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Music and the Brain – Part 1, Department of Music, University of Ottawa

Presenter:
Ramesh Balasubramaniam – Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa
Poster

3rd Colloquium on Music Pedagogy – Part 1, Department of Music, University of Ottawa

Presenters:
Julia Brook – Music, University of Ottawa
Catherine Lemay – Music, University of Ottawa
Erin Parkes – Music, University of Ottawa
Mélina Dalaire – Music, University of Ottawa
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Poster

3rd Colloquium on Music Pedagogy – Part 2, Department of Music, University of Ottawa

Presenters:
Nisreen Jardaneh – Music, University of Ottawa
Tamar Dubuc – Music, University of Ottawa
Leana Azerrad – Music, University of Ottawa
Haodan Brown – Music, University of Ottawa
YiFei Liu – Music, University of Ottawa
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Poster

Julia Brook presents “Video reference database” through videoconferencing for the Finnish TEKES delegation at CRC in Ottawa, ON.

Nisreen Jardaneh presents “The development of a scale to measure young piano students’ degree of motivation” at the Don Wright Faculty of Music’s Graduate Student Symposium in Music, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

Nisreen Jardaneh presents “Use of audio visual communication and piano teaching” through videoconferencing for the Finnish TEKES delegation at CRC in Ottawa, ON.

Julia Brook presents “Video reference database” at the Graduate Students Symposium in Ottawa, ON.

Nisreen Jardaneh presents “The development of a scale to measure the degree of motivation for young piano students” at the Graduate Students Symposium in Ottawa, ON.

Music and the Brain – Part 2, Department of Music, University of Ottawa

Presenters:
Laurel Trainor – Psychology, McMaster University
Isabelle Peretz – Psychology, University of Montreal
Caroline Palmer – Psychology, McGill University
Sylvie Hébert – School of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Montreal
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Mélina Dalaire and Tamar Dubuc present the “Piano Laboratory” at the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association (ORMTA) Provincial Conference held at the Holiday Inn in Ottawa, ON.

Professors Comeau and Fred Ress present “Using the internet and internet2” in Music Performance, Research and Teaching at the Distance Learning Conference in Madison, Wisconsin.

Professor Comeau presents “Using videoconferencing and internet to share data and conduct research” at the College Music Society Conference , University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas.

Professor Comeau presents “Pédagogie du piano: Nouvelles perspectives” at the Série de conférences, Laval Univeristy, Quebec, QC.
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Professor Comeau presents “Les nouvelles technologies comme outil de recherche en pédagogie du piano” at the Opening conference of Journées francophones de recherche en éducation musicale, Laval University, Quebec, QC.

Mélina Dalaire presents a poster, “Étude ethnographique de cours de piano transatlantique par vidéoconférence” at the Journées francophones de recherche en éducation musicale, Laval University, Quebec, QC.

Professor Comeau presents “Canadian initiatives in music performance, research, and teaching” at the Internet2 Music Symposium organized by Indiana University.

Martin Côte, Pierre Payeur and Gilles Comeau’s paper “Comparative study of adaptive image segmentation techniques for gesture analysis in unconstrained environments” is published in Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Minori, Italy, 28-33.

Javier Mora, WonSook Lee, Gilles Comeau, Shervin Shirmohammadi and Abdulmotaleb El Saddik’s paper “Assisted piano pedagogy through 3D visualization of piano playing” is published in Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environment and their Applications, Ottawa, Canada, 157-160.

A special issue of “Recherche en Éducation Musicale” features the proceedings of the Piano Laboratory’s first official research symposium: Gilles Comeau (Ed.) publishes La Recherche multidisciplinaire en pédagogie du piano – Actes du colloque octobre 2005 in Revue de recherche en éducation musicale, Quebec, Laval University, 144 p.
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Professor Comeau’s paper “Recherche scientifique et pédagogie du piano” is published in Recherche en éducation musicale, 24, 1-11.
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Alain Desrochers, Gilles Comeau, Nisreen Jardaneh and Isabelle Green-Demers’ paper “L’élaboration d’une échelle pour mesurer la motivation chez les jeunes élèves en piano” is published in Recherche en éducation musicale, 24, 13-33.
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Shervin Shirmohammadi, Gilles Comeau and Ali Khanafar’s paper “MIDIator: A tool for analysis of musical performance” is published in Recherche en éducation musicale, 24, 35-48.
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Bruno Emond, Marion Barfurth, Gilles Comeau and Martin Brooks’ paper “Technologies d’annotation vidéo et leurs applications à la pédagogie du piano” is published in Recherche en éducation musicale, 24, 49-60.
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Pierre Payeur, Martin Côte and Gilles Comeau’s paper “Les technologies de l’imagerie au service de l’analyse du mouvement en pédagogie du piano” is published in Recherche en éducation musicale, 24, 61-87.
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Christophe Herry, Monique Frize, Rafik Goubran and Gilles Comeau’s paper “Étude thermographique de pianistes lors d’une séance de travail : Évolution de la température superficielle des muscles et premières interprétations” is published in Recherche en éducation musicale, 24, 89-104.
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Donald Russell’s paper “Establishing a biomechanical basis for injury preventative piano pedagogy” is published in Recherche en éducation musicale, 24, 105-118.
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Media Coverage: The Sunday Edition – CBC Radio ONE
Notes on the Future

Workshop
The Piano Laboratory and the Department of Music presents an Alexander Technique workshop with Richard Albert, founder of the Ottawa-Hull Centre for the Alexander Technique.
Poster

Visit
Madame Aline Chrétien visits the Piano Lab, accompanied by University of Ottawa Vice-President, Robert Major and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, George Lang.
Photos

Visit
Development Office of the University of Ottawa gets a tour of the lab.

