BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OMTA - Oregon Music Teachers Association - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:OMTA - Oregon Music Teachers Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oregonmta.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for OMTA - Oregon Music Teachers Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251006T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251006T123000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250821T182306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T183027Z UID:12513-1759748400-1759753800@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Adapting to a Changing Online Landscape DESCRIPTION:Location: Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81640489726 Meeting ID: 816 4048 9726\nPresenting District: Virtual\nPresenter: Dr. Lisa Neher \nProgram Description: If you’ve become accustomed to using social media and online tools to build your music studio\, your online world might be getting a bit rocky at the moment. With people moving away from Facebook\, the implosion of Twitter\, the explosion of TikTok\, and the popularity of short form video filtering into all platforms\, it’s time for music teachers to rethink and rework their use of the worldwide web. We’ll discuss the state of the internet and social media\, options for using your online presence to connect with students who are a good fit\, and have time for your questions. \nPresenter Bio: New music powerhouse Dr. Lisa Neher 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\, OMTA 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-adapting-to-a-changing-online-landscape/ LOCATION:Virtual/Online CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Madeline Gendron":MAILTO:madeleinegendron@yahoo.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250912T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250912T121500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250821T174852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T174852Z UID:12511-1757673900-1757679300@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Teaching the Special Learner DESCRIPTION:Location: Check with district president\nPresenting District: Central Oregon\nPresenter: Emily Ross \nProgram Description: We know that studying music is good for everyone. Some children come to us\, however\, without the attention span or executive functioning skills to excel in private music lessons without some special considerations. Music therapist\, Emily Ross\, MA\, MT-BC\, will review the characteristics of autism\, ADHD\, intellectual disabilities\, and emotional disturbance\, and outline both specific strategies and general ideas for approaching students who present with these characteristics. \nPresenter Bio: Emily Ross holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Colorado and a Master’s in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in music therapy from Naropa University. Her teaching experience includes public school band and general music (7 yrs)\, English as a Foreign Language (2 yrs) and university courses in music therapy and psychology (15 yrs). Additionally\, Emily has taught private lessons in guitar\, and French horn\, and trained and supervised practicum students in the field.  She is the owner of HoofnHorn Music Therapy Studio\, hnhmusictherapy.com\, where she specializes in connecting with those with learning differences including autism\, ADHD\, and developmental delay. She also offers trainings throughout Oregon and SW Washington. Information about trainings and workshops for music therapists\, teachers and parents can be found at EmilyRossTrainer.com. Emily played French horn in the Portland Wind Symphony for 18 years and is now enjoying learning Celtic harp and singing in the Portland Community Choir. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-teaching-the-special-learner/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Barker":MAILTO:missy@greengrassmusic.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250613T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250613T121500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250510T183109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250510T183109Z UID:11646-1749811500-1749816900@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Composition: Stealing from the Masters DESCRIPTION:Location: Check with district president\nPresenting District: Central Oregon\nPresenter: Dianne Davies\, NCTM \nProgram Description: This workshop encourages teachers to present repertoire to students as a guide to their own creativity. Dianne’s Rainforest Animals was inspired by two Debussy preludes. \nPresenter Bio: Dianne Davies is a solo and collaborative pianist\, composer\, published arranger and instructor. Her music envelopes the emotions of love\, loss\, depression and joy to sonic representations of endangered species in the Amazon Rainforest. Her shows range from the dramatic and deeply personal that include drama\, live visual art and dance\, to the far reaches of slapstick comedy that are accessible to a wide range of audiences. Alongside a full piano teaching studio\, she chairs the OMTA State Composition Festival and the MTNA State Composition Competition for the next generation of composers. In 2021\, her Romantic Christmas Suite\, an amalgam of Chopin nocturnes and traditional Christmas carols\, was published by Fred Bock Publishing Company under the umbrella of Hal Leonard. In 2023\, her latest arrangement\, Impressionist Christmas Suite\, received Editor’s Choice from J.W. Pepper and Dianne earned National Certification through MTNA. She holds memberships in: OMTA\, MTNA\, NACUSA\, and CFAMC. Dianne is a self published composer with ASCAP under her own company name\, 7Fold Musiq. You can learn more about her and her music at musiqpower.com. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-composition-stealing-from-the-masters-3/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Barker":MAILTO:missy@greengrassmusic.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T164500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250309T024527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T214527Z UID:11497-1745760600-1745772300@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Masterclasses DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Mid-Columbia\nPresenter: Dr. Alex Tutunov\, NCTM \nTwo masterclasses with break: 1:30 to 3:00 pm and 3:15 to 4:45 pm \nProgram Description: The master pianist/teacher will work with piano students in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing. \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. \n\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.\n\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/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Gooch":MAILTO:mid-columbia@oregonmta.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250412T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250412T153000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250309T023821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T023821Z UID:11494-1744452000-1744471800@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Art of Memorization & Masterclass DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang \nThis is a two-part class: 10:00 am to 12 pm and 1:30 to 3:30 pm (master class time) \nProgram Description: “I played through it without the music just fine before!” We have all been there. What makes someone a better memorizer than others? In this talk\, we will look at the four different types of memory: visual\, tactile\, aural\, and analytical\, and how to best use them to securely memorize our pieces for the next performance. We will learn that there is a direct correlation between excellent practice habits and memory\, and how the act of storytelling can really help to secure that memory. \nPresenter Bio: A native of Taiwan\, pianist Michelle Huang has performed and taught extensively throughout the U.S. as well as abroad in the Czech Republic\, Italy\, Switzerland\, and Taiwan. Described as a pianist with much sensibility and nuance\, Michelle Huang is equally at home as soloist\, chamber musician\, and teacher. She has played numerous solo recitals\, gave workshops and masterclasses\, and collaborated frequently with vocalists and instrumentalists in the Mary L’Engle Ensemble\, the River City Trio\, the chamber group-in-residence at Friday Musicale in Jacksonville\, Florida\, and the Jacksonville Symphony and Richmond Symphony musicians. In 2017\, she received a grant to commission ten paintings by two graduates of Virginia Commonwealth University art students. These paintings were presented alongside the complete performance of Mussorgsky’s piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition during her concert tour in 2018-19. Deeply committed to community outreach\, she launched a concert series during her residency at Edward Waters College\, in which high caliber artists performed concerts as well as conducted master classes\, workshops\, and lectures for the continuing enrichment and exposure of classical music to both the school and the community. She initiated the Mentoring Program as part of the Richmond Music Teachers Association\, in which young music teachers can be paired with experienced teachers to help them with aspects of teaching. She is the co-founder of the Online Young Pianist Summer Symposium\, which launched in May 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. The Symposium was conducted virtually for pre-college and college students as well as teachers\, in which guest speakers were invited to present topics such as the art of practicing\, the art of memorization\, and Alexander Technique\, as well as a masterclass. \nMichelle Huang holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Tennessee\, and Doctor of Music in Piano Performance from Florida State University. Her principal teachers include Barbara Rowan\, David Northington\, and Read Gainsford. Dr. Huang has held teaching positions at Walter State Community College and Lincoln Memorial University. In 2011 – 2014\, she served as the Assistant Professor of Piano at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville\, Florida. Most recently\, she was on the piano faculty at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond\, Virginia. In the summer\, she served on the faculty of East/West International Piano Festival in Seoul\, Korea. In addition to teaching in the collegiate setting\, Dr. Huang also maintains a private studio\, where she works with talented pre-college students both in her Seattle studio and online. She has served as President and first Vice President of Programming for the Richmond Music Teachers Association. Highly demanded as a speaker and adjudicator\, she has frequently presented for the Oregon Music Teachers Association\, the Washington Music Teachers Association\, and the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers’ Association in workshops\, masterclasses\, festivals\, and competitions. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-the-art-of-memorization-masterclass/ LOCATION:Hermiston Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints\, 850 SW 11th St\, Hermiston\, OR\, 97838 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com GEO:45.8344552;-119.3117027 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hermiston Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 850 SW 11th St Hermiston OR 97838;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=850 SW 11th St:geo:-119.3117027,45.8344552 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250411T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250411T121500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250309T022855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T022855Z UID:11490-1744368300-1744373700@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Turning Performance Anxiety into a Super Power DESCRIPTION:Location: Check with district president for location\nPresenting District: Central Oregon\nPresenter: Melissa Terrall \nProgram Description: How can music teachers help students face the daunting challenge of performance anxiety? In this practical workshop\, we will discuss practical strategies to prepare students for successful performances. Attendees will receive a packet of materials and activities for a fun and insightful studio group class on performance preparation! \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-turning-performance-anxiety-into-a-super-power/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Barker":MAILTO:missy@greengrassmusic.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250404T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250404T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250309T022018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250309T022018Z UID:11488-1743760800-1743768000@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Taubman Approach DESCRIPTION:Location: Check with district president for location\nPresenting District: Salem\nPresenter: Deborah Cleaver \nProgram Description: This presentation will focus on the practical aspects of the Taubman approach that can be incorporated without a lot of training. Teachers will learn the most advantageous physical relation to the keyboard\, how to successfully perform leaps\, polyrhythms\, chords and octaves\, and improved tone production. \nPresenter Bio: Deborah Ingram Cleaver holds a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Boston University where she studied with the renowned pianist and pedagogue Leonard Shure. After finishing her degree\, she worked closely with Shure as his teaching assistant at New England Conservatory. \nMs. Cleaver has also spent many years studying the performance practice of the Baroque and Classic periods with such luminaries as Sandra Rosenblum\, Edward Parmentier\, and Elisabeth Wright. Her broad interests have resulted in lectures for universities and music teachers’ organizations\, ranging from the expressive aspects of Baroque performance practice to the correlation between Romantic literature and music. \nMs. Cleaver previously taught piano at Lewis and Clark College\, Willamette University\, and Reed College as well as in her private studio. She is a past president of OMTA Portland District where she was chairman of the Baroque/Contemporary Festival. She has been a faculty member of the Golandsky Institute since 2005 and teaches at their annual Summer Symposium. Previous teaching positions have also included St. Andrews College and the South Shore Conservatory in Boston. \nAn avid performer\, she has appeared with the Fear No Music Ensemble\, the DeRosa Chamber Players\, Cascadia Composers\, Friends of Rain\, and the Makrokosmos Project. She has had performances aired on the classical music programs Played in Oregon and All Classical Portland. In addition\, she has given lectures\, workshops\, and recitals at Portland State University\, Eastern Washington University\, the University of Oregon\, and the University of New Mexico\, as well as for Oregon and Washington music teachers’ associations. She is a frequent adjudicator throughout the Northwest. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-taubman-approach/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Deborah Butler":MAILTO:butlers9@frontier.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250322T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250322T150000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250104T183915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T211355Z UID:11274-1742637600-1742655600@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Creating Beautiful Tone in Piano Playing and The Art of Memorization DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang \nProgram Description in two sessions: (Morning Session 10 am to 12 pm) It is a lifelong challenge for pianists to make a beautiful cantabile sound on the piano\, but it is possible through a general understanding of the mechanism of the instrument as well as the proper technique to make a warm\, singing tone in piano playing. In this presentation\, we will survey different ways to approach the piano keys through two note and three note slurs\, staccatos\, tenutos\, accents\, octaves\, chords\, voicing\, and phrase shaping. Through specific musical examples\, we will learn that different composers and styles might require different techniques to bring out certain sounds. By exploring an array of key speeds and attacks\, we can bring exciting possibilities in how we can vary our sound and musical ideas. (Afternoon Session 1 to 3 pm) “I played through it without the music just fine before!” We have all been there. What makes someone a better memorizer than others? In this talk\, we will look at the four different types of memory: visual\, tactile\, aural\, and analytical\, and how to best use them to securely memorize our pieces for the next performance. We will learn that there is a direct correlation between excellent practice habits and memory\, and how the act of storytelling can really help to secure that memory. \nPresenter Bio: A native of Taiwan\, pianist Michelle Huang has performed and taught extensively throughout the U.S. as well as abroad in the Czech Republic\, Italy\, Switzerland\, and Taiwan. Described as a pianist with much sensibility and nuance\, Michelle Huang is equally at home as soloist\, chamber musician\, and teacher. She has played numerous solo recitals\, gave workshops and masterclasses\, and collaborated frequently with vocalists and instrumentalists in the Mary L’Engle Ensemble\, the River City Trio\, the chamber group-in-residence at Friday Musicale in Jacksonville\, Florida\, and the Jacksonville Symphony and Richmond Symphony musicians. In 2017\, she received a grant to commission ten paintings by two graduates of Virginia Commonwealth University art students. These paintings were presented alongside the complete performance of Mussorgsky’s piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition during her concert tour in 2018-19. Deeply committed to community outreach\, she launched a concert series during her residency at Edward Waters College\, in which high caliber artists performed concerts as well as conducted master classes\, workshops\, and lectures for the continuing enrichment and exposure of classical music to both the school and the community. She initiated the Mentoring Program as part of the Richmond Music Teachers Association\, in which young music teachers can be paired with experienced teachers to help them with aspects of teaching. She is the co-founder of the Online Young Pianist Summer Symposium\, which launched in May 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. The Symposium was conducted virtually for pre-college and college students as well as teachers\, in which guest speakers were invited to present topics such as the art of practicing\, the art of memorization\, and Alexander Technique\, as well as a masterclass. \nMichelle Huang holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Tennessee\, and Doctor of Music in Piano Performance from Florida State University. Her principal teachers include Barbara Rowan\, David Northington\, and Read Gainsford. Dr. Huang has held teaching positions at Walter State Community College and Lincoln Memorial University. In 2011 – 2014\, she served as the Assistant Professor of Piano at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville\, Florida. Most recently\, she was on the piano faculty at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond\, Virginia. In the summer\, she served on the faculty of East/West International Piano Festival in Seoul\, Korea. In addition to teaching in the collegiate setting\, Dr. Huang also maintains a private studio\, where she works with talented pre-college students both in her Seattle studio and online. She has served as President and first Vice President of Programming for the Richmond Music Teachers Association. Highly demanded as a speaker and adjudicator\, she has frequently presented for the Oregon Music Teachers Association\, the Washington Music Teachers Association\, and the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers’ Association in workshops\, masterclasses\, festivals\, and competitions. