After greeting the audience and giving a brief history of the music school where he teaches in Princeton, Marvin Blickenstaff was joined by four students from his youngest class, Caroline, Haley, Ananya and Naomi. They began by giving a demonstration of what would take place at their PEPS class. This included rhythm clapbacks, melody sing-backs […]
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2012 MTNA Conference – Sunday Morning – Conference Opening and Keynote Presentation with Norman Horowitz and Melvin Stecher
Internationally acknowledged as one of the preeminent piano duos, Norman Horowitz and Melvin Stecher, took the stage to give us a glimpse of their story and share their vision for encouraging and training the musicians for tomorrow. In recapping their involvement in the music education world, Horowitz told about some of the pedagogues that were […]
2012 MTNA Conference – Sunday Morning – Conference Opening and Keynote Presentation with Norman Horowitz and Melvin Stecher – Introductory Remarks
Benjamin Caton began the keynote by welcoming everyone to New York City and sharing his desire that we all find the conference to be refreshing, inspiring, and energizing. He said that he met with the New York State Music Teachers Association president, Denise Ivanoff, and that she said she was working on bringing us good […]
2012 MTNA Conference -Sunday Morning – Alfred Music Publishing: The Colors of Music: Instructional Materials for Developing Pianists
The conference has begun! The exhibitor showcases are a great way to find out about new materials, glean new teaching tips, meet today’s composers, and (of course) pick up free materials! Tom Gerou hosted this first session by Alfred Publishing. It began with a performance by Tony Caramia of his arrangement of America the Beautiful […]
Hello New York City!
The 2012 MTNA Conference begins tomorrow, but no use waiting until then to start having fun! 🙂 Here’s a sneak peak of our first day in the city: Sheryl, of the Notable Music Studio blog, generously offered to provide transportation from the airport to the apartment. It was great to finally meet in person! We […]
Happy Spring Break!
I’m out of the studio working on another big project this week, so I decided to take the week off of blogging as well. Plus, that will give everyone a chance to catch their breath and get ready for the deluge of posts next week when I’m live-blogging from the 2012 MTNA Conference in New […]
