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Past lectures AND WORKSHOPS  |  Future lectures AND WORKSHOPS

Occasionally, I am asked to present lectures, workshops and masterclasses or to judge for local and state competitions. Events listed are presented by Donna Gross Javel unless otherwise noted.

Sample of Past Engagements Donna Grosws Javel -speaker, adjudicator, evaluator
Speaker: "Teaching Composition to Students of All Ages"
3 speakers: Donna Gross Javel, Deborah Yardley Beers and Ruth Shyu
New England Piano Teachers' Association - Teachers' Exchange, November 2011

Piano Performance Workshop: Young Performers Program
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA, February 2010

Lecture Presentation: "The Use of Beethoven's Music in the Literary Works of Tolstoy, Gide and Mann"
Music Appreciation Class, North Andover, MA, December 2009

Lecture Presentation: "Duo Reperotire to Perform & Teach"
The Four-Hand Piano Duo pianists Bonnie Anderson and Donna Gross Javel
North Shore Piano Teachers Guild, North Shore, MA, January 2009

Masterclass/Workshop: "The Circus Collection and Standard Repertoire"
Private Studio, Needham, MA, November 2008

Lecture Presentation: "Fostering Positive Partnerships with the Parents of our Students"
Suffolk Piano Teachers Foundation, Long Island, NY, December 2006

Ajudicator, MMTA State Competitions (piano,composition)
Massachusetts Music Teachers Association

Evaluator for MAE non-competitive evaluations (piano)
Massachusetts Music Teachers Association