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 |
| 2:30 pm |
Reality Check: Employment Opportunities for Today’s Piano Majors |
| 3:00 pm |
Preparing Students for the Job Market |
| 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 |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner Break |
| 7:30 pm |
The Broader View: Learning from experts in other music fields |
| 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 |
| 3:30 pm |
So Your Student Wants to Major in Music! Preparing for the College Audition Experience |
| 4:30 pm | Break |
| 5:00 pm |
Capturing the Magic: Cultivating Vitality in Student Performance |
| 6:00 pm |
“Dinner Theater” Dinner with Robert and Clara |
| 7:30 pm |
The Adolescent Transfer Student: Baggage Handling with Care |
| 8:30 pm |
Turning Teens “On” To Contemporary Music |
| 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 |
| 3:45 pm |
Learning from the Experts |
| 5:00 pm |
Analysis of Our Own Teaching |
| 6:00 pm | Piano Pedagogy Pizza Party |
| 7:30 pm |
Expanding Our Horizons |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |