Melissa Maccarelli Slawsky

B.M. piano performance. M.M. piano pedagogy. Mrs. Slawsky is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Education at the University of South Florida. She has over ten years of teaching experience in the private studio and classroom setting.
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  • The Significance of Music: The Universal Language
    I am truly fortunate. I have found the one thing that makes life significant. It is one of the most abstract and mathematical of the arts requiring not only the utmost concentration and articulation, yet divine expression.
  • Using the Internet to Lose Weight
    Can the internet help you to lose weight?
    This article gave the web sites for ten of the most insightful sources of weight-loss information, and a detailed description of what they would entail.
  • Reexamining Erik Satie: Forerunner to the Future of 20th Century Music
    "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go," is one of the most famous lines from Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. The world of music presented itself with many examples of odd notoriety, but no composer received such harsh scrutiny as Erik Satie.
  • Forward-Thinking and Transcendental Themes in the Nine Symphonies of Beethoven
    It was the dawn of a new era; the world in a state of political upheaval. Rising out of this tumultuous chaos would be one of the most disruptive forces in music history.
  • Management Skills for the Performance Anxiety of Musicians
    The objective of this proposal is to examine the effectiveness of coping strategies in dealing with a common problem shared by musicians. Performance anxiety has been known to pose detrimental and psychologically �crippling' effects on musicians...
  • A Visit to Mount Holyoke
    What most allured me in the direction of Amherst, Massachusetts was the five-college consortium. I have done much research, including reading the New College Plan, and have become absolutely intrigued by the idea.
  • The Role of the Musician in the 20th Century
    The role of the musician in the 20th century is ever-changing due to advancements in technology. We have two choices: evolve or become extinct.
  • The Aesthetics of the Baroque Period in Music
    This informative handout on the 'Aesthetics of the Baroque Period in Music' accompanies a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that would make a wonderful addition to a Music History or Music Appreciation course.

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