaching. Students will be required to observe master teachers.