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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Burnout Prevention Kit for Music Teachers
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro\nPresenter: Dr. Lisa Neher \nProgram Description: Teaching one-on-one and managing your own studio can be rewarding\, but it can also lead to exhaustion\, over scheduled lives\, and eventually the dreaded burnout. Meanwhile\, “selfcare” and “wellness” have become products to buy and impossible images that we can never live up to rather than ways to actually reclaim agency in our lives. We’ll discuss causes of burnout for music teachers and explore practical solutions\, including time management during lessons\, establishing & maintaining boundaries\, holding time for recreation and a social life\, and the balance of supporting your students’ musical goals with nurturing your own artistic growth. \nPresenter Bio: New music powerhouse Dr. Lisa Neher is an award-winning composer\, mezzo-soprano\, and actress on a mission to transform audiences through sound\, story\, and vulnerability. Described as a “visionary composer” (Willamette Week)\, “maestro of beautifully wacky noises” (Oregon ArtsWatch)\, and a composer of “varied and imitable” vocal lines (Contemporary Classical)\, Neher writes music inspired by the climate crisis\, the tender love of friends\, the ambiguities of death\, and the eerie mystery of deep ocean life. Her EP Of Wind and Waves explores the currents of air\, water\, and emotions that define our natural and psychological world. Neher’s works have been commissioned and performed by Third Angle New Music\, Fear No Music\, Opera Elect\, Opera Theatre Oregon\, Dinosaur Annex\, the Cortona Sessions for New Music\, Delgani String Quartet\, Choral Arts Ensemble\, and others across the United States and Europe. She is the winner of the ICDA/ICF Choral Competition\, the Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition\, and the Mirror Visions Ensemble Young Composer Competition\, and was a NATS Composer Mentee\, working with Tom Cipullo. \nPraised as “a small woman with a very big voice” and “especially alive” (Oregon ArtsWatch)\, Neher captivates audiences as a performer with her electrifying dramatic commitment and unforgettable vocal colors. Her performance credits include Really Spicy Opera\, Third Angle New Music\, the Resonance Ensemble\, New Music Gathering\, Queer Opera\, the International Saxophone Symposium\, and Opera Theatre Oregon. She is a member of Portland Opera Chorus. She created the roles of Jennifer in Chamber Sounds of Singapore’s world premiere of One Thousand Paper Cranes for Japan by Rita Ueda\, Julian of Norwich in Brook Joyce’s monodrama the Showing of Love\, and the protagonist in Space Station 189\, a sci-fi opera for Instagram by JL Marlor and Aiden Feltkamp. Neher is the curator of the One Voice Project\, which champions unaccompanied solo vocal performance. \nNeher is a sought-after clinician on topics including composing for singers\, networking\, music business and entrepreneurship\, acting for singers and theatre tools for musicians. Her teaching credits include the Ultimate Music Business Summit\, and theToolbox Sessions\, as well as guest clinician appearances at Reed College\, University of Iowa\, Colorado State University\, OMTA\, Bandung Philharmonic in Indonesia\, and more. Her thriving private studio provides graduate-level education and mentorship in singing\, composition\, and career building for musicians from Australia to Europe. Neher holds degrees from the University of Iowa (DMA)\, University of Kansas (MM)\, and Lewis & Clark College (BA). She is an alumnus of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music and the Cortona Sessions for New Music. She spends her free time training for triathlons\, watching science fiction movies\, and baking delicious treats involving copious amounts of chocolate. Her last name is pronounced “NEER.” For more information\, visit her website\, www.lisanehermusic.com.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-burnout-prevention-kit-for-music-teachers/
LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church\, 937 NE Jackson School Rd\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97124\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Cathy Pousson":MAILTO:hillsboro@oregonmta.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T103000
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Teaching Adult Piano Students
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro Area\nContact: hillsboro@oregonmta.org\nPresenter: Andrew D’Antonio\, NCTM\nProgram Description: Most pedagogical training and materials tend to focus on kids\, teens\, and budding professionals as students. However\, many people take up or resume piano study as adults\, without any intention of having a musical career. Adults students require a different approach to technique\, repertoire\, and even lesson format than what is often standard for students under 18. As a specialist teaching adult amateur pianists at all levels\, Andrew will share strategies\, trends\, and teaching techniques for teachers to feel confident and prepared for working with adult students. \nAbout Andrew D’Antonio: Andrew D’Antonio\, NCTM\, is a pianist and teacher based in Portland\, Oregon. He has performed throughout North America and Europe\, primarily as a soloist and chamber musician. He holds a masters of music in collaborative piano and music history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, a masters of science in teaching in early childhood special education from Fordham University\, and a bachelors of music in piano performance from Pacific Lutheran University. In Massachusetts\, he was a faculty member at Community Music School of Springfield\, Bay Path University\, and Smith College. Andrew moved to Portland in 2019 and teaches out of his home studio. He is the President for East Portland District and the OMTA State Membership Chair.
