August 15-16, 2023
The riddle of the pianist's paradox
Music @ 10,000 Lakes
St. John's University
Collegeville, MN
July 26-29, 2023
A session about nothing;
Teaching in Turkey as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar (PEDx)
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
Chicago
July 3, 2023
Performance anxiety experiences among Turkish musicians
College Music Society International Conference
Vilnius, Lithuania
June 11-13, 2023
Nailing Jell-O to a tree: Centering the distracted musician
invited presenter
Minnesota Music Teachers Association state convention
Minneapolis
March 31 - April 1, 2023
Performance anxiety management for musicians;
Mindfulness practices for musicians;
Mental skills for peak performance
faculty residency
Mead Witter School of Music
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
March 25-29, 2023
A global perspective of music performance anxiety
MTNA 2023 national conference
Music Teachers National Association
Reno, NV
March 16, 2023
Mindfulness for academic anxiety;
Mindful practice for performers
visiting artist
Dana School of Music
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH
March 8, 2023
Music and the brain:
Applications of neuroscience for the innovative teacher
invited presenter
Richardson Music Teachers Association
Dallas, TX
February 20-21, 2023
Performance anxiety management for musicians;
Mindfulness practices for performers
faculty residency
Baylor University School of Music
Waco, TX
January 27, 2023
Ankara Müzik ve Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi and the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
The Turkish Fulbright Commission
Fulbright Türkiye
İstanbul
September 2022 - January 2023
Performance skills seminar for conservatory students;
Piano lessons and studio performance classes;
Popular influences in American compositions for solo piano;
Politics and protest in American compositions for solo piano;
Geleğecin piyano öğretim programı: Grup piyano modeli (with Dr. Ann DuHamel)
Fulbright U.S. Scholar
senior lecturer
Ankara Müzik ve Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi
Ankara, Turkey
November 18, 2022
Mental wellbeing:
The inner landscape of music teaching and learning
invited presenter
Seattle Music Teachers Association
Seattle, WA
November 11, 2022
Performance anxiety management for musicians
guest artist
Faculty of Music and Performing Arts
Bilkent Üniversitesi
Ankara, Turkey
June 9-10, 2022
Music performance as a transpersonal and integrative spiritual practice
12th International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society
University of Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain
March 26-30, 2022
The pedagogy of resilience;
Lessons learned: Teacher well-being in a post-pandemic world
MTNA 2022 national conference
Music Teachers National Association
Minneapolis
October 15, 2021
The inner landscape of teaching:
Cultivating well-being in turbulent times
invited presenter
Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association
Hamilton-Halton Branch
Ontario, Canada
July 28-31, 2021
Self-care for teachers in turbulent times
with Laura Amoriello and Jessica Johnson
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
virtual conference
July 18, 2021
The counterculture of contemplative education
2021 Jane Frazee Distinguished Scholar-Artist Series
Graduate Programs in Music Education
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, MN
April 17, 2021
Cognitive strategies for performance anxiety management;
Attentional skills and the distracted student
2021 Piano Pedagogy Symposium
California State University East Bay
Hayward, CA
April 7, 2021
Mindfulness and peak performance
guest lecturer
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
March 18, 2021
"Strategies for leading guided meditations"
Project for Mindfulness and Contemplation
Center for Well-Being
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul
March 6, 2021
"The inner landscape of teaching: Cultivating well-being in turbulent times"
Florida State University College of Music
MTNA collegiate chapter
virtual
March 5, 2021
"Performance anxiety management for musicians"
Àkójọpọ̀ Music Foundation
virtual mentorship program
Lagos, Nigeria
virtual
January 29, 2021
"Performance anxiety management for musicians,
actors, and dancers"
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
musical theatre program
Greensboro, NC
virtual
September 11, 2020
"Mental skills for performance anxiety management" Southeast District of OhioMTA fall conference
