Below is a list of Penny’s presentation topics. To schedule a program, please contact Penny.

Speaking Engagements.

What is a Project-Based Studio? Thematic-based music themes that create collaborations with community organizations can build student motivation, Competence, and retention.

Creating 21st Century Showcase Recitals that are exciting to Perform and Attend!

Cultivating Brave Spaces in the Piano Studio Using DEI Repertoire and Practices.

On This Ground: Inspirational Indigenous Compositions of the Americas for the Piano Studio

Engaging Silent Movie Projects for the Piano Studio

Publish or Perish: How Women Composers Defied Obscurity when Publishers Were Scarce

Words Matter: Ching a Ring Chaw and Minstrelsy in Aaron Copland’s Old american Songs arranged for Solo and Choral Performance

Night Music: Thematic Recitals for Exciting and Inspiring Diverse and Inclusive Student Programming

Practice Projects that Build Community and Connection within Your Piano Studio

Measuring Up: Build Student’s Rhythm Skills by Adding Rulers to our Teaching Tool Kits

Overcoming the Sticky Floor: Beautiful Commissioned Arrangements of Women Composers for the Elementary Level Pianist

My Student Reads Music but Why Can’t They Find the Notes? A New Look at Language Acquisition, Eye-Hand Coordination and Teaching Strategies.