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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Music of the Romantic and Contemporary Eras: Differences in Tone\, Articulation\, Pedal\, Rubato
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83551761030 \nMeeting ID: 835 5176 1030\n\n\n\nFor more information: please contact Sarah Milburn.\nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dr. Thomas Otten\, NCTM[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Thomas Otten holds the title of Emeritus Professor\, having recently retired as Piano Area Chair from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He now resides in Portland\, OR\, where he is establishing himself as a master teacher and concert artist. A California native born of German American parents\, Dr. Otten has been hailed by the New York Times as “an extremely original player who puts a formidable technique at the service of his ideas.” He made his debut at age seventeen with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and has since developed a global profile through performances in New York\, Washington\, Los Angeles\, St. Petersburg\, Sydney\, Munich\, Frankfurt\, and Milan\, including such venues as Carnegie Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, Severance Hall\, the German Embassy\, and the National Press Club. He has given guest artist recitals and masterclasses at top music schools and conservatories\, such as the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia\, the Munich Hochschule für Musik in Germany\, as well as the Eastman School of Music\, The Juilliard School\, and Oberlin Conservatory in the U.S.\nA recipient of numerous national and international awards\, Dr. Otten has studied with artist teachers John Perry and Nelita True and worked intensively with biomechanics expert Barbara Lister-Sink. He has been on the faculties of the International Young Artists Project (Italy)\, Saarburger Serenaden International Music Festival (Germany)\, the American Institute of Musical Studies (Austria)\, and the Kent/Blossom Festival (Ohio)\, as well as concerto soloist at the Chautauqua and Brevard Summer Festivals. He has been a member of competition juries in the U.S. and abroad and was founder of the Kent Piano Seminar in Ohio\, as well director of the UNC Liszt Festival\, UNC Etude Festival\, and the Ginastera Centennial Celebration in North Carolina. His discography includes transcriptions of Franz Liszt and a premiere recording of etudes by African American composer Leslie Adams. He is committed to diverse music of our time\, having also premiered works by electronic music expert Frances White and jazz pianist/composer Joe Utterback.\nDr. Otten’s former students include prize-winning concert artist Andrew Tyson\, along with other professional musicians who are active throughout the country. His collaborations include the Miami and Vega String Quartets\, violinist Richard Luby\, as well as baritone Marc Callahan and soprano Louise Toppin. For more information on Dr. Otten\, please visit his website at www.otten.studio.[/expand]\nProgram Description: What makes for a stylistically appropriate performance?[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]Should we use the same amount of pedal in Mozart as Chopin? How do we choose articulations in Baroque music? These and similar questions will be examined to shed light on the often-confusing musical choices we have when performing and teaching music from different style periods.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-music-of-the-romantic-and-contemporary-eras-differences-in-tone-articulation-pedal-rubato/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Making Syllabus Relevant: Using OMTA Syllabus Skills to Play Music
DESCRIPTION:Location: Zoom\, for more information and access please contact Sarah Milburn.\nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dianne Davies[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Dianne Davies received a BA in music from Lewis and Clark College with piano emphasis and K-12 music education certification. Since then\, Dianne has taught public and private school music and currently focuses on her private piano studio in Beaverton and performing. In 2010 Dianne created and performed her comedy show Dianne Davies Has Fallen Off Her Bench and in 2016\, she created\, produced\, and performed a new show titled Attachments & Detachments–Tragedy to Triumph combining the music of Cascadia Composers\, the Northwest Regions chapter of NACUSA (National Association of Composers USA)\, with dance\, live art\, and theatre to tell her own transparent story. In 2016\, Dianne also began composing pieces for piano students. Since 2018\, her student compositions have been performed each year at PSU in the Cascadia sponsored concert\, In Good Hands\, that connects living composers with young music students. Most recently\, in December 2019 she produced another show with all her own compositions and arrangements for Christmas titled Soli Deo Gloria. Dianne created and performed original piano solo pieces\, piano solo arrangements of Chopin Nocturnes fused with traditional carols (Romantic Christmas Suite)\, as well as a violin & piano duet\, violin & cello duet\, vocal solos and choral works. Again\, she collaborated with live dancers and multi-media visual artist Collin Murphy. Dianne continues to teach during these trying times of the pandemic and chairs the State Composition Celebration Virtual Event. Watch for her monthly column in the OMTA Music News on-line publication and her current performing and composing projects at musiqPOWER.com.[/expand]\nProgram Description: Dianne Davies has taken a series of folksongs[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]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. Students learn to easily transpose the ideas to all keys and understand the concepts.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/district-grant-event-making-syllabus-relevant-using-omta-syllabus-skills-to-play-music/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Music of the Baroque\, Classical\, Romantic\, Contemporary Eras: differences in Tone\, Articulation\, Pedal\, Rubato (focus on Romantic & Contemporary eras)
DESCRIPTION:Local Contact: For more information and Zoom access please contact Sarah Milburn.\nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dr. Thomas Otten\, NCTM[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Thomas Otten holds the title of Emeritus Professor\, having recently retired as Piano Area Chair from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He now resides in Portland\, OR\, where he is establishing himself as a master teacher and concert artist. A California native born of German-American parents\, Dr. Otten has been hailed by the New York Times as “an extremely original player who puts a formidable technique at the service of his ideas.” He made his debut at age seventeen with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and has since developed a global profile through performances in New York\, Washington\, Los Angeles\, St. Petersburg\, Sydney\, Munich\, Frankfurt\, and Milan\, including such venues as Carnegie Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, Severance Hall\, the German Embassy\, and the National Press Club. He has given guest artist recitals and masterclasses at top music schools and conservatories\, such as the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia\, the Munich Hochschule für Musik in Germany\, as well as the Eastman School of Music\, The Juilliard School\, and Oberlin Conservatory in the U.S.\nA recipient of numerous national and international awards\, Dr. Otten has studied with artist teachers John Perry and Nelita True and worked intensively with biomechanics expert Barbara Lister-Sink. He has been on the faculties of the International Young Artists Project (Italy)\, Saarburger Serenaden International Music Festival (Germany)\, the American Institute of Musical Studies (Austria)\, and the Kent/Blossom Festival (Ohio)\, as well as concerto soloist at the Chautauqua and Brevard Summer Festivals. He has been a member of competition juries in the U.S. and abroad and was founder of the Kent Piano Seminar in Ohio\, as well director of the UNC Liszt Festival\, UNC Etude Festival\, and the Ginastera Centennial Celebration in North Carolina. His discography includes transcriptions of Franz Liszt and a premiere recording of etudes by African American composer Leslie Adams. He is committed to diverse music of our time\, having also premiered works by electronic music expert Frances White and jazz pianist/composer Joe Utterback.\nDr. Otten’s former students include prize-winning concert artist Andrew Tyson\, along with other professional musicians who are active throughout the country. His collaborations include the Miami and Vega String Quartets\, violinist Richard Luby\, as well as baritone Marc Callahan and soprano Louise Toppin. For more information on Dr. Otten\, please visit his website at www.otten.studio.[/expand] \nProgram Description: What makes for a stylistically appropriate performance?[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “] Should we use the same amount of pedal in Mozart as Chopin? How do we choose articulations in Baroque music? These and similar questions will be examined to shed light on the often-confusing musical choices we have when performing and teaching music from many different style periods.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-music-of-the-baroque-classical-romantic-contemporary-eras-differences-in-tone-articulation-pedal-rubato-focus-on-romantic-contemporary-eras/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com
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UID:6123-1646352000-1646524799@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:District Event: Workshop - Music of the Baroque\, Classical\, Romantic\, and Contemporary Eras
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Thomas Otten: Music of the Baroque\, Classical\, Romantic\, and Contemporary Eras \nSponsored by Umatilla-Morrow district. \nFor Zoom Link and times\, contact event organizer.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/district-event-workshop-music-of-the-baroque-classical-romantic-and-contemporary-eras/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Event,Umatilla-Morrow
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com
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UID:6620-1644663600-1644670800@oregonmta.org
SUMMARY:Grant Event - Music of the Baroque\, Classical\, Romantic\, Contemporary Era: Differences in Tone\, Articulation\, Pedal\, Rubato (focus on Baroque & Classical eras)
