Scott Price currently serves as Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy, Chair of the Piano Area, Coordinator of Group Piano, Coordinator of Piano Pedagogy, and Coordinator of Community Piano Programs at USC. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, The Cleveland Institute of Music, and Bowling Green State University (OH), his recent engagements have included performances and clinics at the national conventions of the Music Teachers National Association, the National Keyboard Pedagogy Conference, and solo recitals throughout SC, GA, ND, OH, OK, KS, MO, TX, and Washington DC. Dr. Price is creator and editor-in-chief of the on-line piano pedagogy journal "Piano Pedagogy Forum". Dr. Price has recorded 28 compact discs of educational piano music for Alfred Publishing Company, and has published educational compositions with Alfred Publishing Company and the FJH Music Company. He serves as chair of the Committee on Special Needs Students for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and served on the planning committee of the 2006 National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum National Convention. Special teaching interests of Scott Price include teaching students with disabilities, very young children, and teaching keyboard improvisation to piano students ranging from beginning to advanced levels. His work with disabled students has been featured on WISTV (SC) and WLTX (SC), and in The State newspaper (SC), Columbia Metropolitan Magazine, and was featured at the 2005 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. One of Dr. Price's autistic students was recently featured on Dateline NBC, and CNN. Scott Price was awarded the "Best of BGSU Outstanding Graduate" alumnus award from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 2002, and was invited back to the University of Oklahoma as a “Distinguished Guest Alumnus” in March of 2005 to perform, lecture, and present a piano masterclass. Other recent engagements include performances and masterclasses in Thailand, Singapore, and in Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia, and lectures at the 2005 Georgia State Music Teachers State Convention. Upcoming appearances include performances, lectures and sessions with the Ohio Music Teachers Association, and the International Collaborative Conference of the Music Teachers National Association/Canadian Federation of Music Teachers/Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada.
Scott Price
School of Music
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
803.777.1870
sprice@mozart.sc.edu
Dear Colleagues,
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to this special tenth anniversary issue of Piano Pedagogy Forum. In this special issue, we celebrate the talents and achievements of a remarkable member of our profession: Marvin Blickenstaff. This gifted and multi-talented individual is one of the driving forces in our profession today and we are privileged, indeed, to recognize him in this way. We are also pleased to present the reports from the National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum national convention as part of our continued partnership with this important and profession-shaping organization.
As of this writing, Piano Pedagogy Forum has published 20 issues with participation from 102 writers from 84 different colleges/universities, 28 different states and two foreign countries. My initial hope when creating the journal was to fill a niche and create a vehicle for delivering college-level pedagogy information to teachers, students, and the public. It was paramount in my mind, without question, that the journal and its contents had to be available to everyone at no cost. In 1997, Piano Pedagogy Forum was a unique endeavor and I wasn't sure that it would continue to exist past the first two years of publication, or that the response would be positive, or that the journal would even be read by anyone!
Ten years later, articles from Piano Pedagogy Forum have become required and recommended reading in piano pedagogy courses, have been reprinted in The American Music Teacher, Keyboard Companion, and The Greek Music Education Journal, and I receive numerous copyright permission requests each year for inclusion of our articles in college-level course packets. We have received requests for information about Piano Pedagogy Forum from the United Kingdom, Australia, China, India, Malaysia, and Lebanon, making Piano Pedagogy Forum a truly international resource. We also continue to share an exciting and rewarding partnership with the National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum (GP3) national convention by publishing the reports of their past conferences which are available in this issue, and in the back-issue archives.
I refer to Piano Pedagogy Forum as "we" because it truly is a collaborative effort between the editorial board, the 102 writers (many of whom have contributed articles on several occasions), and the general readership. I believe the journal represents some of the best attributes of our profession in that we as a community of artists, teachers, and educators have all come together to create a resource that is freely available to anyone who has need. And, that is a rare thing indeed in today's current market mentality. Everyone involved in this endeavor has given so generously of their time, work, and talent (without a single request for remuneration) for the "greater good" in our profession. I thank you sincerely for your continued support during the past decade.
This collective "we" includes many people behind the scenes without whose support the publication of this project would not be possible. I must give special thanks to Dorothy Payne (Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Music from 1994-1998) for her unwavering support of the initial start-up of the project; Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, and Steve Clark who serve tirelessly and magnificently on the editorial board; Jason Trenary (IT Specialist at the University of South Carolina School of Music) who has been a truly invaluable resource and source of support for ten years; the University of South Carolina and the School of Music for their collective support; the founders and board members of the National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy Forum national convention; and, not least, to the writers/contributors and readers who have made Piano Pedagogy Forum such a success. I thank all of you with my deepest sincerity for your involvement in this project.
It is no secret to readers of Piano Pedagogy Forum that the early format of the journal owes a great debt to Keyboard Companion and the late Richard Chronister. Richard's vision was extraordinary and continues to be a driving force behind many of the important endeavors in our profession. Credit must be given where credit is due, and a very large part of the success of Piano Pedagogy Forum is due to Richard Chronister's legacy and vision.
I once again extend to you my warmest welcome to our tenth anniversary issue, and thank you with all my heart for your continued support of Piano Pedagogy Forum. It is all of you who make this journal what it is today, and who make me proud to be able to serve our extraordinary profession.
With warmest regards and only my best of wishes to all of you,
Scott Price
Editor-in-Chief
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