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Music Teachers National Association 2003 National Conference.


Dear MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association
MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) 
 Member:

Let me be the first to officially invite you to join your colleagues, distinguished clinicians and artists in the music-teaching profession at the 2003 MTNA National Conference in Salt Lake City, March 15-19. MTNA has a proud tradition presenting one of the finest annual conferences for the independent and collegiate music-teaching professional, and this year is no exception.

The 2003 National Conference will include more than eighty sessions and industry showcases, and a 160-booth exhibit hall presenting the latest insights and products for music professionals. Pedagogy Saturday VII, Professional Studio Saturday and the Technology in Music Symposium will enrich your knowledge and emphasize new trends. This year, you will have the opportunity to attend the National Association of Teachers of Singing The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) was founded in 1944 and is now the largest association of teachers of singing in the world. Today NATS boasts more than 6,500 members in the United States, Canada, and over twenty-five other countries around the world, including  Spring Workshop, open to all registered attendees. Appearances by Conductor Keith Lockhart
For the baseball player, see Keith Lockhart (baseball)


Keith Lockhart (born November 7, 1959, Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.) is an orchestral conductor.
, Pianists Misha and Cipa Dichter, Soprano Sari Gruber, Jazz Pianist Aaron Parks Aaron Parks (b. October 7, 1983 in Seattle, WA) is a jazz pianist. He entered the University of Washington at the age of 14 through the early entrance program as a double major in computer science and music. , Juilliard's Five Browns and Tenor Neal Boyd highlight the program.

The Conference Planning Committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación  has been working diligently to ensure the 2003 MTNA National Conference is the most educational, exciting and productive in MTNA's history. The 2003 program will provide attendees with opportunities to increase their knowledge, learn innovative teaching techniques, develop new relationships, greet old friends and return to their studios rejuvenated re·ju·ve·nate  
tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates
1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again.

2.
 and inspired.

As you look over this preliminary program, you will find we have scheduled some of the most widely respected individuals in our profession and beyond to share their insight and expertise on a variety of topics that will address your challenges as a music-teaching professional. We've also set aside time to take in sights and sounds of our host city; be sure to review the tour section of this insert.

Please join us in Salt Lake City this March. I believe you will find that the 2003 MTNA National Conference will be an unforgettable week.

Gary L. Ingle in·gle  
n.
1. An open fire in a fireplace.

2. A fireplace.



[Perhaps Scottish Gaelic aingeal, fire, light.
 Executive Director

Conference Artists

VOICE

SARI GRUBER, soprano Tuesday, March 18 8:00 P.M.

Hailed as "nothing short of sensational" by Opera magazine, Soprano Sari Gruber has rapidly established herself as an exciting and moving interpreter of a variety of musical styles. She has won praise for her warm, "gleaming soprano" (Opera News), her "direct musicality" (New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Times), as well as her "detailed, charming, resourceful and sympathetic" characterizations (Boston Herald The Boston Herald is a tabloid format newspaper, though not a tabloid in the traditional sense, and is the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts (the other being The Boston Globe). ).

Gruber has appeared with numerous major opera companies nationwide including New York City Opera The New York City Opera (NYCO) is based in Philip Johnson's New York State Theater at Lincoln Center.

The company was founded in 1944 with the aim of an opera company that would be financially accessible to a wide audience, innovative in its choice of repertory, and a home
, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) is a summer opera festival held in St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in 1976 by Richard Gaddes, who at the time was working at the Santa Fe Opera, along with a group of opera enthusiasts who wished to see festival-quality opera in the St. , San Francisco Opera San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. It was founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881-1953). The Opening Night Gala of the San Francisco Opera is widely considered to be one of the most memorable events of the year for opera patrons.  Center and Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera is an opera company in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center. , as well as the Aspen Music Festival Aspen Music Festival, annual summer event, held in Aspen, Colo. A former silver-mining boomtown, Aspen fell into decline and was culturally revived by Walter Paepcke, who formed the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. .

She also has appeared across the country in recital under the auspices of the Marilyn Home Foundation, at New York's Alice Tully Alice Tully ( September 14 1902 – December 10 1993 ) was a U.S. singer, music promoter and philanthropist.

Tully began her career as a mezzo-soprano, then became a soprano. She studied in Paris, France, and made her debut in 1927 with the Pasdeloup Orchestra.
 and Weill Recital Halls, with the New York Festival of Song, at New York's 92nd Street Y and Miller Theatre, and on the San Francisco Opera Schwabacher Debut Recital Series.

