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Professors Comeau, Peretz et al.’s paper, “Can you tell a prodigy from a professional musician?” will be published in the Music Perception journal.

Professors Comeau, Koravand, & Sandra Markovic’s paper, “Response of hearing-impaired children to piano lessons: Engagement and enjoyment of music” will be published in the Canadian Music Educator.

Susan Mielke and Professor Comeau’s paper, “Developing a literature-based glossary and taxonomy for the study of mental practice in music performance” is published in the Musicae Scientiae.

Professor Comeau’s paper, “Colorful illustrations in piano method books: A pilot project investigating eye focus” is republished in the Canadian Music Educator.

Erin Dempsey and Professor Comeau’s paper, “How professional pianists experience music performance anxiety” is published in the Piano Pedagogy Forum.

Jillian Beacon et al.’s paper, “Assessing the suitability of Kinect for measuring the impact of a weeklong Feldenkrais Method workshop on pianists’ posture and movement” is published in the Journal of Music, Technology, and Education.

As a co-applicant, Professor Comeau is awarded $25,000 by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to organize a symposium.
Symposium:
Conférence internationale sur les études dalcroziennes (International Conference of Dalcroze Studies – ICDS) : l’improvisation sous toutes ses formes

Research Activity
Hearing Sensitivity meeting

Researchers:
Gilles Comeau – School of Music, University of Ottawa
Amineh Koravand – Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa
Mikael Swirp – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory

Research Activity
Distance meeting with Professors Marcelo Wanderley and Eitan Globerson

Visit
Professor Chtistine Guptill from the University of Alberta visits the Piano Lab.

Student
Graduate student Susan Mielke completes her Master in Arts with a thesis in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Research Activity
Transfer of skills: From music to medicine meeting

Researchers:
Jean Chen – an Emergency Physician, University of Ottawa
Fady Balaa – Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa
Gilles Comeau – School of Music, University of Ottawa
Yixiao Chen – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory

Research project
Distance meeting with Professor Eitan Globerson

Oral Communication
Karen King presents her project, “The trooper and the terminator: Comparing predictors and motivation between continuing and dropout piano students” at the 2017 MTNA national conference.

Oral Communication
Teri Slade presents her research project: “The Measurable effects of a Body Mapping workshop on the physical and musical aspects of piano performance” at the uOttawa 3-Minute Thesis Competition, 2017.

Congratulations to Teri who win the uOttawa 3-Minute English Thesis Competition!

Oral Communication
Pascale Martel-Lamothe presents a poster presentation, “L’effet de l’entrainement musical sur les réponses auditives corticales et la perception musicale chez les enfants avec fonction auditive normale et anormale” in Student Poster Day at University of Ottawa.

Student
Samar Abi Nasr completes her Graduate Diploma in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Oral Communication
Doctor Jean Chen has a poster presentation of “Does proficiency in piano performance translate into benefits when learning procedural suturing?” at the Meridith Marks Medical Education Day 2017.

Research Activity
Transfer of skills: From music to medicine meeting

Researchers
Jean Chen – an Emergency Physician, University of Ottawa
Gilles Comeau – School of Music, University of Ottawa
Mikael Swirp – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory
Yixiao Chen – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory

Research Activity
Motivation survey is conducted with Orkidstra strings players

Researchers
Pauline Vengeroff – Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Alexandre Sauro – Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Valeria Dobreva Dimitrova – School of Music, University of Ottawa

Research Activity: Distance meeting
Learning motor skills in piano playing

Researchers
Eitan Globerson – Performing Arts, Theory, Jerusalem Academy of Music
Mikael Swirp – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory
Yixiao Chen – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory
Jillian Beacon – Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory

Student
Graduate student Meir Sung completes her Master in Arts with a thesis in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Student
PhD student Erin Dempsey defences her doctoral thesis proposal in Human Kinetics with a research topic in Piano Pedagogy.

Student
PhD student Grace Wong defences her doctoral thesis proposal in Human Kinetics with a research topic in Piano Pedagogy.

Oral Communication
Jillian Beacon, Professors Comeau and Russell’s research poster, “Examining the impact of Feldenkrais functional integration lessons on pianists’ posture and movement patterns” is presented in the 2017 PAMA International Symposium, Snowmass, Colorado, USA.

Oral Communication
Professors Comeau presents “Canada’s Dalcroze pioneers: Pathways from past to future-Brenda Beament” in the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies, Université Laval, Quebec City.

Students
Welcome new students: Nicole Stanson, Shulamit Sternin, Erik Mazeya and Meganne Woronchak.