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Yamaha will hold the Yamaha Summer Technology Seminar at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, Thursday-Saturday, June 28-30.

This seminar, expected to draw music educators from the eastern part of the United State, is one of three Yamaha music technology workshops in the country this summer.

"¾¨Ó㴫ý was chosen because of its state-of-the-art Yamaha digital piano laboratory," said Dr. Grover A. Pitman, professor and chair of music at ¾¨Ó㴫ý. "Yamaha will feature supplemental equipment such as educational software which use the digital pianos."

"Last year ¾¨Ó㴫ý invested about $150,000 to replace our electric piano lab with the music technology lab," continued Pitman. "It includes 16 student workstations consisting of a Yamaha Clavinova CVP-103 digital piano and a personal computer connected to the Internet."

The student stations are connected to the teacher workstation which has a Yamaha Clavinova CVP-107, along with a multi-station printer, in a smart classroom with a ceiling mounted projector, Elmo document reader, laser-disc reader, cassette and CD players.

"¾¨Ó㴫ý took a giant leap into the 21st century when they developed this lab," said Pitman. "It's one of the finest in any college or university in the country. Each workstation is equivalent to a recording studio, complete with synthesizer, sequencer, drum machine, orchestrator, a huge assortment of MIDI sounds, and total digital control."

Pitman, Dr. Nancy DeSalvo, assistant professor of music, and Dr. Elizabeth Harrison, assistant professor of music and college organist, will assist Dennis Stanfield, music technology specialist for Yamaha, at this seminar.

"Stanfield presented a session to all the ¾¨Ó㴫ý music students last year," said Pitman. "His job is to travel around the country and teach the use of Yamaha digital pianos."