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Deadlines: "For the Record"
Deadlines for submitting articles for the quarterly
newsletter "For the Record" are the 20th
of February 20, April, July and November.
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directly to members four times a year. In addition the
fall edition, which includes conference information, is
also postal mailed. It is important that you inform
MTNA and PMTA of any changes in your email or postal
mailing addresses. "For submission guidelines,
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PAST ISSUES |
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For the
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August
2007
Vol. 4, Issue 1 |
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In
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Greetings from the Conference Chair |
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Local Association News
Conference 2007
...Artists and Guests
...Clinicians and Workshops
...Lodging/Directions
...Meals
Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival
From the President's Desk
Membership
Announcements
Our Sponsors
WANTED: STUDENT PARTICIPANTS
Sign Up!!
Quick Links
*DSPF Deadlines/Forms
*Officers/Chairs
*Conference Registration
*For The Record Deadlines
*Keystone Composition
Competition Results
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! You can't possibly resist
the lure of our upcoming PMTA/DSMTA conference once
you hear about what's in store for you!!!
We are being hosted by Dean Timothy Blair at the
beautiful new West Chester University. Dean Blair
and Dr. Patricia Powell are preparing for our
conference with the utmost graciousness and
excitement. Their beautiful new facility is also
equipped with new Steinway Pianos. We are very
grateful to West Chester University School of Music
for their hospitality.
The guest artists for the November convention are
THE FIVE BROWNS! This dynamic young ensemble of
pianists are the biggest classical music sensation
in years. This quintet of Juilliard trained siblings
will present a concert in the evening. Their fresh
energy and sound is opening the doors to classical
music for wider and younger audiences everywhere. If
you haven't heard them, you are in for a huge treat.
JUST DUET will be another unique feature
throughout this conference. This year we will be
offering s number of reading sessions at multiple
pianos.
SUSAN OGILVY will be a featured presenter at
these sessions. You will have the opportunity to
sight-read ensemble music while you meet new friends
and make music together!
We have engaged many fine clinicians to present
throughout the conference on a wide variety of
interesting musical topics. Some of the topics
include performances and presentations on
technology, Taubman work, Alexander technique,
performance anxiety, motivational teaching, practice
strategies, and many more fascinating presentations
await you at the November PMTA/DSMTA conference.
Mark the dates on your calendar for an exciting
joint conference prepared by the Pennsylvania and
the Delaware music teachers associations. This is
one that you just can't miss!! Come and see old
friends, meet new ones, make music together and
enjoy the beautiful facility at West Chester
University.
Debra Ronning
Conference Chair
Local Association News
For
Local Association News,
visit the new PMTA wensite
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Conference 2007
...Artists and Guests |
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The Five Browns |
We are pleased to announce
the concert artists for the
2007 PMTA/DSMTA Joint State
Conference in November 2007
will be The FIVE BROWNS. One
family, five pianos and 50
fingers add up to the
biggest classical music
sensation in years,"
declared the New York Post,
adding, "When these kids do
Rachmaninoff, they'll make
you forget about Marshall
amps." This youthful quintet
swept the classical world in
2005 with the release of
their self-titled first
recording, which landed them
at the top of the weekly
Billboard charts and, at the
end of the year, as one of
the Top Classical Artists of
2005. With their next album
No Boundaries, The 5 Browns
are already delivering their
dream of waking up classical
music and introducing it to
the widest, largest and most
excited audience they can
find.
Their irresistible story has
been seen on Oprah, 60
Minutes, Martha Stewart,
Good Morning America and The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The "Fab Five," as People
Magazine dubbed them, bring
together five distinctive
yet discriminating keyboard
talents, honed at New York's
Juilliard School, where for
five consecutive years they
studied simultaneously. With
the advice and direction of
their manager Joel Diamond,
and their parents, Keith and
Lisa, they hit on the idea
of casting their lot
together as a unique quintet
of classical pianists,
performing on five pianos
and in various ensemble
combinations. In the wake of
the first album's release,
Entertainment Weekly
announced, "This quintet of
piano prodigies revamps
stuffy classics for the
Rachmaninoff-impaired."
Click here to read
more about
The
Five Browns
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James Jordan |
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James Jordan is recognized
and praised from many
quarters in the musical
world as one of the nation's
preeminent conductors,
writers, and innovators in
choral music. He has been
called a "visionary" by The
Choral Journal. His career
and publications have been
devoted to innovative
educational changes in the
choral art that have been
embraced around the world. A
master teacher, Dr. Jordan's
pioneering writing and
research concerning the use
of Laban Movement Analysis
for the teaching of
conducting and movement to
children has dramatically
changed teaching in both
those disciplines. Called
the "Father of the Case
Study," he was the first
researcher to bring forward
the idea of the case study
as a viable and valuable
form of research for the
training and education of
teachers.
