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SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Art of Memorization
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Eugene\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang\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. \nAbout Dr. 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. 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. 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-the-art-of-memorization-2/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church – Eugene\, 1050 E 23rd Ave\, Eugene\, OR\, 97405
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Grace Ho":MAILTO:ghopiano@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T160000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20240113T194445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T194445Z
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Piano Flow: Create and Elevate
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Paul Dreyer\nProgram Description: Paula uses her Little Gems for Piano pieces as a springboard for creativity. Even if you have never improvised\, you will leave the session with some concrete tools that will allow you to explore the piano in fresh\, new ways.\nAbout Paula Dreyer: Paula Dreyer is a classically-trained pianist and composer\, making music in a unique style that draws upon influences of classical\, Spanish\, film\, and improvisational music. Known for her transporting and mesmerizing performances\, Paula has graced world-class stages from Carnegie Hall to the Green Music Center\, performing in the US\, Canada\, Nicaragua\, Prague\, Portugal\, and Spain. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at Obras in Portugal\, where she composed much of the music for her globally successful Little Gems for Piano educational series. Paula is also a well respected educator and presents nationally to music teachers. She has collaborated with world-renowned choreographer Kevin Jenkins and San Francisco based visual artist Adrian Arias\, as well as with genre defying groups Potaje and Matt Small’s Chamber Ensemble. Paula was a band member for San Francisco’s legendary show Beach Blanket Babylon. She was the winner of the Montréal Classical Music Festival and was a chamber music semi-finalist in the Concert Artist Guild Competition at New York’s Merkin Hall. In her debut original solo album Central Star\, Paula tells a personal\, yet universal story about the powers of imagination\, intuition\, and creative expression during challenging times of transition\, as well as offering a therapeutic medium during everyday life. pauladreyer.com/presentations
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-piano-flow-create-and-elevate/
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
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20240106T214301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240106T214301Z
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Off the Beaten Path
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Bule Mountain\nPresenter: Heidi Evans\nProgram Description: Heidi will present a list of inspired pieces by lesser-known composers\, with a focus on works by women and BIPOC artists. These pieces will be presented according to level: elementary and early through late intermediate. Most of the repertoire will be from the Romantic and 20th Century eras\, with a few gems from earlier\, and references to some living composers as well. All pieces are suitable for the OMTA Syllabus program. Come explore some new music!\nAbout Heidi Evans: Heidi Evans is a Nationally Certified Teacher and holds a Masters Degree from Portland State University. She has over twenty years teaching experience with students of all levels and ages. Her ultimate goal is to teach each student to teach themselves\, so that music can be a rewarding lifetime experience. She maintains a private studio in the greater Portland area\, and is married with two teenage children. She also enjoys playing the harp\, reading\, hiking\, white-water rafting\, and gardening with her two black cats\, Shadow & Inky.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-off-the-beaten-path/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T160000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20240106T214947Z
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Master Class
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umpqua Valley-South Coast\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang\nProgram Description: The masterclass teacher will work with piano students in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing.\nAbout Dr. 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. 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. 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-3/
LOCATION:Douglas County Library Ford Room\, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd\, Roseburg\, Oregon\, 97470
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Tammy Johnson":MAILTO:tamfinch@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20231209T234356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T182828Z
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Playing with Blocks
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Salem\nPresenter: Dr. Lark Powers\nProgram Description: When students build a repertory of chord progressions\, learning pieces becomes a process of assembling familiar blocks of harmony. This session will explore a series of keyboard harmony exercises from simple to complex\, focusing on patterns most often found in student repertoire\, and will examine passages where these progressions are found in the repertoire. Through these exercises\, students can apply harmony in a hands-on way towards learning pieces\, memorizing\, and developing logical musical expression.\nAbout 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. \nNote: Three hours of parking is free for this event in the Library Parkade.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-playing-with-blocks/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20231209T233308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T233458Z
UID:10164-1705744800-1705752000@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Composition: Stealing from the Masters
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dianne Davies\nProgram Description: This workshop is to encourage teachers to present repertoire to students as a guide to their own creativity. Dianne’s “Rainforest Animals” were inspired by two Debussy Preludes.\nAbout Dianne Davies: Dianne Davies received a BA in music from Lewis and Clark College with piano emphasis and K-12 music education certification. Since then\, Dianne has taught public and private school music and currently focuses on her private piano studio in Beaverton and performing. In 2010 Dianne created and performed her comedy show Dianne Davies Has Fallen Off Her Bench and in 2016\, she created\, produced\, and performed a new show titled Attachments & Detachments–Tragedy to Triumph combining the music of Cascadia Composers\, the Northwest Regions chapter of NACUSA (National Association of Composers USA)\, with dance\, live art\, and theatre to tell her own transparent story. In 2016\, Dianne also began composing pieces for piano students. Since 2018\, her student compositions have been performed each year at PSU in the Cascadia sponsored concert\, In Good Hands\, that connects living composers with young music students. Most recently\, in December 2019 she produced another show with all her own compositions and arrangements for Christmas titled Soli Deo Gloria. Dianne created and performed original piano solo pieces\, piano solo arrangements of Chopin Nocturnes fused with traditional carols (Romantic Christmas Suite)\, as well as a violin & piano duet\, violin & cello duet\, vocal solos and choral works. Again\, she collaborated with live dancers and multi-media visual artist Collin Murphy. Dianne chairs the State Composition Celebration Virtual Event. Watch for her monthly column in the OMTA Music News on-line publication and her current performing and composing projects at musiqPOWER.com.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-composition-stealing-from-the-masters-2/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240109T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240109T114500
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20231209T230726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T231546Z
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Incorporating Composing into Your Studio Teaching
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Linn-Benton\nPresenter: Dr. Lisa Neher\nProgram Description: In this workshop\, learn methods for incorporating composing in your studio lessons.We will discuss existing resources for teachers and ways to create your own composition assignments and prompts\, as well as how to break down the process of composing a piece into small pieces that can be achieved using just a few minutes of lesson time each week.\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. Neher’s works have been commissioned and performed by Third Angle New Music\, Fear No Music\, Opera Elect\, Opera Theatre Oregon\, Dinosaur Annex\, the Cortona Sessions for New Music\, Delgani String Quartet\, Choral Arts Ensemble\, and others across the United States and Europe. She is the winner of the ICDA/ICF Choral Competition\, the Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition\, and the Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition\, and was a NATS Composer Mentee\, working with Tom Cipullo.\nPraised as “a small woman with a very big voice” and “especially alive” (Oregon ArtsWatch)\, Neher captivates audiences as a performer with her electrifying dramatic commitment and unforgettable vocal colors. Her performance credits include Really Spicy Opera\, Third Angle New Music\, the Resonance Ensemble\, New Music Gathering\, Queer Opera\, the International Saxophone Symposium\, and Opera Theatre Oregon. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus. She created the roles of Jennifer in Chamber Sounds of Singapore’s world premiere of One Thousand Paper Cranes for Japan by Rita Ueda\, Julian of Norwich in Brook Joyce’s monodrama The Showing of Love\, and the protagonist in Space Station 189\, a sci-fi opera for Instagram by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp. Neher is the curator of the One Voice Project\, which champions unaccompanied solo vocal performance.\nNeher is a sought-after clinician on topics including composing for singers\, networking\, music business and entrepreneurship\, acting for singers and theatre tools for musicians. Her teaching credits include the Ultimate Music Business Summit\, and theToolbox Sessions\, as well as guest clinician appearances at Reed College\, University of Iowa\, Colorado State University\, OMTA\, Bandung Philharmonic in Indonesia\, and more. Her thriving private studio provides graduate-level education and mentorship in singing\, composition\, and career building for musicians from Australia to Europe. Neher holds degrees from the University of Iowa (DMA)\, University of Kansas (MM)\, and Lewis & Clark College (BA). She is an alumnus of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music and the Cortona Sessions for New Music. She spends her free time training for triathlons\, watching science fiction movies\, and baking delicious treats involving copious amounts of chocolate. Her last name is pronounced “NEER.” For more information\, visit her website\, www.lisanehermusic.com. \n 
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-incorporating-composing-into-your-studio-teaching/
LOCATION:Studio of Ginny Redfield\, 975 NW Conifer Blvd\, Corvallis\, OR\, 97330
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Ann Guenther":MAILTO:mguenther@comcast.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T130000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20231009T161540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T161540Z
UID:8184-1699959600-1699966800@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Performance Practice in Baroque Keyboard Music
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umpqua Valley-South Coast\nPresenter: Dr. Barbara Baird\,[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]has been a member of the University of Oregon music faculty since\n1989\, teaching organ\, harpsichord\, and piano\, organ pedagogy\, and harpsichord pedagogy. An active recitalist since 1971\, Dr. Baird has performed throughout the United States as well as Argentina\, Brazil\, Europe and Australia. A frequent adjudicator and clinician\, she regularly conducts workshops and master classes for keyboardists particularly on Baroque and Classic Period Performance Practice. Dr. Baird has been a presenter and recitalist at both national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists\, for the Organ Historical Society\, and for piano teachers’ guilds in the United States and Australia.[/expand] \nProgram Description: This workshop explores some basic considerations of performing Baroque keyboard music\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”] including the articulation used during the Baroque era—staccato\, non-legato\, legato and over-legato—and how to determine when to use each of these; the interpretation of ornament signs and their execution\, as well as the practice of adding ornamentation; understanding tempo markings\, as well as implied dynamics\, when no markings are present.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-performance-practice-in-baroque-keyboard-music/
LOCATION:354 N Star Ln\, 354 N Star Ln\, Sutherlin\, OR\, 97479\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Tammy Johnson":MAILTO:tamfinch@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20231010T014144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231010T014144Z
UID:8190-1697882400-1697889600@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Performance Practice in Baroque Keyboard Music
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dr. Barbara Baird\,[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]has been a member of the University of Oregon music faculty since\n1989\, teaching organ\, harpsichord\, and piano\, organ pedagogy\, and harpsichord pedagogy. An active recitalist since 1971\, Dr. Baird has performed throughout the United States as well as Argentina\, Brazil\, Europe and Australia. A frequent adjudicator and clinician\, she regularly conducts workshops and master classes for keyboardists particularly on Baroque and Classic Period Performance Practice. Dr. Baird has been a presenter and recitalist at both national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists\, for the Organ Historical Society\, and for piano teachers’ guilds in the United States and Australia.[/expand] \nProgram Description: This workshop explores some basic considerations of performing Baroque keyboard music\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”] including the articulation used during the Baroque era—staccato\, non-legato\, legato and over-legato—and how to determine when to use each of these; the interpretation of ornament signs and their execution\, as well as the practice of adding ornamentation; understanding tempo markings\, as well as implied dynamics\, when no markings are present.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-performance-practice-in-baroque-keyboard-music-2/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231010T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231010T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230914T020249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T033324Z
UID:8139-1696932000-1696939200@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Effortless Piano Technique
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Linn-Benton\nLocation: Contact Mary Ann Guenther for location details\nPresenter: Dr. Angelina Case-Stott[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Angeline Case-Stott\, Professor Emeritus of Music at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis\, has performed on the piano and harpsichord as a soloist and chamber musician and served as a clinician across the United States\, Canada\, and Europe. In 2000\, she made her European debut playing a solo harpsichord recital for the Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments at the University of Edinburgh in St. Cecilia’s Hall\, Scotland’s oldest concert hall. Professor Case-Stott’s publications include a pedagogical video\, keyboard harmony text\, and articles in national journals including Clavier. She also edited books for Oxford University Press and McGraw-Hill Publishers. Case-Stott has a solo harpsichord CD\, Baroque Moments. She has provided piano and harpsichord music for medical research being conducted by neurologist and author\, Dr. Norman Shealy. Active at all levels of the Music Teachers National Association\, she is past president of Greater Memphis Music Teachers Association\, past president of Tennessee Music Teachers Association\, and Tennessee Music Teachers Association 1990 “Teacher of the Year.” Currently\, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Western Early Keyboard Association. \nProfessor Case-Stott received piano performance degrees from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University (B.M.) and The University of Memphis (M.M.). Postgraduate piano pedagogy studies were at the University of Northern Illinois; harpsichord and early music performance practice were with Laurette Goldberg of San Francisco Conservatory. Professor Case-Stott has 30 years experience in adjudicating for MTNA and other musical organizations at the local\, state\, and regional level. She now lives in Camas\, Washington.[/expand] \nProgram Description: This presentation is based on Dr. Case-Stott’s article in Clavier “Painless Piano Technique.” [expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]Taubman approach\, and other ideas for healthy piano playing will be presented. Some of the topics covered are variable arm/hand positions\, finger placement\, back and forward movements versus vertical up and down motions\, independence of fingers (old school) versus forearm rotation (new school)\, and helpful exercises. Dr. Case-Stott will explain how a pianist should play on different parts of the fingers\, depending on the musical passage. Avoid collapsing thumb joints through the careful selection of repertoire for students with small hands. Avoid overstretching and putting excessive weight into the keys. Stress-free octaves will be demonstrated with a novel technique and progressive exercises.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-effortless-piano-technique/
LOCATION:OR
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Ann Guenther":MAILTO:mguenther@comcast.net
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230930T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230930T150000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230914T032833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T032833Z
UID:8150-1696078800-1696086000@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Playing What's NOT on the Page: Cultivating Creativity
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Blue Mountain\nContact: Jan Miller\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang\, NCTM[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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. 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. The Symposium continued to flourish in April 2022\, and is expected to have more sessions in 2023. \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. \nIn 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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: We all know[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]it is important to play what is on the page\, but it is also essential to look beyond the written notes and rhythms to seek deeper meaning. In this workshop\, we will become more creative as performers by discovering ways to shape phrases\, investigating possibilities of varying the repetitions through an assortment of articulations\, dynamics\, and rubato\, interpreting sections and phrases by attaching personalities\, images\, and colors to make music come alive\, and understanding the diverse musical styles and languages to create different tools to play what’s not on the page.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-playing-whats-not-on-the-page-cultivating-creativity/
LOCATION:La Grande United Methodist Church\, 1612 4th St\, La Grande\, OR\, 97850
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Jan Miller":MAILTO:j.d.miller@frontier.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230930T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230930T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230914T032427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T032427Z
UID:8147-1696068000-1696075200@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Creating Beautiful Tone in Piano Playing
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Blue Mountain\nContact: Jan Miller\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang\, NCTM[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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. 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. The Symposium continued to flourish in April 2022\, and is expected to have more sessions in 2023. \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. \nIn 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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: It is a lifelong challenge for pianists[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]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.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-creating-beautiful-tone-in-piano-playing/
LOCATION:La Grande United Methodist Church\, 1612 4th St\, La Grande\, OR\, 97850
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Jan Miller":MAILTO:j.d.miller@frontier.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230913T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230913T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230816T224608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230816T224608Z
UID:8048-1694601000-1694606400@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Art of Memorization
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro\nPresenter: Dr. Michelle Huang\, NCTM[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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. 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. The Symposium continued to flourish in April 2022\, and is expected to have more sessions in 2023. \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. \nIn 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.[/expand]\nProgram Description:“I played through it without the music just fine before!”[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]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.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-the-art-of-memorization/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Holly Counts":MAILTO:hollycounts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230609T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230609T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230408T224117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230408T224328Z
UID:7813-1686307500-1686312000@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Teachings of Nelita True: An Homage
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Central Oregon\nPresenter: Thomas Otten[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Nelita True\, who passed in January 2021 due to COVID\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]was one of the great artist teachers and clinicians of our time. Dr. Otten counts his study with her as one of his great blessings and joys; much of his pedagogical approach is due to his work with her. This session will illuminate her highly practical\, organized\, and effective approach to musicianship (tone\, voicing\, line\, rhythmic direction)\, technique\, practice\, and memorization\, along with anecdotes that underscore her warm\, nurturing approach to her students.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-teachings-of-nelita-true-an-homage-2/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Janet Smith":MAILTO:jstrekkie@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T123000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230408T220503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240127T010954Z
UID:7806-1683973800-1683981000@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Teaching the Special Learner: Wisdom and Strategies for the Independent Music Teacher
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Emily Ross[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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. She taught public school music (general music and band) in Oregon for seven years\, and English as a Foreign Language for two years while serving in the Peace Corps. She has been in private practice as a music therapist since moving to Portland in 2003. While she works with clients with a variety of challenges and learning difficulties\, her specialty is autism. She taught music therapy courses and supervised music therapy students until Marylhurst University closed its doors in 2018. Emily played French horn in the Portland Wind Symphony for 18 years and is now enjoying learning Celtic harp and playing in a bell choir. She is the owner of HoofnHorn Music Therapy Studio\, hnhmusictherapy.com.[/expand]\nProgram Description: Music therapist\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]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. Emily will also clarify the differences between music lessons\, adaptive music lessons\, and music therapy so that students can be served in the best manner possible. And finally\, Emily will lead a discussion on communication with parents regarding these sensitive topics.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-teaching-the-special-learner-wisdom-and-strategies-for-the-independent-music-teacher-3/
LOCATION:Grace Lutheran Church – Ashland\, 660 Frances Ln\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Horn":MAILTO:terrrisuehorn@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T113000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230408T214532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230408T220653Z
UID:7804-1683367200-1683372600@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Practice Smarter\, Not Longer
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dr. Lark Powers[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Practice is the most significant element which will determine a musician’s success and enjoyment of their craft.[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]However\, many musicians were never taught how to practice\, and some of what we think we know about learning can be updated. A few easily incorporated practice strategies can greatly increase progress and make practicing more efficient. 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. Strategic practice techniques create transformative changes\, which can be seen in overall progress as well as in performing comfort and success.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-practice-smarter-not-longer-4/
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230411T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230411T133000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230225T200150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230225T200150Z
UID:7691-1681212600-1681219800@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Technique and the Russian School Tradition of Piano Teaching
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umpqua Valley-South Coast\nPresenter: Dr. Alexander Tutunov[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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. \nDr. Tutunov 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 is also Artist in Residence at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Artistic Director of the SOU International Piano Institute\, and was recently named the Director of the Chinese-American International Piano Institute in Chengdu\, China.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Dr. Tutunov will share[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]his experiences from his training at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory and the Belarusian State Conservatory.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-technique-and-the-russian-school-tradition-of-piano-teaching/
LOCATION:354 N Star Ln\, 354 N Star Ln\, Sutherlin\, OR\, 97479\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Tammy Johnson":MAILTO:tamfinch@hotmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230410T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230219T204847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T204847Z
UID:7653-1681120800-1681128000@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Practice Smarter\, Not Longer
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Dr. Lark Powers[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Practice is the most significant element which will determine a musician’s success and enjoyment of their craft.[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]However\, many musicians were never taught how to practice\, and some of what we think we know about learning can be updated. A few easily incorporated practice strategies can greatly increase progress and make practicing more efficient. 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. Strategic practice techniques create transformative changes\, which can be seen in overall progress as well as in performing comfort and success.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-practice-smarter-not-longer-3/
LOCATION:Grace Lutheran Church – Ashland\, 660 Frances Ln\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Horn":MAILTO:terrrisuehorn@gmail.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230219T212828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230219T214936Z
UID:7659-1680343200-1680350400@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Stepping into the Light: Thoughts on Performance Anxiety
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dr. Diane Baxter[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Why are my hands cold and clammy?[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]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.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-stepping-into-the-light-thoughts-on-performance-anxiety/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230212T004304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T005745Z
UID:7636-1680343200-1680350400@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Making Syllabus Relevant: Using OMTA Syllabus Skills to Play Music
DESCRIPTION:Location: Zoom\, for access please contact Rebecca Gooch\nPresenting District: Mid-Columbia\nPresenter: Dianne Davies[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Dianne Davies received a BA in music from Lewis and Clark College with piano emphasis and K-12 music education certification. Since then\, Dianne has taught public and private school music and currently focuses on her private piano studio in Beaverton and performing. In 2010 Dianne created and performed her comedy show Dianne Davies Has Fallen Off Her Bench and in 2016\, she created\, produced\, and performed a new show titled Attachments & Detachments–Tragedy to Triumph combining the music of Cascadia Composers\, the Northwest Regions chapter of NACUSA (National Association of Composers USA)\, with dance\, live art\, and theatre to tell her own transparent story. In 2016\, Dianne also began composing pieces for piano students. Since 2018\, her student compositions have been performed each year at PSU in the Cascadia sponsored concert\, In Good Hands\, that connects living composers with young music students. Most recently\, in December 2019 she produced another show with all her own compositions and arrangements for Christmas titled Soli Deo Gloria. Dianne created and performed original piano solo pieces\, piano solo arrangements of Chopin Nocturnes fused with traditional carols (Romantic Christmas Suite)\, as well as a violin & piano duet\, violin & cello duet\, vocal solos and choral works. Again\, she collaborated with live dancers and multi-media visual artist Collin Murphy. Dianne chairs the State Composition Celebration Virtual Event. Watch for her monthly column in the OMTA Music News on-line publication and her current performing and composing projects at musiqPOWER.com.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Dianne Davies has taken a series of folksongs and[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]Christmas carols to teach all levels of the OMTA Syllabus chord progressions and put them into music. The right-hand melodies are given in scale degree numbers and the left hand accompaniment is given in Roman numerals following each level of syllabus. Students learn to easily transpose the ideas to all keys and understand the concepts.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-making-syllabus-relevant-using-omta-syllabus-skills-to-play-music/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Gooch":MAILTO:mid-columbia@oregonmta.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T133000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230212T000222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230312T185938Z
UID:7628-1678793400-1678800600@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Pianists and the Brain
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umpqua Valley-South Coast\nPresenter: Dr. Diane Baxter[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: How do we hear?[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]What happens in the brain when we learn simple five finger patterns? What knowledge about brain function assists us as we learn new music? How do we process music? What does it mean “to know” a piece of music? How do we recall music? How does the athleticism of piano playing shape our behavior? This talk presents basic information about neurological functions from the performer’s point of view. It is a fascinating and diverse body of information.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-pianists-and-the-brain/
LOCATION:825 Umpqua College Rd\, 825 Umpqua College Rd\, Roseburg\, OR\, 97470
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Tammy Johnson":MAILTO:tamfinch@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230314T113000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230211T211632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T000550Z
UID:7623-1678788000-1678793400@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Practice Smarter\, Not Longer
DESCRIPTION:Contact for Zoom link: Rosanne Smith\nPresenting District: Linn-Benton\nPresenter: Dr. Lark Powers[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Practice is the most significant element which will determine a musician’s success and enjoyment of their craft.[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]However\, many musicians were never taught how to practice\, and some of what we think we know about learning can be updated. A few easily incorporated practice strategies can greatly increase progress and make practicing more efficient. 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. Strategic practice techniques create transformative changes\, which can be seen in overall progress as well as in performing comfort and success.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-practice-smarter-not-longer-2/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Rosanne Smith":MAILTO:rosannecs@aol.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230308T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230308T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230128T225244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230128T225244Z
UID:7610-1678271400-1678276800@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Getting to Know our Neighbor: A Pianist's Guide to Pedagogical Repertoire
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro\nPresenter: Dr. Ricardo de la Torre[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]In 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. He 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\, Dr. de la Torre 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. \nBorn in Mexico City\, Dr. de la Torre attended Escuela Superior de Música in his hometown\, where he received a Bachelor’s degree cum laude. He continued his studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music\, where he received a Master of Music degree and went on to graduate with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado\, Boulder\, where he worked as a teaching assistant. \nAn active presenter\, he has participated in numerous local\, regional\, and international conferences. The results of his research have been published in specialized journals in the U.S.\, Mexico\, and Colombia. \nHe is a visiting artist for the Washington State Music Teachers Association’s Music Artistry Program and has served on the faculty of East Central University in Ada\, OK. He has also taught music analysis at Pacific Lutheran University. Currently he is pianist at First Lutheran Church in Tacoma where he directs its summer concert series Listen Live at Lunch.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Mexican composers have produced a wealth of piano music of pedagogical value.[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]This lecture will offer a panorama of elementary to late intermediate teaching repertoire by Mexican composers from the 19th to the 21st centuries\, discuss its main characteristics and performance tradition\, and provide information about its availability in the U.S.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-getting-to-know-our-neighbor-a-pianists-guide-to-pedagogical-repertoire/
LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church\, 937 NE Jackson School Rd\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97124\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Holly Counts":MAILTO:hollycounts@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230303T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230303T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230108T012538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230108T012647Z
UID:7545-1677837600-1677844800@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Hearing\, Sight\, Touch\, and Proprioception: Enabling the Four Senses of Piano Playing for Optimal Learning and Performing
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Salem\nPresenter: Dr. Stephen Lewis[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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. He has 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).[/expand] \nProgram Description: Everyone longs to learn music so well[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]that we can perform with ease\, grace\, and command of ourselves and the instrument. It often feels like a mysterious\, alchemical process to arrive there: how do we go from learning and struggling to real mastery? The answer lies in large part in the four senses we use when performing: hearing\, sight\, touch\, and proprioception. All four of these senses must be engaged for stellar performances\, but we often do not know how to make the best use of them or how to teach our students to do so. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Lewis will speak about how we must lead first and foremost with our hearing; how our eyes can be powerful allies or can make our practice and performance suffer; how touch and proprioception reinforce an intuitive and resilient connection between the musician and the instrument. He will talk about specific teaching and practice strategies to optimize how we use our senses. Recent neuroscience research on how our brain processes sensory input and turns it into motor action and creative thought will be explorer. Ultimately\, this will help us better reach the place where we can feel empowered to perform creatively\, boldly\, and expressively.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-hearing-sight-touch-and-proprioception-enabling-the-four-senses-of-piano-playing-for-optimal-learning-and-performaing/
LOCATION:Broadway Coffeehouse\, 1300 Broadway St NE #100\, Salem\, Oregon\, 97301
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Deborah Butler":MAILTO:butlers9@frontier.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T140000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230108T010704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230108T010704Z
UID:7536-1677319200-1677333600@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Master Class for Pianists
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Dr. Alexander Tutunov[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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 is Artist in Residence at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Artistic director of the SOU International Piano Institute\, and was recently named the Director of the Chinese-American International Piano Institute in Chengdu\, China.[/expand] \nProgram Description: The master pianist/teacher will work with piano students[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing. Please contact Terri Horn for more details.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-master-class-for-pianists/
LOCATION:Grace Lutheran Church – Ashland\, 660 Frances Ln\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Horn":MAILTO:terrrisuehorn@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230107T203822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230108T010804Z
UID:7531-1676109600-1676116800@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Master Class for Pianists
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Umpqua Valley-South Coast\nPresenter: Deborah Cleaver[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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 Classical 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. Ms. 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 summer institute at Princeton University every summer. 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 I and II. 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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: The master pianist/teacher will work with piano students[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing. Please contact Tammy Johnson for more details.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-master-class-2/
LOCATION:Roseburg Public Library\, 1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd\, Roseburg\, Oregon\, 97470
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Tammy Johnson":MAILTO:tamfinch@hotmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20230107T200339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230107T203900Z
UID:7522-1675504800-1675512000@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event -- Practice Smarter\, Not Longer
DESCRIPTION:Contact for Zoom link: Jan Miller\nPresenting District: Blue Mountain\nPresenter: Dr. Lark Powers[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Practice is the most significant element which will determine a musician’s success and enjoyment of their craft.[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]However\, many musicians were never taught how to practice\, and some of what we think we know about learning can be updated. A few easily incorporated practice strategies can greatly increase progress and make practicing more efficient. 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. Strategic practice techniques create transformative changes\, which can be seen in overall progress as well as in performing comfort and success.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-practice-smarter-not-longer/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Jan Miller":MAILTO:j.d.miller@frontier.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221108T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221108T113000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20221013T014305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T014305Z
