Conference program.

Friday, March 15
7:00 P.M.
TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, March 16
NATIONAL FINALS: MTNA Junior High
  School Performance Competitions

NATIONAL FINALS: MTNA Collegiate
  Chamber Music Performance
  Competition

TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM

8:30-9:45 A.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
No Dumb Students: Teaching the Non-Intuitive
  Student
Earl Oremus

9:00-10:30 A.M.
PROFESSIONAL STUDIO SATURDAY
What We Charge and Why
Beth Gigante Klingenstein, Kenneth Lee

10:00-10:45 A.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The Very Young Child
Kenneth K. Guilmartin

Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The Elementary Aged
  Student
Donna Brink Fox

Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The Adolescent Student
Kim Dolgin

Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The College Student
Judith Piercy

10:45-11:45 A.M.
PROFESSIONAL STUDIO SATURDAY
Studio Policies to Keep You Sane
Nancy Kaesler, Marjorie Lee

11:00-11:45 A.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The Very Young Child
Kenneth K. Guilmartin

Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The Elementary Aged
  Student
Donna Brink Fox

Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The Adolescent
  Student
Kim Dolgin

Ages and Stages: Is that the Same Child I
  Taught Last Year?--The College Student
Judith Piercy

11:45 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Round Table Discussions
Box lunches available. See registration
  form on page 41.

12:00 NOON-1:00 P.M.

PROFESSIONAL STUDIO SATURDAY
Box Lunch
Box lunches available. See registration
  form on page 41.

1:00-2:15 P.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Introducing the Animal Kingdom--It's a
  Jungle Out There!
Keith Golay

1:15-2:15 P.M.
PROFESSIONAL STUDIO SATURDAY
My Home is My Teaching Castle, Right?--Zoning
  and Licensing for the Home Music
  Studio
Presenters TBA

2:30-3:45 P.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Ages and Stages: What Do You See?--Panel
  I: The Young Child and Elementary Aged
  Students
Donna Brink Fox, Carol Gingerich,
  Kenneth K. Guilmartin,
  Alice M. Hammel,
  Susan Brantley Milligan

PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Ages and Stages: What Do You See?--Panel
  II: Adolescents and College Students
Kim Dolgin, Gerald Fischbach, Barbara
  Honn, Judith Piercy, Sylvia Wang

4:00-5:00 P.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Looks Like an Ape to Me!
Keith Golay

5:15-5:30 P.M.
PEDAGOGY SATURDAY
Closing Performance
Starling Chamber Orchestra

5:30 P.M.
NEW MEMBER/FIRST-TIME
  ATTENDEE RECEPTION

8:00 P.M.
RISING STARS CONCERT: Hsing-ay Hsu,
  pianist, and Julie Albers, cellist

Sunday, March 17
NATIONAL FINALS: MTNA High School
  Performance Competitions

TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM

8:00-9:00 A.M.
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASES
Hal Leonard Corporation
Lorenz/Heritage Music Press
Piano Ensemble International
Roland Corporation U.S.

9:15-10:15 A.M.
OPENING SESSION

10:30-11:30 A.M.
Cellobration: Cellists From the Cleveland
  Institute of Music
Richard Aaron

Interactive Repertoire Classes: Opportunities
  for Growth
Marvin Blickenstaff

Should I or Shouldn't I? Deciding What to
  Do About Early Childhood Music: A
  Panel Presentation
Beth Bolton

Using Improvisation to Keep Students Excited
  About Classical Music
David Darling

The Versatile Violinist--Teaching Improv to
  Classical Musicians
Glenn Basham

11:45 A.M.-12:45 P.M.
Chamber Music by Women Composers
Juanita Becker, Sheri Mattson,
  Julianna Moore, Janice Saffir

From Nothing to Something Special: A
  Young Violinist's Journey
Mimi Zweig

The History of the Russian Piano School:
  Individuals and Traditions
Irena Kofman
How to Adapt Methods and Materials for
  Special Learners: The Top Ten
  Considerations of Inclusion
Alice M. Hammel

The Piano Teachers' Bookshelf
Jane Magrath

1:00-2:00 P.M.
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASES
Carl Fischer L.L.C.
Marilyn Etzel Piano Compositions
Myklas Music Press
Willis Music

2:00-3:30 P.M.
MASTER CLASS
Richard Aaron, Mimi Zweig, strings

2:15-3:15 P.M.
Bridging the Gap--Getting Young Children
  Ready for Piano
Beth Bolton

Careers in Music: Options Other than
  Teaching and Performing
Judith Coe, Midori Koga,
  Ted Piechocinski, Kathleen Rountree,
  Frederick Tims

