Edward M. Kuhn, Jr.
Edward M. Kuhn, Jr. is Associate Professor of Music at 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University in Greensburg, PA, where he teaches Applied Piano, Keyboard Strategies, and Piano Pedagogy. Mr. Kuhn is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, NCTM, from the Music Teachers National Association and is the MTNA Foundation chair for Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association. Mr. Kuhn is the sponsor /advisor for the 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University PMTA Student Chapter which is very active and visible in the Music Program and at the PMTA state conferences. In addition to his university course load, Edward Kuhn also teaches piano students in the Community Arts Program of 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University and is a frequent soloist and collaborative pianist for recitals and festivals. Mr. Kuhn earned a BA from Carlow College and a MFA from Carnegie-Mellon University with a Certificate in Piano Pedagogy. Mr. Kuhn studied piano with Mildred Alvine Gardner and Nelson B. Whitaker, and piano pedagogy with Hannah Wu Li. In June 2014, Mr. Kuhn was presented The Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association鈥檚 Teacher of the Year Award.
Education
M.F.A. in Music Performance, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1988
Certificate in Piano Pedagogy, Carnegie-Mellon university, 1988
B.A.in Music Performance, Carlow College, 1978
Awards
Teacher of the Year Award 鈥 2014, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.
Organizations
Friday Evening Music Club of Greensburg (Mildred Alvine Gardner Scholarship Chair, Board Member), 2010- present
Westmoreland Chapter - PMTA -Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival Chair, Board Member, Sonatina Competition Committee, 2000-present
Pennsylvania music Teachers Association Immediate Past President, 2021-2023 Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association State President, 2019-2021 Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Vice President, 2017-2019 Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association - PMTA -Pennsylvania Foundation Fund Chair, Board Member, 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University Collegiate Chapter Sponsor/Advisor, 2002-present
Music Teachers National Association - MTNA
Presentations
鈥淓nrique Granados, Spanish Poet of the Piano: Commemorating the 100 Year Anniversary of His Death.鈥 Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association State Conference, Seven Springs, PA, June 10, 2016.
Advisor, coach, and sponsor for 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University-Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Student Chapter Presentation of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev, Duet arrangement by Elizabeth Lauer, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association State Conference, Seven Springs, PA, June 11, 2016.
鈥淪potlight on the Romantic Style,鈥 Westmoreland Chapter of Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, Otterbein United Methodist Church, Greensburg, PA, February 22, 2015.
Advisor, coach and sponsor for 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University-Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Student Chapter Presentation 鈥淭he Music Teacher鈥檚 iPad鈥, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association 2013 State Conference, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, June 7, 2013.
Presentation 鈥 鈥淗ow to Prepare Students for the Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival Local Auditions鈥 鈥 Westmoreland Chapter Pennsylvania Music Teachers, Vittone鈥檚 Music Center, Greensburg, PA, January 2012.
Advisor, coach and sponsor to SHU -PMTA Student Chapter Workshops. "The iPad and the Musician-Applications" and "Well Ah-chorded Accompaniments". Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association 2011 State Conference (Pocono Manor, PA), June 11 & 12, 2011.
Chair, "Spotlight on Bartok" -Westmoreland Chapter PMTA,新香港六合彩官网开奖 University, February 2009
Assistant Chair, "Spotlight on Robert and Clara Schumann, Westmoreland Chapter PMTA, 新香港六合彩官网开奖 University, February 2008
Workshop-"New Piano Music for Worship" - Westmoreland AGO, First Presbyterian Church, Greensburg, PA, 2000.
Certifications
Nationally Certified Teacher of Music of Music Teachers National Association - Permanent Certification