2025 OMTA Winter Board Meeting
Virtual/OnlineThe meeting of the State Board of OMTA, which occurs every January. This meeting will be over Zoom. Watch your emails for the link. The district president's round table will precede this meeting at 10am.
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The meeting of the State Board of OMTA, which occurs every January. This meeting will be over Zoom. Watch your emails for the link. The district president's round table will precede this meeting at 10am.
Presenting District: Eugene Presenter: Dr. Alex Tutunov, NCTM 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. Presenter Bio: Alexander Tutunov is widely recognized as … Read more »
Location parking: (3 hrs of parking is free in the Library Parkade) Presenting District: Salem Presenters: Dr. Ricardo de la Torre and Dr. Lark Powers Program Description: Much has been written about the value, advantages, and disadvantages of piano method … Read more »
Presenting District: Linn-Benton Presenter: Dr. Brian Hsu Location: Studio of Bonnie Esbensen Program Description: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies have been popular with students and performers over the last few decades. In this presentation, Dr. Hsu will briefly survey the origins of … Read more »
Presenting District: Blue Mountain Presenter: Dr. Barbara Baird Program Description: How do we play Baroque music expressively, in a way that shows stylistic awareness, and yet in a way that accommodates the instrument being used? CPE Bach wrote in his … Read more »
The State Baroque Festival is an “Honors Recital” representing the culmination of a series of competitive and adjudicated district concerts. The non-competitive State Baroque Honors Recital is the final event of the Baroque Festival. Students selected by an adjudicator in … Read more »
Presenting District: Rogue Valley Presenter: Dr. Michelle Huang Program Description in two sessions: (Morning Session 10 am to 12 pm) It is a lifelong challenge for pianists to make a beautiful cantabile sound on the piano, but it is possible through … Read more »
Location: Check with district president for location Presenting District: Salem Presenter: Deborah Cleaver Program Description: This presentation will focus on the practical aspects of the Taubman approach that can be incorporated without a lot of training. Teachers will learn the most … Read more »
Location: Check with district president for location Presenting District: Central Oregon Presenter: Melissa Terrall Program Description: How can music teachers help students face the daunting challenge of performance anxiety? In this practical workshop, we will discuss practical strategies to prepare students … Read more »
Presenting District: Umatilla-Morrow Presenter: Dr. Michelle Huang This is a two-part class: 10:00 am to 12 pm and 1:30 to 3:30 pm (master class time) Program Description: “I played through it without the music just fine before!” We have all been … Read more »