Sunday, October 25 ~ 9:40-10:40 a.m. presented by Dr. Jennifer Donelson

Jennifer Donelson is an assistant professor of music at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. She received her DMA in Piano Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she studied with Paul Barnes and Mark Clinton. A specialist in the piano works and writings of Olivier Messiaen, she has lectured on and given performances of portions of the Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus throughout the United States, France and Mexico. Dr. Donelson has been awarded numerous academic fellowships, as well as a grant supporting her research at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on the controversy surrounding the premiere of Messiaen’s Vingt Regards. Her work in the field of piano pedagogy focuses on the development of expressive playing and interpretive skills in young students and has been featured at the Florida state and national MTNA conferences, the International Music Camp, the Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia, Mexico, as well as in a recent article in Clavier Companion. She is the founding director of the Cor Immaculatae Schola Cantorum, a professional vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony. She also currently directs scholae cantorum at St. Michael the Archangel and St. Robert Bellarmine parishes in Miami and is on the faculty of the Church Music Association of America Sacred Music Colloquium. 

Workshop ~ From Novice to Master: Laying the Foundations for a Lifetime of Expressive Playing and Compelling Artistic Decisions

When should students begin making interpretive decisions? At what point in their development can we expect students to play expressively? How can we help students develop as creative artists? These and other questions will be addressed in this workshop through a series of graded activities that teachers of any instrument could use to help their students become more musically independent and cultivate the ability to make compelling artistic decisions.

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