Study Piano Pedagogy and Connect with Students
Learn how to assist students to discover and express their musical ideas. Pedagogues are intrigued to find out how best to motivate and work with students to achieve their individual educational goals. Students in the NMU Piano Studio can explore piano pedagogy in a variety of settings!
Study Collaborative Piano and Become Part of Your Musical Community
NMU Piano Students are encouraged to partner with various communities: choirs, pianists and other instrumentalists, jazz combos, worship groups, pit orchestras, poets, symphonies, visual artists, symphonic bands, bands, libraries, etc. Collaborative pianists perform and dialogue with one or more musicians, artists, or any individual willing to create in partnership with the pianist. Repertoire coaching is also a possible role (depending on the setting).
Dr. Theresa Camilli
Theresa Chardos Camilli, PhD, MT-BC earned her doctorate in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Music Therapy from Loyola University, New Orleans, and a Master’s degree in Music Therapy at the University of Iowa. Theresa has extensive collegiate-teaching experience having served as faculty at the following institutions with accolades from colleagues and students: University of South Carolina, University of Northern Iowa, and Northern Michigan University (beginning 2021) teaching applied piano, group piano, piano pedagogy and serving as a collaborative pianist.
Active in both the fields of music education and music therapy, Theresa accepts invitations to present and adjudicate at the local, regional, and national level. Her passion for connecting to her local community is evidenced in her service, a highlight was starting Service-Learning projects when teaching graduate pedagogy at NMU. She also served as the President of Iowa's Northeast Area Music Teachers Association, the Editor of the Iowa Music Teacher Association's (IMTA) State Magazine (2010-16), received the IMTA State Service Award (2016), and currently enjoys serving Marquette’s community through the following organizations: Marquette Symphony Orchestra Board (2020- present), Marquette Symphony Orchestra keyboardist, Marquette Area Piano Teacher Association and co-founded Marquette’s “Save Our Clubhouse” Concert Series, accompanist at St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Theresa received the 2011 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy "Best Research Paper" Award and has articles in the following publications: MTNA E-Journal, Clavier Companion, American Music Teacher, and the Music Educators Journal.
