Curriculum Development Guidelines for Piano Teachers

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xxxx ii DEDICATION
To my beloved wife, Brenda, for your support throughout my many years of study. Thank you for bearing with me the countless hours of work. You have been with me in our ups and downs, in happiness and sorrow, with money and no money―no matter what; I always envision a lifetime together. Thank you for your patience and kindness. You are my constant inspiration.

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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
FOR PIANO TEACHERS

by
PABLO A. AGUILAR, B.A.

PROJECT IN PIANO PEDAGOGY
Presented to the Graduate Faculty of
The University of Texas at San Antonio
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements
For the Degree of
MASTER OF MUSIC IN PIANO PEDAGOGY
AND PERFORMANCE

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
Department of Music
December 2010

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my profound gratitude to Dr. Courtney Crappell for his guidance and expert advice in this project. My admiration and respect for Dr. Crappell has constantly increased since taking the piano pedagogy classes with him a couple of years ago. This project is a result of his insightful instruction and sound methodologies. Dr. Crappell embodies my concept of the ideal teacher, the one to be emulated.
My heartfelt gratitude goes to Dr. Kasandra Keeling for her significant and practical piano performance advice. She has a way with imagery, painting in your mind the perfect image for that tricky passage, and guiding you through a new level of performance. I look forward to many more lessons with her.

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ABSTRACT

Pablo A. Aguilar, M.M. (in progress)
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Supervising Professor: Courtney Crappell, D.M.A.

Music students come with all sorts of skills, likes and abilities, but they share the ultimate goal of learning to

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