Funding
Robert Taylor’s Musician Health Fund provides the Lab $19,800 to investigate research projects.
Sylva Gelber Foundation provides the Lab $5,425 to investigate research projects.
January 10
Student
Graduate student Jillian Beacon completes her thesis proposal defence in Piano Pedagogy Research.
January 13
Lecture
Geneviève Hone gives the first part of presentation on anxiety.
January 20
Lecture
Geneviève Hone gives the second part of presentation on anxiety.
January 23
Research Activity
Dr. Matti from Finland has a distance meeting with Professor Comeau to discuss about motivation research project.
February 1
Lecture
Marilyn Engle gives a presentation on “Piano praxis: A piano teacher as philosopher”.
February 24
Lecture
Jenny Regehr gives a presentation on “The physical aspect of playing the piano and making music”.
February 28
Oral Communication
Jillian Beacon presents her research project: “New directions in assessing outcomes of somatic training for musicians: An argument for measuring posture” at the University of Ottawa Graduate Music Research Colloquium.
March 26
Research Activity
Does starting music lessons early promote success for children?
Researchers
Kierla Ireland – Clinical Psychology, Concordia University
Mikael Swirp – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory
Yuanyuan Lu – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory
March 31
Research Activity
Professor Comeau meets with Estelle Ethier, an assistant director of the Clinical Education and Services from the Faculty of Health Sciences regarding music students’ auditory screening clinic.
April 15
Student
Graduate student Erin Dempsey completes her thesis proposal defense in Piano Pedagogy Research.
April 23
Research Activity
Dr. Virginia Penhune meets Professor Comeau to discuss future research project.
April 25
Oral Communication
Pascale Martel-Lamothe presents a poster presentation of La réponse corticale d’enfants utilisateurs d’implants cochléaires et normo-entendants suite à présentation de stimuli auditifs, enregistrée par EEG at the Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Science Programs.
April 29
Student
Potential student Meganne Woronchack visits the Piano Lab and participates in Grace Wong’s research project.
May
Oral Communication
Grace Wong has a poster presentation of “The effects of somatic approaches on the physiology and tone quality of pianists” at the Canadian University Music Society Annual Conference (MusCan) 2014.
May 6
Student
Graduate student Lisa Szczepanski completes her Graduate Diploma in Piano Pedagogy Research.
June 7
Workshop
The North Bay Branch of ORMTA organizes a spring workshop “How the body works” presented by Professor Comeau.
July 3
Visit
Bibianne Yu, an alumni from the School of Music, visits the Piano Lab.
July 14
Visit
Mr. Gabor Finta and his summer students visit the Lab.
July 15
Visit
Mrs. Laurie Rosewarne and his summer students visit the Lab.
August
Oral Communication
The poster of “Pure tone and pitch perception of children with normal hearing, impaired hearing, and cochlear implant” by Brazilian student Rodrigo Tolio et al. is presented at the Science without Borders Symposium.
The poster of “A human gesture evaluation tool for somatic training and piano performance” by Brazilian student Gabriel Nascimento et al. is presented at the Science without Borders Symposium.
The poster of “A blind evaluation of prodigies and professional performances” by Brazilian student Natalie Canabarro et al. is presented at the Science without Borders Symposium.
September
Students
The Piano Lab welcomes new work-study student Jan Pachla.
The Piano Lab welcomes Mary Claire Jensen back to start her MA study.
September 4
Student
Graduate student Karen King completes her Graduate Diploma in Piano Pedagogy Research.
September 11
Research Activity
Professor Huta meets Professor Comeau in the Lab to discuss the motivation project data analysis.
October 18
Workshop
Suzuki Piano Association of Ottawa/Gatineau organizes a mini-workshop “Exploring period keyboard instruments” presented by Professor Comeau.
June 7
Workshop
The North Bay Branch of ORMTA organizes a spring workshop “How the body works” presented by Professor Comeau.
Oral Communication
Professor Koravand and her students from the faculty of Health Sciences had an abstract presentation of “The effects of musical training on cortical auditory evoked responses in children with and without hearing loss” at the 17th Annual Conference of Canadian Academy of Audiology.
November
Oral Communication
The poster of “The immediate effects of somatic approaches on the body usage and musical quality of pianists” by Grace Wong is presented at the Soundscapes 2014.
November 18
Research Activity
Promoting the hearing test project to music students
December 3
Research Activity
Professor Koravand meets with Professor Comeau regarding the hearing test project.
