Steinway & Sons generously offered to set up tours for attendees at the conference. They provided bus transportation from the hotel to their factory in Queens where we enjoyed a 90 minute overview of the process of building a Steinway grand piano from start to finish. It was fascinating! Here are just a few picture […]
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2012 MTNA Conference – Wrap-up – Taking Home $200
Between all the showcases that distribute complimentary materials and the many exhibitors that have specials and coupons for free books, you are guaranteed to make back almost all of your conference registration fee in the materials you take back to your studios! My stash added up to over $200! There are some wonderful favorites, plus […]
2012 MTNA Conference – Wednesday Morning – Playing Together: Chamber Music Repertoire for Beginning and Intermediate Level Pianists with Kiyoshi Tamagawa
Welcome to the final morning of the conference! It will be short today, as there were only two sessions scheduled. After so many late nights and early mornings we checked out the schedule for today and decided to get a little extra sleep and then make it for this final session. Quite a few of […]
2012 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Afternoon – Frederick Harris Showcase – Chord Play: The Art of Arranging at the Piano with Forest Kinney
This showcase was the first one I put on my schedule! Ever since I attended Forrest and Akiko Kinney’s Pattern Play showcase at the 2010 MTNA Conference, my teaching has been transformed! Forest gave his workshop on piano arranging to a group 24 years ago. So, he’s been looking forward to this day for that […]
2012 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Morning – The Six French Suites: Bach’s Bon-Bons with Louis B. Nagel
This musically uplifting session began with Louis B. Nagel giving a lovely performance from the six Bach French Suites. I was a few minutes late, and it was so enriching to walk into a room with the glorious music of Bach wafting through the air! Louis’ primary focus for today is on contrasts. He began […]
2012 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Morning – Piano and Chamber Music Master Class with Menahem Pressler
MTNA President Benjamin Caton introduced today’s masterclass teacher by saying, “I feel like I’m on hallowed ground with the master behind me.” The comment was followed by a hearty applause. The first order of business was to present Menahem Pressler with the MTNA Achievement Award for 2012. A very small excerpt of the first performance: […]