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-creating-beautiful-tone-in-piano-playing-and-the-art-of-memorization/ LOCATION:Southern Oregon University Recital Hall\, 450 Mountain Ave\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Horn":MAILTO:terrrisuehorn@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250104T212031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T212031Z UID:11285-1740218400-1740225600@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Finding Musical Expression in the Music We Play DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Blue Mountain\nPresenter: Dr. Barbara Baird \nProgram Description: How do we play Baroque music expressively\, in a way that shows stylistic awareness\, and yet in a way that accommodates the instrument being used? CPE Bach wrote in his treatise on Keyboard Playing: “Play from the Soul\, not like a trained bird. Endeavor to avoid everything mechanical and slavish.” We all know that a musical performance is much more than just realizing the notes on the page. But how do we find the meaning of what is being expressed in the notation of a musical composition and bring that to life in our playing? Looking at keyboard repertoire from the Baroque\, learn the basics of how to read beyond the notes in the score to better understand and present the character and personality of the music. \nPresenter Bio: Dr. Barbara Baird has recently retired from the music faculty of  the University of Oregon\, where she taught organ\, piano\, and harpsichord for over 35 years. A critically acclaimed performer\, Barbara has concertized throughout the United States\, as well as in Germany\, France\, Holland\, Switzerland\, Argentina\, Brazil\, and Australia. A frequent adjudicator and clinician\, she regularly conducts workshops and master classes for keyboardists\, particularly on Baroque and Classical Period Performance\, and Keyboard Pedagogy. She also enjoys working with young pianists who are learning the art of making music. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-finding-musical-expression-in-the-music-we-play/ LOCATION:Groth Recital Hall\, Eastern Oregon University\, One University Blvd\, La Grande\, Oregon\, 97850 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Jan Miller":MAILTO:j.d.miller@frontier.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250211T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250211T121500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250105T181936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250105T181936Z UID:11304-1739270700-1739276100@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Linn-Benton\nPresenter: Dr. Brian Hsu\nLocation: Studio of Bonnie Esbensen \nProgram Description: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies have been popular with students and performers over the last few decades. In this presentation\, Dr. Hsu will briefly survey the origins of these rhapsodies and how the music of the Roma People inspired Liszt to write this beloved collection. \nPresenter Bio: Since his concerto debut at the age of 16 with the Philadelphia Orchestra\, Taiwanese-American pianist Brian Hsu has gone on to establish himself a pianist of great energy and unusual communicative ability. Critics have described his performances in surperlatives\, noting his “breadth of expression and technical ability.” An experienced performer\, Mr. Hsu has performed throughout North America\, Europe\, Asia\, and South Africa. US performances include Boston\, New York\, Chicago\, New Orleans\, Dallas\, as well as many others. He has appeared as concerto soloist with such ensembles as the Philadelphia Orchestra\, Taiwan National Symphony\, Juilliard Orchestra\, Haddonfield Symphony\, Sendai Philharmonic\, and University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. He has also been a guest on WQXR radio station in New York several times. Mr. Hsu has performed in various music festivals including Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy; Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan; Gijon International Piano Festival in Spain; Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina; Banff Festival of the Arts in Canada; PianoFest in The Hamptons in Long Island\, New York. His US debut solo recording\, Night at the opera: Part I\, which consist of opera transcriptions for solo piano\, was released in the fall of 2018. In addition to his competition successes\, Mr. Hsu was the recipient of numerous awards while attending Juilliard\, Yale\, and Michigan. \nMr. Hsu frequently appears as a guest artist/teacher\, presenter\, and jury member in various Music Teachers National Association contests and other major competitions\, such as the New Orleans International Piano Competition\, Nanyang Academy of the Arts in Singapore. He often performs and has taught masterclasses at various colleges and universities throughout the United States and Asia. An avid chamber musician and collaborator\, Mr. Hsu continuously performs with colleagues throughout the music world. Mr. Hsu participated in the world premiere of Paul Schoenfeld’s Piano Quintet with members of the Pro Arte’s Quartet\, and in the spring of 2014\, a recording was released by Albany Records. Along with voice alumni of Loyola University New Orleans\, Mr. Hsu participated in the debut of Logan Skeleton’s Letters to Santa in 2016. As a member of the piano trio\, Ensemble Peri\, he participated in its inaugural tour which took place in Korea during the summer of 2019. Mr. Hsu is also a founding member of Key 2 Inclusion\, an intercollegiate initiative to promote and teach piano music written by Black American and other minority composers. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-liszt-hungarian-rhapsodies/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Sandra Reitmeier-Coolen":MAILTO:s.reit.coolen@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20250104T181408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T212421Z UID:11270-1738922400-1738929600@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Piano Methods from Around the World DESCRIPTION:Location parking: (3 hrs of parking is free in the Library Parkade)\nPresenting District: Salem\nPresenters: Dr. Ricardo de la Torre and Dr. Lark Powers \nProgram Description: Much has been written about the value\, advantages\, and disadvantages of piano method books for beginning students. However\, few comparative studies on the methodology of different international approaches exist. The objective of this joint session is to present\, discuss\, and contrast piano methods at the beginning level from different pedagogical traditions by authors from France\, Germany\, Hungary\, Cuba\, and Japan. Elements discussed will include the approach to introducing note-reading\, how technique is built\, the structure of rhythmic exercises\, and the introduction of general musicianship\, as well as the use of fanciful elements that engage children. We will compare and contrast these approaches to ones used in English-speaking countries\, particularly American piano methods. Teachers may find inspiration for teaching specific skills through the analysis of these method books\, as well as gaining increased awareness of what texts are used worldwide\, while enjoying a lively discussion of pedagogical merits and cultural values. \nPresenter Bios: In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter\, Dr. Lark Powers has performed at such venues as Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center\, the 92nd Street Y in New York City and at the Library of Congress in Washington\, D.C. Internationally she has been heard in Europe\, Mexico and Canada. In addition to numerous collaborations with ensembles\, including the Tacoma Symphony\, Fort Collins Symphony\, the Washington-Idaho Symphony\, and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado\, she appears in frequent two-piano concerts as part of the duo she forms with pianist Ricardo de la Torre. Locally she is a frequent performer on the Listen Live at Lunch series at the First Lutheran Church of Tacoma\, the Second City Chamber Series\, and the faculty artist series at Pacific Lutheran University. \nDr. Powers received a DMA in piano performance from the University of Colorado Boulder\, and holds three Master’s degrees (in piano\, theory pedagogy and in harpsichord) and a graduate performance diploma in piano from the Peabody Institute. Her undergraduate studies occurred at the University of the Pacific\, where she earned a BM in piano performance\, summa cum laude\, after which she attended the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris for three years where she won a premier prix. \nA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and a Washington State Visiting Artist\, Lark teaches at Pacific Lutheran University where she instructs applied lessons and accompanying\, and coordinates the group keyboard program. Dr. Powers has presented on topics including managing performance anxiety\, the creativity inherent in the Baroque repertoire\, the pedagogy of keyboard harmony\, and more. She is a proponent of new music\, specializing in the music of Latin American composers\, and can be heard on recordings with the Pan Pacific Ensemble on Albany records and the Cherry Creek Flute Duo. \nIn demand as a performer\, teacher\, adjudicator and presenter\, Dr. Ricardo de la Torre currently serves as piano instructor for the Community Music Program at the University of Puget Sound\, where he was also staff accompanist for the School of Music. Ricardo has played in concert venues in Mexico\, the United States\, Canada\, Spain\, Austria\, and France. A finalist and prize winner in several competitions in Mexico and the U.S.