Click here to read
more about
James
Jordan
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Donald Waxman |
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Donald Waxman, composer,
pianist, conductor and lecturer
is a graduate of both the
Peabody Conservatory and the
Juilliard School. Mr. Waxman has
been honored by a Guggenheim
Fellowship to Paris, the RCA
Composition Prize and the Delius
American Chamber Music Prize
among many awards and has been
commissioned by three MTA state
organizations - California, New
York and Florida. Though Mr.
Waxman has composed for every
genre - instrumental, vocal,
choral and orchestral, he is
particularly well known to piano
teachers for his unique
contributions to the student
literature, in which from the
Pageant series of early grade
primers to the advanced
collections of Etudes, he has
tried to marry traditional
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David Bennett Thomas |
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David
Bennett
Thomas
(b.
1969)
received
degrees
from
West
Chester
University(B.S.),
and The
Peabody
Conservatory
(M.M.).
His
private
teachers
include
Lukas
Foss,
Ron
Thomas,
Jacques
Voois,
Morris
Cotel,
and Fred
Hersch.
Thomas
has
written
in many
genres,
including
works
for solo
voice,
chorus,
orchestra,
chamber
groups,
and
piano.
His
works
have
been
performed
throughout
America
and
abroad.
Mr.
Thomas
has
served
as
composer
in
residence
at The
Adirondack
Festival
of
American
Music.
Click
here to
read
more
about
David
Bennett
Thomas
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Susan Ogilvy |
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Susan Ogilvy, Yamaha Keyboard Specialist, owns and operates an innovative music school for "children of all ages" in Denton, Texas. Making use of both acoustic and electronic musical instruments, Susan and her husband Jim recognize the value of our past and the importance of our future. During the summers she is a clinician for the Yamaha Summer Technology Seminars held in various parts of the country. She composes piano solos for Alfred Publishing, The Frederick J. Harris Music Company, and writes electronic keyboard ensembles for Hal Leonard, Stephens Development Co. and Ogilvy Music. Susan holds a B.M.E. and M.M.E from the University of North Texas where she studied piano with Robert J. Rogers and Margaret Grubb. She has worked in the church for 30 years conducting adult, youth and children's choirs. She is a certified Kindermusik teacher and is rehearsal accompanist for the Dallas Symphony Chorus. Susan's piano students - ranging in age from 4 to 84 - perform in their Keyboard Orchestra at National and State Music Teachers' Conventions, retirement centers and nursing homes, public schools, outdoor music festivals, and anywhere musical fun is welcome!
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...Clinicians
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Workshops |
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Marc
Jacoby
Finale
101:
Printing
Music by
Computer
using Finale
Sibelius
101:
Printing
Music by
Computer
using
Sibelius |
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Jill
Hannagan
Nurturing
the Ear/Hand
Connection
in our
Students |
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Richard
Veleta
Wit and
Declamation
in Opus 2,
#2: What
Beethoven
can do with
a two-note
gesture |
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Shelley
Moorman-Stahlman
History
of Piano
Technique
Pedagogy |
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Patricia
Powell
The
Enthusiastic
Student:
Putting the
BRIO back in
the Lesson |
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Sylvia
Ahramjian
Practice
Strategies
for Maximum
Effectiveness |
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Theresa
Klinefelter
with
soprano
Anne Sciolla
A
Recital of
Contemporary
Art Song |
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Robert
Bedford
Alexander
Technique
for Pianists
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Rebecca
Wilt
The
Orchestral
Pianist: How
to conquer
those awful
reductions |
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Donald
Waxman
Revisiting
FIFTY ETUDES
The Exertude
Project -
plus David
and Goliath
- a Tone
Poem for
Intermediate
Piano |
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Judith
Radell
and Linda
Jennings
Music by
Women
Composers
for
Violoncello
and Piano |
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Benjamin
Moritz
How to Apply
Musical
Rhetoric in
your
Teaching and
Performing |
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Maria
del Pico
Taylor
and
Sondra
Tammam
The Latest
Wisdom about
the Taubman
Work
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Joan
Krzywicki
Music as a
Second
Language |
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Carol Ann
Aicher
Performance
Anxiety
Related to
Practice
Tehniques |
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Yu-Pin Hsu
Understanding Contributing Factors Relating to Musician's Injury and What to Do About It
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Mary
Lynne
Bennett
Certified
teachers:
Why we
do...what we
do. |
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Paula
Skutnick-Henley;
Joanne
Kirchner,
and
Arvid Bloom
Playing
Music: In
flow or with
anxiety |
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Judith
Kazanjian,
R.P.T.
