About the Presenter

Victoria Fischer Faw, DMA, NCTM , Professor Emerita - Elon University

Dr. Fischer’s passions include exploring the full range of piano repertoire and teaching young teachers to teach piano. She enjoys a busy schedule of performance and teaching, masterclasses, adjudication, and scholarly and pedagogical presentations for music teachers and students. 

During her term as President, North Carolina MTA was named State Affiliate of the Year. She is co-creator of MTNA’s first virtual Local Affiliate, the VLMTA of Western-NC. She was named 2021 NCMTA Teacher of the Year, MTNA 2022 National Teacher of the Year, and 2022 MTNA Foundation Fellow. She currently serves as MTNA Southern Division Director-elect.

Her scholarship and performance activity includes a specialty in the music of Béla Bartók, first prize at the 1990 Bartók-Kabalevsky International Piano Competition, publications in scholarly journals, and lecture-recitals for local, state, and national audiences. Vicky studied at Centenary College of Louisiana, UNC-Chapel Hill, UT Austin, and the Vienna Conservatory. Her teachers include Constance Knox Carroll, Danielle Martin, David Renner, Amanda Vick Lethco, Martha Hilley and Elliott Antokoletz. She lives on a Christmas tree farm in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband Steve and Rufus the dog.

"This is a follow-up to the program I presented to RPTA a few years ago entitled 'Steps to Scales.' This workshop will present an original approach to instilling solid fingering for scale and chordal patterns and pieces in the most efficient way and designing an optimal fingering plan in pieces. We will include interactive time addressing fingering for specific beginning and early intermediate pieces, and suggest strategies for exploring options for tricky situations and different hand sizes."