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Catherine Darnall, an experienced teacher from our local Rogue Valley chapter, will share ideas about how to introduce beginners to the keyboard to establish skills and gain confidence before exposing them to printed music.
This is the fall board meeting for OMTA. Board members include all the District Presidents, State Committee Chairs, and the Executive Committee. This event will be held over Zoom.
Membership meeting
Annual Adjudicator Retreat where adjudicators discuss and review the latest information regarding the Piano Syllabus program.
Explore posture, healthy movement, scales, leaps, pedaling and more through intermediate and early advanced piano repertoire.
The OMTA Sonatina Festival is a biennial competitive event for students of high school age and younger. Participants perform Sonatina/Sonata movements selected from various composers, periods, and styles before an adjudicator in a private audition. Two students from each level are chosen to perform in the Honors Recital later in the day to compete for first and second place. The Honors Recital is open to the public.
This presentation by Dr. Slominski opens a conversation about teaching and learning through a nuanced aural curriculum.
Registration deadline is 9/9/2021. This is a unified Portland District Event.
Exploring the nuts and bolts skills of writing music, from notation to instruments to model composition. Teachers will leave having the skills and knowledge to confidently teach composition to their music students.
Exploring the idea of musical "topic," or reference, and how composers use topics to create uniquely musical stories and narratives.
