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SUMMARY:Grant Event-The Inclusive Studio: Successfully Teaching Students Who Have Special Needs
DESCRIPTION:Local Contact: For more information please contact Sue Nelson.\nLocation: Zoom\, for access please contact Susan Todd.\nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Andrew D’Antonio [expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Andrew D’Antonio is the founder & director of the Adaptive Music Partnership\, a community outreach program in Springfield\, Massachusetts that provides music classes to over 600 students with special needs and offers workshops to music teachers on techniques for teaching students with diverse needs. He was on the piano faculty at Smith College and Bay Path University and has been teaching private piano lessons for over ten years. Prior to working full-time in music\, he was a special education preschool teacher in New York City.\nAndrew has a bachelors of music in piano performance from Pacific Lutheran University\, a masters of science in teaching in early childhood special education from Fordham University\, and a masters of music in collaborative piano and music history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician. A native of the Pacific Northwest\, Andrew returned from the East Coast in 2019 and currently lives and teaches in Portland\, Oregon.[/expand]\nProgram Description: The number of students with special needs is on the rise\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]with some estimates showing that as many as 13% of all U.S. students currently have a diagnosis. In response to this trend\, society and public education have become more proactive about including these students in a broad range of activities that were formerly only available to their peers without diagnoses. As a result\, private music teachers are receiving more requests to teach students with special needs and include them in their group classes\, recitals\, and other studio activities. Unfortunately\, many private music teachers have received little or no training in working with special needs\, and they often feel ill-equipped and/or unsupported in teaching these students.\nThis workshop is intended as an introduction to special education techniques that can be applied in small group and one-on-one settings. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of the most common (and most commonly misunderstood) disabilities that can be disruptive in a traditional private lesson setting: autism\, dyslexia\, and ADHD. Participants will have a chance to discuss and problem-solve scenarios specific to their own studios\, and they will leave with a range of resources that will help support them in the future.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/district-event-the-inclusive-studio-successfully-teaching-students-who-have-special-needs/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
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SUMMARY:Grant Event-Playing Perfectly: What It Takes to Practice and Perform Completely Without Mistakes (or Fear of Mistakes)-Yes\, It's Possible!
DESCRIPTION:Location: Zoom\, to obtain the Zoom meeting link\, please contact Sue Nelson. \nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow\nPresenter: Jennifer Wright [expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]Jennifer Wright\, M.M.\, B.M.\, is a keyed-instruments performer\, composer\, educator\, graphic artist\, event producer and culture-maker. She is passionate about creating beautiful\, thought-provoking cultural realities and memorable\, multi-sensory performance experiences. Her work melds diverse artistic disciplines and expressions to create adventurous contexts that reshape the landscape of performative experience in order to engage\, inspire\, move\, and change both the giver and the receiver for the better. Jennifer performs regularly as a solo and collaborative artist and has presented numerous concerts\, master classes\, and workshops in the U.S.A.\, the U.K.\, Europe\, and Cuba. \nJennifer graduated summa cum laude from the Hartt School of Music in Hartford\, CT with a Bachelor of Music in piano performance and studied for two years at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst and Universität Stuttgart in Germany. She was awarded several Distinctions for her Masters Degree achievements in performance and musicological research at the Trinity College of Music in London\, England in the Historically Informed Piano Performance degree program. \nJennifer mischievously mixes experimental\, visceral\, and utterly listenable elements in an ever-evolving mix of her wide-ranging obsessions and curious whims\, including repurposing pianos and other instruments\, video art\, found sound\, alternative keyed instruments\, sound sculptures\, theatricality\, trash instruments\, the natural world\, movement/dance\, science\, silliness\, electronics\, fashion\, and live art-making. Much of her work focuses around her one-of-a-kind “Skeleton Piano\,” an upright piano that she stripped of its exterior\, altered mightily\, and plays from the inside out with wild extended techniques and electronic modification. \nHer compositions have been performed at the 29th and 31st Annual Festival de La Habana de Música Contemporánea in Cuba\, the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival\, The Astoria Music Festival\, Portland International Piano Festival\, Portland’s March Music Moderne festivals\, Crazy Jane Composers and Cascadia Composers concerts\, on KBOO\, XRAY and KTCB radio\, on KGW TV and Cuban National TV\, by Portland’s Resonance Ensemble\, the Free Marz String Trio\, the Delgani Quartet\, and in recitals in the U.S.\, England\, and Finland. \nMore info available at jenniferwrightpianostudio.com and skeletonpiano.com.