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SUMMARY:Grant Event-Playing Perfectly: What It Takes to Practice and Perform Completely Without Mistakes (or Fear of Mistakes)-Yes\, It's Possible!
DESCRIPTION:Location: Zoom\, to obtain the Zoom meeting link\, please contact Sue Nelson. \nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Jennifer Wright [expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Jennifer Wright\, M.M.\, B.M.\, is a keyed-instruments performer\, composer\, educator\, graphic artist\, event producer and culture-maker. She is passionate about creating beautiful\, thought-provoking cultural realities and memorable\, multi-sensory performance experiences. Her work melds diverse artistic disciplines and expressions to create adventurous contexts that reshape the landscape of performative experience in order to engage\, inspire\, move\, and change both the giver and the receiver for the better. Jennifer performs regularly as a solo and collaborative artist and has presented numerous concerts\, master classes\, and workshops in the U.S.A.\, the U.K.\, Europe\, and Cuba. \nJennifer graduated summa cum laude from the Hartt School of Music in Hartford\, CT with a Bachelor of Music in piano performance and studied for two years at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst and Universität Stuttgart in Germany. She was awarded several Distinctions for her Masters Degree achievements in performance and musicological research at the Trinity College of Music in London\, England in the Historically Informed Piano Performance degree program. \nJennifer mischievously mixes experimental\, visceral\, and utterly listenable elements in an ever-evolving mix of her wide-ranging obsessions and curious whims\, including repurposing pianos and other instruments\, video art\, found sound\, alternative keyed instruments\, sound sculptures\, theatricality\, trash instruments\, the natural world\, movement/dance\, science\, silliness\, electronics\, fashion\, and live art-making. Much of her work focuses around her one-of-a-kind “Skeleton Piano\,” an upright piano that she stripped of its exterior\, altered mightily\, and plays from the inside out with wild extended techniques and electronic modification. \nHer compositions have been performed at the 29th and 31st Annual Festival de La Habana de Música Contemporánea in Cuba\, the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival\, The Astoria Music Festival\, Portland International Piano Festival\, Portland’s March Music Moderne festivals\, Crazy Jane Composers and Cascadia Composers concerts\, on KBOO\, XRAY and KTCB radio\, on KGW TV and Cuban National TV\, by Portland’s Resonance Ensemble\, the Free Marz String Trio\, the Delgani Quartet\, and in recitals in the U.S.\, England\, and Finland. \nMore info available at jenniferwrightpianostudio.com and skeletonpiano.com.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Have you heard a “kind” instructor say that making mistakes is normal\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]human\, even a valuable part of the learning process? Or that striving for musical perfection is akin to being a lifeless robot and even creatively dangerous? Perhaps you heard a “tough love” teacher remark that you’re only as good as your last performance and that if you’re not perfect\, you’re not even in the game? \nWhich perspective is the right one? Surprise: they all are – to a point! The secret is in the mix. This workshop shows how to reconcile these viewpoints into a joyous lifelong practice approach and gives you the tools and practice techniques to eliminate mistakes (and the terrible fear of mistakes) entirely from your playing. Let’s waste no time in giving this gift to ourselves and to our students! \nIn this workshop we’ll cover:\n• Why do we make mistakes?\n• What are you actually doing wrong? (Hint: it’s usually not what you think.)\n• Practice techniques: the good\, the bad\, and the useless\n• How to fix ingrained mistakes and habits\n• The power of habits and human nature: you can fight them\, or you can make them work for you…it’s your choice\n• Tapping into your innate learning instincts for powerful progress\n• Once you get it\, it’s all fun and games! \nBring your “That’s impossible” stories\, your “I’ve tried and I can’t” tales\, your burning questions\, and your overwhelming challenges with you – so we can knock them down one by one![/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/playing-perfectly-what-it-takes-to-practice-and-perform-completely-without-mistakes-or-fear-of-mistakes-yes-its-possible/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Sue Nelson":MAILTO:musicdoc3@mac.com
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SUMMARY:District Event: Open Lesson Observations
