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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Burnout Prevention Kit for Music Teachers
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Eugene\nPresenter: Dr. Lisa Neher \nProgram Description: Teaching one-on-one and managing your own studio can be rewarding\, but it can also lead to exhaustion\, over-scheduled lives\, and eventually the dreaded burnout. Meanwhile\, “selfcare” and “wellness” have become products to buy and impossible images that we can never live up to rather than ways to actually reclaim agency in our lives. We’ll discuss causes of burnout for music teachers and explore practical solutions\, including time management during lessons\, establishing and maintaining boundaries\, holding time for recreation and a social life\, and the balance of supporting your students’ musical goals with nurturing your own artistic growth. \nPresenter Bio: New music powerhouse Dr. Lisa Neher (she/her) is an award-winning composer\, mezzo-soprano\, and actress on a mission to transform audiences through sound\, story\, and vulnerability. Described as a “visionary composer” (Willamette Week)\, “maestro of beautifully wacky noises” (Oregon ArtsWatch)\, and a composer of “varied and imitable” vocal lines (Contemporary Classical)\, Neher writes music inspired by the climate crisis\, the tender love of friends\, the ambiguities of death\, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life. Her EP Of Wind and Waves explores the currents of air\, water\, and emotions that define our natural and psychological world. Neher’s works have been commissioned and performed by Third Angle New Music\, Fear No Music\, Opera Elect\, Opera Theatre Oregon\, Dinosaur Annex\, the Cortona Sessions for New Music\, Delgani String Quartet\, Choral Arts Ensemble\, and others across the United States and Europe. She is the winner of the ICDA/ICF Choral Competition\, the Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition\, and the Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition\, and was a NATS Composer Mentee\, working with Tom Cipullo. \nPraised as “a small woman with a very big voice” and “especially alive” (Oregon ArtsWatch)\, Neher captivates audiences as a performer with her electrifying dramatic commitment and unforgettable vocal colors. Her performance credits include Really Spicy Opera\, Third Angle New Music\, the Resonance Ensemble\, New Music Gathering\, Queer Opera\, the International Saxophone Symposium\, and Opera Theatre Oregon. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus. She created the roles of Jennifer in Chamber Sounds of Singapore’s world premiere of One Thousand Paper Cranes for Japan by Rita Ueda\, Julian of Norwich in Brook Joyce’s monodrama the Showing of Love\, and the protagonist in Space Station 189\, a sci-fi opera for Instagram by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp. Neher is the curator of the One Voice Project\, which champions unaccompanied solo vocal performance. \nNeher is a sought-after clinician on topics including composing for singers\, networking\, music business and entrepreneurship\, acting for singers and theatre tools for musicians. Her teaching credits include the Ultimate Music Business Summit\, and theToolbox Sessions\, as well as guest clinician appearances at Reed College\, University of Iowa\, Colorado State University\, OMTA\, Bandung Philharmonic in Indonesia\, and more. Her thriving private studio provides graduate-level education and mentorship in singing\, composition\, and career building for musicians from Australia to Europe. Neher holds degrees from the University of Iowa (DMA)\, University of Kansas (MM)\, and Lewis & Clark College (BA). She is an alumnus of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music and the Cortona Sessions for New Music. She spends her free time training for triathlons\, watching science fiction movies\, and baking delicious treats involving copious amounts of chocolate. Her last name is pronounced “NEER.” For more information\, visit her website\, www.lisanehermusic.com.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-burnout-prevention-kit-for-music-teachers-2/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church – Eugene\, 1050 E 23rd Ave\, Eugene\, OR\, 97405
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Brian Hsu":MAILTO:brianhsu@uoregon.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T120000
DTSTAMP:20260604T024901
CREATED:20260319T165850Z
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Burnout Prevention Kit for Music Teachers
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Salem\nPresenter: Dr. Lisa Neher \nProgram Description: Teaching one-on-one and managing your own studio can be rewarding\, but it can also lead to exhaustion\, over-scheduled lives\, and eventually the dreaded burnout. Meanwhile\, “selfcare” and “wellness” have become products to buy and impossible images that we can never live up to rather than ways to actually reclaim agency in our lives. We’ll discuss causes of burnout for music teachers and explore practical solutions\, including time management during lessons\, establishing and maintaining boundaries\, holding time for recreation and a social life\, and the balance of supporting your students’ musical goals with nurturing your own artistic growth. \nPresenter Bio: New music powerhouse Dr. Lisa Neher (she/her) is an award-winning