HOUSTON, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SOFT WAY TO
MOZART or SOFT MOZART is a patented computerized piano curriculum,
examined at 13th International Academic Conference held by
Peter Tchaikovsky's music school.
During the first week of December at the St. Petersburg
Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, the Ministry of Education of
the Russian Federation, the
Academic Association for the Methods of Pedagogical Education, the
Academic Council for Art Education and the Herzen Russian State
Pedagogical University held their annual conference with the aim to
discuss the actual problems of music education and professional
music education in the complex system of art.
A study of the computerized music curriculum SOFT MOZART was
presented on the first and last day of the conference by 19
speakers from 15 different countries. Music educators from
Australia, Cuba, Chile,
Israel, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland,
Russia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, UK and USA presented their reports on using SOFT
MOZART with variety of venues and with a broad range of students.
Venues included universities, day care centers, private and
public schools and home schools. Students using the program
ranged from prodigies to children with special needs and included
different ages – from early education to college levels.
"SOFT MOZART dramatically accelerates the learning process on
the piano, as well as provides unprecedented motivational impetus
for musical training worldwide," experts reported. The presenters
also mentioned that the system is especially important for the
children with special needs. Dramatic improvement of focus,
attention span, fine motor skills and speech development of
children with Down syndrome, Autism, ADD and other problems were
notarized and video documented.
Hellene Hiner, the author and inventor of SOFT MOZART, addressed
the conference that the system was developed on the same foundation
that the Russian School of Music has used for more than 100 years.
The only difference being that SOFT MOZART uses interactive
technology and her patented Elementary and Interactive Grand Staff
visual aid.
About the SOFT MOZART invention: U.S. Patent & Trademark
Office (PTO) has issued patent No. 7,629,527 for Ms. Hiner's
machine and method of teaching music literacy through the
piano.
About St. Petersburg Conservatory: The N. A.
Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory is the world-renowned music
school that was founded in 1862. The school alumni have included
Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Rudolf
Tobias and Dmitri Schostakovich.
About Herzen University: The Herzen State Pedagogical
University of Russia is founded in 1797. The Educational and
Methodical Laboratory Music & Computer Technologies at the
Herzen University is using SOFT MOZART to prepare music teachers
for their vocational training via the Internet.
About Hellene Hiner: Ms.Hiner is an American musicologist and
music educator. She was born in Russia and raised in Ukrainian. For more
information, please, visit the following links:
Conference reports:
http://pianolearningsoftware.com/pages/soft-way-to-mozart-science
Website: http://www.softmozart.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoftMozart?ref=hl
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lenkaolenka
Music Vision International LLC
Email
www.softmozart.com
Hellene Hiner
713-443-8984
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