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Keys to the Future: A Study of Undergraduate Piano Education

abstract: Classical pianists have struggled to reconcile personal artistic growth with the economic and cultural realities of a career as a musician. This paper explores the existing structure of North American undergraduate piano education and its development alongside sociological and cultural changes in the twentieth century. Through document study and interviews, I look at three different models of undergraduate piano curricula. Chapters One and Two explore the issues and history surrounding the traditional piano curriculum. Chapters Three and Four draw on interviews to study two different North American undergraduate curricula: a piano curriculum within a liberal arts environment of an American Conservatory-College, and a piano curriculum within a Canadian University Faculty of Music. Chapter Five concludes with a summary of these findings and potential recommendations for implementation. In this study, I suggest that changes to piano curricula were made because of a differing approach, one in which music is seen as an entrepreneurial vocation. These changes point to a discrepancy between what is being provided in the curriculum, and the actual skills that are needed in order to thrive in today's economy. Awareness of the constant flux of the current professional climate is necessary in order for pianists to channel their skills into the world. I theorize that changes in curricula were made in order to provide a better bridge for students to meet realistic demands in their career and increase their ability to impact the community. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2013

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:17987
Date January 2013
ContributorsChoi, Rosabel (Author), Kim, Kwang-Wu (Advisor), Campbell, Andrew (Committee member), Hamilton, Robert (Committee member), Levy, Benjamin (Committee member), Pagano, Caio (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format80 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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