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-teaching-adult-piano-students-2/
LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church\, 937 NE Jackson School Rd\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97124\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Getting to Know our Neighbor: A Pianist's Guide to Pedagogical Repertoire
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro\nPresenter: Dr. Ricardo de la Torre[expand title=”Read Presenter Bio” swaptitle=” “]In demand as a performer\, teacher\, adjudicator\, and presenter\, Dr. Ricardo de la Torre currently serves as piano instructor for the Community Music Program at the University of Puget Sound\, where he was also staff accompanist for the School of Music. He has played in concert venues in Mexico\, the United States\, Canada\, Spain\, Austria\, and France. A finalist and prize winner in several competitions in Mexico and the U.S.\, he received second prize at the Eleventh Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America\, sponsored by Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center and the Embassy of Spain. The recordings he made as a result of this competition were included in a two-CD collection released by the LAMC. Together with his wife\, Dr. Lark Powers\, Dr. de la Torre forms a piano duo that has performed internationally\, was a finalist of the United States International Piano Duo Competition in Colorado Springs and received a Silver Award at the first international competition of the Carles & Sofía Foundation of Spain. \nBorn in Mexico City\, Dr. de la Torre attended Escuela Superior de Música in his hometown\, where he received a Bachelor’s degree cum laude. He continued his studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music\, where he received a Master of Music degree and went on to graduate with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado\, Boulder\, where he worked as a teaching assistant. \nAn active presenter\, he has participated in numerous local\, regional\, and international conferences. The results of his research have been published in specialized journals in the U.S.\, Mexico\, and Colombia. \nHe is a visiting artist for the Washington State Music Teachers Association’s Music Artistry Program and has served on the faculty of East Central University in Ada\, OK. He has also taught music analysis at Pacific Lutheran University. Currently he is pianist at First Lutheran Church in Tacoma where he directs its summer concert series Listen Live at Lunch.[/expand] \nProgram Description: Mexican composers have produced a wealth of piano music of pedagogical value.[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]This lecture will offer a panorama of elementary to late intermediate teaching repertoire by Mexican composers from the 19th to the 21st centuries\, discuss its main characteristics and performance tradition\, and provide information about its availability in the U.S.[/expand]
URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/grant-event-getting-to-know-our-neighbor-a-pianists-guide-to-pedagogical-repertoire/
LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church\, 937 NE Jackson School Rd\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97124\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Grant Event,Workshop/Seminar/Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Holly Counts":MAILTO:hollycounts@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Grant Event - Making Syllabus Relevant: Using OMTA Skills to Play Music
DESCRIPTION:Presenting District: Hillsboro\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\, she 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. \nIn 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 also chairs the State Composition Celebration. 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 and Christmas Carols[expand title=”Read More” swaptitle=”]to teach all the 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/grant-event-making-syllabus-relevant-using-omta-skills-to-play-music/
LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church\, 937 NE Jackson School Rd\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97124\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Holly Counts":MAILTO:hollycounts@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:District Event: West Portland District April Meeting
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URL:https://oregonmta.org/event/district-event-west-portland-district-april-meeting/
LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church\, 937 NE Jackson School Rd\, Hillsboro\, OR\, 97124\, United States
CATEGORIES:District Event,West Portland
ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Caswell":MAILTO:westportland@oregonmta.org
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