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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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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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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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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
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