Program: Improvisation as Teaching Tool: How to Integrate Structured and Free Improvisation into Piano Teaching

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Lewis, NCTM

Location: TBA

Improvisation is an amazing mode of music making that can engage student’s creativity while also helping them learn crucial musical and technical skills. In this talk, we will look at a variety of specific techniques and prompts for both structured and free improvisation that can be taught at any ability level, including guided improvisation, free improvisation, and duet improvisations.