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 Greetings from Natalya,
It is a great joy to know how many new tools, methods, techniques, and
interventions, are available today to us--people who are passionate about
teaching piano. They come not only from high-tech resources, but also from
research on the human brain, human behavior, child development, from
fast-growing science of Positive Psychology, and from very young, but
potentially powerful Performance Psychology for music instruction—where well
known American psychologist and music educator, Dr. Marcie Zinn, and her
colleagues are pioneering.
Inspired by the brilliant ideas of Dr. Zinn, I give my students plenty of
opportunities to perform music of different styles (including
Broadway, pop, easy-jazz) and backgrounds. I pay a lot of attention to the
development of efficient performance skills, but shift my focus
towards engaged-learning process. I work with children (as
early as preschool age) and adults (my oldest student, whom I admire very much,
is 83), in a safe, comfortable environment, that permits questioning and
critical thinking. Utilizing students' strengths, interests, character,
developing connections with their families, I help them to see themselves as
capable, effective, motivated partners in music education.
My priorities are: musical literacy and
creative expression, empowered by good technique and general
musical competence. My goal is to create not only expert
musicians, but expert, self-regulated learners who know their strengths, their
learning styles, who are capable of goal-setting, planning their work,
monitoring their own progress, and adapting as needed. By learning these skills,
they become effective learners and creative problem solvers in any area of life.
My Background:
With training rooted in the best traditions of Russian Piano School,
I hold several graduate degrees with highest honors in the area of music
education, including honors in the Masters in Musicology from the State
Institute of Arts (Moldova) and a Bachelor's degree in Theory and Piano
Pedagogy, from the National College of Music. In 1980, I received the award as
the best graduate student researcher at the National competition among colleges
and universities for my work, "Genre as a System," and have an article published
in the book “Music of the XX Century" (1979 Gorkiy Conservatory, Russia). I have
extensively worked with both the theoretical and practical aspects of music.
With more than 25 years of experience in the field of Art
education, the following ideas are essential to my teaching style:
- Individualized instructions - aimed for best outcome and positive
self-perception
- Interactive and stimulating work with preschool children based on
the newest ideas in developmental psychology and pedagogy
- Emphasis on sensory system - enrichment of performance through
sensing of space, weight and texture
- Development of Kinesthetic awareness - effective body use and
coordination
- Integration of music with other school subjects
- Creating an environment of acceptance and trust that is reflected
in growing freedom and independence of students
My love to discover music that is not used very often, or sometimes
forgotten, is utilized in my work as a Dance Accompanist (since 1995, I have
played for all of San Diego's major dance institutions). Through this work, I
was able to meet and to know outstanding people and artists, whose names will be
forever in world's dance history, including Fernando Bujones, Stanley Holden,
Dame Sonia Arova, Allegra Kent, Arthur Mitchel, Jillana, Kyra Nichols, Evelyn
Cisneros, Alonzo King, Gelsey Kirkland, Susan Jaffe and world-renowned
Master-Teacher David Howard. By the way, there is one quality that unites them
all, and it is their incredible musicality.
If you are interested in this type of instruction, please visit my website at
www.panchenkopiano.vpweb.com
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