Ensino em grupo

The August 2004 artist/educator:
ENTREVISTA A ROBERT PACE
SOBRE O ENSINO DE PIANO EM GRUPO Dr. Robert Pace, Piano Educator, Author, Chatham, NY USARobert Pace, born in Kansas, began his formal piano studies at the age of six. By eight, he and his sister, 3 1/2 years his elder, were giving recitals. Later, the two young artists had their own weekly radio program. Robert won his first state contest at twelve continuing as state winner for the next four years. At fifteen, he won first rating in National Competition and continued successfully for the next three years. He met the famous piano team, Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, in Denver Colorado and was accepted as a scholarship student at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. During World War II he served for nearly three years in the combat infantry in Europe. After the war, he returned to Juilliard to finish his degree and also become a member of their piano faculty. In 1948, he began Masters Degree studies at Teachers College, Columbia University and received his Doctorate in 1951. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Music Education and head of Piano Instruction at Teachers College in 1952, and later became chairman of the Music Department in 1969. During these years, Dr. Robert Pace--composer, concert pianist, lecturer, and music educator--brought new concepts to piano pedagogy. His desire to enable all students to achieve their musical potential by becoming musically literate and independent had a major impact on keyboard pedagogy, being the subject of numerous radio and television programs. His piano instruction books have been translated into seven languages. Dr. Pace was Piano Editor of The Music Journal, National Piano Chairman of the Music Educators National Conference, and Educational Director of the National Piano Foundation until 1977, at which time he became Executive Director of the International Piano Teaching Foundation. He served on the original four-member committee appointed by