\, he received second prize at the Eleventh Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America\, sponsored by Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center and the Embassy of Spain. The recordings he made as a result of this competition were included in a two-CD collection released by the LAMC. Together with his wife\, Dr. Lark Powers\, Ricardo forms a piano duo that has performed internationally\, was a finalist of the United States International Piano Duo Competition in Colorado Springs and received a Silver Award at the first international competition of the Carles & Sofía Foundation of Spain. Born in Mexico City\, Ricardo attended Escuela Superior de Música in his hometown\, where he received a Bachelor’s degree cum laude. He continued his studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music\, where he received a Master of Music degree and went on to graduating with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder\, where he worked as a teaching assistant. An active presenter\, he has participated in numerous local\, regional\, national\, and international conferences and the results of his research have been published in specialized journals in the U.S.\, Mexico and Colombia. He is a visiting artist for the Washington State Music Teachers Association’s Music Artistry Program and has served on the faculties of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma\, and East Central University in Ada\, OK. After being pianist at First Lutheran Church in Tacoma and directing its summer concert series Listen Live at Lunch\, Ricardo currently works as Curator of Art and Music at Lakewold Gardens in Lakewood\, WA. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-piano-methods-from-around-the-world-2/ LOCATION:Salem Public Library\, Loucks Auditorium\, 585 Liberty St SE\, Salem\, OR\, 97301 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Deborah Butler":MAILTO:butlers9@frontier.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250125T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250125T110000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20241211T022207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T212326Z UID:11226-1737795600-1737802800@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Masterclass in Performance Coping Skills DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Eugene\nPresenter: Dr. Alex Tutunov\, NCTM \nProgram Description: The master pianist/teacher will work with piano students in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing. \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-masterclass-in-performance-coping-skills/ 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250111T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250111T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20241210T201704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T212201Z UID:11219-1736591400-1736596800@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Mighty Wrist and the Piano: Mastering the Motions of the Wrist for Optimal Piano Technique DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Dr. Stephen Lewis \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\, PhD\, DMA\, is a Portland-based composer\, pianist\, conductor\, and teacher whose compositions inhabit the terrain between sound as physical sensation and sound as signifier of culture. Stephen’s opera\, Noon at Dusk\, was hailed as “delectable\,” with a “constantly shifting sonic world [that] proved fascinating and effective.” Recent and upcoming performance engagements include concerts with the Oregon Symphony\, the Agnieszka Laska Dancers\, the Astoria Music Festival\, and Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project as well as a live broadcast on All-Classical Radio. Stephen has also performed throughout the United States and in Italy. Stephen holds a PhD in composition and a DMA in piano from UC-San Diego\, and a BMus from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Stephen teaches piano\, composition\, music theory\, and conducting privately at his home and from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Parish\, where he serves as music director and organist. Stephen enjoys baking bread\, reading\, wine tasting\, and hiking with his wife. See more at his websites: www.stephenlewiscomposer.com (artistic) and www.chopinois.com (teaching). URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-the-mighty-wrist-mastering-the-motions-of-the-wrist-for-optimal-piano-technique/ LOCATION:Jacksonville Library\, 340 West C Street\, Jacksonville\, OR\, 97530\, United States CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Horn":MAILTO:terrrisuehorn@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T113000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20241009T002425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T002509Z UID:11085-1731924000-1731929400@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Piano Methods from Around the World DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Eugene\nPresenters: Dr. Lark Powers\, NCTM & Dr. Ricardo de la Torre\nProgram Description: Much has been written about the value\, advantages\, and disadvantages of piano method books for beginning students. However\, few comparative studies on the methodology of different international approaches exist. The objective of this joint session is to present\, discuss\, and contrast piano methods at the beginning level from different pedagogical traditions by authors from France\, Germany\, Hungary\, Cuba\, and Japan. Elements discussed will include the approach to introducing note-reading\, how technique is built\, the structure of rhythmic exercises\, and the introduction of general musicianship\, as well as the use of fanciful elements that engage children. We will compare and contrast these approaches to ones used in English-speaking countries\, particularly American piano methods. Teachers may find inspiration for teaching specific skills through the analysis of these method books\, as well as gaining increased awareness of what texts are used worldwide\, while enjoying a lively discussion of pedagogical merits and cultural values. \nAbout Dr. Lark Powers: Dr. Lark Powers has performed at such venues as Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center\, the 92nd Street Y in New York City and at the Library of Congress in Washington\, D.C. Internationally she has been heard in Europe\, Mexico and Canada. In addition to numerous collaborations with ensembles\, including the Tacoma Symphony\, Olympia Symphony Orchestra\, Fort Collins Symphony\, the Washington-Idaho Symphony\, the Tacoma Opera\, and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado\, she appears in frequent two-piano concerts as part of the duo she forms with pianist Ricardo de la Torre. Last spring they were soloists with the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra. Locally she is a frequent performer on Lakewold Garden’s Music From Home series\, the Listen Live at Lunch series at the First Lutheran Church of Tacoma\, the Second City Chamber Series\, and the faculty artist series at Pacific Lutheran University. \nLark received a DMA in piano performance from the University of Colorado Boulder\, and holds three Master’s degrees (in piano\, theory pedagogy and in harpsichord) and a graduate performance diploma in piano from the Peabody Institute. Her undergraduate studies occurred at the University of the Pacific\, where she earned a BM in piano performance\, summa cum laude\, after which she attended the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris for three years where she won a premier prix. \nA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and a Washington State Visiting Artist\, Lark is an Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University where she instructs applied lessons and accompanying\, and coordinates the group keyboard program. Dr. Powers has presented on topics including managing performance anxiety\, the creativity inherent in the Baroque repertoire\, the pedagogy of keyboard harmony\, and more. She is a proponent of new music\, specializing in the music of Latin American composers\, and can be heard on recordings with the Pan Pacific Ensemble on Albany records and the Cherry Creek Flute Duo. \nAbout Dr. Ricardo de la Torre: Dr. Ricardo de la Torre currently serves as piano instructor for the Community Music Program at the University of Puget Sound\, where he was also staff accompanist for the School of Music. Ricardo has played in concert venues in Mexico\, the United States\, Canada\, Spain\, Austria\, and France. A finalist and prize winner in several competitions in Mexico and the U.S.\, he received second prize at the Eleventh Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America\, sponsored by Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center and the Embassy of Spain. The recordings he made as a result of this competition were included in a two-CD collection released by the LAMC. Together with his wife\, Dr. Lark Powers\, Ricardo forms a piano duo that has performed internationally\, was a finalist of the United States International Piano Duo Competition in Colorado Springs and received a Silver Award at the first international competition of the Carles & Sofía Foundation of Spain. Born in Mexico City\, Ricardo attended Escuela Superior de Música in his hometown\, where he received a Bachelor’s degree cum laude. He continued his studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music\, where he received a Master of Music degree and went on to graduating with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder\, where he worked as a teaching assistant. An active presenter\, he has participated in numerous local\, regional\, national\, and international conferences and the results of his research have been published in specialized journals in the U.S.\, Mexico and Colombia. He is a visiting artist for the Washington State Music Teachers Association’s Music Artistry Program and has served on the faculties of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma\, and East Central University in Ada\, OK. After being pianist at First Lutheran Church in Tacoma and directing its summer concert series Listen Live at Lunch\, Ricardo currently works as Curator of Art and Music at Lakewold Gardens in Lakewood\, WA. \n  URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-piano-methods-from-around-the-world/ LOCATION:Virtual/Online CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Brian Hsu":MAILTO:brianhsu@uoregon.