2010

Conferences

Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory and University of Ottawa organise the 2010 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research in Music Education.
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Program
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Presentation of the conference Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory: Year 5 by videoconference for the Twentieth Annual International Music Technology Conference and Workshop, Indiana University-Perdue University at Indianapolis

Presenters:
Gilles Comeau – Music, University of Ottawa
YiFei Liu – Music, University of Ottawa
Flora Nassrallah- Music, University of Ottawa
Erin Parkes – Music, University of Ottawa

YiFei Liu, Graduate Student, and Professor Comeau present “Piano students’ motivation: A cross-cultural comparison between North American and the People’s Republic of China”.
ISME 29th World Conference, Beijing, China

YiFei Liu, Graduate Student, and Professor Comeau present “Young piano students’ sight reading: The effect of colorful illustrations in piano method books”.
ISME 29th World Conference, Beijing, China

Professor Comeau presents “Music reading and the piano method books” during 2nd World Piano
Conference, in Isidor Bajic Music School, Novi Sad in Serbia.
Program

Publication

Publication de L’apprentissage de la lecture musicale de Professeur Comeau dans la revue Recherche en éducation musicale, no.28, p. 83 à 104.
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January 12

Visit
The New German Ambassdor in Canada Georg Witshel visits the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory.

February 23

Visit
MP Paul Dewer visits the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory.

May

Student
Wheatley-Brown completes her Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research.

June

Research Activity
Warm-up in a Music Practice session: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the issue

Researchers:
Gilles Comeau – Music, University of Ottawa
Donald Russell – Mechanical Engineering, Carleton University
Caroline Andison – Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Carleton University

Student
Esther Jean-Charles completes her Undergraduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research.

July

Research Activity
Thermal Imaging

Researchers:
Monique Frize – Engineering and Information Technology, University of Ottawa
Christophe Herry – Graduate Student, Computer Engineering, Carleton University
Gilles Comeau – Music, University of Ottawa
Safaa Mohamed – Graduate Student, Computer Engineering, Carleton University

August

Student
Yuanyuan Lu completes her Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research.

August 24

Visit
Liberal Senator Robert Peterson and Marie Russel visit the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory.

October

Presentation
Professor Comeau is an invited guest speaker for a research seminar at Université Laval, he presents “La lecture musicale”.

Student
Ivea Mark completes her Graduate Certificate in Piano Pedagogy Research.