The NCKP Has Finally Begun!
This first day was entirely dedicated to the Innovation Summit, titled Designing the Future of Piano Education.
This gathering of piano education professionals aims to imagine, design, and redefine the future of piano teaching from a global and collaborative perspective.
All event attendees—around 450 people dedicated to piano teaching—were seated at tables of 9 to work in small groups.
My tablemates were really interesting people, including Christina Whitlock, creator of the Beyond Measure podcast. That’s the most amazing thing about this conference—you get to meet and connect with people you deeply admire.
Just today, I had the chance to meet Samantha Coates, Hannah Mayo, Krista Jadro, Joy Morin, Grant Kondo, and Janna Williamson, among others.
After a very inspiring keynote by Randall Faber, we began the group work activities.
We did several group activities throughout the day. Sharing and discussing ideas with other teachers has been incredibly enriching.
For example, in one activity we imagined what piano teaching might look like in 2035. On a yellow post-it, we wrote predictions for how we think education will be by then, and on a blue post-it, we wrote the challenges we expect to face in ten years. Reading everyone’s ideas was fascinating.
Later, each table created a headline and a made-up news article about the future of piano education. It was a fun and meaningful activity.
In smaller groups of 3 or 4 members, we developed different ideas for the future of piano education.
Eight solid hours of intense and productive work. Learning and sharing ideas with teachers from around the world is both motivating and inspiring.
The day ended with a concert featuring several pianists performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Prokofiev, among others.
It’s been a fantastic day, but between the jet lag and speaking English all day, I’m exhausted.
Now it’s time to rest—tomorrow the conferences and book exhibition begin.
Thanks for reading this far!
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