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20241006T020234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T020234Z UID:11080-1731493800-1731499200@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Teaching Adult Piano Students DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro Area\nContact: hillsboro@oregonmta.org\nPresenter: Andrew D’Antonio\, NCTM\nProgram Description: Most pedagogical training and materials tend to focus on kids\, teens\, and budding professionals as students. However\, many people take up or resume piano study as adults\, without any intention of having a musical career. Adults students require a different approach to technique\, repertoire\, and even lesson format than what is often standard for students under 18. As a specialist teaching adult amateur pianists at all levels\, Andrew will share strategies\, trends\, and teaching techniques for teachers to feel confident and prepared for working with adult students. \nAbout Andrew D’Antonio: Andrew D’Antonio\, NCTM\, is a pianist and teacher based in Portland\, Oregon. He has performed throughout North America and Europe\, primarily as a soloist and chamber musician. He holds a masters of music in collaborative piano and music history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, a masters of science in teaching in early childhood special education from Fordham University\, and a bachelors of music in piano performance from Pacific Lutheran University. In Massachusetts\, he was a faculty member at Community Music School of Springfield\, Bay Path University\, and Smith College. Andrew moved to Portland in 2019 and teaches out of his home studio. He is the President for East Portland District and the OMTA State Membership Chair. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-teaching-adult-piano-students-2/ LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church\, 937 NE Jackson School Rd\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97124\, United States CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240930T171659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T020406Z UID:11062-1731146400-1731153600@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Teaching Adult Piano Students DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Andrew D’Antonio\, NCTM\nProgram Description: Most pedagogical training and materials tend to focus on kids\, teens\, and budding professionals as students. However\, many people take up or resume piano study as adults\, without any intention of having a musical career. Adults students require a different approach to technique\, repertoire\, and even lesson format than what is often standard for students under 18. As a specialist teaching adult amateur pianists at all levels\, Andrew will share strategies\, trends\, and teaching techniques for teachers to feel confident and prepared for working with adult students. \nAbout Andrew D’Antonio: Andrew D’Antonio\, NCTM\, is a pianist and teacher based in Portland\, Oregon. He has performed throughout North America and Europe\, primarily as a soloist and chamber musician. He holds a masters of music in collaborative piano and music history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, a masters of science in teaching in early childhood special education from Fordham University\, and a bachelors of music in piano performance from Pacific Lutheran University. In Massachusetts\, he was a faculty member at Community Music School of Springfield\, Bay Path University\, and Smith College. Andrew moved to Portland in 2019 and teaches out of his home studio. He is the President for East Portland District and the OMTA State Membership Chair. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-teaching-adult-piano-students/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church – Medford\, 607 W Main St\, Medford\, OR\, 97501 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Horn":MAILTO:terrrisuehorn@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T160000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240930T170828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T170828Z UID:11060-1730556000-1730563200@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - How to Start Improvising at the Piano DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Paula Dreyer\nProgram Description: Improvisation is a skill that can be learned\, just like everything else we teach. With the right tools\, some practice\, an open mind\, and a bit of bravery\, all pianists can learn how to improvise. Everyone will leave the session with concrete tools that will allow them to explore the piano in fresh\, new ways. Paula invites you to discover creativity at the piano. In this interactive workshop\, participants will explore a wide range of specific\, attainable improvisation concepts\, based off of rote pieces\, gorgeous chord progressions\, left hand patterns\, and more. After spending years exploring improvisation and composition\, Paula has discovered a framework to help you and your students become more versatile\, well-rounded musicians. \nAbout Paula Dreyer: Pianist Paula Dreyer is a composer\, educator\, and performer who seeks to inspire\, include\, and connect individuals through music. She believes that with proper guidance\, all people are capable of expressing themselves through music. Paula has presented and taught internationally (including China\, Brazil\, Spain\, MTNA\, and NCKP) about the pedagogical and therapeutic powers of rote pieces and beginning improvisation. She is the creator of the highly acclaimed Little Gems for Piano series\, full of appealing rote and pattern pieces. Her music has been published by Taubman’s Rotation and Alignment and the class piano book PianoLab. She currently teaches an online improvisation program called Piano Flow. \nPaula completed an artist residency at Obras in Portugal\, where she composed much of the music for the Little Gems. She has a real passion for creating unique\, accessible\, and enjoyable music for aspiring pianists and loves sharing her compositions with students around the globe. The Little Gems have been enjoyed in all 50 United States and in over 50 countries. When she’s not composing or teaching\, she loves spending time with her husband and two daughters and developing her concert series Piano Flow Live in the beautiful mountain town of Bend\, Oregon. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-how-to-start-improvising-at-the-piano/ LOCATION:Hermiston Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints\, 850 SW 11th St\, Hermiston\, OR\, 97838 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com GEO:45.8344552;-119.3117027 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hermiston Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 850 SW 11th St Hermiston OR 97838;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=850 SW 11th St:geo:-119.3117027,45.8344552 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241026T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241026T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240930T163505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241011T232338Z UID:11054-1729933200-1729944000@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - How to Start Improvising at the Piano and Rote Pieces: One Piece of the Pedagogical Puzzle DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Blue Mountain\nPresenter: Paula Dreyer\nProgram Description: \nImprovisation is a skill that can be learned\, just like everything else we teach. With the right tools\, some practice\, an open mind\, and a bit of bravery\, all pianists can learn how to improvise. Everyone will leave the session with concrete tools that will allow them to explore the piano in fresh\, new ways. Paula invites you to discover creativity at the piano. In this interactive workshop\, participants will explore a wide range of specific\, attainable improvisation concepts\, based off of rote pieces\, gorgeous chord progressions\, left hand patterns\, and more. After spending years exploring improvisation and composition\, Paula has discovered a framework to help you and your students become more versatile\, well-rounded musicians. \nRote pieces\, learned through modeling and demonstration\, have recently become widely popular in the piano pedagogy field. They are highly beneficial for teaching technique and expression while enhancing musical memory and reading skills. They offer impressive\, motivating recital pieces for beginners. Teachers will learn how and why to teach rote pieces\, gain new tools for creativity in the lesson through improvisation and composition\, and will discover new resources to enhance and compliment standard beginning repertoire. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-how-to-start-improvising-at-the-piano-and-rote-pieces-one-piece-of-the-pedagogical-puzzle/ LOCATION:Groth Recital Hall\, Eastern Oregon University\, One University Blvd\, La Grande\, Oregon\, 97850 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Jan Miller":MAILTO:j.d.miller@frontier.