Guest Clinician

Dr. Michelle Conda, Professor Emerita at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, served as Head of the Keyboard Division and Program Director of the Piano Pedagogy Program. She holds two piano performance degrees and a PhD in Piano Pedagogy.

Dr. Conda has presented at numerous conferences, including the MTNA National Conferences and the Frances Clark Center’s national conference. She served as editor of Clavier Companion magazine. Her areas of expertise include microaggression and adult learning. She recently completed a chapter on andragogy for the Cambridge Companion. She was one of the co-founders of GP3—National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum.

Dr. Conda directs and performs piano for “Circle Singers,” a choir that performs in retirement centers. She collaborates with singers from Northern Kentucky University and occasionally fills in for her pianist husband, Dr. Bob Conda, when he is unavailable. She continues to teach.

Dr. Conda has performed frequently with the Cincinnati Community Orchestra and the Cincinnati Metropolitan Orchestra. Concerti performances include Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Schumann’s Piano Concerto, Carnival of the Animals, Khatchaturian’s Piano Concerto, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto, Rhapsody in Blue, McDowell’s Piano Concerto, and, with her husband, Dr. Bob Conda, Gillingham’s Piano Concerto for four hands.