Gruber is accompanied by Cameron Stowe, a Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in Virginia, bounded by Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with Pittsylvania county for statistical purposes under the Danville, Virginia Metropolitan , native who is a candidate for a D.M.A. degree at the Juilliard School Juilliard School

Internationally renowned school of the performing arts in New York, New York, U.S. It has its roots in the Institute of Musical Art (founded 1905) and a graduate school (1924) founded through an endowment from the financier Augustus D.
.

PIANO

MISHA AND CIPA DICHTER Monday, March 17 8:00 P.M.

Internationally renowned Misha Dicter and his wife Cipa frequently perform duo piano recitals throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Misha and Cipa, who met at the Juilliard School as students of the legendary Rosina Lhevinne, made their first joint appearance at the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the  in 1972.

Since then, the Dichters have performed in recital and with orchestras throughout the world and have brought to the concert stage many previously neglected works of the two-piano and piano-four-hand repertoires.

Misha began piano lessons at age 6, studying keyboard with Aube Tzerko, and studying composition and analysis with Leonard Stein. He subsequently came to New York to work with Lhevinne at the Juilliard School. Cipa made her debut as a professional pianist at age 16 with the Symphony Orchestra of Brazil.

RISING STARS CONCERT

Saturday, March 15 8:00 P.M.

Neal Boyd, tenor

Winner of the 2000 MTNA Collegiate Artist Voice Competition, Neal Boyd is making a name for himself, having debuted at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall

Concert hall in New York, N.Y., U.S. It was endowed by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie at the insistence of the conductor Walter Damrosch (1862–1950).
 in March 2001. Neal has performed in a number of musicals including The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd. In addition, he has performed in several operas, including Rigoletto, Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus (English: The Bat lit. The Flutter-mouse) is a comic operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée.  and L'Elisir d'amore L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) is a melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's Le philtre (1831). . Boyd graduated from Southeast Missouri State University Missouri State University is a state university located in Springfield, Missouri. It is the state's second largest university in student enrollment, second only to the University of Missouri. From 1972 to 2005, Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State University. , where he was a student of Christopher Gocke, and the University of Missouri, where he studied under Ann Harrell. He is pursuing a master's degree master's degree
n.
An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.

Noun 1.
 at the New England Conservatory of Music New England Conservatory of Music, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; est. 1867, chartered and opened 1870. It is closely associated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood.  in Boston.

Juilliard's Five Browns, piano

The five Brown siblings from Utah--Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody and Ryan--all study piano at the Juilliard School in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
. They've been featured on The Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history.
 Show, 60 Minutes, and in People Magazine, The London Sunday Telegraph and Good Housekeeping Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. .

They currently study with Juilliard piano chair Yoheved Kaplinsky Yoheved "Veda" Kaplinsky (born March 23, 1947 Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine [now Israel]) is an award-winning classical pianist, lecturer and professor of music at the Juilliard School. . All the Brown siblings began their formal music education at age 3 in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation).
Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the
, under Russian immigrant and Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная  piano professor Yelena Kurinets.

MTNA FOUNDATION GALA

Marriott Hotel Ballroom Sunday, March 16, 6:15 P.M.

Boston Pops Conductor and Utah Symphony Music Director Keith Lockhart will be the featured speaker for the MTNA FOUNDATION Gala. Lockhart, in his eighth season as Boston Pops conductor, has conducted more than 300 concerts and made thirty-eight television shows. Prior to being named the twentieth conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), founded four years earlier. Careful examination of the rosters of “Pops" or “Festival" orchestras, which are associated with a co-resident symphony orchestra in the , Lockhart was associate conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras and music director of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra Noun 1. chamber orchestra - small orchestra; usually plays classical music
orchestra - a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players
, a title he held from 1992-1999.

In 1998, Lockhart was named music director of the Utah Symphony. Under his direction, the Utah Symphony performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece


Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C.
.

Lockhart recently was appointed to the MTNA FOUNDATION Music Advisory Council.

Performing during the Gala will be Aaron Parks, who was named the first Cole Porter Noun 1. Cole Porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
Cole Albert Porter, Porter
 Fellow of theAmerican Pianists Association (APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated.

APA - Application Portability Architecture
).