The Road to Impressionism
Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield

You Say "Potato" and I Say "Potahto"--How
  YOU Can Reach Students More Effectively
Peter G. Jarjisian, Judith M. Piercy

3:30 P.M.
CONCERT: National Winners of the
  MTNA Junior High School
  Performance Competitions, MTNA
  Elementary and Junior High School
  Composition Competitions and MTNA
  Collegiate Chamber Music Performance
  Competition

3:30-4:30 P.M.
ENCORE: The Piano Teachers' Bookshelf
Jane Magrath

Practicing Expressive Freedom Through
  Improvisation
David Darling

5:00-6:00 P.M.
COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS RECEPTION

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS RECEPTION

NCTM RECEPTION

8:00 P.M.
CONCERT: Eroica Trio, chamber trio

9:30-11:30 P.M.
EXHIBIT HALL

Monday, March 18
NATIONAL FINALS: MTNA Collegiate
  Artist Performance Competitions

TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM
  Lab only

8:00-9:00 A.M.
DIVISION PRESIDENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL
  MEETING

EXHIBITOR SHOWCASES
Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
The FJH Music Company, Inc.
TCW Resources
Theory Time

9:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M.
EXHIBIT HALL

9:15-10:15 A.M.
The Aesthetic Brain--The Starting Point For
  A Harmonious Lift
Marisa Cleghorn, Fritz Mengert

Blindness, Autism and Developmental Delay:
  Two Case Studies in Piano Teaching
Scott Price

Feel the Rhythm More Than the Beat
  Through Your Body to Your Feet (Why
  Aren't We Musical?)
Robert M. Abramson

Prejazz: Preparing Students to Begin Jazz
  Study
Ann Collins

What We Charge and Why
Beth Gigante Klingenstein, Kenneth Lee

9:15-11:15 A.M.
MASTER CLASS
John Perry, piano

10:30-11:30 A.M.
Adolescence Is Not A Disease: Coping With
  The Challenges and Taking Pleasure in
  Teaching the "Average" Teenage Piano
  Students
Yu-Jane Yang

Can This Beauty in Our Hearts End? Songs
  by Rebecca Clarke
Sylvie Beaudette, Liane Curtis,
  Eileen Strempel

Getting the Word Out: Marketing for
  Musicians
Andrew Cooperstock, William Terwilliger

Nut Just Creative Teaching, But Teaching to
  Create
Amy Greer

Studio Policies and Business Concerns
Nancy Kaesler, Marjorie Lee

Composer Commissioning Open Meeting

11:45 A.M.-12:45 P.M.
Emily Dickinson's World Through Song and
  Narration
Joyce Andrews, Beverly Hassel,
  H. Jordan Landry

Ethical Considerations for Conducting
  Master Classes
The American Academy of Teachers of
  Singing

Local Associations Open Session: Issues and
  Concerns
Carolyn Malnes

Teaching Teenagers: A First-Aid Kit
Karen Zorn

Training the Future Teacher: A Look at
  Present and Future Programs
Richard Green, Peter Row, Nelita True,
  J. Robert Wills

1:00-2:00 P.M.
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASES
Music for Young Children
Music Together L.L.C.
Piano Productions
Yamaha Corporation of America-Piano
  Division

Student Teacher Evaluations
Judy Graves, Douglas Humpherys,
  Tia Monsen, Oksana Skidan

1:30-3:00 P.M.
STATE PRESIDENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL
  MEETING

2:15-3:15 P.M.
POSTER SESSIONS

A World of Difference: Multicultural Songs,
  Games and Stories in the Private Studio
Kay Edwards

Audiation and the Teacher of Rhythm
Marilyn Lowe

Motivation: The Journey from "No" to "Yes"
Alison Barr, Jean Fox, Kenneth Lee,
  Carmen Shaw

Revisiting an Old Friend--The Bach Four
  Plays the Well-Tempered Clavier
Genevieve Feiwen Lee, Timothy Lovelace,
  Robert Satterlee, Esther Wang

3:30 P.M.
CONCERT: National Winners of the
  MTNA High School Performance and
  Composition Competitions

3:30-4:30 P.M.
ENCORE: The Aesthetic Brain--The Starting
  Point for a Harmonious Life
Marisa Cleghorn, Fritz Mengert

ENCORE: Feel the Rhythm More Than the
  Beat Through Your Body to Your Feet
  (Why Aren't We Musical?)
Robert M. Abramson