composer\, mezzo-soprano\, and actress on a mission to transform audiences through sound\, story\, and vulnerability. Described as a “visionary composer” (Willamette Week)\, “maestro of beautifully wacky noises” (Oregon ArtsWatch)\, and a composer of “varied and imitable” vocal lines (Contemporary Classical)\, Neher writes music inspired by the climate crisis\, the tender love of friends\, the ambiguities of death\, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life. Her EP Of Wind and Waves explores the currents of air\, water\, and emotions that define our natural and psychological world. Neher’s works have been commissioned and performed by Third Angle New Music\, Fear No Music\, Opera Elect\, Opera Theatre Oregon\, Dinosaur Annex\, the Cortona Sessions for New Music\, Delgani String Quartet\, Choral Arts Ensemble\, and others across the United States and Europe. She is the winner of the ICDA/ICF Choral Competition\, the Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition\, and the Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition\, and was a NATS Composer Mentee\, working with Tom Cipullo. \nPraised as “a small woman with a very big voice” and “especially alive” (Oregon ArtsWatch)\, Neher captivates audiences as a performer with her electrifying dramatic commitment and unforgettable vocal colors. Her performance credits include Really Spicy Opera\, Third Angle New Music\, the Resonance Ensemble\, New Music Gathering\, Queer Opera\, the International Saxophone Symposium\, and Opera Theatre Oregon. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus. She created the roles of Jennifer in Chamber Sounds of Singapore’s world premiere of One Thousand Paper Cranes for Japan by Rita Ueda\, Julian of Norwich in Brook Joyce’s monodrama the Showing of Love\, and the protagonist in Space Station 189\, a sci-fi opera for Instagram by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp. Neher is the curator of the One Voice Project\, which champions unaccompanied solo vocal performance. \nNeher is a sought-after clinician on topics including composing for singers\, networking\, music business and entrepreneurship\, acting for singers and theatre tools for musicians. Her teaching credits include the Ultimate Music Business Summit\, and theToolbox Sessions\, as well as guest clinician appearances at Reed College\, University of Iowa\, Colorado State University\, OMTA\, Bandung Philharmonic in Indonesia\, and more. Her thriving private studio provides graduate-level education and mentorship in singing\, composition\, and career building for musicians from Australia to Europe. Neher holds degrees from the University of Iowa (DMA)\, University of Kansas (MM)\, and Lewis & Clark College (BA). She is an alumnus of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music and the Cortona Sessions for New Music. She spends her free time training for triathlons\, watching science fiction movies\, and baking delicious treats involving copious amounts of chocolate. Her last name is pronounced “NEER.” For more information\, visit her website\, www.lisanehermusic.com.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-burnout-prevention-kit-for-music-teachers-3/
LOCATION:Broadway Coffeehouse\, 1300 Broadway St NE #100\, Salem\, Oregon\, 97301
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Deborah Butler":MAILTO:butlers9@frontier.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Mighty Wrist
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Central Oregon\nPresenter: Dr. Stephen Lewis\, NCTM \nProgram Description: This talk is an in-depth look at the wrist motions involved in piano playing (lateral\, up-down\, elliptical\, rotational\, drawer\, and stationary) and how they help various techniques and textures we often teach or play. Dr. Lewis will explore how and why these motions are so crucial to piano playing\, and provide knowledge and flexibility to the teachers present in how to make your own determinations regarding teaching using the wrists. \nPresenter Bio: Dr. Stephen Lewis\, NCTM\, is a pianist\, composer\, conductor\, and music teacher living in Portland\, Oregon. Stephen performs traditional piano music with a composer’s urgent\, expressive power\, while bringing to avant-garde and experimental music a classical concert pianist’s devotion to beautiful sound. \nStephen has performed with the Oregon Symphony\, 45th Parallel Universe\, Third Angle\, Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project\, the Portland Chamber Orchestra\, and Cascadia Composers. He has performed in venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall\, Miller Theater\, Severance Hall\, and the San Diego Museum of Art. As a composer\, Stephen has been commissioned by Red Fish Blue Fish\, Diagenesis Duo\, the Wellesley Composers Conference\, and soundSCAPE. \nStephen teaches private piano and composition lessons from his home studio in southeast Portland. He also coaches professional musicians\, music teachers\, and composers in learning advanced repertoire and skills and in completing major creative projects. \nStephen earned a D.M.A. in Contemporary Piano Performance in 2017\, and a Ph.D. in Composition in 2015 from the University of California San Diego. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Composition and Piano Performance) in 2006. \nRead more at his websites: chopinois.com (teaching) and stephenlewiscomposer.com (artistic).