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual workshop\, Dr. Tutunov will work with individual teachers from the Lincoln County District in an open lesson format. Four teachers will play for Dr. Tutunov from 10 am-Noon and then again from 1-3 pm. \nVirtual Platform: Zoom
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/district-event-open-lesson-observations/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Event,Lincoln County,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Morganti":MAILTO:maryjo3663@msn.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event-Pedaling Through the Ages--Cracking the Code: Historical Guidelines and Strategies for Informed Performance
DESCRIPTION:Location: Zoom\, please contact Rebecca Gooch.\nPresenting District: Mid Columbia\nPresenter: Dr. Jill Timmons\, NCTM [expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Jill Timmons has performed internationally as both a solo pianist and ensemble artist and has offered performances and educational residencies on three continents. She has toured throughout Germany\, Switzerland\, Austria\, France\, Austria\, Spain\, and Chile\, and has appeared in such venues as Carnegie Recital Hall\, Merkin Hall\, the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue\, the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, D. C.\, the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago\, the American Consulate in Hamburg\, the Bösendorfer Hall in Vienna\, Catholic University in Santiago\, Chile\, and college and universities throughout the U. S. Timmons\, has been a featured artist on National Public Radio\, has performed under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Arts and has recorded on the Laurel\, Centaur\, and Capstone labels. Ken Burns chose music from her Amy Beach recording for the soundtrack to his PBS documentary\, The War. She is a National Endowment Fellow\, receiving a funding award for the recording of the complete works for solo piano by American composer\, William Bergsma (Laurel Records). \nTimmons has performed with orchestras throughout the US including the Oregon Symphony\, Syracuse Symphony\, Newport Symphony\, Central Oregon Symphony\, Springfield (Illinois) Orchestra\, Festival Orchestra of the Oregon Coast Music Festival\, among others. As a frequent guest artist\, Timmons has appeared in such summer festivals as Tanglewood\, Chenango Musikfest in New York\, the Olympic Music Festival\, the Oregon Coast Music Festival\, Festillésime and Festival Mozart in France. In France she has been artistic director for Musique à Beaumont\, and is a member artist through Perspectives Musicales in Paris. \nAs an award-winning author\, Timmons has written on topics that include entrepreneurship\, and volunteerism within the arts and humanities. She is a recipient of the Wilk International Literary Prize from University of Southern California.  Her best-selling career guidebook\, The Musician’s Journey: Crafting Your Career Vision and Plan\, is published by Oxford University Press and will be forthcoming in a Second Edition in 2021. Timmons works with both individuals and non-profit groups to move their cause forward\, ultimately supporting an artistic vision backed by concrete strategies for success. \nCurrently\, Timmons is the Artist/Teacher Affiliate with Classic Pianos at their flagship store in Portland\, Oregon\, and in their satellite locations in Bellevue\, Denver\, Anchorage\, Las Vegas\, Boston\, and Albuquerque. She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington and the Master of Music degree from Boston University. Her seminal training as a pianist has been with György Sebök\, Béla Bösörményi-Nagy\, and Randolph Hokanson. \n“She is a sensitive musician…Her playing is graceful\, lyrical\, detailed and intimate.” Tim Page\, The New York Times \n“Timmons soars with the eagles. She plays with vitality and élan.” Fanfare Magazine[/expand] \nProgram Description: Pedaling on the modern piano is not an exact science\, but[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]there are critical principles that can shape our informed performance. In this two-hour workshop\, Dr. Timmons will explore performance practice guidelines\, historically informed choices\, keyboard instruments spanning some 350 years\, how we adapt the modern piano to past practices\, and essential skills required for artful pedaling. Weaving in demonstration and lecture\, Dr. Timmons will offer clear strategies and historical guidelines to a more artful use of the modern piano pedals. A bibliography will also be provided for this presentation.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-pedaling-through-the-ages-cracking-the-code-historical-guidelines-and-strategies-for-informed-performance/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Gooch":MAILTO:mid-columbia@oregonmta.org
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