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He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy-studying piano with Jane Magrath and piano pedagogy with E. L. Lancaster. A recipient of the University of Oklahoma Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, one of five winners in a university-wide competition, he was also a four-time recipient of the prestigious University of Oklahoma Kenneth L. Hoving Graduate Fellowship.

A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Scott Price was a winner of the CIM Solo Piano Recital Competition and performed as guest artist at CIM, the Oberlin College Conservatory, and at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Concurrent with his studies at CIM, Scott Price also held the post of Vocal Coach and Repetiteur with Lyric Opera Cleveland, and served as Music Director for the Lyric Opera Cleveland Educational Outreach Program. He also served as an instructor of piano and theory at the Rainey Institute of the Arts of the Cleveland Music School Settlement. Scott Price has been a prizewinner in many competitions including two performance grants from the National Federation of Music Clubs Musical Research Society Stewart Grant Auditions.

Recent engagements have included performances and clinics at the national conventions of the Music Teachers National Conference, Music Teachers National Association, the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas TX, Columbia Museum of Fine Art, South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, South Carolina State University, Newberry College, the Newberry Opera House, the Palmetto Theater in Hampton SC, Bishopville Opera House, Frances Marion University, Charleston Southern University, Trinity Cathedral in Columbia SC, Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina Philharmonic, the University of Oklahoma Seminar for Piano Teachers, the North Dakota State Music Teachers Convention, the South Carolina State Music Teachers Convention, and the Bowling Green State University Summer Music Institute OH. He serves on the Research Committee of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and the Music Teachers National Association Independent Music Teacher Assessment Committee.

Dr. Price is creator and co-editor of the on-line piano pedagogy journal "Piano Pedagogy Forum", has recorded thirteen compact discs of educational piano music for Alfred Publishing Company, and has published educational compositions with Alfred Publishing Company and the FJH Music Company. Special teaching interests of Scott Price include teaching students with disabilities, very young children, and teaching keyboard improvisation to beginning to advanced piano students. His work with disabled students has been featured on WIS and WLTX and in The State newspaper (SC) and in Columbia Metropolitan Magazine. Scott Price is the 2002 recipient of the "Best of BGSU Oustanding Graduate" alumnus award from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

• "The Camel's Complaint" in Composers Showcase Book 1. FJH Music Company, 2003.
• The Victorious Knight. Alfred Publishing Company, 2002.
• Lonely Journey. Alfred Publishing Company, 2002.

• "Memory-As Simple as Black and White?" The Piano Adventures Teacher 2, (August 2003): 3-4.
• "Changing Roles: The Piano Pedagogy Instructor's Position in Keyboard Technology" American Music Teacher 49, (August/September 1999): 76-77.
• "Philosophical Challenges from Students: What's the Bottom Line" Piano Pedagogy Froum 4, no. 2 (June 2001)
• "Master of Music in Piano Accompanying: The Creation of a Degree Program Part III" Piano Pedagogy Forum 3, no. 2 (May 2000)
• "Master of Music in Piano Accompanying: The Creation of a Degree Program Part II" Piano Pedagogy Forum 3, no. 1 (January 2000)
• "Master of Music in Piano Accompanying: The Creation of a Degree Program Part I" Piano Pedagogy Forum 2, no. 3 (September 1999)
• "Piano Transcription: Recovered Skills" Piano Pedagogy Forum 2, no. 2 (May 1999)
• "Don't Be Late! Rhythmic Visualization in the Collaborative Musical Ensemble" Piano Pedagogy Forum 2, no. 2 (May 1999)
• "The Doctoral Degree and the Final Writing Requirement" Piano Pedagogy Forum 2, no. 1 (January 1999)
• "Editorial: Hats Off to the Scientific Disciplines II" Piano Pedagogy Forum 1, no. 3 (September 1998)
• "Playing the Improvisation Game" Piano Pedagogy Forum 1, no. 3 (September 1998)
• "Editorial: Hats Off to the Scientific Disciplines I" Piano Pedagogy Forum 1, no. 2 (May 1998)
• "Group Piano Study: Teacher's Agenda vs. Students' Agenda" Piano Pedagogy Forum 1, no. 2 (May 1998)
• "Communications Technology and the Piano Teaching Profession" Piano Pedagogy Forum 1, no. 1 (January 1998)
• "The Ear, the Instrument, and the Path to Reconciliation?" Piano Pedagogy Forum 1, no. 1 (January 1998)
• "Italian Language Rhythm as Facilitator in the Piano/Vocal Ensemble Collaboration" Piano Pedagogy Forum 1, no. 1 (January 1998)