Parks, 18, is a college junior in jazz studies at the Manhattan School of Music Founded in 1917, the school is located on Claremont Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, adjacent to the campus of Columbia University, where it has been since 1969. Many of the students live in the school's residence hall, Andersen Hall.  in New York, studying with Kenny Barron Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943 in Philadelphia), is a United States jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, and known for his lyrical, adaptive style. . He has performed for President Clinton at the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts, at the 2000 Grammy nominees' party, and received third place in the 2000 Jas Hennessy Piano Solo The piano is often used to provide harmonic accompaniment to a voice or other instrument. However, solo parts for the piano can be found in some musical styles. These can take the form of a section in which the piano is heard more prominently than other instruments, or in which the piano  Competition held at the Montreux Jazz Festival The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland. It is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva. History
In 1967, the first Montreux Jazz Festival opened its doors.
 in Switzerland. Recently, Parks was selected by Down Beat Magazine as "Outstanding College Instrumental Performer" and was invited to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival The North Sea Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held each second weekend of July in The Netherlands. It used to be in The Hague but since 2006 it's being held in Rotterdam.  this summer with his trio. He currently resides in New York City. Parks is a National Merit Scholar and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

Master Classes

PIANO

Misha Dichter Misha Dichter (born September 27, 1945) is a classical pianist who was born in Shanghai, Mainland China, where his Polish parents had fled early in World War II. When he was two years old, his family emigrated to Los Angeles, California, where he began studying piano at the age of  Monday, March 17 1:00-3:00 P.M.

Now in the fourth decade of an illustrious international career, Misha Dichter traces his musical heritage to the two great pianistic pi·a·nis·tic  
adj.
1. Of or relating to the piano.

2. Well adapted to the piano.



pi
 traditions of the twentieth century: the Russian romantic school as personified by Rosina Lhevinne, his mentor at the Juilliard School, and the German classical style that was passed on to him by Aube Tzerko, a pupil of Artur Schnabel Noun 1. Artur Schnabel - United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951)
Schnabel
. Dichter has performed in solo recitals and has appeared with virtually all of the world's major orchestras.

INTERMEDIATE PIANO

Rebecca Penneys Sunday, March 16 9:15-10:15 A.M.

Rebecca Penneys leads a distinguished career as a recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral soloist and educator. She has been professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music: see Rochester, Univ. of.  since 1980 and chairs the piano department at the Chautauqua Institution The Chautauqua Institution is a non-profit adult education center and summer resort located on 750 acres (3 km²) in Chautauqua, New York, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Jamestown in the extreme western part of New York State. , where she has been a resident artist and teacher for twenty-four consecutive seasons. In 2001, she was appointed visiting artist at St. Petersburg College St. Petersburg College is an accredited college based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school has nine separate campuses spread out throughout Pinellas County; four campuses in St.  in Florida. She gives master classes and seminars at other major teaching institutions worldwide.

STRING

Gerald Fischbach Sunday, March 16 2:00-3:30 P.M.

Gerald Fischbach is professor of violin and string pedagogy at the University of Maryland-College Park, where he is chair of the string division. He has appeared to high critical acclaim as violin soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe, Russia, China, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . One of the world's most respected string pedagogues, Fischbach has written articles and columns for professional journals in this country and abroad.

VOICE

William McIver Tuesday, March 18 2:00-3:30 P.M.

William McIver is professor of voice and director of graduate vocal pedagogy at the Eastman School of Music. He has held numerous positions in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS NATS National Air Traffic Services
NATS National Association of Teachers of Singing
NATS Naval Air Transport Service
NATS National Aerospace Technology Strategy
NATS Nissan Anti-Theft System
NATS Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science
) and currently is national president. As an MTNA member, Bill has served on the American Music Teacher Editorial Committee and as a founding member of the Pedagogy Committee. He has given master classes and served on panels at NATS and MTNA national conferences.

Special Events

PEDAGOGY SATURDAY VII

The Magic of Motivation: Inspiring Practice, Participation and Performance Saturday, March 15, 8:30 A.M.-5:30 P.M.

Additional fee required.

Pedagogy Saturday VII will explore motivation and how to encourage it in all students with a full day of Sessions delivered by experts in the field of motivation.

The day opens with a presentation by keynote speaker Clifford Madsen, a distinguished professor of music education at Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography.  and well-known author. He will share what research has discovered about the magic of motivation.