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Have you heard a “kind” instructor say that making mistakes is normal\,[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=” “]human\, even a valuable part of the learning process? Or that striving for musical perfection is akin to being a lifeless robot and even creatively dangerous? Perhaps you heard a “tough love” teacher remark that you’re only as good as your last performance and that if you’re not perfect\, you’re not even in the game? \nWhich perspective is the right one? Surprise: they all are – to a point! The secret is in the mix. This workshop shows how to reconcile these viewpoints into a joyous lifelong practice approach and gives you the tools and practice techniques to eliminate mistakes (and the terrible fear of mistakes) entirely from your playing. Let’s waste no time in giving this gift to ourselves and to our students! \nIn this workshop we’ll cover:\n• Why do we make mistakes?\n• What are you actually doing wrong? (Hint: it’s usually not what you think.)\n• Practice techniques: the good\, the bad\, and the useless\n• How to fix ingrained mistakes and habits\n• The power of habits and human nature: you can fight them\, or you can make them work for you…it’s your choice\n• Tapping into your innate learning instincts for powerful progress\n• Once you get it\, it’s all fun and games! \nBring your “That’s impossible” stories\, your “I’ve tried and I can’t” tales\, your burning questions\, and your overwhelming challenges with you – so we can knock them down one by one![/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/playing-perfectly-what-it-takes-to-practice-and-perform-completely-without-mistakes-or-fear-of-mistakes-yes-its-possible/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sue Nelson":MAILTO:musicdoc3@mac.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Unlocking the Secrets of Modern Classical Music - Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Mark Stevens \nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow \nProgram Description: Aaron Copland’s What to Listen for in Music teaches all music lovers how to enjoy music more fully. We can explore Copland’s ideas easily with students of all ages as we work with them on new repertoire. By doing this\, our teaching becomes more exciting as we involve composition\, theory\, musicianship\, audience communication\, and improved memorization in our music study! This workshop will apply Copland’s major themes of rhythm\, melody\, harmony\, and form to his own intermediate piano pieces\, as well as other music from American composers from the same time period. These concepts are easily transferred to music from any era! Finally\, we will explore his ideas about listeners and performers to make for a richer recital experience. \nAbout the Presenter: Dr. Mark Stevens enjoys a dynamic career as a solo pianist\, collaborative artist\, teacher\, and adjudicator. He is Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Keyboard Studies at the School of Performing Arts at South Dakota State University. Dr. Stevens’ experience as a pianist ranges from traditional piano repertoire to contemporary music\, including living composers. As an advocate for 20th and 21st century music\, he performs a diverse range of repertoire\, with a special affinity for American composers. In recital\, he engages audiences through thematic programming\, juxtapositions of unique repertoire\, and colorful insights about music\, composers\, and cultural context. An active collaborative pianist\, he routinely coaches and performs with both vocalists and instrumentalists. His passion for chamber music leads him to blend chamber and solo repertoire to create concert programs of unusual variety and depth. \nAn active and passionate teacher for two decades\, Dr. Stevens has repeatedly been awarded for the quality of his instruction. \nFor access contact Sue Nelson.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-unlocking-the-secrets-of-modern-classical-music-lecture/
LOCATION:Virtual/Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sue Nelson":MAILTO:musicdoc3@mac.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Unlocking the Secrets of Modern Classical Music - Master Class
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Mark Stevens \nPresenting District: Umatilla-Morrow \nProgram Description: Aaron Copland’s What to Listen for in Music teaches all music lovers how to enjoy music more fully. We can explore Copland’s ideas easily with students of all ages as we work with them on new repertoire. By doing this\, our teaching becomes more exciting as we involve composition\, theory\, musicianship\, audience communication\, and improved memorization in our music study! This workshop will apply Copland’s major themes of rhythm\, melody\, harmony\, and form to his own intermediate piano pieces\, as well as other music from American composers from the same time period. These concepts are easily transferred to music from any era! Finally\, we will explore his ideas about listeners and performers to make for a richer recital experience. \nAbout the presenter: Dr. Mark Stevens enjoys a dynamic career as a solo pianist\, collaborative artist\, teacher\, and adjudicator. He is Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Keyboard Studies at the School of Performing Arts at South Dakota State University. Dr. Stevens’ experience as a pianist ranges from traditional piano repertoire to contemporary music\, including living composers. As an advocate for 20th and 21st century music\, he performs a diverse range of repertoire\, with a special affinity for American composers. In recital\, he engages audiences through thematic programming\, juxtapositions of unique repertoire\, and colorful insights about music\, composers\, and cultural context. An active collaborative pianist\, he routinely coaches and performs with both vocalists and instrumentalists. His passion for chamber music leads him to blend chamber and solo repertoire to create concert programs of unusual variety and depth. \nAn active and passionate teacher for two decades\, Dr. Stevens has repeatedly been awarded for the quality of his instruction. \nFor access contact Sue Nelson.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-unlocking-the-secrets-of-modern-classical-music-master-class/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sue Nelson":MAILTO:musicdoc3@mac.com
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