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The Journey of a Thousand Miles
Begins with One Step.
Mary Lou Iverson is a highly regarded pianist and piano
pedagogue in Apple Valley, Minnesota. She is a frequent
performer both locally and in Mexico at the Theatro de la Paz
and Casa de la Cultura in San Luis Potosi. As piano teacher she
consistently has students who are state piano competition
winners and has had a nationally recognized student composition
winner. Frequently, she is called upon to adjudicate piano
events such as state competition, ensemble festival, and
National Federation Festival. She lectures frequently about
Studio Management, Music Theory, Technology and the Music
Studio, and Students with Disabilities. As writer for Keyboard
Companion, she described the process of website development for
an independent music studio; it was published in Spring 1998.
She has published "Music History in the Making," a student
organizer that provides goal setting and positive reinforcement.
She is one of three developers of "Time Signature", Studio
Management Software.
She is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and is a charter
member and president of South Suburban Music Teachers
Association, Minnesota Music Teachers Association affiliated
with Music Teachers National Association, and also American
Federation of Music Teachers. She serves as MMTA Technology
Chairperson since 1992.
Mary Lou began her piano study at a young age of 5 with her
mother. Subsequent teachers have included Thelma Willison and
Dr. Norman Goodbrod at Grinnell College Iowa; Kathryn Bacon from
Julliard; Professor Lyondecker of the Cathedral of Cologne in
Germany; Joanne Tierney at the College of St. Catherine in St.
Paul, MN and Kenneth Huber of Carleton and Augsburg Colleges
also in Minnesota.
Since Mary Lou is also a registered professional nurse, she
enrolls students who are medically challenged and need special
consideration. As a nurse, Mary Lou has taught psychiatric
nursing at Black Hawk College, Illinois, was director of Home
Health in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, was certified as a coronary care
nurse at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa
and was Head Nurse of CCU in Muscatine, Iowa. She was an
Outreach Worker for county mental health facilities in Illinois
dealing with substance abuse treatment.
Mary Lou has successfully combined the two parallel careers,
making the focus of music education and performance goal
directed and positive. Consistent with ongoing education, she
has attended many seminars and workshops locally and nationally.
National Conference on Piano Pedagogy 1988 and 1996
MMTA State Convention every year since 1985
Mannheimer Piano Festival in Duluth, Minnesota, 1987, 1989,
1992, 1995, 1997
Summer Institute of Music at University of St. Thomas, St. Paul,
MN 1998
Hobbies include standard poodles, swimming, and genealogy.
For further information about Mary Lou, visit her website
www.casamusica.com
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