Four concurrent sessions, offered twice, will be presented by leaders in the fields of psychology, music education and independent instrument study:

* Developing Appropriate Motivational Techniques, with Kim Dolgin

* Student Assessment and Feedback: I Taught It, But Did They Learn It?, with Patricia Flowers

* Musical Expression Motivates: Integrating Technique and Musical Expression from the Start, with Burton Kaplan

* Using a Multi-Modal Approach to Motivate Intuitive and Non-Intuitive Students, with Alice Hammel Participants can choose one of four lunchtime topics:

* Motivating the Adult Student: We Shall Overcome, led by Lillian Livingston

* Motivating the Gifted Student: Realistic Challenges, led by Janet Mann

* Motivating Through Efficient and Effective Practicing, led by Bruce Hammel

* Motivating Through Extrinsic EVIDENCE, EXTRINSIC. External evidence, or that which is not contained in the body of an agreement, contract, and the like.
     2. It is a general rule that extrinsic evidence cannot be admitted to contradict, explain, vary or change the terms of a contract or of a
 and Intrinsic Rewards, led by Janice Cook

Boxed lunches are available, which must be preordered, or participants may bring a lunch.

The afternoon session, titled Motivational Strategies: Hearing Three Sides of the Story, will feature several video clips of student lessons and the students and parents responding to questions about motivation. The teachers of the students also will have an opportunity to respond to the excerpts. Dolgin, Flowers and Bruce Berr will give comments from their individual perspectives of psychologist, music educator and independent music teacher.

The day will commence with a closing address by Madsen.

PROFESSIONAL STUDIO SATURDAY

Saturday, March 15 9:00 A.M.-2:30 P.M.

Additional fee required.

To help teachers establish and cultivate their music studios, this year's sessions will explore various topics including "The Independent Studio: Strategies for Growth and Inspiration." This presentation will include a panel of teachers who have achieved national prominence for the quality of their independent studios. They will identify the three most important steps in raising the level of teaching in their studios, followed by a question-and-answer period.

Another panel session, "Practice Techniques to Inspire Development of Your Independent Studio--Achieving Great Expectations," will offer attendees successful techniques and ideas for improving the effectiveness of a music studio.

Focusing on the legal and business issues of managing a studio, the session "Issues Facing the Professional Independent Studio: Tuition, Studio Policies, Zoning, Legal and Accounting" will feature a lawyer, accountant and several independent music teachers who will present an overview of these important issues and answer questions.

TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM

Friday, March 14-Tuesday, March 18

Additional fee required.

The sixteenth MTNA Technology in Music Symposium has "something for everyone," from computer experts to novices, encompassing learning tools for students of all ages--preschool through the university.

The Symposium begins Friday evening at 7:00 P.M. with a keynote address keynote address
n.
An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech.

Noun 1.
. Sessions will continue all day Saturday. The hands-on computer/MIDI lab will be open Sunday through Tuesday.

OPENING SESSION Abravanel Hall Abravanel Hall is a concert hall in Salt Lake City, Utah that is home to the Utah Symphony and Opera, and is part of the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts. The hall is an architectural landmark in the city, and is adjacent to Temple Square and the Salt Palace on South Temple  Saturday, March 15, 7:00 P.M.

Make plans to attend a special opening presentation as we usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"
inaugurate, introduce

commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S.
 another exciting conference. This is a good opportunity to kick off the week's events with fellow music professionals as we listen to an inspirational message that will set the tone for the week.

AWARDS BRUNCH

Wednesday, March 19, 10:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.

Join MTNA as it honors members who have devoted extensive time and energy to better the association and further the prestige of the music teaching profession.

During this event, Robert Pace will be honored with the MTNA Achievement Award.

Reservations must be made in advance; use the registration form on page 9. Cost: $30.

EXHIBIT HALL

The Exhibit Hall features one of the most comprehensive gatherings of companies serving the music teaching profession. From instruments and sheet music to the latest innovations in music technology, you will find products to benefit your teaching. The Exhibit Hall will be open Sunday, March 16, through Tuesday, March 18, from 9:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M. On Monday, March 17, the hall will reopen for special extended hours from 9:30-11:30 P.M.

SALT LAKE CITY SNOWBIRD snowbird: see junco.  SKI PACKAGE

Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort is offering special rates for conference attendees. The following special rates are available to conference attendees from March 20 to March 23: lift ticket only $40 (regular $56); lift ticket and rental equipment $45; and a two-and-a-half-hour beginner lesson/refresher lesson with beginner lift ticket and rental equipment $45. (Rental equipment consists of skis, poles and boots.) Show your conference badge to receive the discount.

