Live Digital Piano Recital Presented Simultaneously from Batavia, IL, and San Francisco Bay Area Studios Using Pioneering Web-based Methods
Zinn Piano Academy demonstrates their novel approach to distance learning for piano instruction during the Batavia Arts Walk on October 1. Under the direction of Mark and Marcie Zinn, the academy is the first to succeed in implementing a digital link between distant piano teachers and students. The technology combines web-based video conferencing applications with high-speed links connecting Yamaha Clavinova digital pianos.
(PRWEB) October 1, 2004 -- Zinn Piano Academy demonstrates their novel approach to distance learning for piano instruction on Friday, October 1, at an open house during the Batavia Arts Walk.
From 5 p.m. until 8 p.m on Friday, October 1, the public is invited to join Zinn Piano Academy students in their Batavia studio at Three East Wilson Street as they perform in an informal recital together with their counterparts in the academy's San Francisco Bay Area studio.
Student piano performances will be presented in each location simultaneously via high-speed digital signals linking Yamaha Clavinova pianos in Batavia, Illinois, and in Pleasanton, California.
As students in each studio take their turns at performing, the audio portions of the performance will be heard "live" in both locations. A high-speed internet link enables the digital piano being played in one location to control the keys of the piano in the distant studio, recreating each note and chord. During the performances, students and audiences in Batavia will view large, projected live video images of their counterparts in California, and vice versa.
"The kids who participate will have an enrichment experience like no other," said Marcie Zinn, co-director of the academy.
"This is the first successful application of high-speed internet technology linking piano students and teachers in distant locations," Zinn remarked. "We are the only ones doing this. Others in piano education have tried to develop this capability and given up. Our hard-headed persistence has paid off."
For more information about the Batavia Arts Walk and the Batavia Renaissance Project, visit www.bataviarenaissanceproject.org, or call Becky Hoag at (630) 482-9157.
For more information about the Zinn Piano Academy event, phone Marcie Zinn at (925) 461-7442.
About Zinn Piano Academy
Under the direction of Mark and Marcie Zinn, Zinn Piano Academy uses a comprehensive musicianship approach to establish musical independence in their students. The program is unique in its marriage of integral aspects of music education with evidence-based techniques from the Zinns' study of psychology and psychophysiology.
The instructional model includes six music-related areas (Technique, Performance, Ear Training, Sight Reading, Theory) and two psychological areas (Social Learning and Cognitive Coping). Each of these areas interacts as a whole to bring about broader understanding, facilitated learning, higher achievement, and better autonomy in all students.
Founded in 1973, Zinn Piano Academy is a Laboratory School that is continually and actively developing new and innovative instructional techniques for children in the arts. The Laboratory School is committed to the development, implementation and demonstration of outstanding programs and innovative instructional practices across the entire music instructional spectrum. The Zinns publish their findings in major scientific journals and present at conferences for music educators and psychologists.
Zinn Piano Academy also serves as a center for research, education and promotion of alternate approaches to music instruction, providing professional development opportunities for other educators through workshops, seminars, presentations and consulting services.
Zinn Piano Academy's Batavia, Illinois, studio is at Three East Wilson Street. Their San Francisco Bay Area studio is located in Pleasanton, California.
For more information about the Zinn Piano Academy, see their website, www.pianoweb.net, or phone Marcie Zinn at (925) 461-7442. For details about the Zinns' work in the performing arts and applied psychology, see the Performing Arts Psychophysiology & Biofeedback website, www.artsnova.net.
Clavinova is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation of America.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Marcie Zinn, Ph.D., NCTM
Zinn Piano Academy
Phone: (925) 461-7442
Fax: (925) 461-7443
http://www.pianoweb.net
http://www.artsnova.net
OR
Lanora Mueller
Phone: (630) 406-8673
Fax: (630) 406-8678
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