Julie recorded her teleseminar so that any piano teacher who could not be on the call could listen to it after the fact. The recording is an introduction to the Robert Pace Piano Instruction Method and is ideal for piano teachers who want to learn more about the approach or those who are planning to attend her summer Comprehensive Musicianship Training.
It is about one hour long and includes some Q & A.
Intro to Robert Pace Piano Instruction Method
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On a Spring 2011 trip to Mobile, Alabama Julie had a chance to observe one of her Robert Pace Piano Method trainees Ellen Jones and her associate as they team taught a partner lesson.
Julie also had the opportunity to visit with her good friend and former Millikin University roomate Annette Heim who works in the teacher education department of Spring Hill College. Julie accompanied Annette for her Master’s Degree recital at University of Wisconsin Madison. Annette is a flutist with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and performs and records with her husband guitarist Bret Heim as the Heim Duo. Their beautiful CD, Celestials: American Music for Flute and Guitar can be found online at CDBaby.
S. Marian Verhaalen, Sue Rusch, Julie Lovison
Sister Marian was one of Julie’s mentors in the Robert Pace Approach. The two met while they were both teaching piano at Alverno College on Milwaukee’s south side. Sister Marian is an expert in Brazilian music (she has also published music under the name Mary Verne) and has written many repertoire pieces for the Pace series including a collection of Brazilian Duets, the popular Level One suite City Set as well as Solo Adventures Sets one, two, and three and four. Sets three and four were just released in Spring 2011. S. Marian Verhaalen is the author of the book Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian Composer: A Study of His Creative Life and Works published by Indiana University Press. She is a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis and is currently editing a history of the order and teaching at Cardinal Stritch College.
Sue Rusch and Julie Lovison
The MTNA conference also gave Julie the opportunity to spend some time with good friend and former Alverno Moppets colleague Sue Rusch. Sue is the Co-Director of Partners in Music in Hales Corners, just outside Milwaukee.
Because of the proximity to Chicago the MTNA conference was well attended by a number of piano teachers from the Chicago Area Music Teachers Association of which Julie is a former President.
Julie gives instruction to a group of teachers attending her summer comprehensive musicianship workshop featuring the Robert Pace piano approach.
Julie makes a new friend
Julie and Reno Lovison decided to take a quick trip downstate to visit some friends and family, beginning with a rendezvous at the family farm of a former Millikin roommate and lifelong friend in Vermillion County. Julie Lovison director of the Lake Shore Music Studio in Chicago is a Millikin University Music Education graduate who studied with Margaret Peterson and also taught in the Millikin music prep department for one year following her graduation.
Checking out the practice rooms
Since the trip included heading west through Decatur to Springfield to see the Lincoln Museum it seemed like a perfect opportunity to visit the Millikin campus to relive old memories and see the significant architectural changes.
Relaxing in the shadow of the Millikin Music Center