Lift tickets do not need to be purchased in advance. However, if you plan to take lessons, please preregister pre·reg·is·ter  
v. pre·reg·is·tered, pre·reg·is·ter·ing, pre·reg·is·ters

v.intr.
To take part in preregistration.

v.tr.
To enroll (a student) during a period of preregistration.
 at least twenty-four hours in advance by calling (801) 933-2170.

More details about Snowbird are available on its website at www.snowbird.com or by calling (800) 882-4766.

Tour Registration

Welcome to Salt Lake City! We are excited about your visit to our Olympic city. MeetingsAmerica is a Salt Lake City-based company that will be working with your group to offer tours of our area. If you have any questions, give us a call.

SUPPER & SONG

Come join us for a delightful dinner at the historic Lion House The Lion House was built in 1856 by Brigham Young in Salt Lake City, Utah to accommodate his family of approximately 27 women and 56 children.

Truman O. Angell, Brigham Young's brother-in-law, who designed the Salt Lake City Temple was also involved in the design of this
, beautifully restored home of Brigham Young. Following dinner a member of the Tabernacle Tabernacle (tăb`ərnăk'əl), in the Bible, the portable holy place of the Hebrews during their desert wanderings. It was a tent, like the portable tent-shrines used by ancient Semites, set up in each camp; eventually it housed the Ark  Choir will speak and share anecdotes and insights into what it's like to be a choir member. Afterward, guests will walk through the Plaza Gardens to Temple Square to enjoy the weekly rehearsal of this remarkable choir. (Minimum 20 people)

HISTORIC CITY TOUR-PETER PRIER pri·er also pry·er  
n.
One who pries, especially a person who is unduly interested in the affairs of others.
 & SONS VIOLIN MAKING SCHOOL

Visit the Capitol building, drive past elegant mansions built with monies from the Park City mining boom and stop at This-is-the-place Monument at the mouth of Emigration Canyon, where you can see a panoramic view of the city and Great Salt Lake. A unique part of this tour will be a visit to Peter Prier & Sons violin making school. See artisans at work making these beautiful stringed instruments. After touring, guests will stop at Trolley Square, a unique shopping center built in trolley barns from the early 1900s. Shop and enjoy lunch on your own at One of the fine restaurants there. (Minimum 20 people)

PARK CITY--SHOPPING--DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Drive through the beautiful Wasatch Mountains to Park City, which had its beginning in the silver mining boom of the late nineteenth century. Learn about its colorful history, as it changed from a silver mining town to a world class ski resort. Spend time browsing the unique shops and galleries, or have dinner on your own at one of the great restaurants on historic Main Street. (Minimum 20 people)
Presenters and Sessions

All information is subject to change. A complete conference
schedule is available online at www.mtna.org.

