Barbara Fast is Chair of the Piano Area and Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Northern Iowa. She has performed in solo and chamber settings throughout the midwest and in Japan and Korea, as well as presenting lecture recitals and master classes. She performs with three chamber groups: Zephyr - flute, cello, piano; Spectrum - flute, oboe, piano; and the Fast/Kroeker Piano Duo. Additionally, she presents workshops throughout the United States and frequently serves as a clinician. As Technology Chair for the Iowa Music Teachers Association, she started a cloumn in The Iowa Music Teacher that profiles independent teachers around Iowa and their integration of technology into their teaching studios. Her preparatory students have won numerous state and local competitions. Former faculty appointments include Interlochen All-State Summer Program, University of Detroit, Detroit Center for Creative Studies, Hesston College, and Woodstock International School in India. She recently completed her doctorate in piano pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma.
Barbara Fast
School of Music
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
barbara.fast@uni.edu
319.273.2793
The piano pedagogy community was shocked and saddened by the death of Richard Chronister on December 31, 1999. Being aware that Richard contributed so much to the field of pedagogy throughout his career, I was sorry that no over-arching retrospective of his life had taken place in print. With this in mind I contacted several members of the pedagogy community to share their remembrances of Richard. Elvina Pearce, Jim Lyke, and Bruce Berr kindly agreed. Additionally, Margaret Lorince graciously made available the tributes to Richard Chronister given at the MTNA Convention 2000. The speakers included Joan Reist, Louise Goss, Marvin Blickenstaff, Suzanne Guy and Margaret Lorince. As Richard's colleagues attest, his influence was far-reaching, affecting both the direction and content of piano pedagogy.
I Remember Richard
by Elvina Pearce
Vice-President, The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy
Associate Editor, Keyboard Companion
Remembering Richard
by James Lyke
Professor Emeritus University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)
Richard Chronister Remembered
by Bruce Berr
Associate Editor, Keyboard Companion
The following are tributes given at the presentation "Remembering Richard - a Celebration of His Life and Work" at the MTNA Convention, 25 March 2000.
Tribute by Joan Reist
President, Music Teachers National Association
Tribute by Louise Goss
Chair, The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy
Tribute by Marvin Blickenstaff
Associate Editor, Keyboard Companion
Tribute by Suzanne Guy
Independent Music Teacher
Tribute by Margaret Lorince
Chair, MTNA Pedagogy Committee
Hard copies of these remarks and the program of the entire memorial are available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
Attn. Rachel Kramer
Asst. Executive Director
Music Teachers National Association
441 Vine Street, Suite 505
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2811
Contributions are welcomed to:
The Richard Chronister Memorial Fund
The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy
P.O. Box 651
Kingston, NJ 08528
and/or the MTNA Foundation (designate Richard Chronister Endowment), 441 Vine St., Suite 505, Cincinnati, OH 45202-2811.
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