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In this article, we will make several stops in our division tour within the Carolinas. In North Carolina, the Durham MTA held a performance festival and recital during the spring. Students in the Chapel Hill MTA participated in a spring student compose-a-thon and recital. The Charlotte MTA encourages students to strive for student certification, promoting involvement in the community. They also hosted a Beethoven Composition Event and Recital. CMTA CMTA

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 joined forces with the Charlotte Civic Orchestra to feature student competition winners in an annual concerto concert for piano, strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion. The fall 2005 North Carolina MTA conference will be held at Davidson College, featuring pianist Robert McDonald and commissioned composer, Jennifer Stasack.

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, in a ragtime lecture/recital entitled "Rags to Riches." Also, Scott Price presented a program about "Teaching Improvisation to Elementary and Intermediate Students." The Columbia MTA spotlighted Ann Wilson and Stephen Taylor in a session on "Creativity and Artistry for the Elementary Level Student." The Greenwood MTA hosted a master class, given by Olga Kern, gold medal winner of the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas. This was created by Fort Worth area teachers in honor of Van Cliburn, who had won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition four years prior with Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. . A new local chapter, Long Beach MTA, is being formed, headed by Kathy Nungesser.

Diane Higgins, NCTM

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Title Annotation:Division News
Author:Higgins, Diane
Publication:American Music Teacher
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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