".... very impressed..."

"I especially loved the topics and appreciated the recital performers...."

"The variety and expertise helped attract me."

"I needed to be revitalized - and just watching and listening really helped!"

"I intent to use all the new materials in my studio next year."

"Thanks for the warm atmosphere - I really like your campus."

"Many ideas gleaned.  Much thought provoking material..."

"This has been an inspiring, enlightening, helpful, fun workshop!"

"This was a great conference!"

Piano Pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma School Music

University of Oklahoma

Webpage of Jane Magrath

If the Seminar for Piano Teachers at the University of Oklahoma does not fit into your plans for the summer, you might consider joining us for an international piano experience with the 36th Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, August 2-12, 2011.  You can find information on the program for the Piano Seminar in Austria here.  Information on the Classical Music Festival is here.

The University of Oklahoma
2011 Seminar for Piano Teachers   

Workshop Photos from 2011 click here

Welcome from Dr. Jane Magrath.   Thank you for visiting our website for the upcoming Summer Piano Workshop. It has been our pleasure to host these these bi-annual workshops for piano teachers.  We strive to provide you the best in current piano techniques, literature and teaching.  I think that you will find this year's offerings exciting and interesting!  It has been our experience that any opportunity to meet and collaborate with others gives both great value and satisfaction in the field.  Please come join us this summer!

When:  Monday, June 13, 2011 - Wednesday June 15, 2011

Where:  University of Oklahoma School of Music, Norman, Oklahoma

This three-day seminar is designed for those teaching elementary, intermediate and advanced piano. 

Topics include:

• Motivation
• Piano Repertoire
• Teaching Technologies
• Practice Strategies
• Performance Practice
• Performance Psychology

Clinicians for the 2011 piano workshop:

Dennis Alexander, Mary Craig Powell, Bill Moore, Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, Edward Gates, Karen Beres, Steve Betts and Nicole Biggs.

Recitalists:  Jeongwon Ham and Stephanie Leon Shames

Photos from the 2009 Summer Piano Workshop.

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to browse in the Ruby Grant Piano Pedagogy Resource Center and other facilities in the School of Music and Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts.  

Be sure to save time to visit the Fred Jones, Jr., Museum of Art, located across the street from the music school and home of paintings by such artists as Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Vuillard and others.

Campus Corner is always a treat for the campus visitor.  This several block commercial district is a favorite for shopping in the various boutiques and the varied eating places.  There is something for everyone!

Enjoy your stay in Norman.  Click here to go to the Norman Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Want to take a jaunt to downtown Oklahoma City and the Bricktown Entertainment District, or possibly the Oklahoma City National Memorial?  There is a commuter bus that picks up from the South Oval at OU and spend a day or part of a day in downtown Oklahoma City.  Here is the link to the bus site, and if you want the "real" scoop to downtown OKC via the commuter bus, contact our piano pedagogy commuter fan Susan, and she can give you the "ins and outs" of taking public transportation and the commuter bus to and from OKC.