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The article “Addressing common parental concerns about factors that could influence piano students’ autonomous motivation, diligence and performance” by Professors Comeau and Huta is published in the Intersections.

The article “Les nouvelles technologies : des outils prometteurs pour la recherche en pédagogie musicale” by Professor Comeau is published.

The article “The Inuit keyboarding project: A cross-cultural distance teaching experience” by Erin Parkes was published in the Journal of Technology in Music Learning.

The article “Away from the piano: Literature review of the role of mental practice” by Susan Mielke is published online via Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations.

The article “Work ethic, motivation and parental influences in Chinese and North American children learning to play the piano” by Professor Comeau et al. is published in the International Journal of Music Education.

Professor Comeau is awarded $466,000 by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to investigate a project.
Project:
La lecture musicale : du débutant à l’expert

Professor Comeau is awarded $48,600 by Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) as operating funds.

Robert Taylor’s Musician Health Fund provides the Lab $10,828 to investigate research projects.

Professor Comeau is awarded $22,212 by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to organize a symposium.
Symposium
Musicians: Born or Made?

The Piano Lab gets $1,000 from a private donor.

Sylva Gelber Foundation provides the Lab $5,875 to investigate research projects.

Student
Graduate student Grace Wong completes her Master in Arts with a thesis in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Event Preparation
Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory has its first 10th Anniversary committee meeting.

Oral Communication
Sandra Markovic has an abstract presentation of “Teaching piano to pediatric cochlear implant recipients (PCIRs): Implications and effects” at the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Graduate Music Conference 2015.

Research Activity
Hearing test data collection starts.

Student
Graduate student Meir Sung completes her thesis proposal defense in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Oral Communication
Sandra Markovic has an abstract presentation of “Teaching piano to pediatric cochlear implant recipients (PCIRs): Implications and effects” at the 2015 University of Ottawa Graduate Music Student Association Colloquium.

Oral Communication
Sandra Markovic has an abstract presentation of “Teaching piano to pediatric cochlear implant recipients (PCIRs): Implications and effects” at the 2015 McGill Music Graduate Symposium.

Student
Graduate stduent Meganne Woronchak completes her thesis proposal defense in Piano Pedagogy Research.

Media Coverage: Gazette – University of Ottawa
Illustration in piano books aren’t all that jazz when it comes to learning

Media Coverage: Radio-Canada
L’effet des illustrations colorées dans les manuels d’enseignement du piano : un projet pilote avec mesures oculométriques

Media Coverage: TV Rogers
L’effet des illustrations colorées dans les manuels d’enseignement du piano : un projet pilote avec mesures oculométriques

Oral Communication
Catherine Mongrain presents her poster, “Learning Music Reading: Codification of the Visual Environment” at the 2015 UROP Symposium.

Media Coverage: Radio-Canada
Musicians: Born or made symposium

Research Activity
Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory, Université de Montréal, and BRAMS organizes a Child Prodigy: Born or Made? Symposium in Montreal.

Professors Comeau and Peretz has an abstract presentation of “The musical prodigy: Putting the definition to the test” at the Musicians: Born or made? Symposium.

Round Table: Does practice make perfect? The role of talent and training
Researchers:
Christine Beckett – Department of Music, Concordia University
David Henry Feldman – Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
Sean Hutchins – Royal Conservatory of Music Research Centre
Lisa McCormick – Department of Sociology, Haverford College
Caroline Traube – Faculty of Music, Université de Montréal
Sandra Trehub – Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Moderator:
Gilles Comeau – School of Music, University of Ottawa

Round Table: Does practice make perfect? The role of genetics and practice
Researchers:
Laurent Mottron – Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal
Virginia Penhune – Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Arndt Wilcke- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology
Moderator:
Isabelle Peretz – Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal

Media Coverage: Gazette – University of Ottawa
Piano Lab celebrates 10 years

Media Coverage: www.uOttawa.ca
Defy the conventional

Media Coverage: Radio-Canada
Interview with Gilles Comeau

Oral Communication
Professor Koravand is invited to have an abstract presentation at the 14th Iranian Congress of Audiology in Tehran.

Sandra Markovic has an abstract presentation of “Teaching piano to pediatric cochlear implant recipients (PCIRs): Implications and effects” at the 23rd annual conference: VOICE of the Future.

Media Coverage: The Globe and Mail
The key to better learning

Visit
Officers from the German Embassy visits the Piano Lab.

Oral Communication
Sandra Markovic has an abstract presentation of “Teaching piano to pediatric cochlear implant recipients (PCIRs): Implications and effects” at the Canadian University Music Society Annual Conference (MusCan) 2015.

Jillian Beacon has an abstract presentation of “Measuring the impact of Feldenkrais functional integration on playing postures of pianists using 2D movement tracking software” at the Canadian University Music Society Annual Conference (MusCan) 2015.

Research Activity
Child Prodigy meeting

Researchers:
Gilles Comeau – School of Music, University of Ottawa
Isabelle Peretz – Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
Claudia Picard-Deland – Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
Mikael Swirp – Piano Pedegogy Research Laboratory
Dominique Vuvan – Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal

Visit
Kevin Kee, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, visits the Piano Lab.

Student
Erin Dempsey has a thesis defense for her MA degree.

Student
Jillian Beacon has her thesis defense for MA degree.

Event
Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory celebrates 10th Anniversary.
10th anniversary Programme
Concert Programme

Oral Communication
Professor Koravand presents an abstract of “The effects of piano training on cortical auditory evoked responses in children with hearing loss” at the 18th Annual Conference of Canadian Academy of Audiology.

Oral Communication
Sandra Markovic has an oral presentation of “Teaching piano to pediatric cochlear implant recipients (CIs): Implications and effects” at the Tenth anniversary symposium of the International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research.

Professor Koravand has a poster and abstract presentation of “Could musical training affect the cortical auditory evoked responses in children with hearing loss?” at the Tenth anniversary symposium of the International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research.

An abstract presentation of “The musical prodigy: Putting the definition to the test” is presented by Professor Comeau at the Tenth anniversary symposium of the international laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research.

Research Activity
Piano Lab starts to promote the hearing test for the hearing sensitivity project to non-musicians.

Leisure Time
Piano Lab’s 2015 Sushi party