 TMTA
92nd
Annual Convention June 9-11, 2006
PRESENTERS
SAIDA
KAFAROVA & ELIN PERSSON
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Sunday, June 11 3:30
p.m.
Ensemble Music for Young
Pianists: A New Repertoire to use in an Old Art
Saida Kafarova has premiered several works by contemporary composers for
solo piano and piano and orchestra. She tours and performs in many countries
across Europe.
Elin Persson
currently holds the position of Head of the Piano and Choir Department at the
Regional Opera House in Norway. She is a member of the Executive Board of the
Norway chapter of the European Piano Teachers Association.
This session
provides participants with the opportunity to investigate new ideas, listen to
the new interesting repertoire and get acquainted with it. Literature for
one-piano four-hands, one-piano six-hands, one-piano eight-hands, two-pianos
eight-hands, and two-pianos twelve-hands will be played. These pieces have been
published only in Europe and are not widely known here in the States.
SHEILA PAGE
Friday, June 9
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Introduction to Piano
Wellness and How Motion Affects Sound
As Executive
Director of the Piano Wellness Seminar,
Sheila Paige
has almost 30 years experience in the work of Dorothy Taubman and extensive
background in the Alexander Technique.
This lecture
and demonstration include anatomy and musical examples from well known studies,
literature and other sources showing how motion affects sound. A technique
clinic with a live demonstration will follow will showing students and teachers
ways to solve technical issues.
WILLIE
MYETTE
Friday, June 9
10:30 a.m.
Teaching Improvisation
Willie Myette has toured both the U.S. and Europe as a clinician and
performer. He is a graduate of the renowned Berklee College of Music. He has
studied in New York with Fred Hersch and in Boston with Ray Santisi. Willie has
produced two recordings as a bandleader and his music has been featured on over
ninety radio stations nationwide.
Designed for
the classical pianist with little or no jazz experience, Mr. Myette will give
you hints on easy ways to get your students to improvise in various styles.
DR.
KASANDRA KEELING
Friday, June 9
12:00 p.m.
Before Beethoven and
Brahms: Chamber Music Literature for the Late Beginner through the Intermediate
Student
Dr Kassandra Keeling is currently on the piano faculty of the University
of Texas at San Antonio. She
teaches applied piano, piano literature and serves as director of the UTSA
Summer Music Institute for Piano and Strings.
This session
will provide a survey of effective chamber music repertoire written for piano
and strings that is suitable for students from the “late beginner” stage on up.
Performances by students and some newly composed literature will be featured.
DR.
KEVIN RICHMOND
Friday, June 9
1:30 p.m.
Contemporary Notation
and Techniques in Student Piano Repertoire
Dr. Kevin Richmond coordinates group piano and group piano pedagogy at
the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has
previously served on music faculties in Germany and France.
In the early
twentieth century, Henry Cowell devised a new notational language to represent
unconventional sounds and techniques at the piano. Since then, composers have
expanded on his notation and unusual sonorities, creating an entirely new
language for piano performance. Today, there exists a wide variety of signs and
symbols found in contemporary student piano repertoire. This session will
explore issues of interpretation, execution and performance practice in this
repertoire.
DR.
HEATHER SCHMIDT
Friday, June 9
3:00 p.m.
Maximizing Student
Potential
Dr. Heather Schmidt, pianist and composer, is recognized as one of the most
talented, exciting and versatile musicians of her generation. She has received
international acclaim through performances, broadcasts, commissions and awards.
She studied at Juilliard and at Indiana
University, where at the age of 21, she was the youngest student to ever receive a
Doctor of Music degree. She is founder
and Executive Director of the nonprofit Optimal Performance Institute.
This session
offers insightful ideas to help all students progress and perform to the best of
their ability. Topics discussed include performance anxiety prevention and
intervention, memorization strategies, practice strategies, creative learning,
motivation factors, and positive reinforcement.
DR.
LEE EVANS
Saturday, June 10 9:00
- 11:00 a.m.
Part I - Teaching Jazz
and Musical Creativity to the Classical Piano Student
Saturday, June 10 1:00
- 3:00 p.m.
