The Music Teachers National Association’s (MTNA) Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award was established by a bequest to MTNA by the renowned piano pedagogue, Frances Clark, and is bestowed annually to a person or entity that has made a significant contribution to the field of keyboard pedagogy through the creation and development of products and publications that further the profession.
For 2006, it’s not ‘Who” but ‘What’ won the prestigious MTNA award?
The winner is, according to Executive Director Dr. Samuel Holland who presented the award during the Association’s national conference in Austin, Texas on March 29, 2006:
“a product whose influence on how music can be created and thereby taught is truly transformative – an influence so potentially great that we are still only beginning to glimpse the possibilities. The product is the Disklavier reproducing piano and the entity is the Yamaha Corporation.”
This is the first time that a music product has received the honor.
The Yamaha Disklavier is a concert-quality grand piano just like those preferred on stages around the world – but with a built-in ability to record live performances with remarkable accuracy. Users can record their own piano playing to hear again later, making the Disklavier a powerful educational tool for both instruction and practice. In addition, the Disklavier’s remote learning capabilities enable teachers to instruct students in real time using Diskaviers hundreds, even thousands of miles apart.
References: Yamaha Press Release, Yamaha Disklavier, MTNA
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