Following are my notes from the session: A Musician Acts – How Acting Techniques Can Improve Music Performances and Pedagogy by Jaren S. Hinckley The Magic If Play/sing a few lines of the piece. Play/sing the same piece as if… Think of how it would come across if that situation applied – still correctly and […]
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MTNA National Conference – Saturday
The renowned Van Cliburn gave the opening Keynote speech of the Conference. Though I didn’t transcribe the speech verbatim, I have attempted to capture the essence of it in the following notes. Van Cliburn began his speech by expressing his gratefulness to his parents, particularly his mother, Rildia Bee, who had been his piano teacher […]
2006 MTNA National Conference
Although I was unable to post throughout the conference like I had originally hoped, I took quite a few notes and pictures so that you can join me on a virtual trip to the 2006 MTNA National Conference in Austin, Texas. The following posts will be devoted to each day of the conference. Perhaps it […]
Space Station Notes
A surprising number of astronauts are also musicians–and they love to play in space. Here’s a fun article on music in space!
James Bastien, 71, Is Dead
I was just made aware of this article in the New York Times.
MTNA 2006 National Conference
Here is some information I received from MTNA about the 2006 conference that will be held March 25-29 in Austin, Texas. I attended the conference in 2004 when it was held in Kansas City. It is a wonderful event for any music teacher! There are numerous sessions to attend, opportunities to meet other teachers from […]