virtual
September 8, 2020
"Nurturing mindful musicians: Mental skills for peak performance"
St. Paul Piano Teachers Association
virtual
April 17, 2020
"One University - One Breath: Changemaking through mindfulness for the common good"
with Dr. Erika Scheurer
Ashoka U. Exchange 2020
Minneapolis
February 7, 2020
"The riddle of the pianist's paradox"
Piano Teachers Forum of Central New Jersey
Princeton
February 4-6, 2020
faculty residency
New School for Music Study
Kingston, NJ
January 13, 2020
"Mental skills for peak performance"
Carleton College
Northfield, MN
2019
October 24-26, 2019
"How can I teach what I don't know? Closing the knowledge gap on
musicians' health"
with G. Berenson and members of the Committee on Musicians' Health
College Music Society national conference
Louisville
October 19, 2019
"Nailing Jell-O to a tree: Centering the distracted musician"
Wisconsin Music Teachers Association
state conference
Eau Claire
July 24-27, 2019
"Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others"
with Brenda Wristen and Jessica Johnson
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
Chicago
July 24-27, 2019
"The riddle of the pianist's paradox"
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
Chicago
June 17-21, 2019
"Contemplative practices in music education" (1 credit course)
University of St. Thomas
Graduate Programs in Music Education
May 16-30, 2019
"Performance anxiety management / Performans kaygı yönetimi" and "Music education opportunities in the U.S. / A.B.D.’de müzik eğitimi fırsatları"
Faculty residency and cultural exchange
Ankara, Aksaray, Diyarbakir, and Antalya
Turkey
Gazi Üniversitesi
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Dicle Üniversitesi
Akdeniz Üniversitesi
Diyarbakır Fine Arts High School
Ankara Fine Arts High School
Ankara Müzik ve Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi
March 16, 2019
"Practice strategies for performance anxiety management"
MTNA National Conference
Spokane
2018
October 11, 2018
Panel: "Musician Wellness Education: The 5 Ws and 1 H" with G. Berenson, L. Cockey, W. Dawson, R. Gates, H. Malyuk, and L. Svard
CMS National Conference
Vancouver
September 28-29, 2018
piano pedagogy conference clinician
Crane School of Music
SUNY Potsdam
August 3, 2018
"Nailing Jell-O to a Tree: Centering the Distracted Student"
National Group Piano / Piano Pedagogy Forum
Oberlin College
June 28-30, 2018
"What Can Pianists Learn from Athletes?"
International Conference on Piano Teaching
European Conference on Social and Behavioral Sciences
Odessa Music School of Stolyarsky
Odessa, Ukraine
June 13, 2018
"The Words we Speak: The Power of Language in Nurturing Confident Musicians"
Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy
webinar
March 17-21, 2018
"Attention, Please!"
Music Teachers National Association
national conference
Orlando
2017
August 23, 2017
"The Road Less Traveled:
A Mindful Alternative to Toxic Busyness"
MTNA webinar
July 26-29, 2017
"Help! I Have a Student Who..."
with G. Berenson, L. Cockey, and B. Wristen
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
Chicago
July 20, 2017
"Performance Anxiety Workshop for Music Teachers"
The Institute of Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand, Auckland Branch
Auckland, New Zealand
July 10, 2017
"Echoes of the Old World: The Life and Piano Works of Beatrice Ohanessian"
College Music Society International Conference
Sydney, Australia
June 1-2, 2017
"Contemplative Practice and a New Teaching Paradigm"
keynote address
"Performance Anxiety and Mental Skills Workshop for Educators"
Colorado State Music Teachers Association State Conference
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley
March 18-22, 2017
"What Can Musicians Learn from Sport Psychologists?"
"North American Lightning Talks:
Innovative Teaching in the USA and Canada"
with L. Wanzel, L. Linton, P. Frehlich, and A. Immerman
MTNA National Conference
Baltimore
January 13, 2017
"Teacher Burnout: Renewing Body, Mind, and Spirit"
West Suburban Music Teachers Association
Plymouth, MN
2016
December 2, 2016
"Mindfulness Practice for Collegiate Music Students and Faculty" CMS webinar series on musicians' health
College Music Society
July 24-29, 2016
"Teaching Strategies that Promote Healthy Practicing and
Lifetime Music Making"
with Gail Berenson, Linda Cockey, and Phyllis Lehrer
International Society for Music Education
Glasgow, Scotland
July 24-29, 2016
"Portraits of Innovative Independent Music Teachers
in North America"
with Dr. Lorna Wanzel et al.
