Conference-at-a-glance

Wednesday, August 3

Pre-Conference Seminars
(Each of the three seminars is listed sequentially below)

Collegiate Teachers: Preparing Pedagogy Students for the Future
Coordinator: Victoria McArthur

2:00 pm

Keynote Address: “So What Do I Do Next? A View of the Piano Major’s Future in Music
Nelita True

2:30 pm

Reality Check: Employment Opportunities for Today’s Piano Majors
Linda Christensen

3:00 pm

Preparing Students for the Job Market
Martha Hilley, Pete Jutras, Jane Magrath

4:00 pm

Group Discussion

4:30 pm Break
5:00 pm

What I Wish I Had Known: The “real world” from the perspective of recent graduates
Thomas Jefferson, Victoria Johnson, Julie Kostuch, Kelly Marquis

6:00 pm Dinner Break
7:30 pm

The Broader View: Learning from experts in other music fields
Early Childhood Music: Lorna Heyge
Music Therapy: Frederick Tims
Adult Learners: Michelle Conda
Music Education: Roseanne K. Rosenthal
Music Industry: E. L. Lancaster
Music Administration: Seth Beckman

9:30 pm Seminar Ends

Independent Teachers: Motivating the Teen-Age Student
Committee on the Independent Teacher: Susan See, chair

2:00 pm Keynote Address: “So What Do I Do Next? A View of the Piano Major’s Future in Music
Nelita True
2:30 pm

Motivating Teens at the Piano
John Ellis

3:30 pm

So Your Student Wants to Major in Music! Preparing for the College Audition Experience
Ingrid Clarfield

4:30 pm Break
5:00 pm

Capturing the Magic: Cultivating Vitality in Student Performance
Sara McDaniel  and Nancy Kaesler

6:00 pm

“Dinner Theater” Dinner with Robert and Clara
Karen Thickstun and the Butler University Summer Piano Camp

7:30 pm

The Adolescent Transfer Student: Baggage Handling with Care
Suzanne Guy

8:30 pm

Turning Teens “On” To Contemporary Music
Alan Huckleberry

9:30 pm Seminar Ends

Pedagogy Students and Young Professionals: Making the Transition from Student to Professional - Committee on the Pedagogy Student: Tim Shafer and Katie Goins, co-chairs

2:00 pm Keynote Address: “So What Do I Do Next? A View of the Piano Major’s Future in Music
Nelita True
2:30 pm

Equipping Ourselves to Teach
Option 1: Developing Your Resume, Martha Hilley and Rachel Snyder
Option 2: Models of Independent Studios and Ideas for Development, Nancy Longmyer and Helen Smith Tarchalski

3:45 pm

Learning from the Experts
Robert A. Duke

5:00 pm

Analysis of Our Own Teaching
Gail Berenson, Sylvia Coats

6:00 pm Piano Pedagogy Pizza Party
7:30 pm

Expanding Our Horizons
Learning from music experts outside the field of piano about their specialization. (See the Collegiate Teachers seminar above for subject areas and resource leaders.)

9:30 pm Seminar Ends

Thursday, August 4

8:30 am Early Morning Songfest   
8:45 am

Keynote Address: Music Making and Wellness: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Dr. Karl Bruhn

9:30 am Teaching Demonstration: Lorna Heyge with an early childhood group (live)
10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 2:00 pm Exhibits Open
10:45 am - 1:00 pm Technology Hubs
10:45 am

Workshops (choose one)
Practical Performance Practices: Learning from an early keyboard specialist, LeAnn House with Shelley Gruskin and Mary Springfels
Special Needs Students and Piano Teaching, Scott Price
Innovations in Piano Pedagogy: Contributions of Selected American Women - Committee on Historical Perspectives, Connie Sturm, chair
A Review of Recently-Published Piano Materials, Yu-Jane Yang and Barbara Fast

11:30 am Lunch
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Research Posters
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Noontime concert by Ena Bronstein Barton and Phyllis Alpert Lehrer
1:00 pm Publisher Showcases
2:00 pm Mini-Recital by students from the Harper College Piano Preparatory Department
2:15 pm Teaching Demonstration: Jean Barr with an ensemble (live)
3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 7:30 pm Exhibits Open
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Technology Hubs
3:30 pm

Workshops  (choose one)
See above for the Thursday workshop offerings.

4:15 pm Wrap-Up Discussions: What I have learned today that will improve my teaching tomorrow?
5:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm 2005 MTNA National Piano Auditions Winners Recital

Friday, August 5

8:30 am Early Morning Songfest
8:45 am Technology on Center Stage, Timothy Hester
9:30 am Teaching Demonstration: Boris Berman with the 2005 MTNA Collegiate Artist
10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 2:00 pm Exhibits Open
10:45 am - 1:00 pm Technology Hubs
10:45 am

Workshops (choose one)
Nature’s Clues to Interpretation, Marvin Blickenstaff
The Recreational Pianist, Brenda Dillon
Piano Need Not Be Lonely: Chamber Music for the Young Pianist, Nadia Lasserson
Bottling Experience:  Rules of  the Pianist's Thumbs, Robert Mayerovitch

11:30 am Lunch
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Research Posters
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Noontime concert:  Oakton Six Piano Ensemble, Glenna Sprague, director 
1:00 pm Publisher Showcases
2:00 pm Mini-Recital by students from the Wheaton Conservatory
2:15 pm Teaching Demonstration: Randall Faber with a high school student (video)
3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 7:30 pm Exhibits Open
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Technology Hubs
3:30 pm

Workshops (choose one)
See above for the Friday workshop offerings.

4:15 pm Wrap-Up Discussions: What I have learned today that will improve my teaching tomorrow?
5:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Concert by Conference Artist, Boris Berman

Saturday, August 6

8:30 am Early Morning Songfest
8:45 am Piano Legacies: The Legendary Olga Samaroff, Debra Brubaker Burns
9:30 am Teaching Demonstration: Elvina Pearce with an intermediate student (live)
10:15 am Break
10:45 am Multimedia Piano Recital: Shana Kirk, George Litterst
11:30 am Lunch
11:30 am - 4:00 pm Exhibits Open
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Noontime concert by Angela Cheng, Alan Chow, Alvin Chow
1:00 pm Publisher Showcases
2:00 pm Mini-Recital performed by students from the Preparatory and Community Piano Program of Concordia University/River Forest
2:15 pm Teaching Demonstration: Ted Cooper with a group of beginners (video)
3:00 Break
3:30 pm Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to Nelita True
4:30 pm Reception Honoring Nelita True
5:30 pm Conference Ends