Teaching Experience

  • 30 years experience as piano teacher at the ArtEZ Conservatory of Zwolle
  • Development and coordination of the Personal Instrument project (1996 Conservatory of Zwolle) about attitude, mental training and practice for music students
  • Development and teaching of the course ‘About Presentation’ for ArtEZ Conservatory together with Gerard Zuyderhoff, teacher of the Feldenkrais method
  • Many years of experience in my private practice working with music students and pianists on various aspects of the music profession
  • Ample experience in giving presentations and workshops for among others:
  • EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association – Prevention of physical complaints)
  • The AEC (Association Europeenne des Conservatoires – Body and Mind Connection)
  • The Conservatoires of Artez (workshop for piano students) and Fontys Academy (lecture and workshop on a staff day)
  • Participation in a panel discussion during the day of  ‘Playng music with your body’ (FNV)
  • Participation in a panel discussion on the future of professional music training (VPRO – ‘Man is no machine’)les-51
 

© Ellen van Lelyveld 2008 / design: Heerko van der Kooij / fotografie: Woes van Haaften / translation: Liz Watkins