5:00-6:00 P.M.
Division Open Meetings

MTNA GALA
6:15-7:00 P.M. Cocktails
7:00 P.M. Dinner

Tuesday, March 19
NATIONAL FINALS: MTNA Collegiate
  Artist Organ Performance Competition

TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM
  Lab only

7:00-8:00 A.M.
ASSOCIATION BREAKFAST

8:00 A.M.
Competitions Open Meeting

8:00-9:00 A.M.
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASES
Frederick Harris Music Co.
Kindermusik International
Warner Bros. Publications
Yamaha Corporation of America--PAC
  Division

9:00 A.M.
CERTIFICATION TESTING

9:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M.
EXHIBIT HALL

9:15 A.M.
Membership Committee Open Meeting

9:15-10:15 A.M.
POSTER SESSIONS

Applying the Jazz Studies Guide: Level One
  Skills and Concepts
Ann Collins

Group Piano Teaching: Seven Top Concerns
  and Practical Solutions
Ted Cooper, L. Scott Donald,
  Amy Glennon, Margaret Nelson

Poetry for Percussion & Pianos: George
  Crumb's Music for a Summer Evening
  (Makrokosmos III) for Two Amplified
  Pianos and Percussion
Jimmy Finnie, William H. Hughes,
  Sharon S. Jackson, Beverley Simms
Topics and Styles in the Music of the
  Classical Period
Katherine Faricy

MTNA FOUNDATION Open Meeting

10:30-11:30 A.M.
20th Century Innovations in Piano
  Pedagogy: Contributions of Selected
  American Women
Debra Brubaker Burns, Barbara Fast,
  Sam Holland, Anita Jackson,
  Connie Arrau Sturm

Have Fun, Get More Done: Original
  Practice and Teaching Ideas for Musicians
  at All Levels Using Music Technology
Janice Saffir

"Pedacoachy": Teaching Pianists to Coach
  Singers
Stephen Dubberly

Community Outreach and Education
  Open Meeting

10:30 A.M.-12:00 NOON
VIRTUAL MASTER CLASS
Technology Task Force

11:45 A.M.-12:45 P.M.
Bridging the Gap: Tools and Ideas for the
  Pianist Turned Organist
Wesley Roberts

In To Africa: Advocating Piano Music by
  Composers of the African Diaspora
William H. Chapman Nyaho

Tangos in Your Studio: Latin American
  Elementary and Intermediate Piano
  Repertoire You Can Actually Get in the
  U.S.
 Alejandro Cremaschi

Young Beginning Pianists: Playing, Singing
  and Dancing Their Way to Music Literacy
Mary Louise Wilson

1:00-2:00 P.M.
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF THE
  ASSOCIATION

EXHIBITOR SHOWCASES
Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
Jabez Press
Roland Corporation U.S.

2:00-3:30 P.M.
Pianos: Their Construction and How They
  Function
Robert Edwardsen, Benjamin Wiant

MASTER CLASS
Jerrold Pope, voice

2:15-3:15 P.M.
Certification Open Session
Cathy Albergo

Our Greatest Natural Resource--The
  Student: State Programs and Projects to
  Benefit All
Judy Baker, Marcela M. Faflak,
  Joan C. Haggard, Carolyn Malnes,
  Ruth Pitts, Linda Thompson

Pipe Works Project: Reaching Young People
  with the Pipe Organ
Carole Wills

3:30 P.M.
CONCERT: National Winners of the
  MTNA Collegiate Artist Performance
  and Composition Competitions and the
  MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished
  Composer of the Year

3:30-4:30 P.M.
ENCORE: Interactive Repertoire Classes:
  Opportunities for Growth
Marvin Blickenstaff

ENCORE: The Road to Impressionism
Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield

8:00 P.M.
CONCERT: Christopher Taylor, piano

Wednesday, March 20
8:00-9:00 A.M.
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASES
Lorenz/Heritage Music Press
Making Music Fun
Manduca Music
Oxford University Press

9:00 A.M.
CONCERT: National Winner of the MTNA
  Collegiate Artist Organ Performance
  Competition

9:15-10:15 A.M.
ENCORE: Adolescence is Not a Disease:
  Coping Wit the Challenges and Taking
  Pleasure in Teaching the "Average" Teenage
  Piano Student
Yu-Jane Yang

The Alexander Technique for Musicians: A
  Whole Body Approach to Playing Your
  Instrument
Robert Bedford

Oboe Recital
Timothy Lovelace, Katherine Needleman

Small Hands, SOS! Circumventing Injury
  and Succeeding at the Piano
Lora Deahl, Brenda Wristen

10:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
AWARDS BRUNCH

1:00-6:00 P.M.
POST-CONFERENCE TOUR