Part II Teaching Jazz
and Musical Creativity to the Classical Piano Student
Dr. Lee Evans, Professor of Music and former chair of Theater and Fine
Arts at New York City’s Pace University, is the
author/composer of an extensive series of books that teach jazz to classical
pianists.
Dr. Evans will
explain the inner workings of jazz in illuminating detail and demonstrate his
recommended, easy-to-learn procedures for teaching jazz elements and jazz
improvisation within the framework of the classical piano lesson.
W. T. SKYE GARCIA
Saturday, June 10 11:30
a.m.
Student Composition:
Why, Who, When and “Wow”!
W. T. Skye
Garcia, adjunct music instructor at East Central
University, Ada, Oklahoma, conducts a
private piano/composition studio and has published works for piano with Alfred
and FJH Publishing.
This
presentation will provide participants with a guideline on how to encourage and
instruct students in the art of composition.
DENA KAY JONES
Saturday, June 10 2:00
p.m.
Joaquín Rodrigo and His
Piano: A Unique Intimacy
Dena
Kay Jones has performed
throughout the U.S., Spain and Mexico. In addition to performing a standard
repertoire, Ms. Jones specializes in Spanish piano repertoire. She received
degrees from the University of Illinois and completed the D.M.A. at the
University of Arizona. She is the Piano Area Coordinator at UTEP.
This
lecture-recital examines the social influences and compositional style of the
Spanish composer, Joaquín Rodrigo, by examining select works for his primary
instrument, the piano. Blind from the age of three, Rodrigo had a unique
approach to the instrument, as well as an interesting “view” for incorporating
Spanish nationalism into his pieces.
KAREN MUNSON
Saturday, June 10 3:00
p.m.
Harmonic or Demonic?
Karen Munson is currently a member of the faculty at San Marcos
Academy where she teaches piano and band and accompanies vocalists and
instrumentalists. She holds a B.M. Degree from
Southwestern
University and M.M. and D.M.A. Degrees from the
University of
Texas at Austin.
This session
will challenge teachers to implement traditional and non-traditional techniques
of harmonization and their applications in teaching accompaniment patterns.
DELANNA
COOK
Saturday, June 10 3:30
p.m.
Teachers Having Fun,
Too!
Delanna Cook has maintained a group piano studio in the Richardson/North
Dallas area for the past twenty years. She also teaches early childhood music
classes and was instrumental in founding an after school piano program. She
holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of
Texas at Austin.
This session
will provide advice and useful information on how to form an adult ensemble
group to perform in local communities. A live performance by the Dallas
Keyboard ensemble, “Four For Harmony” will enhance the session.
SHERRY
LUCHETTE
Sunday, June 11 9:30
a.m.
Creative Jazz
Improvisation Activities for the Younger Student
Sherry
Luchette is currently an elementary teacher in Sherman Oaks, California
where she is also an in-demand free lance jazz bassist. She has combined her
love and expertise as a jazz improviser with her love of teaching music to young
students. This has resulted in her presentation of new activities and ideas for
young students.
By using simple
classroom instruments, students can experience the swing feel of jazz, the blues
form, and syncopations. Successful beginning improvisational opportunities
explored during this session will make learning fun.
JURA
MARGULIS
Sunday, June 11 11:00
a.m.
A Unified Piano School
Jura Margulis has appeared as a soloist with the Russian National
Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl and with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under
Charles Dutoit and during concert season, gives recitals in the US and Europe.
He has won prizes in a dozen international competitions including Busoni in
Italy and Guardian in Ireland, and is a recipient of the esteemed “Pro Europa”
prize awarded by the European Foundation for Culture. He has recorded six
enthusiastically reviewed CDs. In addition to his performing activities,
Margulis is head of keyboard studies and Associate Professor of Piano at the
University of Arkansas.
This session
will explore a synthesis of piano pedagogy and performance traditions, which
bridges the Russian School's concentration on sound, imagination, and physical technique, and the
German
School's attention to structure, rhythmic coherence, and style.
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