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-the-mighty-wrist/
LOCATION:Studio of Renee Dugan\, 526 NE Rimrock Ct\, Redmond\, OR\, 97756\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Barker":MAILTO:missy@greengrassmusic.net
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Mexican Harmonies: Exploring Piano Repertoire from Mexico
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Linn-Benton\nPresenter: Melissa Terrall\, M. M. \nProgram Description: From Tomás León and Guadalupe Olmeda to José Rolón\, Melissa presents profiles and representative works of notable Mexican composers. Drawing on her experience as a Fulbright scholar in Mexico City\, she will showcase the diversity of Mexican piano repertoire – from salon pieces to folkloric music – while also discussing common misconceptions about Mexican classical music. Attendees are sure to leave more knowledgeable about Mexican composers as well as inspired to interact with their music in a culturally-robust way as teachers and performers. \nPresenter Bio: Melissa Terrall is a classical pianist and piano teacher from Portland\, Oregon. As a 2023-24 Fulbright scholar\, she studied Mexican piano repertoire with Dr. David Rodríguez de la Peña at Mexico City’s National Conservatory. While abroad\, Melissa offered lecture recitals and master classes\, expanding her skills in her second language. Melissa holds a master’s in piano performance from the University of Kansas\, where she studied with Dr. Scott McBride Smith. A passionate educator\, Melissa has held interim professorships at Clark College and Linfield University in addition to overseeing her private piano studio.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-mexican-harmonies-exploring-piano-repertoire-from-mexico-2/
LOCATION:1825 Lance Way\, 1825 NW Lance Way\, Corvallis\, OR\, 97330\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Lucy Watts":MAILTO:watts.lucy43@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T133000
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Masterclasses
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Mid-Columbia\nPresenter: Dr. Alex Tutunov\, NCTM \nProgram Description: Dr. Tutunov will work with piano students in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing. \nIn two sessions: 1:30 to 3 PM\, and 3:15 to 4:45 PM. \nPresenter Bio: Alexander Tutunov is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding virtuosos of the former Soviet Union. First Prize winner of the Belarusian National Piano Competition and winner of the Russian National Piano Competition\, Tutunov’s playing was described by Soviet Culture\, Moscow\, as “exhilarating and inspired\, and which demonstrated a unique talent.” \nDr. Tutunov maintains a busy performing schedule in Europe\, China\, Mexico\, and the United States as a recitalist\, soloist with orchestra\, and on radio and television. Dr. Tutunov is also in demand as an adjudicator for piano competitions. \nTutunov graduated magna cum laude from the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory (studies with Anna Artobolevskaya and Lev Naumov) and University of North Texas (piano studies with Joseph Banowetz). Awarded his doctoral diploma with honors in concert performance from the Belarusian State Conservatory\, Dr. Tutunov has taught at the Minsk College of Music\, the University of North Texas\, and Illinois Wesleyan University. \nAlexander Tutunov now lives in Ashland\, where he is Professor of Piano and Artist in Residence at Southern Oregon University. A successful piano pedagogue\, he continues to prepare award-winning students. Dr. Tutunov has been the Artist in Residence at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Artistic director of the SOU International Piano Institute\, and the Director of the Chinese-American International Piano Institute in Chengdu\, China.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-masterclasses-2/
LOCATION:Shepherd of the Valley Church\, 1631 8th St\, Hood River\, OR\, 97031
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Gooch":MAILTO:mid-columbia@oregonmta.org
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