National Group Piano
and Piano Pedagogy Forum

August 3–4, 2012
Austin, Texas

Executive Committee

Michelle Conda is professor of piano and coordinator of secondary piano and piano pedagogy at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, co-founder of the National Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy forum and an associate editor for Clavier Companion magazine.
Courtney Crappell, NCTM, is assistant professor of piano pedagogy at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he teaches piano, piano pedagogy, and coordinates the class piano program. He holds a D.M.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Barbara Fast , NCTM, is professor of piano pedagogy and keyboard department chair at the University of Oklahoma, where she coordinates the group piano program and teaches graduate and undergraduate piano pedagogy. She is co-founder of the National GP3 Forum.
Susanna Garcia, NCTM, is keyboard coordinator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she teaches piano, piano pedagogy, group piano and lectures in the interdisciplinary humanities parogram. She holds the Ruth Stodghill Girard Endowed Professorship in Music.
Andrew Hisey
Andrew Hisey , NCTM, is a founding director of the GP3 Forum. He holds a D.M.A. degree from the University of Michigan. Hisey is a senior examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Tom Pearsall, NCTM, is professor of group piano and pedagogy at Georgia Southern University. A past president of GMTA, he serves on the GP3 executive committee.
Lisa Zdechlik is associate professor of piano pedagogy and coordinator of group piano at the University of Arizona. Her research involves the interaction between music analysis and performance and the applications of current technologies to music learning.
Ben Caton
Benjamin D. Caton, NCTM, (ex officio)holds a Ph.D. degree from Ohio State University and a pedagogy and musicianship certificate in Kodály. He is professor of music at East Tennessee State University, where he teaches aural skills, piano and related courses. Caton is MTNA president
Gary Ingle (ex officio) is MTNA executive director & CEO. A former college professor, administrator and conductor, Ingle holds a D.M.A. degree from the Southern Baptist Thrological Seminary. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in music at Samford University.