Research

Research

  • Co-Investigator, Effects of different musical components on training hand dexterity at home in children with cerebral palsy. R61/R33, NIH, RFA-AT-19-001. 2023
  • Use of Musical Elements to Promote Sensorimotor Learning, R21 grant application, NIH. 2021
  • Multimodal Therapy Paradigms to Improve Hand Dexterity in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Co-Investigator
  • Discriminating the Effects of Key Musical Components on Upper Extremity Motor Learning, Co-Investigator
  • Bimanual Coordination Training for Finger Individualization to Improve Fine Motor in Both Hands After Stroke, Co-Investigator
  • Developing a Pedagogical Model to Support Creativity through Social Applications of Self-Regulated Learning, Primary Investigtor
  • Synergy between Music and Engineering Education: How to Chart a Path for New Discoveries and Experiences between Engineering and Music at NCSU, Primary Investigator

Presentations

  • International Piano Pedagogy Project, 73st Young Artists Festival, Bayreuth, Germany, August 2023
  • Music of Persia: Presentation at the National Flute Convention, Phoenix, AZ, August 2023
  • Music and Story-Telling, 2023 MTNA conference, Reno, NV
  • Music and Story-Telling, 2022 NCMTA conference, Greensboro, NC
  • Piano App: A Platform for Self-Directed Learning in Class Piano, 2021 NCMEA conference, Winston-Salem, NC
  • International Piano Pedagogy Project, 71st Young Artists Festival, Bayreuth, Germany, August 2021
  • Toward an Inclusive Piano Repertoire from the Classic Period: The Music of Marianna Martines and Maria Hester Park, a Lecture-Recital, 2021 NCKP virtual conference
  • Forgotten Treasures: Music by Women Composers of the Classic Era, a Lecture-Recital, 2020 Virtual NCMTA Conference
  • Piano Performance Generating Ai Projections: An Incipient Model for Human- Machine Interaction, Optimization, and Artistic Creation. Performance at 2020 ATMI Conference.
  • Intelligent Music-Making: Changing the Practicing Routine. Presentation, 2020 Virtual MTNA National Conference
  • Piano+ Web Book: Using Technology and Educational Psychology as a Platform in a Class Piano. Poster presentation, 2019 ATMI Conference, Louisville, KY
  • …Our Passage to the Stars… Recital, 2019 College Music Society National Conference, Louisville, KY
  • Preludes…A Journey of Beginnings: Recapturing Audiences for Classical Music. Lecture-Recital at 2018 North Carolina Piano Teachers Association Conference.
  • A Self-Regulated Approach to Piano Instruction: Learning How to Learn Creativity. Interdisciplinary study with College of Education, NCSU. Poster presentation in Teaching and Learning Symposium, 13 April 2016, NCSU
  • Music and Science. Interdisciplinary study Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NCSU. Enhanced course content for MAE 513 (Vibrations.) Lectures presented at ETSU (Summer 2013) and for Raleigh Piano Teachers Association (Fall 2013)
  • Romanian Piano School: Traditions, Influences and the New Horizons. 2011 College Music Society National Conference, Richmond, VA
  • Alexander Scriabin and Russian Fine-de- siècle, Lecture, 2008, University of Michigan
  • Piano Treasures: Performance Practice and Editions of Beethoven Piano Sonatas, online paper and presentation at 2008 MTNA National Conference, Denver, CO