International Society for Music Education
Glasgow, Scotland
June 22, 2016
"Hypnotherapy and Creativity with Vanessa Cornett-Murtada" on ComposerQuest: A Songwriting and Music Composition Podcast with Charlie McCarron
April 2, 2016
"At the Movies: A Glimpse into Student/Teacher
Relationships on the Big Screen"
with Dr. Steven Levy
Pedagogy Saturday: "Developing Self-Confident and Resilient Musicians: Teaching the Whole Person"
MTNA 2016 National Conference
San Antonio
February 5, 2016
"Mindfulness for Performance Anxiety Management"
Northwest Suburban Music Teachers Association
Brooklyn Center
January 8, 2016
"Mental Skills for Peak Performance and Anxiety Management"
West Suburban Music Teachers Association
Minneapolis
2015
December 1, 2015
"Mindfulness Practice for Academic Anxiety"
University of St. Thomas
Project for Mindfulness and Contemplation; UST Wellness Center
St. Paul
September 16, 2015
"Performance Anxiety Management: The Teacher's Role"
St. Croix Valley Music Teachers Association
Hudson, Wisconsin
July 29 and July 31, 2015
"Pathways of Music and Emotion: Mental Health Principles for Teachers"
with Dr. Julie Nagel
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
Chicago
June 28-30, 2015
West Virginia University Piano Festival and Competition
competition adjudicator and guest presenter
Morgantown
June 17-24, 2015
"Applications of Sport Psychology to Music Performance"
CMS 2015 International Conference
Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
March 25-27, 2015
"Music, Transformation, and the Contemplative Mind"
Third International Conference on
Spirituality and Music Education
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus
South Africa
March 21, 2015
"Mindfulness Practice for Musicians"
Music Teachers National Association national conference
guest presenter
Las Vegas
2014-2012
March 22-28, 2014
"Mindfulness and Mental Wellness for Musicians"
Music Teachers National Association national conference
guest presenter
Chicago
July 24-27
“Teaching Scenarios: Handling the Realities of Life”
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy
panel discussion
Chicago
June 17-25
“Global Perspectives in the Local Classroom:
Traditional Arabic Music and the Western Student"
College Music Society 2013 International Conference, Argentina
Buenos Aires
June 7-8
Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association
State Convention Guest Artist
Indiana, PA
Feb. 21
Global Improvisation Workshop with Dr. Sarah Schmalenberger
McNally Smith College of Music
St. Paul
Jan. 23-24
Guest Artist
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Jan. 11
"Mindfulness Practice for Musicians"
Association of Professional Piano Instructors
St. Paul
Nov. 18
David Byrne’s “Play the Building”
The Improfs
Aria at the Jeune Lune
Minneapolis
Nov. 16
"On Common Ground: Uniting the Youth of Israel and Palestine Through Music"
College Music Society National Conference
San Diego
Nov. 2
“Music and the Brain: Learning, Memory, and Peak Performance”
Guest Artist (with Dr. Suzanne Schons)
Madison Area Piano Teachers annual workshop
Madison, WI
Oct. 26-27
Performance Anxiety Management Workshop
Guest Artist
Ontario Registered Music Teachers Associations
Thunder Bay, Ontario
July 26-29
“The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Performance Anxiety Management”
30th Annual Symposium of the Performing Arts Medicine Association
Snowmass, CO
July 15-20
“Mental Wellness for Musicians: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Psychology and Performance Anxiety Management”
30th World Conference on Music Education
International Society for Music Education
Thessaloniki, Greece
June 29
Guest Conference Presenter
Music Teachers Association of California State Conference
San Diego
June 27-29
"Nurturing the Whole Musician: Mindfulness, Psychology, and the Mind-Body Connection"
International Wellness Symposium
Organized by Music Teachers National Association and the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Associations
New York City
Mar. 14
“Creating Dialogue Through Collective Improvisation”
with Dr. Sarah Schmalenberger
McNally Smith College of Music
St. Paul
Mar. 1-3
"Angham al-Salaam / Melodies of Peace: Uniting Israel and Palestine Through Music"
with Salam Murtada
Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Minneapolis
Mar. 1-3
"Musicking Peace: Conflict Resolution Through Collaborative Improvisation"
with Dr. Sarah Schmalenberger
Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Minneapolis
Feb. 3
Guest Artist
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Keyboard Division Guest Artist Series
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
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