Dennis Alexander           The Anatomy of an Ideal Teaching Piece
Christopher Azzara         Improvisation: Where to Begin
Klara Fenyo Bahcall        Enter Mozart's World: The Letters and
                              Violin/Piano Sonatas of  Wolfgang
                              Amadeus Mozart
Michael Bakan              Balinese Gamelan Rhythm and the
                           Everchanging Same Early Childhood Panel
Dian Bake                  Franz Schubert's Fantasies for piano Duet
Jean Barr                  Underappreciated Gems of the Violin-Piano
                              Repertoire
Paul Barte                 Performing Bach
Carol Beall                Issues of Dance and Duality in Maurice
                              Ravel's Two-Piano Transcription al
                              La Valse
Gail Berenson              What Have You Wanted to Know About Medicine
                              But Have Not Had the Chance to Ask?
Bruce Berr                 Performane Class for Elementary Piano
                              Students
Florence Blager            Singing and Speaking--One System
                           What Have You Wanted to Know About Medicine
                              But Have Not Had the Chance to Ask?
Don Burdick                Enter Mozart's World: The Letters and
                              Violin/Piano Sonatas of Wolfgang
                              Amadeus Mozart
Susan Cable                Claude Debussy's Ariettes Oubliees for
                              Soprano and Piano: A Lecture-Recital
Andrew Campbell            Music in Crisis
Tony Caramia               Cakewalkin' on the Keys
                           A Look at Beginning Jazz piano Methods
Linda Cockey               Wellness Resources for the Musician
Barbara Conable            Understanding Your Body Map for Better
                              Performance
Monica Dale                Dalcroze Eurhythmics
David Darling              Practicing Expressive Freedom Through
                           Improvisation Using Improvisation to Keep
                           Students Excited About Classical Music
                           Early Childhood Panel
Pamela Dees                Songs that Made the Hit Parade: Popular
                              Piano and Vocal Music by Women Composers
Debra DeMiero              Local Associations General Session: The
                              Magic of Music
Scott Donald               Gold Medal Practice: What Musicians Can
                              Learn from Research into Sports Training
Richard Elliott            The Great Organ at the Mormon Tabernacle
Shirlee Emmons             What Have You Wanted to Know About Medicine
                              But Have Not Had the Chance to Ask?
                           Learning to Be a Successful Performer
Gerald Fischbach           Underappreciated Gems of the Violin-Piano
                              Repertoire
Jean Fox                   Creative Ways with Groups--Ideas for Using
                              Groups to Supplement Private Lessons
Ray Gottlieb               Teaching Visual Skills to Music Students
David Gross                Jewish Composers of the 1930s and 1940s:
                              A Commemorative Lecture-Recital
Ken Guilmartin             Early Childhood Panel
Suzanne Guy                Creative Ways with Groups--Ideas for Using
                              Groups to Supplement Private Lessons
Beverly Hassell            Enter Mozart's World: The Letters and
                              Violin/Piano Sonatas of Wolfgang
                              Amadeus Mozart
Christopher Hepp           The New Studio
Maurice Hinson             The Legacy of Olga Samaroff
Allison Hudak              Transferring the Steps of Interactive
                              Teaching to Technology
Gara Ingle                 A Piano Teacher and Print Music Dealer
                              Focus Group
Kathryn Kalmanson          Wellness Resources for the Musician
Christine Kefferstan       Issues of Dance and Duality in Maurice
                              Ravel's Two-Piano Transcription
                              of La Valse
Gil Kelly                  Whole Body Music
Fred Kern                  Symphonic Masterworks Through a Zoom Lens
Richard Lederman           What Have You Wanted to Know About Medicine
                              But Have Not Had the Chance to Ask?
                           Playing and Staying Healthy: Can Performing
                              Arts Medicine Help?
Carolyn Malnes             Local Associations Issues and Concerns
Sheila Mark                What Have You Wanted to Know About Medicine
                              But Have Not Had the Chance to Ask?
                           Physical Therapy for the Performing Artist
Victoria McArthur          The Anatomy of an Ideal Teaching Piece
Katie McLin                Music in Crisis
Louis Nagel                Rests in Pieces
Mee-Ae Nam                 Claude Debussys's Ariettes Oubliees for
                              Soprano and Piano: A Lecture-Recital
Beth Owen                  Creative Ways with Groups--Ideas for Using
                              Groups to Supplement Private Lessons
Paola Buzatto Perin        Transferring the Steps of Interactive
                              Teaching to Technology
Pamela Pike                The Older Music Student: A Neglected
                              Species (Strategies for Engaging
                              the 3rd-Aged Student
Sandra Ramawy              Transferring the Steps on Interactive
                              Teaching to Technology
Kevin Richmond             Transferring the Steps of Interactive
                              Teaching to Technology
Mary Robbins               Follow the Dots--and Slurs--for Appropriate
                              Expression in Mozart's Music
Nancy Roldan               Piano Portraits of Latin America
Eckart Sellheim            Franz Schubert's Fantasies for Piano Duet
Carmen Shaw                Creative Ways with Groups--Ideas for Using
                              Groups to Supplement Private Lessons
Beverley Simms             Contemporary Pedagogical Masterpieces:
                              Intermediate-Level Piano Music by
                              Robert Muczynski
Barry Snyder               Ernst von Dohnanyi: The Franz Liszt of the
                              Twentieth Century
William Starr              Teaching Reading and Musicality to Young
                              Children
                           Teaching Reading and Musicality to Advanced
                              Students
                           Creative Ways with Groups--Ideas for Using
                              Groups to Supplement Private Lessons
Cynthia Taggart            What is "Readiness" for Instrumental
                              Instruction?
N. Jane Tan                Team Fun, Team Work & Team Play (A Piano
                              Teams Concert)
Maria del Pico Taylor      Hispanic Influences in Debussy's Piano
                              Music
Robert Vandall             The Anatomy of an Ideal Teaching Piece
David Watkins              Liszt's Transcendental Etudes 10 11, 12:
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Kathleen Winston           Transferring the Steps of Interactive
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