UPDATE!  Please set up your Zoom meeting near a piano or keyboard to experience the interactive session.

Samantha Coates is a Sydney-based pianist and teacher with over 35 years’ experience in both private and group piano teaching. She is also the author and publisher of BlitzBooks, the music education series that has captured the imagination of students around the world and transformed the teaching of rote repertoire, music theory and sight reading.

Samantha completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the Sydney Conservatorium, majoring in piano performance, but piano pedagogy has become her lifelong passion. She is dedicated to making piano accessible and relatable and is always striving to create resources that support a holistic music education.

Her popular and entertaining presentation style has made her a sought-after lecturer on a wide range of pedagogical topics. Samantha’s hobbies are long walks, watching Disney movies, and eating dark chocolate.

Date: Sunday, February 26, 2023
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time)
Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9759056011
Meeting ID: 975 905 6011

Event: In this interactive session, internationally renowned Australian pedagogue Samantha Coates will get you fired up about effective tools to get you composing, and to get you TEACHING composition…even if you’ve never done it before! Samantha will demonstrate how she uses her Rote Repertoire series to inspire creative compositions from her students and show how easy it is for anyone to create at the piano.

Fees: Free for OMTA members; $10.00 for Non-members; auditors attend free.

Send checks (payable to OMTA) to:
Lizbeth Atkinson, 2118 Farleigh Road, Columbus, OH 43221
614-485-9448

Last updated 2/18/23