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’)

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