Throughout the conference, an area of the Exhibit Hall is devoted to posters displaying research conducted by teachers on a variety of topics related to music. It’s informative to walk through and look at the displays with the opportunity to discuss the topics with those who conducted the research. Here, Anna Marie Isenhower displays a […]
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2010 MTNA Conference – Monday Late Morning #2
Free Piano Teaching Resources Online! by Michelle Gordon, NCTM There was a packed house for Michelle’s workshop! She distributed a handout that was chock-full of great resources in the following categories: • Free, Download Software in Order to View, Hear, and Print Music • Piano Teacher’s Websites and Blogs • Piano Teacher Discussion Boards • […]
2010 MTNA Conference – Monday Late Morning
Let’s Play Chamber Music! A Guide for Young Pianists by Carolyn Bridger Carolyn began the session by presenting a hypothetical situation in which several young musicians want to play their instruments together and ask their teacher if there is any music at their level that they can learn. Repertoire resources: MTNA Website – database of […]
2010 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Mid-Morning
Creating Learning Communities for Young Students by Stella Sick and Kristin Shoemaker Online Communities: Goals Connect Experience Blossom The two presenters met last year on the flight home from the conference and discovered that they have a lot in common, including the fact that they both have small studios. They felt like their students were […]
2010 MTNA Conference – Tuesday Early Morning
Exhibitor Showcase – The Frederick Harris Music Co.: Inspiring Creativity at the Piano with Pattern Play – A Look at the Complete Series This wasn’t the session that I originally planned to attend, but several of my colleagues were so enthusiastic about this series after attending a workshop on it yesterday that I decided to […]
2010 MTNA Conference – Monday Dinner
Tonight, we had an informal get-together for some of us teachers who know each other through blogging or e-mail groups, but had never met in person. We carpooled over to Albuquerque’s Old Town, where we stopped first at the San Felipe de Neri church, the oldest surviving building in Albuquerque. After that, we walked over […]
