2018 IPPEC Examiner

Dr. Jessica Koebbe

MidAmerica Nazarene University
　

Jessica Koebbe is Instructor of Piano at MidAmerica Nazarene University She is active as a soloist and collaborative pianist, performing frequently with the Midwest Chamber Ensemble and with internationally recognized instrumentalists.

 In 2015 she performed chamber concerts upon invitation in Paris and Germany.

Jessica has been selected as a prizewinner for the Sigma Alpha Iota National Graduate Performance Award, Sigma Alpha Iota National Undergraduate Instrumental Performance Award, Truman State University Piano Festival, and the University of Central Arkansas Piano Competition, and was the recipient of accompanying and teaching assistantships for her graduate work.

She is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music through Music Teachers National Association, an active teacher of prize-winning pre-collegiate and collegiate students, and a frequent adjudicator.

She holds Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance.

Her doctoral research focused on practical strategies teachers can use to help young children prevent or overcome musical performance anxiety. www.mindfulmusicpedagogy.com and the Mindful Music Pedagogy podcast as resources for music educators. Her goal is to encourage students and teachers to never give up. The lessons learned through music translate into valuable life skills—self discipline, problem solving, patience, and time management—so the time spent studying music is never wasted.