• Masterwork Classics, Book 10. Alfred Publishing Company, 2004.
• Masterwork Classics, Book 9. Alfred Publishing Company, 2004.
• Masterwork Classics, Book 8. Alfred Publishing Company, 2004.
• Masterwork Classics, Book 7. Alfred Publishing Company, 2004.
• Alfred Piano Solos: National Federation of Music Clubs Festivals Bulletin 2004-2005-2006 (2-cd set). Alfred Pubishing Company, 2003.
• Alfred Piano Solos: National Federation of Music Clubs Festivals Bulletin 2004-2005-2006 (Sampler Disc). Alfred Pubishing Company, 2003.
• Melodious Masterpieces, Book 1. Alfred Publishing Company, 2001.
• Melodious Masterpieces, Book 2. Alfred Publishing Company, 2001.
• Melodious Masterpieces, Book 3. Alfred Publishing Company, 2001.
• J. S. Bach: The First Book for Pianists. Alfred Publishing Company, 2001.
• Beethoven: The First Book for Pianists. Alfred Publishing Company, 2001.
• W. A Mozart: The First Book for Pianists. Alfred Publishing Company, 2001.
• Romantic Impressions Books 1-3. Alfred Pubishing Company, 2000.
• Alfred Piano Solos: National Federation of Music Clubs Festivals Bulletin 2000-2001-2003 (2-cd set). Alfred Pubishing Company, 2000.
• Alfred Piano Solos: National Federation of Music Clubs Festivals Bulletin 2000-2001-2003 (Sampler Disc). Alfred Pubishing Company, 2000.

• "Systematic Observation of Students' Practice". Research Committee presentation, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Chicago, IL, 2003.
• "Blindness, Autism and Developmental Delay: Three Case Studies in Piano Teaching". SC State Music Teachers Association
• "Blindness, Autism and Developmental Delay: Three Case Studies in Piano Teaching". Music Teachers National Association National Convention. Cincinnati, OH
• "Piano Duet Music of Norman Dello Joio" Columbia Music Teachers Association , Columbia, SC
• "Sight Reading in the Studio" Florence Music Teachers Association, Florence, SC
• "Improvisation for the Elementary Piano Student" Aiken Music Teachers Association, Aiken, SC
• "Technique, Music and Nocturnes: Growing into Chopin" Aiken Music Teachers Association , Aiken, SC
• "Dynamics of Group Teaching" Columbia Music Teacher's Association,Columbia, SC
• "Toward the Music of Franz Liszt" USC Workshops for Piano Teachers
• "Toward the Mozart Sonatas" USC Workshops for Piano Teachers
• "Fostering Artistry at the Elementary Level" USC Workshops for Piano Teachers
• "Elementary Piano Composition" USC Workshops for Piano Teachers
• "Independent Teacher's Forum" USC Workshops for Piano Teachers
• "Keyboard Technology in the Studio and Group Setting" SC State Music Teachers Association
• "Listening and Liszt: 19th Century Music in a 20th Century World" Central OK Music Teachers Association
• "New Job, New Students: By the Way, You Have No Resources" University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• "Economics of Practicing: Balancing Your Practice Budget" ND State Music Teachers Association
• "Piano Teaching and Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'" ND State Music Teachers Association

Undergraduate

• MUSC 573: Performance Pedagogy I
• MUSC 574: Performance Pedagogy II
• MUSC 573L: Pedagogy Laboratory
• MUSC 574L: Pedagogy Laboratory
• MUSC 575L: Pedagogy Laboratory

Graduate

• MUSC 773: Seminar in Performance Pedagogy I
• MUSC 774: Seminar in Performance Pedagogy II
• MUSC 767: Pedagogy of Group Piano
• MUSC 775: Topics in Piano Pedagogy and Literature
• MUSC 776: Current Topics in Piano Pedagogy

Piano Pedagogy Forum, created and co-edited by Scott Price, is an arena for the expression of learned opinions as they focus on the issues that shape the field of Piano Pedagogy today and into the next millennium. It is a free publication available to the International Community wherever there is access to the internet. Piano Pedagogy Forum is supported by the University of South Carolina School of Music and is published two times per year. It is not supported by advertisers or by donors, annual dues or other contributions. Each issue contains articles concerning the following areas of pianistic art and pedagogy: Piano Performance, Piano Pedagogy, Group Piano, Keyboard Education, Keyboard Technology and Collaborative Piano.