How Your
Piano Works |
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Jacqueline and Clarence Faulcon
Music of Black Composers Art Songs, Folk Songs, Spirituals
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Anita
Greenlee
That Many
Splendored
Instrument:
The Organ |
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Join us for
Just
Duet! --
impromptu
piano duet
and ensemble
reading
sessions
with one of
your
colleagues
at the helm!
A chance to
just have
some fun
sight
reading
piano
ensemble
music with
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Susan Ogilvy
Forward into the Past - The Consemble - a 21st century venue for intermediate level classical piano works and performers.
Teaching & Performance Techniques for the iPOD Generation
The Digital Keyboard Orchestra - from Studio to Stage
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For the complete information on the above workshops, click here!
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| Holiday Inn/Carriage House |
"Official" Conference Hotel (Block of 75 rooms; mostly doubles)
943 S. High St.
West Chester PA 19382
610-692-1900
Rates: $104 plus tax (must mention PMTA)
Release date: October 8, 2007
Directions to Hotel
From Delaware
I-95 N/ US 202 N to Chester/Philadelphia. Take US 202/Concord Pike Exit 8 toward Wilmington/West Chester. Merge onto US 202 N toward West Chester (Crossing into PA.) US 202 N becomes S. High Street/US 322 BR.
From Western Pennsylvania
Take PA turnpike to Downingtown exit - #312. Turn left onto Route 100 South. Follow Route 100 to 202 South (Wilmington). Take 202 South. Directions continued below
From Allentown, Bethlehem
Take Northeast Extension of Turnpike to PA Turnpike west. Follow turnpike to Valley Forge exit - #326 Continue about l/4 mile to 202 S (exit 328A). Directions continued below
(Continued Directions)
Turn slight right on S. Matlack Street. Turn Left onto Snyder Avenue, turn left onto S. High Street/US 322 BR.
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| Comfort Inn and Suites |
1310 Wilmington Pike (Rt 202)
West Chester PA 19382
610-399-4600
Rates: $93 (must mention PMTA)
Release Date: October 8, 2007 |
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For a complete listing of available lodging, click here!
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Meals/Special Events |
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Friday Lunch Buffet:
Signature Salad and Sandwich Collection
Friday Dinner:
Sesame Chicken w/pan fried Cha Soba noodles; Vegetarian Option
Saturday Lunch Buffet:
Something for Everyone Salad and Sandwich Collection
Saturday Dinner:
Horseradish Crusted Wild Salmon; Vegetarian Option
Sunday Lunch Buffet:
It's a Pizza Pie Party·
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For meal descriptions, click here!
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Greetings all!
As a past student of Dorothy Sutton's, I am honored to be participating as the new chair for the DSPF. It is a pleasure working with the volunteer steering committee of dedicated teachers on our mission of preserving and expanding the benefit of this wonderful event.
I am sure many of you have heard about the changes for this year's state festival, and I would like to re- assure everyone that the committee's strategic vision for the future of this event remains focused on providing high quality opportunities for all of our students, and excludes neither our majority mainstream nor our standouts.
Thank you all for your ongoing participation, volunteer efforts, and advocacy of this ever-so-important event. I look forward to many successful festivals to come. You may contact Chris Macy directly with questions by e-mail.
Primary changes in the festival to note for this year's statewide DSPF:
1. There will be no solo adjudications at the state level event
2. To be eligible for a state showcase recital, students must receive highest ratings [(O)- outstanding] on all areas of judging at the local level, and must pass the theory test with a 90% or above
Additional procedural and regulatory items:
1. Teachers participating in the state level DSPF must be active PMTA members
2. Students participating in the state level DSPF must reside in Pennsylvania
3. Adjudications at the local level can be open or closed
4. Theory test administration and grading may be performed by individual teachers
5. The performance time limit for the State Showcase Recitals is eight minutes per student
Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival, click here!
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From the President's Desk |
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While summer winds down, your officers are busily preparing for what is going to be a tremendously exciting annual conference this November. Delaware State MTA President, Lisa Papili, and I hope you'll make attendance a priority. Conference Chair, Debra Ronning, and committee have outdone themselves with this all-star lineup. Dr. Timothy Blair and Dr. Patricia Powell have been working tirelessly to ensure our weekend will be comfortable and inspiring as we enjoy the new music facility at West Chester University. Be sure to visit the PMTA website for complete conference details and ongoing updates. I encourage you to make your reservations early!
