Olivia Ellis is currently pursuing the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in piano performance and pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma, where she holds a graduate teaching assistantship in group and applied piano. She has degrees in piano performance from the University of Tennessee (M.M.) and Carson-Newman College (B.M.). Olivia is an active member of the OU chapter of MTNA and presently serves as vice-president of the OU Graduate Music Student Association. She is a certified teacher of Suzuki piano and has presented at the state conference for the Tennessee Music Teachers Association. Olivia has studied piano with Ed Gates, Ryan Fogg, and David Northington, and pedagogy with Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, and Fay Adams.
In the Spring of 2012, Clavier Companion sponsored its fifth annual Collegiate Writing Contest. College students at any level from any country in the world were invited to submit 1,500 word essays on a pedagogical topic of their choice. The grand prize was publication of the winning essay in Clavier Companion. The esteemed panel of j...
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