Teaching Piano Literature: A Pedagogical Survey

piano, literature, pedagogy

Research Mentor: Mr. Jackie Yong, He/Him/His
Department, College, Affiliation: Piano, Music
Contact Email: jyong@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Piano major
Music major

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required:
Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Not participating in the Roundtable

Project Description

I am doing a piano literature course survey among universities in North America. I will be interviewing piano literature professors from some of the top universities in the U.S to gather information and their thoughts on the current trend of diversifying piano literature and how they incorporate and make changes in their piano literature courses. After compilling all the interview, transcribing all interview conversations, and analyzing results, I will reflect on the outcome and design my "ideal" piano literature curriculum to serve as reference and suggestion for future piano literature professors.

Research Tasks: Literature review, conducting interviews, analyzing data, transcribing interview.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required basic understanding of piano literature and music history.
Required basic understanding of academic citation format, preferably Chicago style.