Course curriculum

  • 1

    Navigating the Course

    • How to use this course

  • 2

    Welcome to Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers

  • 3

    Session 1: Baroque Era - Dakkert and Gambarini

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Magdalena Dakkert" by Ashlee Young

    • Teaching demonstration: "Minuet" (Level 1) with Ashlee Young

    • Performance video: "Minuet" (Level 1) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Bourrée" (Level 2) with Ashlee Young

    • Performance video: "Bourrée" (Level 2) - Ashlee Young, piano

    • Reading: "Elisabetta de Gambarini" by Susan Yang

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Tambourin" (Level 4) with Susan Yang

    • Performance video: "Tambourin" (Level 4) - Susan Yang, piano

    • Reflection Activity

  • 4

    Session 2: Baroque Era - Agnesi and Jacquet de La Guerre

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Maria Teresa Agnesi" by Evan Hines

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Sonata in F Major, I. Allegro moderato" (Level 6) with Brendan Jacklin

    • Performance video: "Sonata in F Major, I. Allegro moderato" (Level 6) Brendan Jacklin, piano

    • Reading: "Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre" by Annie Jeng

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Menuet" (Level 7) with Annie Jeng

    • Performance video: "Menuet" (Level 7) - Annie Jeng, piano

    • Supplemental Reading : "Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre" by Teresa Rupp and Nicholas Phillips

    • Reflection Activity

  • 5

    Session 3: Classical Era - Montgeroult and Auenbrugger

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Hélène de Montgeroult" by Evan Hines

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Etude No. 19 in F Major" (Level 7) with Annie Jeng

    • Performance video: "Etude No. 19 in F Major" (Level 7) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Reading: "Marianna von Auenbrugger" by Annie Jeng

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Sonata in E-flat Major, III. Rondo" (Level 8) with Annie Jeng

    • Performance video: "Sonata in E-flat Major, III. Rondo" (Level 8) - Ashlee Young, piano

    • Reflection Activity

  • 6

    Session 4: Classical Era - Martinez and Dussek

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Marianne von Martinez" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Sonata in E Major, I. Allegro" (Level 9) with Brendan Jacklin

    • Performance video: "Sonata in E Major, I. Allegro" (Level 9) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Reading: "Sophia Dussek" by Clare Longendyke

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Sonata in A Major" (Level 10) with Clare Longendyke

    • Performance video: "Sonata in A Major, II. Allegretto" (Level 10) - Clare Longendyke, piano

    • Reflection Activity

  • 7

    Session 5: Romantic Era - Bonis and Beach

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Mel Bonis" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "La Puce" (Level 2) with Susan Yang

    • Performance video: "La Puce" (Level 2) - Susan Yang, piano

    • Reading: "Amy Beach" by Susan Yang

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Sliding on the Ice" (Level 5) with Ashlee Young

    • Performance video: "Sliding on the Ice" (Level 5) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Supplemental Reading 1: "Amy Beach" by Teresa Rupp and Nicholas Phillips

    • Supplemental Reading 2: "Amy Beach: Celebrating 150 Years" by Gail Smith

    • Reflection Activity

  • 8

    Session 6: Romantic Era - Farrenc, Lang, and Hensel

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Louise Farrenc" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Etude facile, Op. 50, No. 11" (Level 5) with Susan Yang

    • Performance video: "Etude facile, Op. 50, No. 11" (Level 5) - Susan Yang, piano

    • Supplemental Reading 1: "Examining the Life and Work of Louise Farrenc" by Gyeseon Choe

    • Reading: "Josephine Lang" by Clare Longendyke

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Drei Klavierstücke, III. Heimweh" (Level 7) with Clare Longendyke

    • Performance video: "Drei Klavierstücke, III. Heimweh" (Level 7) - Clare Longendyke, piano

    • Reading: "Fanny Hensel" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Mélodie, Op. 4, No. 2" (Level 9) with Susan Yang

    • Performance video: "Mélodie, Op. 4, No. 2" (Level 9) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Supplemental Reading 2: "Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel" by Teresa Rupp and Nicholas Phillips

    • Reflection Activity

  • 9

    Session 7: 20th and 21st Centuries - Schonthal, Diemer, and Schubring

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Ruth Schonthal" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Cradle Song for a Quiet Evening" (Level 1) with Ashlee Young

    • Performance video: "Cradle Song for a Quiet Evening" (Level 1) - Ashlee Young, piano

    • Reading: "Emma Lou Diemer" by Clare Longendyke

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Jazz Echoes" (Level 3) with Clare Longendyke

    • Performance video: "Jazz Echoes" (Level 3) - Clare Longendyke, piano

    • Reading: "Karalyn Schubring" by Annie Jeng

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Fiddle Tune" (Level 4) with Annie Jeng

    • Performance video: "Fiddle Tune" (Level 4) - Annie Jeng, piano

    • Reflection Activity

  • 10

    Session 8: 20th and 21st Centuries - Perry, Eckhardt-Gramatté, and Price

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Zenobia Powell Perry" by Evan Hines

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Vignette No. 2" (Level 3) with Annie Jeng

    • Performance video: "Vignette No. 2" (Level 3) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Reading: "Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "A" (Level 6) with Brendan Jacklin

    • Performance video: "A" (Level 6) - Brendan Jacklin, piano

    • Reading: "Florence Price" by Clare Longendyke

    • Teaching demonstration video: "The Goblin and the Mosquito" (Level 7) with Susan Yang

    • Performance video: "The Goblin and the Mosquito" (Level 7) - Susan Yang, piano

    • Supplemental Reading: "Reclaiming an Alternative History: New Piano Music of Florence Price" by Asher Armstrong

    • Supplemental Reading Links: Florence Price

    • Reflection Activity

  • 11

    Session 9: 20th and 21st Centuries - Louie, Boulanger, and Moore

    • Session Contents

    • Reading: "Alexina Louie" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Into Forever" (Level 8) with Annie Jeng

    • Performance video: "Into Forever" (Level 8) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Supplemental Reading: "Teaching Contemporary Piano Techniques to Intermediate Piano Students with Alexina Louie's 'Star Light, Star Bright'" by Lynn Worcester Jones

    • Reading: "Lili Boulanger" by Brendan Jacklin

    • Teaching demonstration video: "Trois Morceaux, I. D'un vieux jardin" (Level 10) with Brendan Jacklin

    • Performance video: "Trois Morceaux, I. D'un vieux jardin" (Level 10) - Brendan Jacklin, piano

    • Reading: "Dorothy Rudd Moore" by Ashlee Young

    • Teaching demonstration video: "A Little Whimsy" (Level 10) with Ashlee Young

    • Performance video: "A Little Whimsy" (Level 10) - Evan Hines, piano

    • Reflection Activity

    • Exit Survey