DESCRIPTION:Local Contact: For more information and Zoom access please contact Sarah Milburn.\nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Dr. Thomas Otten\, NCTM[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Thomas Otten holds the title of Emeritus Professor\, having recently retired as Piano Area Chair from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He now resides in Portland\, OR\, where he is establishing himself as a master teacher and concert artist. A California native born of German-American parents\, Dr. Otten has been hailed by the New York Times as “an extremely original player who puts a formidable technique at the service of his ideas.” He made his debut at age seventeen with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and has since developed a global profile through performances in New York\, Washington\, Los Angeles\, St. Petersburg\, Sydney\, Munich\, Frankfurt\, and Milan\, including such venues as Carnegie Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, Severance Hall\, the German Embassy\, and the National Press Club. He has given guest artist recitals and masterclasses at top music schools and conservatories\, such as the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia\, the Munich Hochschule für Musik in Germany\, as well as the Eastman School of Music\, The Juilliard School\, and Oberlin Conservatory in the U.S.\nA recipient of numerous national and international awards\, Dr. Otten has studied with artist teachers John Perry and Nelita True and worked intensively with biomechanics expert Barbara Lister-Sink. He has been on the faculties of the International Young Artists Project (Italy)\, Saarburger Serenaden International Music Festival (Germany)\, the American Institute of Musical Studies (Austria)\, and the Kent/Blossom Festival (Ohio)\, as well as concerto soloist at the Chautauqua and Brevard Summer Festivals. He has been a member of competition juries in the U.S. and abroad and was founder of the Kent Piano Seminar in Ohio\, as well director of the UNC Liszt Festival\, UNC Etude Festival\, and the Ginastera Centennial Celebration in North Carolina. His discography includes transcriptions of Franz Liszt and a premiere recording of etudes by African American composer Leslie Adams. He is committed to diverse music of our time\, having also premiered works by electronic music expert Frances White and jazz pianist/composer Joe Utterback.\nDr. Otten’s former students include prize-winning concert artist Andrew Tyson\, along with other professional musicians who are active throughout the country. His collaborations include the Miami and Vega String Quartets\, violinist Richard Luby\, as well as baritone Marc Callahan and soprano Louise Toppin. For more information on Dr. Otten\, please visit his website at www.otten.studio.[/expand] \nProgram Description: What makes for a stylistically appropriate performance?[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “] Should we use the same amount of pedal in Mozart as Chopin? How do we choose articulations in Baroque music? These and similar questions will be examined to shed light on the often-confusing musical choices we have when performing and teaching music from many different style periods.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-music-of-the-baroque-classical-romantic-contemporary-era-differences-in-tone-articulation-pedal-rubato/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event-Nuts & Bolts of Writing Music Down: A Guide to Help Your Students' Composition Look and Feel Professional
DESCRIPTION:Local Contact: For more information please contact Sarah Milburn.\nLocation: Zoom\, for access please contact Sarah Milburn.\nPresenting District: Blue Mountain\nPresenter: Dr. Stephen Lewis\, PhD\, DMA\,NCTM[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Dr. Stephen Lewis\, PhD\, DMA\, NCTM\, is a Portland-based composer\, pianist\, conductor\, and teacher whose compositions inhabit the terrain between sound as physical sensation and sound as signifier of culture. Stephen’s opera\, Noon at Dusk\, was hailed as “delectable\,” with a “constantly shifting sonic world [that] proved fascinating and effective.” Recent and upcoming performance engagements include concerts with the Oregon Symphony\, the Agnieszka Laska Dancers\, the Astoria Music Festival\, and Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project as well as a live broadcast on All-Classical Radio. Stephen has also performed throughout the United States and in Italy. Stephen holds a PhD in composition and a DMA in piano from UC-San Diego\, and a BMus from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Stephen teaches piano\, composition\, music theory\, and conducting privately at his home and from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Parish\, where he serves as music director and organist. Stephen enjoys baking bread\, reading\, wine tasting\, and hiking with his wife. See more at his websites: www.stephenlewiscomposer.com (artistic) and www.chopinois.com (teaching).[/expand] \nProgram Description: When writing music\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]young composers need to learn to navigate the difficulties of notation (so other people can read their music)\, instrumentation (so their music works and sounds its best)\, and style. In this 2-hour session\, we will explore a basic set of rules and principles that will allow you to teach your students how to write clear\, creative\, and effective music. Have handy: blank staff paper\, a pencil\, an eraser\, a 6-inch ruler\, and enthusiasm![/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-nuts-bolts-of-writing-music-down-a-guide-to-help-your-students-composition-look-and-feel-professional-2/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Virtual,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Milburn":MAILTO:sarahmilburn@yahoo.com
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