Ms. Shadick-Taylor is available for adjudicating, clinics, guest teaching, master classes and school presentations.
Areas of expertise include solo piano (all periods), collaborative piano/chamber music and vocal coaching.
"It is with tremendous enthusiasm that I endorse Sylvia Shadick-Taylor as a piano clinician. Sylvia’s approach to teaching piano repertoire is inspirational for students and music educators alike."
Read entire letterLinda J. Purves, B. Mus.
Music School Director
Mill Woods Music Ltd.
July 2007
CLINICS
Piano Technique: This involves a discussion of methods available to avoid physical tension and how to simplify common technical difficulties, including suggestions for introducing technical exercises to beginners.
Through years of experience and analysis, I have been able to adopt and teach a technical approach which creates a full, warm, natural tone at the keyboard with easy technical facility and without physical tension. This, in turn, has lead to an in-depth understanding of tonal colour production and
an awareness of how to use and produce various articulations.
Soundplay: A session to develop creative interpretation and explore sound imagery in music.
This highly fun session presents ways to enhance the musician’s ability to communicate the composer’s intent to an audience. Those attending the session will be involved in creative exercises, both musical and otherwise, which provide tools to promote expression for both students and professional performers. These sessions can be geared to students of all levels, teachers or performers.
Collaborative Piano: How to truly assist the artist and the music.
This is a discussion of the listening, technical and psychological skills needed by a pianist to make an artist feel truly comfortable on stage both musically and otherwise.
Other specialties:
- Ornamentation
- How to choose phrasing, dynamics and ornaments in the Baroque period
- Understanding the specific elements which define different periods of music
Sylvia is available primarily as a piano adjudicator and is comfortable with all levels of students. Her adjudication style is known for its energetic, informative approach and her ability to make all ages of students feel comfortable and experience the joy of music. Sylvia is also available for lieder and chamber music classes due to her extensive training in these areas. In smaller centers where specialists are not available for each instrument category, she is able to offer some expertise with strings, voice and wind instruments. She has played violin since age 7 and has also had some training in voice, pipe organ and flute. Trained as a vocal coach, Sylvia has an extensive knowledge of vocal repertoire and diction. Sylvia is a member of the Canadian Music Festival Adjudicators Association. |
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2008 |
Camrose, BC — Senior Piano Vancouver, BC — Intermediate Piano Kamloops, BC — Senior Piano Barrhead and Lacombe, AB |
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| 2007 | Penticton. BC — Provincials – Junior, Senior and Canadian classes Grande Prairie, AB — Senior Piano Coronation, AB — Piano and Strings |
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| 2006 | Saskatoon, SK — Piano II Wetaskiwin, AB — Senior Piano and Strings |
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| 2005 | Calgary, AB — Contemporary Showcase Victoria, BC — Junior and Intermediate Honours Piano |
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| 2004 | St. Albert, AB — Piano II Vernon, BC — Registered Music Teachers Festival — Piano |
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| 2003 | Kamloops, BC — Senior Piano | ||
| 2001 | Vancouver, BC — Junior Piano Athabasca, AB — Piano |
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| 2000 | Grande Prairie, AB — Intermediate Piano | ||
| 1999 | Provost, AB — Piano | ||
| 1998 | Medicine Hat, AB — Senior Piano | ||
| 1996 | Vancouver, BC — Junior Piano Drumheller, AB — Piano |
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| 1995 | Winnipeg, MB — Provincials – Junior Piano Regina, SK — Junior Piano Cranbrook, BC — Junior Piano |
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| 1994 | Calgary, AB — Piano Plan C Stony Plain, AB — Piano Leduc, AB — Junior Piano Humboldt, SK — Piano |
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| 1993 | Vancouver, BC — Music Festival Workshop – Junior and Intermediate Piano St. Albert, AB — Junior and Intermediate Piano |
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| 1992 | Wood River, AB — Piano | ||
| 1991 | Moose Jaw, SK — Intermediate and Senior Piano | ||
| 1990 | Saskatoon, SK — Intermediate Piano | ||
| 1989 | Swift Current, SK — Piano Rosetown, SK — Piano |
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| 1988 | Unity, SK — Piano | ||
| 1987 | Biggar, SK — Senior Piano | ||
| 1986 | Kindersley, SK — Piano Fort Saskatchewan, AB — Piano Vanderhoof, BC — Piano |
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| 1985 | Meadow Lake, SK — Piano Lloydminster, SK — Junior and Intermediate Piano |
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| 1984 | Swift Current, SK — Piano Rosthern, SK — Piano Medicine Hat, AB — Piano |
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| 1983 | North Battleford, SK — Junior and Intermediate Piano and Organ Davidson, SK — Piano |
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| 1982 | Meadow Lake, SK — Piano | ||
| 1981 | Fort St. John, BC — Piano | ||
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SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
Listening to music: How to translate the language of music.
A presentation of how composers create specific visual and emotional clues in music.
Musical Fields: What careers are available with musical study and what the musician’s life can be like.
For more information or bookings please contact Sylvia directly.