2025​

• Lead Where You Are:  Practical Ways Piano Teachers Can Make a Broader Impact
  Salas-Ruiz, C., Sanford, M., Gao, X., & Levins, C.
  New Jersey Music Teachers Association (NJMTA) Conference, Drew University, Madison, NJ (Nov 22).

• Rethinking Success in the Profession: Innovation, Adaptability, and Career Diversity
  Pavey, C., Jenkins, S., Kim, H., & Salas-Ruiz, C.
  College of Music Society National Conference, Spokane, WA (Oct 31–Nov 2).

• Motivación y desarrollo del interés en estudiantes adolescentes de piano: Un estudio cualitativo y reflexiones para la educación musical
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  Encuentro Pianistas Guatemala, virtual conference (Jul 30–Aug 1).

• Writing Skills for Creative Expression: Practical Tips for Pianists’ Career Development
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Lombard, IL (Jul 23–26).

• Perspectives on Success in the Piano Profession
  Pavey, C., Jenkins, S., Kim, H., & Salas-Ruiz, C.
  National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Lombard, IL (Jul 23–26).

• Motivación y desarrollo del interés en estudiantes adolescentes de piano: Un estudio cualitativo y reflexiones para la educación musical
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, virtual conference (Jun 7–8).

• Resonances of Nature and Landscapes: Costa Rican Works for Beginning Pianists
  Salas-Ruiz, C. & Gonzalez, R.
  National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, virtual conference (Jun 7–8).

• Networking Session on Interdisciplinary Research
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  MTNA Collegiate Symposium, University of Oklahoma (Jan 18–19).

 

2024

• Sparking the Fire Within: Cultivating Motivation and Empowering Practice through Interest Development
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  MTNA Group Piano/Piano Pedagogy (GP3) Conference, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Aug 2–3).

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2023

• Designing a Culture of Community with New MTEs: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What You Should Try
  Stanley, A.M., Brown, E., Jenkins, S., Liu, J., & Salas-Ruiz, C.
  Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct 12–14).

• Understanding Intermediate Students’ Motivation to Practice through the Lens of Interest Development: A Multiple Case Study
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, Lombard, IL (Jul 26–29).

 

2022

• A Multiple Case Study of Adolescent Piano Students: Examining Motivation through the Lens of Interest Development
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  Louisiana Music Educators Association Conference, Baton Rouge, LA (Nov 17–21).

• “Nobody Wants to Be the First One to Say Anything About It”: Opening Up Space for Dialogues in Healthy Musicianship
  Salas-Ruiz, C.L., Stanley, A.M., & Burgos, J.
  Mid-South Music Education Research Symposium, Oxford, MS (Feb 10–12).

 

2021

• “Nobody Wants to Be the First One to Say Anything About It”: Opening Up Space for Dialogues in Healthy Musicianship
  Salas-Ruiz, C.L., Stanley, A.M., & Burgos, J.
  Symposium on Music Teacher Education, virtual conference (Sep 23–25).

• A Descriptive Pilot Study of the Use of the Interest Development Scale to Measure Interest Development in Instrumental Practice in Adolescent Piano Students
  Salas-Ruiz, C.
  Louisiana Music Teachers Association Conference, virtual conference (Sep 15).