Speaking of the website -- hopefully you've all noticed the major renovation that the PMTA website has just received. Administrative Assistant, Karen Nagle, and I have been working closely with the Reading Eagle Internet Services in updating, streamlining and expanding what our website can do. And there's more to come as this is a continual work in progress! Visit us at www.pamusicteachers.org.
We welcome a few new faces to our Board of Directors:
Secretary - Candy Hutchins, Pittsburgh
College Student Chapters - Sr. Carole Riley, Pittsburgh (actually changing jobs!)
College Faculty Forum - Jocelyn Swigger, Gettysburg
Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival - Christopher Macy, Reading
Local Associations Co-Chair - Valerie Ushock, Greensburg
Composer Commission - Paula Skutnick- Henley, West Chester
When you see them, please say 'Thank you' for giving their time to PMTA! There are a few more openings expected in November. If you'd like a chance to work with some of the most dynamic people in this organization, now's the time! Let me know if you're interested.
At this next conference, we'll be voting on the new slate of officers for the 2007-2009 term. They are:
President - Nanette Kaplan-Solomon
President Elect/Competitions Chair - Jacqueline Herbein
Second Vice President/Conference Chair - Gilya Hodos
Secretary - Candy Hutchins
Treasurer - Nancy Zipay DeSalvo
Immediate Past-President - Millie Eben
Past-President/Rep. at Large - Gloriana Sewell
I look forward to seeing all of you in November!
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| Membership |
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Ann Trexler, Chair
Welcome New Teachers
StAR Members
Stephen Brown, Indiana - (740) 391-5327
MacKenzie Cameron, Meshoppen - (570) 885- 0727
Kevin J. Hahn, Monroeville - (856) 889-6388
Gregory N. Keller, Lebanon - (717) 270-0585
Jacqueline M. Morin, West Chester, MLC - (508) 633- 5534
Alice Morgan, Glenshaw, GPC - (412) 596-3966
Megan Rudolph, Souderton - (920) 342-9876
Aline B. Schmidt, University Park, CPC - (814) 441- 2997
Jonathan E. Shoff, Lititz, LAC - (717) 341-9195
Crystal Whitaker, Philadelphia, PHC - (215) 756- 4045
StAR - A College Student Recognition Award program that affords a graduating student a complimentary professional affiliation in MTNA and PMTA with a complimentary active membership for one year.
Other New Members
Gail Craven Busch, West Chester, MLC - (610) 793- 7988
Peggy C. Clarke, Narberth - (610) 525-0157
Dr. Carl B. Cramner*, Downingtown, MLC - (610) 384- 5466
Cynthia Fleming, Wyndmoor, DVC - (215) 836- 5090
Mary Jo Harris, Cranberry Twshp., GPC - (724) 776- 5948
Kenneth Melton, Levittown - (215) 547-3000
Eva Moos, Ambler, PHC - (215) 643-2293
Natalie Seng Pionegro, Allentown - (610) 433- 7413
Nina Prendergast, Philadelphia, DVC+PHC - (215) 896-0169
Christopher Ravenscroft, Ambler, DVC - (215) 283- 9778
Jessica L. Sedmak, Albion - (814) 756-3858
Dr. Jocelyn A. Swigger, Gettysburg, CPC - (717) 337- 6130
Judith Walter, Rancocas, NJ - (609) 261-8429
Welcome New College Students
Erin Behler*, Deer Lake,WCU - (570) 366-1700
Jennifer Smollinger, Norristown, WCU - ( )
* Reinstated
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| Announcements |
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MTNA Eastern Division Competitions
January 11/12, 2008
Penn State University, State College PA
MTNA 2008 National Conference
March 29-April 2, 2008
Denver, Colorado
If you find your contact information is incorrect in the MTNA database, please send corrected info to MTNA Membership Chair Elaine Donaldson AND to PMTA Administrative Assistant Karen Nagle
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| Our Sponsors |
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Jacob's Music
West Chester University
Penn State University
Riverside Symphonia
Read On... |
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WANTED: Student Participants |
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Student participants wanted for the masterclass with DONALD WAXMAN to perform his 50 etudes
Questions/ information should be sent to THERESA KLINEFELTER
Submissions should be received no later than September 1st.
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"This email edition of the PMTA Newsletter "For the Record" has been abbreviated because it is also being printed and postal mailed with complete conference information. For the most up-to-date information on PMTA and our upcoming fall conference, visit www.pamusicteachers.org."
The newsletter is now available online. Click here to access the PMTA website.
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Millie Eben, President
Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association
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