Episodes #53 Catching Up with Chrissy Ricker
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It’s hard to imagine the impact that the prolific Chrissy Ricker has had on my teaching and has and will have on my students. But wait, it’s not just my students but 1000s of teachers and their students!
She has given us a HUGE gift through her appealing sheet music, accessible arrangements of student-requested pop songs and video game tunes, and her insightful teaching tips.
I’m so pleased she made time to catch up and share what it’s like behind the scenes of Chrissy’s non-stop creativity at the keys.
About Chrissy
Chrissy Ricker is a pianist, teacher, and composer from North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in piano performance and pedagogy from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM), Chrissy is an active member of the Music Teachers National Association, North Carolina Music Teachers Association, and Raleigh Piano Teachers Association.
Chrissy specializes in creating engaging original music and arrangements for musicians of all ages and skill levels. To date, she has published over 40 collections of piano solo and duet music for students that are available from Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Piano Pronto Publishing, and SMP Press. Chrissy's piano music is featured regularly on the contest lists of teaching associations across the United States and Canada, including the National Federation of Music Clubs.
A prolific arranger, Chrissy has also arranged hundreds of pop, classical, video game, and anime titles for pianists at all levels. She is a Signature Artist for Musicnotes, the world's leading digital sheet music retailer.
Chrissy has also written a variety of chamber music for voice, brass, woodwinds, and strings. Her chamber works have been commissioned by the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute and premiered by the Triangle Chamber Music Collective and the Vida Strings quartet. She is a founding member of the Carolina Contemporary Composers (c3), a group dedicated to creating and performing new music in North Carolina.
In addition to teaching and composing, Chrissy enjoys writing about topics related to piano pedagogy. Her articles on teaching have been featured in American Music Teacher magazine and on the music education websites Tonara and Colourful Keys. She has been a frequent clinician for teacher groups in North Carolina and Virginia, presenting on topics ranging from practice skills and motivational techniques to incorporating improvisation and composition into piano lessons. Chrissy also blogs regularly on these topics here.
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