Visit
Senate Committee Clerk Ms. Barbara Reynolds visits the research facility.

Media Coverage: Via TVA
Les mystères de l’apprentissage du piano

Workshop
The Piano Lab’s 6-octave Graf pianoforte replica is featured in the Performance Practice Seminar, Beethoven’s Sonatas, offered by special guest of the Department of Music, Richard Hester.
Poster

Presentation
Keynote speaker Professor Comeau presents “The Piano Laboratory” at the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) annual banquet.
Program

Media Coverage: Le Devoir, p. H1
Le pourquoi des fausses notes
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Media Coverage: Le Devoir, p. H6.
Un Clavier bien mesuré : Objectiver l’apprentissage de la musique
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Student
Runa Das, 4th year Psychology student from Carleton University, presents “Left behind: A literature review of left hand piano performance” to the graduate students in the Piano Pedagogy program.

Seminar
Performance Practice Seminar – Beethoven Sonatas for piano, violin and cello, with Professor Cynthia Floyd
Poster

Visit
Ramil Sonadera, post-doctoral fellow from McMaster University, visits the Piano Laboratory.

Media Coverage: Lab Business, pp. 20-22
Hitting the Right Notes
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Visit
Deputy Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities, Dr. Philip Steenkamp, accompanied by University of Ottawa President Gilles Patry, comes by the Piano Laboratory during his tour of the University of Ottawa campus.

Visit
Faldenkreis specialist Ms. Nancy Parker visits the Piano Laboratory.

Visit
Mr. Toru Saruya, President of Yamaha Canada Music Ltd., and Mr. Robert J. Barg, Director of the Keyboard Division, Yamaha Canada Music Ltd., visit the Piano Laboratory.

Technical Tour
The Piano Laboratory is fortunate to be selected among the stops on the Ottawa Yamaha Technical Tour. Jun Fujimoto, Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. specialist from the keyboard division, is assisted by piano technicians Don Coté and Tom Thievin in servicing the Piano Laboratory’s Yamaha Disklaviers.

Media Coverage: Quid Novi – CHUO FM 89.1, The University of Ottawa’s campus community radio station
Interview with Professor Comeau

Volunteer Fair
The Piano Laboratory participates in the University of Ottawa’s first ever Volunteer Fair.

Student
Nisreen Jardaneh completes the Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Student
Julia Brook completes the Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Visit
Staff members from the Alumni Office of the University of Ottawa visit the Piano Laboratory.

Visit
Deputy Minister Alastair Glass visits the facility, accompanied by University of Ottawa Vice-President of Research Howard Alper and Associate Vice-President of Research Adele Reinhart.
Visit of pianists in the Young Artists Program (National Arts Centre)

Visit
The Piano Laboratory is honored to welcome concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker for a tour of the Piano Laboratory, accompanied by the President of the University, Gilles Patry, the Associate-Dean of Research from the Faculty of Arts, Lori Burns, and piano professor Andrew Tunis.

Visiting Professors
Dr. William Budai, IUPUI Music Academy Director, familiarizes himself with the Piano Laboratory’s research facility and other associated research labs on the University of Ottawa campus.

Dr. William Budai has recently become a Piano Laboratory research partner, collaborating on the motivation and distance teaching projects.

Media Coverage: University Publication
The Piano Pedagogy Laboratory is featured in The University of Ottawa’s Report to the Community 2005-2006.

Media Coverage: Report
The Piano Pedagogy Laboratory is featured in Ontario Innovation Trust Annual Report.

Ontario Innovation Trust Annual Report 2005-2006, 18-19.
Why Doesn’t Every Good Boy Do Fine? (2006).
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Activity
The Piano Laboratory participates in the University of Ottawa’s Home Coming 2006 by preparing a distance teaching session with Finland via video-conference and an open-house.

Media Coverage: Da Capo, University of Ottawa, p. 7
Piano Pedagogy Highlights
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Visit
Madame Madeleine Zulauf, Director of Formation Musique Recherche , Zulauf Swiss, visits the Piano Laboratory.

Visit
Françoise Regnard, Centre de formation des enseignants de la musique, Île de France, France, visits the Piano Laboratory.

Lecture
Dr. Werner Goebl presents “Melody sings first: Computational approaches to piano performance”.
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Workshop
Donald Himes gives a workshop on “The Path to Pain-Free Performance”.
Poster

Visit
Karen Wilder, Music Path Project, visits the Piano Laboratory

Activity
Luncheon for the establishment of a volunteer committee for the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory Fundraising Campaign

Attendees:
Marcel Chartrand, Communication Consultant, Consultant M.A. Chartrand Inc.
Aline Chrétien, Honorary Co-Chair of the Friends of the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory
Barbara Reynolds, Committee Clerk, Senate of Canada
Jeannette St-Jacques, Office Administrator, Leekor Engineering Inc.Louise Bélanger-Hardy, Professor, Faculty of Law and member of the Senate, University of Ottawa
Lori Burns, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa
Lucie Châtelain, Assistant Director, Development Office, University of Ottawa
Gilles Comeau, Director, Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa
Nisreen Jardenah, Master Student and Graduate, Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research, University of Ottawa
George Lang, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa
Louise Lemyre, Full Professor, School of Psychology and member of the Board of Governors, University of Ottawa
David Mitchell, Vice-President, University Relations, University of Ottawa

Workshop
Donald Himes gives a workshop on “The Path to Pain Free Performance”.
Poster

Student
Leana Azzeral completes the Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research.