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241012T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241012T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240914T233414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T233414Z UID:11000-1728727200-1728734400@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Well-Rounded Musician DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Joseph Hoffman\nProgram Description: Do you teach your students to transpose? Do you ever read lead sheets? What about improvising and harmonic analysis? Even beginners can tackle these often-overlooked but highly useful skills if taught in the right way\, opening doors to creativity and deep music theory comprehension to last a lifetime! \nAbout Joseph Hoffman: Joseph Hoffman\, founder of Hoffman Academy and creator of the Hoffman Method for Piano\, began playing piano when he was 6 years old. A YouTube personality\, Kodaly-certified music educator\, and former faculty member at BYU’s School of Music\, Mr. Hoffman has dedicated his professional life to developing an innovative new piano method along with a host of online tools\, games\, and resources for students and teachers that make learning piano fun. His online piano lessons have reached over 200\,000 students across 115 countries\, transforming the way piano education is accessed worldwide. \nJoseph Hoffman is also active as a composer and conductor\, and his original works have been heard in many performance halls. From 2011-2013\, Mr. Hoffman served as orchestra conductor of the Portland Ensign Choir and Orchestra. Mr. Hoffman regularly serves as an adjudicator of piano festivals and events\, and provides training to piano teachers on the Hoffman Method. He has created a collection of popular song arrangements for beginning through late elementary piano students\, “Mr. Hoffman’s Popular Hits for Piano\,” published by Hal Leonard\, and a vocal pedagogy book in collaboration with Betty Jeanne Chipman\, “Singing with Mind\, Body\, and Soul\,” published by Wheatmark Press. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-the-well-rounded-musician/ LOCATION:Hermiston Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints\, 850 SW 11th St\, Hermiston\, OR\, 97838 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com GEO:45.8344552;-119.3117027 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hermiston Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 850 SW 11th St Hermiston OR 97838;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=850 SW 11th St:geo:-119.3117027,45.8344552 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241011T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241011T121500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240914T231711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T231942Z UID:10995-1728643500-1728648900@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Dance Music in Bach's Keyboard Works DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Central Oregon\nPresenter: Dr. Barbara Baird\nLocation: Please contact Melissa Barker\, NCTM\nProgram Description: When is a Courante not a Courante? Answer: when it’s a Corrente. Learn about the basic dance types used in the Baroque Dance Suite: Allemande\, Corrente/Courante\, Sarabande\, Gigue. How do the Italian and French styles of these dances impact their Tempi\, Character\, and musical interpretation? Learn guiding principles for approaching\, learning\, and performing these dance-inspired compositions. \nAbout Dr. Barbara Baird: Dr. Barbara Baird has recently retired from the music faculty of  the University of Oregon\, where she taught organ\, piano\, and harpsichord for over 35 years. A critically acclaimed performer\, Barbara has concertized throughout the United States\, as well as in Germany\, France\, Holland\, Switzerland\, Argentina\, Brazil\, and Australia. A frequent adjudicator and clinician\, she regularly conducts workshops and master classes for keyboardists\, particularly on Baroque and Classical Period Performance\, and Keyboard Pedagogy. She also enjoys working with young pianists who are learning the art of making music. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-dance-music-in-bachs-keyboard-works/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Barker":MAILTO:missy@greengrassmusic.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241008T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241008T121500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240914T212741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T232035Z UID:10989-1728384300-1728389700@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Autism\, Neurodiversity\, and Music DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Linn-Benton\nPresenter: Emily Ross\nLocation: Please contact Mary Ann Guenther\, NCTM\nProgram Description: In 2021\, the CDC reported that approximately 1 in 44 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. But what exactly is autism? What is meant by “spectrum” and is it really a disorder? In this workshop we will learn about the history of the autism diagnosis\, how and why so many autistic individuals are drawn to music\, and how a private music teacher can reach and teach the autistic music student. We will also cover the Neurodiversity movement\, the nuance of language regarding disability and human dignity\, and specific strategies for adapting lessons for the autistic learner. \nAbout Emily Ross: Emily Ross holds a Bachelor of Music Education from University of Colorado and a Master’s in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in music therapy from Naropa University. Her teaching experience includes public school band and general music (7 yrs)\, English as a Foreign Language (2 yrs) and university courses in music therapy and psychology (15 yrs). Additionally\, Emily has taught private lessons in guitar\, and French horn\, and trained and supervised practicum students in the field.  She is the owner of HoofnHorn Music Therapy Studio\, hnhmusictherapy.com\, where she specializes in connecting with those with learning differences including autism\, ADHD\, and developmental delay. She also offers trainings throughout Oregon and SW Washington. Information about trainings and workshops for music therapists\, teachers and parents can be found at EmilyRossTrainer.com. Emily played French horn in the Portland Wind Symphony for 18 years and is now enjoying learning Celtic harp and singing in the Portland Community Choir. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-autism-neurodiversity-and-music/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Ann Guenther":MAILTO:mguenther@comcast.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240923T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240923T112000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240817T184606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T184631Z UID:10895-1727085600-1727090400@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Point of View: Syllabus as a Teacher\, Syllabus as an Adjudicator DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Eugene\nPresenter: Heidi Evans\, NCTM\nProgram Description: Heidi Evans\, past OMTA Syllabus Chair\, presents a session on tips for using the OMTA Syllabus program in the piano studio. This talk covers benefits and resources of the OMTA Syllabus program\, how to manage teaching the skills and repertoire over the course of the year\, which resources are the most valuable (and when NOT to use them)\, and how to choose and prepare repertoire. Heidi balances this talk by sharing what an adjudicator expects to hear in the exam and how to prepare the student for a successful Syllabus experience. \nAbout Heidi Evans: Heidi Evans is a Nationally Certified Teacher with a Master’s Degree from Portland State University where she studied with Harold Gray and Mary Hall Kogen. In her nearly three decades of teaching experience with students of all ages and levels\, she has adjudicated festivals and events around the state since 2005\, was OMTA Syllabus chair for five years\, and currently occupies the position of President of Oregon Music Teachers Association. She recently joined the 8-hand performing quartet\, “Too Grand\,” which has been performing and raising money for scholarships for nearly four decades. Her latest deep dive into piano repertoire research is music by under-represented composers with a focus on pedagogical works. Her ultimate goal is to teach each student to teach themselves\, so that music can be a rewarding lifetime experience. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-point-of-view-syllabus-as-a-teacher-syllabus-as-an-adjudicator/ LOCATION:First Congregational Church – Eugene\, 1050 E 23rd Ave\, Eugene\, OR\, 97405 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event ORGANIZER;CN="Brian Hsu":MAILTO:brianhsu@uoregon.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240817T002726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T183800Z UID:10888-1726050600-1726056000@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Teaching Rhythm with the Child's Brain in Mind DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro Area\nPresenter: Joseph Hoffman\nProgram Description: Many developing pianists struggle to play rhythms accurately and with a steady pulse\, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Learn new fun and effective tools for teaching rhythm that align with modern cognitive science of how young minds learn. \nAbout Joseph Hoffman: Joseph Hoffman\, founder of Hoffman Academy and creator of the Hoffman Method for Piano\, began playing piano when he was 6 years old. A YouTube personality\, Kodaly-certified music educator\, and former faculty member at BYU’s School of Music\, Mr. Hoffman has dedicated his professional life to developing an innovative new piano method along with a host of online tools\, games\, and resources for students and teachers that make learning piano fun. His online piano lessons have reached over 200\,000 students across 115 countries\, transforming the way piano education is accessed worldwide. \nJoseph Hoffman is also active as a composer and conductor\, and his original works have been heard in many performance halls. From 2011-2013\, Mr. Hoffman served as orchestra conductor of the Portland Ensign Choir and Orchestra. Mr. Hoffman regularly serves as an adjudicator of piano festivals and events\, and provides training to piano teachers on the Hoffman Method. He has created a collection of popular song arrangements for beginning through late elementary piano students\, “Mr. Hoffman’s Popular Hits for Piano\,” published by Hal Leonard\, and a vocal pedagogy book in collaboration with Betty Jeanne Chipman\, “Singing with Mind\, Body\, and Soul\,” published by Wheatmark Press. \nSpecial note: There will be a 30-minute Hillsboro Area District business meeting at 10:00 am\, followed by Joseph Hoffman’s presentation at 10:30 am. Please email us to receive a Zoom link if needed. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/teaching-rhythm-with-the-childs-brain-in-mind/ LOCATION:Brookwood Library Community Room\, 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway\, Hillsboro\, Oregon\, 97124 CATEGORIES:District Event,District Grant Event,Hillsboro Area ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Ball":MAILTO:sarahbarkerball@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240508T172552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T172552Z UID:10608-1717236000-1717243200@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Decoding a Baroque Score DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Deborah Cleaver\nProgram Description: In Decoding a Baroque Score\, we will analyze genre\, articulation\, ornamentation\, and rhythmic expression in works of beginning\, intermediate\, and advanced pieces from the Baroque era. Special emphasis will be placed on how to communicate to students an approach for learning a new work. Because the notation in Baroque music is the least informative of all the styles\, we need concepts to understand when and why we articulate\, appropriate ornamentation\, and how to decipher the complex rhythms.\nAbout Deborah Cleaver: Deborah Ingram Cleaver holds a Master of Music degree in piano performance from Boston University where she studied with the renowned pianist and pedagogue Leonard Shure. After finishing her degree\, she worked closely with Shure as his teaching assistant at New England Conservatory.\nMs. Cleaver has also spent many years studying the performance practice of the Baroque and Classic periods with such luminaries as Sandra Rosenblum\, Edward Parmentier\, and Elisabeth Wright. Her broad interests have resulted in lectures for universities and music teachers’ organizations\, ranging from the expressive aspects of Baroque performance practice to the correlation between Romantic literature and music.\nMs. Cleaver teaches at Lewis and Clark College and Reed College as well as in her private studio. She also organizes seminars three times each year for the Portland/Golandsky Institute community and is a past president of OMTA Portland District. She has been a faculty member of the Golandsky Institute since 2005 and teaches at their annual Summer Symposium. Previous teaching positions have been at Willamette University\, St. Andrews College\, and the South Shore Conservatory in Boston.\nAn avid performer\, she has appeared with the Fear No Music Ensemble\, the DeRosa Chamber Players\, Cascadia Composers\, Friends of Rain\, and the Makrokosmos Project. She has had performances aired on the classical music programs Played in Oregon and All Classical Portland. In addition\, she has given lectures\, workshops\, and recitals at Portland State University\, Eastern Washington University\, and for Oregon and Washington music teachers’ associations\, and is a frequent adjudicator throughout the Northwest. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-decoding-a-baroque-score/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church – Medford\, 607 W Main St\, Medford\, OR\, 97501 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Michele Alspach":MAILTO:malspach@ccountry.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T123000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240403T015920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T015920Z UID:10519-1714734000-1714739400@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Developing the Culture of Beautiful Tone Production on the Piano from an Early Age DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Lincoln County\nPresenter: Dr. Alex Tutunov\nProgram Description: There is a great deal of information available on how to improve the speed\, velocity and stamina in a performance\, on “how to get a difficult run up to speed” and there are more performances out there that are louder and faster than ever before… But this is only a part of the performance. The other half is the expression\, control of the tone quality\, the culture of creating a beautiful sound on the piano. It can be understood as the broader aspect of the general technique\, and there is much to discuss and to discover. The focus of this presentation is on how to teach\, control\, and how to practice creating such tone.\nAbout Alex Tutunov: 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. Tutunov 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-developing-the-culture-of-beautiful-tone-production-on-the-piano-from-an-early-age/ LOCATION:Oregon Coast Community College\, 400 SE College Way\, Newport\, OR\, 97366 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Morganti":MAILTO:maryjo3663@msn.com GEO:44.6034889;-124.0460749 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Oregon Coast Community College 400 SE College Way Newport OR 97366;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=400 SE College Way:geo:-124.0460749,44.6034889 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T160000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240403T015255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T015255Z UID:10517-1714312800-1714320000@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Master Class DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Mid-Columbia\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang\nProgram Description: The master pianist/teacher will work with piano students in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing\nAbout Michelle Huang: A native of Taiwan\, pianist Michelle Huang has performed and taught extensively throughout the U.S. as well as abroad in the Czech Republic\, Italy\, Switzerland\, and Taiwan. Described as a pianist with much sensibility and nuance\, Michelle Huang is equally at home as soloist\, chamber musician\, and teacher. She has played numerous solo recitals\, gave workshops and masterclasses\, and collaborated frequently with vocalists and instrumentalists in the Mary L’Engle Ensemble\, the River City Trio\, the chamber group-in-residence at Friday Musicale in Jacksonville\, Florida\, and the Jacksonville Symphony and Richmond Symphony musicians. \nIn 2017\, she received a grant to commission ten paintings by two graduates of Virginia Commonwealth University art students. These paintings were presented alongside the complete performance of Mussorgsky’s piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition during her concert tour in 2018-19. Deeply committed to community outreach\, she launched a concert series during her residency at Edward Waters College\, in which high caliber artists performed concerts as well as conducted master classes\, workshops\, and lectures for the continuing enrichment and exposure of classical music to both the school and the community. She initiated the Mentoring Program as part of the Richmond Music Teachers Association\, in which young music teachers can be paired with experienced teachers to help them with aspects of teaching. \nShe is the co-founder of the Online Young Pianist Summer Symposium\, which launched in May 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. The Symposium was conducted virtually for pre-college and college students as well as teachers\, in which guest speakers were invited to present topics such as the art of practicing\, the art of memorization\, and Alexander Technique\, as well as a masterclass. \nMichelle Huang holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Tennessee\, and Doctor of Music in Piano Performance from Florida State University. Her principal teachers include Barbara Rowan\, David Northington\, and Read Gainsford. Dr. Huang has held teaching positions at Walter State Community College and Lincoln Memorial University. In 2011 – 2014\, she served as the Assistant Professor of Piano at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville\, Florida. Most recently\, she was on the piano faculty at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond\, Virginia. In the summer\, she served on the faculty of East/West International Piano Festival in Seoul\, Korea. In addition to teaching in the collegiate setting\, Dr. Huang also maintains a private studio\, where she works with talented pre-college students both in her Seattle studio and online. She has served as President and first Vice President of Programming for the Richmond Music Teachers Association. She is currently an active member of the Seattle Music Teachers Association and Eastside Music Teachers Association. Highly demanded as a frequent presenter and adjudicator\, she is a Visiting Artist for the Washington State Music Teachers Association. Many of her students have won top awards and successfully pursued studies and careers in music. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-master-class-4/ 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T121500 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240302T194626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240302T194626Z UID:10413-1712917800-1712924100@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Practice Smarter\, Not Longer DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Central Oregon\nLocation: Studio of Melissa Farle\, Bend\, OR (Contact Melissa Barker for directions)\nPresenter: Dr. Lark Powers\nProgram Description: This presentation will delve into fascinating research on how the brain learns and how this relates to music and practicing. Offering innovative and practical advice\, topics discussed will include organization\, spacing\, the effectiveness of interleaved (random) repetition\, first-time retrieval strategies\, performance preparation\, and common practice mistakes. With strategies to overcome the challenge of getting started\, making improvement that sticks\, staying focused\, and planning the next session\, this presentation will suggest ideas that can make practice rewarding and effective.