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SUMMARY:Grant Event - An Auditory Lifespan
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Virtual\nPresenter: Susan Bruckner \nVia Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81640489726 \nProgram Description: Susan Bruckner will present an overview of each life stage from birth to end of life and how music and the brain work in tandem each step of the way. Based on sabbatical interviews with 24 neuroscientists studying music and the brain. \nPresenter Bio: Susan Bruckner is a pianist with degrees from Eastman School of Music\, San Francisco Conservatory\, and the New School for Music Study with Frances Clark. She is the director of the piano program at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz\, CA since 2007. She has also taught at Ithaca College in NY and the University of Utah. Susan has given workshops throughout the US\, Canada\, and Europe. She is the author of two books\, The Whole Musician: A Multi-Sensory Guide to Practice\, Performance\, and Pedagogy and The Whole Pianist\, a textbook for college piano classes.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-an-auditory-lifespan-2/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Madeline Gendron":MAILTO:madeleinegendron@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Syllabus from a Teacher's Point of View - Syllabus from an Adjudicator's Point of View
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Salem\nPresenter: Heidi Evans\, NCTM \nProgram Description: Heidi shares tips on preparing students for Syllabus exams at all levels and tiers\, combining the perspective of a teacher of average students and the perspective of a Syllabus adjudicator to make the most of each student’s and teacher’s Syllabus experience. \nPresenter Bio: Heidi Evans is a Nationally Certified Teacher with a Master’s Degree from Portland State University where she studied with Harold Gray and Mary Hall Kogen. In her nearly three decades of teaching experience with students of all ages and levels\, she has adjudicated festivals and events around the state since 2005\, was OMTA Syllabus Chair for five years\, and currently occupies the position of President of Oregon MTA. She is a member of the 8-hand quartet\, “Too Grand\,” which has been performing and raising money for scholarships for nearly four decades. Her latest deep dive into piano repertoire research is music by under-represented composers with a focus on pedagogical works. Her ultimate goal is to teach each student to teach themselves\, so that music can be a rewarding lifetime experience.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-syllabus-from-a-teachers-point-of-view-syllabus-from-an-adjudicators-point-of-view/
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:20260221T100000
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Making Syllabus Relevant: Using OMTA Syllabus Skills to Play Music
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Blue Mountain\nPresenter: Dianne Davies \nProgram Description: Dianne Davies uses a series of folksongs and 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. This way students easily transpose the ideas into all keys and understand the concepts. \nPresenter Bio: Dianne Davies is a solo and collaborative pianist\, composer\, published arranger and instructor. Her music envelopes the emotions of love\, loss\, depression and joy to sonic representations of endangered species in the Amazon Rainforest. Her shows range from the dramatic and deeply personal that include drama\, live visual art and dance\, to the far reaches of slapstick comedy that are accessible to a wide range of audiences. Alongside a full piano teaching studio\, she chairs the MTNA State Composition Competition and is the Co-President of the Tualatin Valley District. In 2021\, her Romantic Christmas Suite\, an amalgam of Chopin nocturnes and traditional Christmas carols\, was published by Fred Bock Publishing Company under the umbrella of Hal Leonard. In 2023\, her latest arrangement\, Impressionist Christmas Suite\, received Editor’s Choice from J.W. Pepper and Dianne earned National Certification through MTNA. She holds memberships in: OMTA\, MTNA\, NACUSA\, and CFAMC. Dianne is a self published composer with ASCAP under her own company name\, 7Fold Musiq. You can learn more about her and her music at musiqpower.com.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-making-syllabus-relevant-using-omta-syllabus-skills-to-play-music-2/
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 - Mexican Harmonies: Exploring Piano Repertoire from Mexico
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Rogue Valley\nPresenter: Melissa Terrall \nProgram Description: From Tomás León and Guadalupe Olmeda to José Rolón\, Melissa presents profiles and representative works of notable Mexican composers. She will showcase the diversity of Mexican piano repertoire\, from salon pieces to folkloric music\, while also discussing common misconceptions about Mexican classical music. Attendees are sure to leave more knowledgeable about Mexican composers as well as inspired to interact with their music in a culturally-robust way as teachers and performers. \nPresenter Bio: Melissa Terrall is a classical pianist and piano teacher from Portland\, Oregon. When a 2023-24 Fulbright scholar\, she studied Mexican piano repertoire with Dr. David Rodríguez de la Peña at Mexico City’s National Conservatory. While abroad\, Melissa offered lecture recitals and master classes\, expanding her skills in her second language. Melissa holds a master’s in piano performance from the University of Kansas\, where she studied with Dr. Scott McBride Smith. A passionate educator\, Melissa has held interim professorships at Clark College and Linfield University in addition to overseeing her private piano studio.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-mexican-harmonies-exploring-piano-repertoire-from-mexico/
LOCATION:Jacksonville Library\, 340 West C Street\, Jacksonville\, OR\, 97530\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Terri Horn":MAILTO:terrrisuehorn@gmail.com
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