Program Highlights
- Instrumental ensembles offer performance opportunities for interested students.
- Music majors receive free private lessons with experienced faculty and coaching with a collaborative pianist.
Piano Pedagogy
Why study piano pedagogy at Geneseo?
The piano pedagogy minor is offered to students who attend private piano lessons and exhibit independence, responsibility, and growth in their musical and technical proficiency. In addition to coursework, students observe piano class sessions, study the piano class textbook and exercises, and serve as piano class assistants. They also provide tutoring sessions and advice on practicing strategies, scales and arpeggios, and memorization practices.
Program Options
Additional Options
Sample Courses
- Elements of Accompaniment and Figured Bass
- Elements of Chromatic Harmony
- Elements of Diatonic Harmony and Polyphony
- Elements of Music Theory
- Music History I and II
- Piano
- Piano Teaching Practicum
Contact Info
Beata Golec, Piano Instructor
golec@geneseo.edu
Brodie Hall 117
585-245-6048
music and musical theatre dept