- Master of Music in Music Education, Northwestern University - Professional Educator’s License through 2025 - * Piano Pedagogy * : Northeastern Illinois University & Columbia University Teachers College, NY NY The International Piano Pedagogy Institute | Biography: Ms. Kathleen Logan’s students have been successful participants in Community Music Performances, Sonatina Festivals, Illinois State Syllabus Exams (AIM), Student Jazz Festivals and Ensemble Festivals as well as Studio Recitals and Musical Theme Parties. Ms. Logan received her B.A. in Music - Piano Pedagogy - at Northeastern Illinois University in 1978. While teaching piano in the Chicago area and continuing her graduate level piano studies, Ms. Logan received a Steinway/Dr. Robert Pace Scholarship to attend the International Piano Pedagogy Institute at Teachers College Columbia University, NY, NY, 1984. During her many years of piano teaching and bringing up her three children, Ms. Logan was awarded the Eckstein Grant for Music Education through the Bienen School of Music of Northwestern University. She received an M.M. in Music Education from Northwestern University in 2005 and merits the Illinois Professional Educator License through 2025. Ms. Logan teaches as senior piano faculty at Northeastern Illinois University’s Community Music Program and is accepting new students in Evanston, IL. | The leaders in the world of piano who have most influenced Ms. Logan are Dr. Harold Berlinger, Dr. Allen Anderson, Dr. Robert Pace & Dr. Bert Konowitz | Ms. Logan has also taught classroom music and led concerts for ages preschool through 8th in the Chicago area schools. | Teaching Approach: Making music through the piano is a beautiful experience and it can be more than playing the correct notes at the right time. An emphasis towards comprehensive musicianship is offered. Through a variety of learning activities, a student's musical understanding and skills are extended. This makes for a musically rich and authentic experience during the lesson time and while performing music for oneself or for others. Lessons of reading, music theory, technique and expressive interpretation are offered. Upon practice and advancement, students enjoy playing the music of various styles with classical music serving as the core of studies. The students' individual learning approaches are acknowledged and incorporated into the process and the progress of learning. | Daily practice at home is required. Students’ parents encourage & support a daily practice routine & a quiet practice area. An acoustic piano or a weighted-key digital piano in the student’s home is also very important. Good practice habits enable the smoothest of progress which then leads to musical self-fulfillment and musical self-expression. Upon readiness, ensemble playing experiences enhance the student's musical growth and proficiency. ©2022-2023 K. G. Logan

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