\nAbout Dr. Lark Powers: In demand as a solo and collaborative artist as well as an adjudicator and presenter\, Dr. Lark Powers has performed at such venues as Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center\, the 92nd Street Y in New York City and at the Library of Congress in Washington\, D.C. Internationally she has been heard in Europe\, Mexico and Canada. In addition to numerous collaborations with ensembles\, including the Tacoma Symphony\, Fort Collins Symphony\, the Washington-Idaho Symphony\, and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado\, she appears in frequent two-piano concerts as part of the duo she forms with pianist Ricardo de la Torre. Locally she is a frequent performer on the Listen Live at Lunch series at the First Lutheran Church of Tacoma\, the Second City Chamber Series\, and the faculty artist series at Pacific Lutheran University. \nLark received a DMA in piano performance from the University of Colorado Boulder\, and holds three Master’s degrees (in piano\, theory pedagogy and in harpsichord) and a graduate performance diploma in piano from the Peabody Institute. Her undergraduate studies occurred at the University of the Pacific\, where she earned a BM in piano performance\, summa cum laude\, after which she attended the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris for three years where she won a premier prix. \nA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and a Washington State Visiting Artist\, Lark teaches at Pacific Lutheran University where she instructs applied lessons and accompanying\, and coordinates the group keyboard program. Dr. Powers has presented on topics including managing performance anxiety\, the creativity inherent in the Baroque repertoire\, the pedagogy of keyboard harmony\, and more. She is a proponent of new music\, specializing in the music of Latin American composers\, and can be heard on recordings with the Pan Pacific Ensemble on Albany records and the Cherry Creek Flute Duo. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-practice-smarter-not-longer-6/ CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Barker":MAILTO:missy@greengrassmusic.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240410T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240410T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240302T191914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240302T191914Z UID:10410-1712745000-1712750400@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Sustainable Studio DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro\nPresenter: Dr. Lisa Neher\nProgram Description: Most music teachers experience burnout and overwhelm. How can we create and maintain a studio that is sustainable for our economic needs and our personal and family well-being? This presentation will offer best practices for designing studio policies and practices to ensure stable finances for you and your family\, protect your time and energy\, and provide clarity and professionalism to your students and studio families. Topics include: tuition models\, billing and scheduling software\, studio contracts and policies\, the ever-present “makeup lesson” question\, healthy and joyful boundaries\, and more. We will have time to address your questions and share strategies with one another. \nAbout Lisa Neher: 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. \nNeher’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-the-sustainable-studio/ LOCATION:Brookwood Library Community Room\, 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway\, Hillsboro\, Oregon\, 97124 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Holly Counts":MAILTO:hollycounts@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240122T001923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T012701Z UID:10283-1712660400-1712667600@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Tips for Terrific Technique DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umpqua Valley-South Coast\nPresenter: Dr. Thomas Otten\nProgram Description: Technique may seem like rocket science—but it’s really not! In today’s world\, where we’re using our hands not only for piano playing but also for texting\, typing at a computer\, etc.\, it’s increasingly important to give our students a solid technical foundation to avoid overuse injuries. We’ll start with an exploration of fundamentals of good keyboard biomechanics\, and then apply these to technical issues such as scales\, arpeggios\, chords\, octaves\, and trills. There will also be an opportunity for participants to ask questions about technically challenging passages in repertoire that they’re teaching and/or playing.\nAbout Thomas Otten: Thomas Otten holds the title of Emeritus Professor\, having retired in 2018 as Piano Area Chair from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He now resides in Portland\, OR\, where he is establishing himself as a master teacher and concert artist. A California native born of German-American parents\, Dr. Otten has been hailed by the New York Times as “an extremely original player who puts a formidable technique at the service of his ideas.” He made his debut at age seventeen with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center\, and has since developed a global profile through performances in New York\, Washington\, Los Angeles\, St. Petersburg\, Sydney\, Munich\, Frankfurt\, and Milan\, including such venues as Carnegie Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, Severance Hall\, the German Embassy\, and the National Press Club.  He has given guest artist recitals and masterclasses at top music schools and conservatories\, such as the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia\, the Munich Hochschule für Musik in Germany\, as well as the Eastman School of Music\, The Juilliard School\, and Oberlin Conservatory in the U.S. \nA recipient of numerous national and international awards\, Dr. Otten has studied with artist teachers John Perry and Nelita True\, and worked intensively with biomechanics expert Barbara Lister-Sink. He has been on the faculties of the International Young Artists Project (Italy)\, Saarburger Serenaden International Music Festival (Germany)\, the American Institute of Musical Studies (Austria)\, and the Kent/Blossom Festival (Ohio)\, as well as concerto soloist at the Chautauqua and Brevard Summer Festivals. He has been a member of competition juries in the U.S. and abroad\, and was founder of the Kent Piano Seminar in Ohio\, as well director of the UNC Liszt Festival\, UNC Etude Festival\, and the Ginastera Centennial Celebration in North Carolina. His discography includes transcriptions of Franz Liszt and a premiere recording of etudes by African American composer Leslie Adams. He is committed to diverse music of our time\, having also premiered works by electronic music expert Frances White and jazz pianist/composer Joe Utterback. \nDr. Otten’s former students include prize-winning concert artist Andrew Tyson\, along with other professional musicians who are active throughout the country. His collaborations include the Miami and Vega String Quartets\, violinist Richard Luby\, as well as baritone Marc Callahan and soprano Louise Toppin. For more information on Dr. Otten\, please visit his website at www.otten.studio. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-tips-for-terrific-technique/ LOCATION:Centerstage Theater\, Whipple Fine Arts Bldg\, Umpqua Community College\, 1140 Umpqua College Rd\, Roseburg\, OR\, 97470 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Tammy Johnson":MAILTO:tamfinch@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240408T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240408T120000 DTSTAMP:20260603T210238 CREATED:20240215T181608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T181608Z UID:10349-1712570400-1712577600@oregonmta.org SUMMARY:Grant Event - Stepping into the Light: Thoughts on Performance Anxiety DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Dr. Diane Baxter\nProgram Description: Why are my hands cold and clammy? Why is my heart pounding? Did you just say something to me? No\, I can’t just relax! Performance anxiety is a complex topic that involves how we think\, how we feel\, and how we behave. The results of it may range from mildly discomforting to completely paralyzing. We all want to get it right when it matters most\, whether we are performers\, family members\, or teachers. All of us have something to gain by understanding what happens as we strive to excel. This talk will introduce some of the causes of performance anxiety and will offer some tips on how to do your best under duress. \nAbout Dr. Diane Baxter: Dr. Diane Baxter\, pianist\, educator and consultant\, is the editor of The Oregon Musician. She recently retired as Professor of Music at Western Oregon University where she  received the Faculty Honors Award for Outstanding Creativity and the Pastega Award for Excellence in Teaching. Diane taught studio piano and courses in Ethnomusicology\, Performance Anxiety\, and Research Methods. Dr. Baxter has adjudicated the Woodley Festival in Berkshire\, England on several occasions. She adjudicates for all ages\, and all levels. Diane consults and performs far and wide\, often giving workshops on doing our best under pressure. “The Science of Artistry: The Fourth String” was published in Clavier Companion in Nov/Dec 2013. Diane’s article\, “Ethnomusicology and Alchemy” was published in the April/May 2020 edition of American Music Teacher.  Diane performs and teaches in France each summer\, and in 2018 she began an international annual workshop on the shores of Loch Etive in the Scottish Highlands. The focus is on performance success and doing our best when it matters most. The workshop is thriving. Closer to home\, recently Diane started writing the program notes for Corvallis Piano International and she continues to perform as principal keyboardist for the Newport Symphony.  She lives\, writes\, plays and thinks in Brownsville\, Oregon. URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-stepping-into-the-light-thoughts-on-performance-anxiety-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church – Medford\, 607 W Main St\, Medford\, OR\, 97501 CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class ORGANIZER;CN="Michele Alspach":MAILTO:malspach@ccountry.net END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR