OMTA - Oregon Music Teachers Association

Grant Event-The Inclusive Studio: Successfully Teaching Students Who Have Special Needs
2021-03-06 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual/Online
Local Contact: For more information please contact Sue Nelson.
Location: Zoom, for access please contact Susan Todd.
Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow
Presenter: Andrew D’Antonio Andrew D’Antonio is the founder & director of the Adaptive Music Partnership, a community outreach program in Springfield, Massachusetts that provides music classes to over 600 students with special needs and offers workshops to music teachers on techniques for teaching students with diverse needs. He was on the piano faculty at Smith College and Bay Path University and has been teaching private piano lessons for over ten years. Prior to working full-time in music, he was a special education preschool teacher in New York City.
Andrew has a bachelors of music in piano performance from Pacific Lutheran University, a masters of science in teaching in early childhood special education from Fordham University, and a masters of music in collaborative piano and music history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Andrew returned from the East Coast in 2019 and currently lives and teaches in Portland, Oregon.
Program Description: The number of students with special needs is on the rise, with some estimates showing that as many as 13% of all U.S. students currently have a diagnosis. In response to this trend, society and public education have become more proactive about including these students in a broad range of activities that were formerly only available to their peers without diagnoses. As a result, private music teachers are receiving more requests to teach students with special needs and include them in their group classes, recitals, and other studio activities. Unfortunately, many private music teachers have received little or no training in working with special needs, and they often feel ill-equipped and/or unsupported in teaching these students.
This workshop is intended as an introduction to special education techniques that can be applied in small group and one-on-one settings. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of the most common (and most commonly misunderstood) disabilities that can be disruptive in a traditional private lesson setting: autism, dyslexia, and ADHD. Participants will have a chance to discuss and problem-solve scenarios specific to their own studios, and they will leave with a range of resources that will help support them in the future.

Grant Event-Integrative Alexander Technique for Performance and Wellness
2021-03-06 10:00 - 12:00
Local Contact: For more information please contact Jan Miller.
Location: Zoom, for access please contact Susan Todd.
Presenting District: Blue Mountain
Presenter: Dr. Matt Goodrich Dr. Matt Goodrich is a native of Syracuse, NY, and a graduate of Oberlin College Conservatory, where he studied with Julian Martin. He earned his DMA from the University of Washington under the direction of Robin McCabe. His dissertation, entitled Ricardo Viñes and Les Apaches, explored the life and talents of one of the twentieth century’s most enigmatic performers. He continues to perform Viñes-related solo- and duo-piano repertoire.
Goodrich was national finalist in the Music Teachers National Association (Young Artists Division) and Young Keyboard Artist Association competitions. He has performed extensively on the West Coast, including a headline recital for the Seattle Spring Contemporary Music Festival and a Washington State debut tour, and has appeared as soloist with the Syracuse Symphony, University of Washington Symphony, UW Wind Ensemble, Victoria Festival Orchestra, Willamette Valley Symphony, and Seattle Thalia Symphony.
An active chamber music and theatrical performer, Goodrich was featured in the inaugural concert of the Auburn Symphony Chamber Series and performs frequently with diverse performing groups such as Expanse Ensemble, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Harrington-Goodrich Duo, Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders, and Northwest Boychoir. He spent 2016 on the road with the Broadway national tour of If/Then and has been an Oregon Shakespeare Festival company member for six seasons. He has earned Alexander Technique International Teaching Certification and is currently Instructor of Piano at Southern Oregon University. He resides in Ashland, OR.
Program Description: It is both possible and desirable to learn the Alexander Technique by applying it directly to the specialized skills of an activity—in our case, music making—from the very beginning. This workshop outlines the basic principles of this unique and practical learning process, giving the tools to analyze and think constructively about whole-self coordination as well as the efficient sequence of thought and movement needed to play an instrument or sing.

Grant Event - Master Class
2021-03-06 13:00 - 15:00
Local Contact: For more information please contact Rebecca Gooch.
Location: Zoom, for access please contact Susan Todd.
Presenting District: Mid-Columbia
Presenter: Alexander Tutunov, NCTM Dr. 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”.
Dr. 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. He is also in demand as an adjudicator for piano competitions.
Dr. Tutunov graduated magna cum laude from the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory (studies with Anna Artobolevskaya and Lev Naumov) and University of North Texas (piano studies with Joseph Banowetz). Awarded his doctoral diploma with honors in concert performance from the Belarusian State Conservatory, he has taught at the Minsk College of Music, the University of North Texas, and Illinois Wesleyan University.
Dr. 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.
Program Description: The master pianist/teacher will work with piano students in a master class setting while the audience is invited to learn by observing.

District Event: Dr. Matt Cooper presents "Ebony & Ivory: American Composers from Copland to Ellington"
2021-03-12 09:30 - 11:30
In this virtual presentation, Dr. Cooper will delve into published works, transcriptions, and unpublished manuscripts by iconic American piano composers from the 20th century, all of whom in their own way embraced the American musical landscape.
This will be presented via Zoom. Please contact Teresa Sealey by March 9, 2021 at teresasealey.omta@gmail.com to request the access link.
