Opportunities to contribute to research

Be a panel evaluator for a Body Mapping research project

We have many recordings of pianists who performed before and after a Body Mapping workshop. We want to determine whether changes in the performance can be heard by listeners.

Eligibility: You are either a teacher of piano or a licensed Andover Educator. This project can be done from anywhere in the world.

Participation involves: Listening to audio clips and rating them on a 7-point scale for items such as "evenness of tempo" and "expressivity."

If you would like to participate: Use the Contact page to get more information

How do you hear piano accents?

We wanted to know how big an accent in piano must be in order to perceive it. The field of audiology has lots of research on our timing perception, because this is important for both speech and music perception, but we still don't know how big a change in sound intensity must be before listeners can perceive them, particularly when the sounds are piano timbre.

Eligible participants: Are either musicians (with grade 8 RCM or above, or have studied at a postsecondary institution in music) or non-musicians (have not received private lessons on an instrument or voice).

Participation involves: Coming to the Piano Lab at University of Ottawa, Pérez building, and listening to a Yamaha Disklavier play a series of notes. Participants listen and indicate when they hear accents. Participation in this project takes only about 15-20 minutes.

If you would like to participate: Use the Contact page to book a session.

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Past opportunities

The Effects of Body Mapping workshop on piano performance

This research study in Body Mapping will be the first to examine whether changes happen in pianists' performance following a group workshop in Body Mapping. 

Participating pianists will receive a full day Body Mapping workshop (value $150) for free. Recordings of piano performance will be taken before and after the workshop.

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