About
Retreat at Piano Manor is a three-day workshop for piano teachers looking for rejuvenation, growth, and reinvigoration. I invite you to visit my home, which my students and I sometimes refer to as "Piano Manor", and experience stimulating workshop sessions, small group interaction, relaxing conversation with other teachers, great food, and more. I hope you'll join us for this unique experience.
Theme for 2017
METHOD MINING: UNCOVERING NUGGETS OF WISDOM IN PIANO METHOD BOOKS
Let’s put our heads together, share our insights, and discover pedagogical trends and evolutions in piano method books across the decades. As a group, we’ll explore the development of piano methods beginning with early treatises — such as those by C.P.E. Bach and Carl Czerny — and concluding with piano methods published in the 21st century. You’ll work with your fellow attendees to review method books in-depth and share your insights and findings. This retreat is bound to incite feelings of shared nostalgia as well as fresh perspectives on piano teaching. Equipped with a larger perspective of piano method books, you’ll teach more effectively and leave inspired to try something new with your students.
Let’s put our heads together, share our insights, and discover pedagogical trends and evolutions in piano method books across the decades. As a group, we’ll explore the development of piano methods beginning with early treatises — such as those by C.P.E. Bach and Carl Czerny — and concluding with piano methods published in the 21st century. You’ll work with your fellow attendees to review method books in-depth and share your insights and findings. This retreat is bound to incite feelings of shared nostalgia as well as fresh perspectives on piano teaching. Equipped with a larger perspective of piano method books, you’ll teach more effectively and leave inspired to try something new with your students.
Biography
Joy Morin operates an independent piano studio in northwest Ohio and maintains a blog for piano teachers at ColorInMyPiano.com. Her passion for piano pedagogy has led her to a variety of endeavors including lecturing, adjudicating, and authoring several self-published resources for piano teachers. She has presented lectures at the 2015 MTNA national conference, the 2014 and 2016 OhioMTA state conferences, and various meetings sponsored by local chapters of MTNA. Two of her articles were published in Clavier Companion and American Music Teacher magazines.
Joy holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Pedagogy from Central Michigan University, a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Hope College, and an Associate of Music degree in Piano Performance from Grand Rapids Community College. She is an active member of MTNA and is currently serving on the executive board for the Ohio Music Teachers Association. She has over ten years of teaching experience as a private piano instructor. In the past, she has taught university Class Piano courses for music majors as well as group keyboard classes for children and adults at the YMCA in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Joy holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Pedagogy from Central Michigan University, a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Hope College, and an Associate of Music degree in Piano Performance from Grand Rapids Community College. She is an active member of MTNA and is currently serving on the executive board for the Ohio Music Teachers Association. She has over ten years of teaching experience as a private piano instructor. In the past, she has taught university Class Piano courses for music majors as well as group keyboard classes for children and adults at the YMCA in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
