2002 MTNA National Conference highlights.Pianist Hsing-ay Hsu and Cellist Julie Albers deliver outstanding performances during the "Rising Stars" concert. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Keith Golay, creator of the "Temperament Teaching Model," was a guest speaker at Pedagogy Saturday. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The acclaimed duo of William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, three Grammy Awards, and the Detroit Music Award. Bolcom is a professor of music composition at the University of Michigan. and Joan Morris performed during the MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) FOUNDATION Gala. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio performed on the Sunday evening concert. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Singing Men of Ohio and the OhioBrass, both from Ohio University Ohio University, main campus at Athens; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1804, opened 1809 as the first college in the Old Northwest. There are additional campuses at Chiillicothe, Lancaster, and Zanesville, as well as facilities throughout the state. , performed at the Opening Session. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Guests enjoyed a concert by Christopher Taylor, American Pianists Association Fellow and Van Cliburn Van Cliburn (b. Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr., July 12, 1934), is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War. Bronze Medallist. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lorin Hollander, pianist, inspires conference attendees during his keynote speech at the Opening Session. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eugene Pridonoff, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Its origins come from two sources: the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, formed in 1867 as part of a girls' finishing school, and the College of Music of Cincinnati, which opened in 1878. , teaches a music lesson via the Internet during The Virtual Studios of the Future session. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Perry offers instruction during the piano master class. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Robert Abramson, Dalcroze expert, had attendees on their feet during his session entitled, Feel the Rhythm More Than the Beat Through Your Body to Your Feet (Why Aren't We Musical?). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Marisa Cleghorn, actor and dancer, demonstrates the relationship between rhythmic patterning as a motor skill, and memory and emotion as brain activities during The Aesthetic Brain--The Starting Point for a More Harmonious Life session with Fritz Mengert. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Researchers shared their papers during the MTNA Poster Sessions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jimmy Finnie, Indiana State University Indiana State University, main campus at Terre Haute; coeducational; est. 1865 as a normal school, became Indiana State Teachers College in 1929, gained university status in 1965. There is also a campus at Evansville (opened 1965). , was part of the Poetry for Percussion and Pianos: George Crumb's Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) session. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Benjamin Wiant, Piano Technicians Guild The Piano Technicians Guild (PTG), based in Kansas City, Kansas, is the official organization of the Registered Piano Technician (RPT). It is considered the preeminent source of expertise in piano technology and service. The PTG is a trade association with open membership. , presented a session with Rob Edwardsen, also of PTG PTG Polymer Technology Group PTG Play The Game (online gaming) PTG Pietersburg, South Africa (Airport Code) PTG Pearson Technology Group (Canada) , about how pianos function. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As always, the exhibit hall is a popular place to browse and shop during the conference. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Immediate Past President Joan M. Reist, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of Music NCTM North Carolina Transportation Museum NCTM National Capital Trolley Museum NCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , greets members during the New Member/First-Time Attendee Reception. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Martha Hilley, NCTM, center, greets Peggy Swayzie, right, at the MTNA FOUNDATION Gala. With Martha is her mom, Lillian Nay. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Christine Hermanson presented a session titled Creating; Improvising and Composing with Computer-Based tools during the Technology in Music Symposium. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joyce Miller, right, and MarySue Harris, NCTM, talk at the Association Breakfast. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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