Saturday Welcome to Southern California! Evening – Opening Session Sunday Early Morning – Faber Showcase Morning – Advanced Masterclass Late Morning – Elementary Piano Technique by Nancy Bachus Early Afternoon – Alfred Showcase Afternoon – Ten Steps to Parnassus: The Keyboard Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Late Afternoon – Variety Night – Dinner Get-Together Monday […]
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2013 MTNA Conference – Wednesday Morning – Speaking Their Language: Teaching the Child with Autism
Hannah Creviston, Victoria Jacobs, and Heather Wheeler presented this session, each coming from different perspectives and diverse experiences, but with a desire to help music educators best know how to teach children with autism. Hannah began with a poem about someone planning a trip to Italy, but ending up in Holland. Dealing with children with […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Wednesday Morning – Sense of Rhythm and Timing with Latin American Music
The final day of the conference began with a session by Alejandro Cremaschi, a specialist in Latin American music, group piano, and technology. He will primarily be covering pieces from Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Argentina with different rhythmic energies – from elegant salon pieces, to wild toccata-like music. What can you learn by studying these […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Night – Anderson & Roe Piano Duo Concert
The engaging pair took the stage again this evening, this time as the performers of a diverse selection of music, much of which they arranged themselves: Papageno!! (a short fantasy based on arias from Die Zauberflute, K. 620) by Mozart, Arr. Anderson & Roe Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 by Mozart […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Photo Highlights
My dear friend (and roommate) and I pose for a quick shot before we head to our sessions this morning. A super cool new piano at the Yamaha booth! A lovely certification reception put on by the Piano Technician’s Guild. Scrumptious food with some of my Kansas City teacher friends at a quaint Italian restaurant […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Afternoon – Inspired Uses of the iPad in Your Studio
Conference attendees flocked by the hundreds (or something like that!) to this tech-focused session. Before the session began, everyone received a complimentary copy of the brand new publication by Yamaha, SimpleTec: A technology superstar lineup of music educators was introduced and the session launched! George Litterst began by saying that they have been working on […]