UID:7322-1667901600-1667907000@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - An Examination of Enrique Granados' Pedagogical Piano Works
DESCRIPTION:Location: Zoom\, for access please contact Rosanne Smith\nPresenting District: Linn-Benton\nPresenter: Ricardo de la Torre[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]In demand as a performer\, teacher\, adjudicator\, and presenter\, 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. \nBorn 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 graduate with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder\, where he worked as a teaching assistant. \nAn active presenter\, he has participated in numerous local\, regional\, and international conferences. The results of his research have been published in specialized journals in the U.S.\, Mexico\, and Colombia. \nHe is a visiting artist for the Washington State Music Teachers Association’s Music Artistry Program and has served on the faculty of East Central University in Ada\, OK. Ricardo has also taught music analysis at Pacific Lutheran University. Currently he is pianist at First Lutheran Church in Tacoma where he directs its summer concert series Listen Live at Lunch.[/expand] \nProgram Description: This session takes a fresh look[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]at three of this important Spanish composer’s pedagogical collections and presents an overview of Granados’ educational activities and concerns as well as the way his tradition lives on today.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-an-examination-of-enrique-granados-pedagogical-piano-works/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Rosanne Smith":MAILTO:rosannecs@aol.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
CREATED:20221010T185345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T185947Z
UID:7313-1667642400-1667649600@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Albums for the Young: Fascinating but Lesser-Known Repertoire Choices for the Intermediate Level Pianist
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Mid-Columbia\nLocation: Zoom\, for access please contact Rebecca Gooch\nPresenter: Dr. Crystal Zimmerman[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Crystal is professor of piano at Willamette University where she teaches class piano\, individual piano lessons\, as well as courses in music technology. At Willamette\, she is also staff accompanist and coordinator of the accompanying program. She frequently performs in collaborative\, chamber music\, and solo recitals as well as being pianist in the Salem Chamber Orchestra. Zimmerman is in demand as a lecturer and clinician\, and her articles have been featured in American Music Teacher magazine. She worked with FJH music company on the series\, Succeeding with Sonatinas. Her most recent publication is the FJH Masterpiece Anthology–Women Composers.[/expand] \nProgram Description: This lecture will explore fascinating but lesser-known repertoire choices for the intermediate level pianist.[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]These compositions are similar to Robert Schumann’s Album for the Young\, Op. 68\, ranging in length from one to three pages and are technically accessible for the intermediate student. She will discuss the character pieces from the middle of the nineteenth century\, around the time of Schumann and the impetus behind the explosion of “Albums for the Young” during this time. She will play pieces from Schumann’s Op. 68 and demonstrate comparable/alternate suitable works by other composers such as Mosonyi\, Kullak\, Heller\, Gade\, Godard\, Karganov\, Kiel\, Köhler\, Kirchner\, and Gurlitt. Many of the pieces have programmatic titles; it is this “character” element that can be a powerful creative stimulus for the student. She has found that\, for younger students especially\, engaging imagination in response to the images and emotions suggested by the title\, can create truly magical learning experiences.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-albums-for-the-young-fascinating-but-lesser-known-repertoire-choices-for-the-intermediate-level-pianist/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Gooch":MAILTO:mid-columbia@oregonmta.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221010T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221010T120000
DTSTAMP:20260603T234150
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220918T021907Z
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - The Creativity of the Baroque Repertoire
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Eugene \nPresenter: Dr. Lark Powers[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]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.[/expand] \nProgram Description: The Baroque repertoire provides an exceptional resource[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]for teaching students to analyze\, to develop creativity\, and to take charge of their interpretation. This presentation uses compositions from a variety of composers\, well known to less well known\, and explores pieces in a range of difficulties. The blank scores from this period\, in urtext editions free of dynamics and phrasing indications\, can provide challenges in developing an idiomatic and effective interpretation\, and discussion includes helping students find cadences\, establish phrasing\, the importance of meter and pulse\, articulation\, ornamentation\, and the treatment of specific dance forms\, as well as effectively translating this music for performances on the modern piano.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-the-creativity-of-the-baroque-repertoire/
LOCATION:U of O School of Music – Berwick Hall\, Room 101\, Eugene\, OR
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Grace Ho":MAILTO:ghopiano@gmail.com
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