Piano Teaching Presentations by Rosemarie Penner
Below are presentation topics I’ve delivered to music teacher associations. Each demonstrates my expertise in creating practical, interactive sessions that piano teachers can implement immediately in their studios.
Every presentation is customized to address your organization’s specific challenges and goals. Use this list for inspiration as we design your bespoke session together. Ready to book a custom presentation? Contact me here.
Note: Some sessions may have presentation exclusivity periods. All sessions are customized for your organization’s specific needs.
Inclusive Piano Teaching and Neurodiversity
Inclusive Teaching Strategies: Adapting Group Piano for Diverse Learners
Group IlluminatED, June 2025
Learn practical strategies to make group piano lessons accessible and engaging for students with unique learner needs. Explore how to adapt activities, repertoire, and teaching techniques to foster success and inclusion for all learners in your group classes.
Practical Tools for Inclusive Piano Teaching: Supporting Every Student
Alberta Piano Teachers Association, February 2025
Discover how to adapt your teaching approach for various diagnoses, manage attention and behaviour challenges effectively, and build collaborative relationships with parents. Participants leave with concrete tools to implement immediately in private, group, or online lessons.
Supporting Students With Unique Learner Needs In Group Classes
Group IlluminatED, June 2024
Explore teaching and administrative strategies to successfully support neurodivergent students in multi-age, multi-level group lessons. Discover practical approaches that create inclusive environments where these amazing students thrive.
Improvisation, Composition and Creative Music Making
Why Not Improvise? Empowering Gen Z and Alpha in a Distraction-Filled World
Vibrant Music Teaching: Teacher Turboboost, February 2025
Discover how improvisation serves as a powerful antidote to digital overwhelm facing today’s younger generations. Learn original improvisational frameworks that transform “mistakes” into creative opportunities, build meaningful connections away from screens, and foster confidence through guided musical exploration.
Beyond Consuming Content: Three Levels of Music Co-Creation for Today’s Students
Vibrant Music Teaching: Teacher Turboboost, February 2025
Transform passive music consumers into confident creators through a progressive approach to collaborative composition. Explore practical strategies from simple adaptations to helping students create original music using both traditional manuscript paper and digital tools, building the creative resilience students need in today’s rapidly changing world.
How to Compose During Online Lessons
Alberta Piano Teachers Association, September 2020
Learn how to guide students through the creative process during online lessons, helping them compose original music that builds confidence and creates powerful performance moments. Discover practical strategies to help students take creative risks necessary for great music-making.
Teaching Strategies and Approaches
The Power of Patterns: Enhancing Musicianship and Creativity in Groups
Group IlluminatED, June 2025
Discover how pattern-based teaching strengthens keyboard geography, musicianship, and creativity in group settings. Explore strategies, activities, and repertoire ideas, including sight-reading, improvisation, and adapting patterns for same-level or multi-level groups.
Building Practice Independence During Lessons, Even With Challenging Students
Vibrant Music Teaching: Practice Symposium, June 2024
Gain clarity on practice roles, explore strategies for beginner through “stubborn” students, and learn how to adapt your approach for neurodivergent students or those with unique learner needs. Discover how to shift practice ownership from teacher to student.
Flipping Our Role As Teachers On Its Head
Vibrant Music Teaching: Teacher Turboboost, February 2022
Learn how to build resiliency and active discovery within your students so they take ownership of their learning. Discover how this approach leads to student progress, parent happiness, and better work-life balance for you as a teacher.
How To Cover “Everything” Each Lesson
MusicEdConnect, February 2021
Redefine what “everything” means in your lessons and discover strategies to move from segmenting concepts to flowing naturally through your teaching. Leave with specific activities you can use in your next lesson to maximize your limited lesson time.
What Happens When We Say, “Why Not?”
Vibrant Music Teaching: Teacher Turboboost, February 2021
Explore how staying open to possibilities and letting go of what can’t (or shouldn’t) be controlled helps teachers embrace joy and adventure. Discover practical approaches to transform your teaching, studio administration, and work-life balance.
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