Conventions

NMTA

Nevada Music Teachers Association

Annual Convention

NEVADA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION --

2003 CONVENTION

University of Nevada, Reno, Church Fine Arts Building

November 7 - 9, 2003

FRIDAY

3:30-5:50 p.m. Dinner Board Meeting. Room 110
6:00-7:15 p.m. Opening Welcome ~ Doris Chase. Room 110.

Program: Digital Guys and Dolls - Keyboard Ensemble (ticket required)

Mel Stott, Rex Beckwith, Kathleen Legere, Denise Linaman, Ruth

Brewer, Barbara Q. Riordan, Olga Barry, Caroline Zellers,

Nancy Tedford, Damon Stevens, Sandy Young, Director

Doris Chase, presiding

PROGRAM

Maple Leaf Rag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Joplin

Arr. by Dennis Mauricio

Stephen Foster Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Foster

Arr. by Susan Ogilvy

Troika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Prokofieff

Arr. by Susan Ogilvy

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.S. Bach

Arr. by Dennis Mauricio

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brahms

Arr. by Susan Ogilvy

William Tell Overature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Rossini

Arr. by Dennis Mauricio

Baroque Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Ogilvy

Flight to Venus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Ogilvy

Drum Line 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Ogilvy

Power Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Ogilvy

7:30-9:00 p.m. The Road to Romanticism

Room 110 Ingrid Clarfield, Westminster Choir College of Rider

University, Princeton, New Jersey

Nancy Tedford, presiding

In this workshop, Professor Clarfield explores the technical and musical elements that are essential in playing the music of the Romantic Period artistically. There is an abundance of music by contemporary composers that can prepare students beautifully for the stylistic issues they will encounter later in interpreting Romantic repertoire. Professor Clarfield will perform this preparatory repertoire and show how the same elements can be found in the Early Intermediate through Advanced compositions of Chopin and several other composers. Attention will focus on phrasing, rubato, pedaling, tone production, and voicing. Participants may wish to bring along the following music: Chopin: Nocturnes, Preludes, Waltzes, and Polonaises.

SATURDAY

Competitions to run simultaneously throughout the day.
Piano - Nightingale Hall, 10:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Voice - Room 112, 1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.

9:00-9:45 a.m. Successful Studio Strategies

Room 110 Karen Eastey, IMTF Coordinator

Doris Chase, presiding

10:00-12:00 a.m. Silver State Winners Recital

Room 110 Meredyth Lewis, presiding

12:00-1:30 p.m. Box Lunch (ticket required)/General Membership Meeting

Room 110

1:30-3:30 p.m. Technology Session

Room 134 Bob Riley, Technology Specialist, Family Music, Las Vegas

Brenda Swan, Technology Specialist, Las Vegas

A hands-on seminar focusing on the latest trends in music technology and education.

Discover how you can use innovations in music technology to enhance your teaching methods. Use MIDI to enrich traditional piano studies and save time during lessons, while cultivating musicianship, fostering creativity and encouraging the study of music disciplines. Learn to speak the MIDI language,understand the terms and experience the fun of digital music. Experience first hand how the digital ensemble encounter can benefit your students and your studio.

Students participating in this workshop are: John Gabriel Rolshoven, Teacher: Nancy Kuncheff; Jeremy Keppelmann, Teacher: Chad Twedt; Cameron Rees, Teacher: Kathleen Legere; Jason Tu, Teacher: Kathleen Legere; Maggie Ryan, Teacher: Caroline Zellers; Courtney Pugsley, Teacher: Ruth Brewer

3:45-5:15 p.m. Romanticism in Debussy

Room 110 Dr. Ronald Williams, Reno

Doris Chase, presiding

Among the most interesting of composers are those whose music cut cross our carefully (and artificially) delineated stylistic periods. Debussy, a Romantic? His roots certainly lie in the music of Chopin and Schumann, and are solidly in the basic concepts and ideals of the Romantic tradition. Do his extensions of Romantic harmony and form qualify him as a new style, "Impressionistic"? Or perhaps our considering him a late Romantic will give us a more solid basis for performing and teaching his works. Dr. Williams, having just presented an all-Debussy recital, including Book I of the Preludes, will illustrate at the keyboard.

5:30 p.m. Convention Banquet, Louis' Basque Corner, (ticket required)

Gary Ingle, Keynote Speaker, MTNA Executive Director

Doris Chase, presiding

8:00 p.m. Concert Artist Recital (ticket required)

Nightingale Hall James Giles, Evanston, Illinois

RECITAL PROGRAM

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Three Piano Pieces D. 946

Allegro assai

Allegretto

Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961)

Sonata No. 3 Op. 82

Earl Wild (b. 1915)

Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs

Embraceable You

Fascinating Rhythm

I Got Rhythm

INTERMISSION

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Ballade in g minor, Op. 23

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)

The First Love Letter

Song of the madwoman on the seashore

Allegro barbaro

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Waltz from Gounod’s Faust

Room 110 Reception following

SUNDAY

9:00-10:30 a.m. Developing Artistry Through Color, Choreography, and

Room 110 Characterization

Ingrid Clarfield, Westminster Choir College of Rider

University, Princeton, New Jersey

Nancy Tedford, presiding

For this presentation, Professor Clarfield will focus on the necessity of incorporating artistic concepts during the early years of musical study. Developing a student’s "performance vocabulary" in the early stages will facilitate the integration of the technical and musical qualities in the more advanced literature. Performance choreography will also be addressed as it relates to musical intention and stylistic considerations. Elements essential to efficient practice and artistic performance of music from all periods will be discussed and demonstrated through examples from beginning, intermediate, and advanced repertoire. Professor Clarfield will also include examples from her new series with Dennis Alexander, Keys to Stylistic Mastery.

10:45-12:15 a.m. The Inner Game of Sight Reading

Room 110 Professor Carol Stivers, UNLV, Las Vegas

Doris Chase, presiding

Carol has some special tricks up her sleeve! Learn how to teach your students to "ZIGZAG", to play almost "BLINDFOLDED", and to "turn their thinking cap "SIDEWAYS". You will be able to follow the score along with the players via an overhead projector. She'll be working with real-live student volunteers from the north, playing at all levels.

Students participating in this workshop are: Christopher Bobo, Teacher: Vicki Bobo; Anna Koster, Teacher: Chad Twedt; Benjamin Chen, Teacher: Natalya Thran; Conan Song, Teacher: Natalya Thran; Sally Higgins, Teacher: Nancy Tedford; Jeremy Keppelmann, Teacher: Chad Twedt; Craig Cuffney, Teacher: Vicki Bobo; Chad Kales, Teacher: Chad Twedt; Helen Kim, Teacher: James Winn

12:15-1:00 p.m. Box Lunch (ticket required)

Room 134

1:00-3:00 p.m. Piano Masterclass

Nightingale Hall Ingrid Clarfield, Westminster Choir College of Rider

University, Princeton, New Jersey

Nancy Tedford, presiding

Student participants in order of performance:

1. Anthony Duong, Age 11, Teacher: Kathleen Legere

2 Part Invention #1 in C Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.S. Bach

2. Susan Alaei, Age 11, Teacher: Ruth Brewer

Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 3, I: Spiritoso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clementi

3. Joshua Infiesto, Age 12, Teacher: Chad Twedt

Sonata Op. 2, No. 1 in F minor, 1st movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven

4. Julian Clifton, Age 14, Teacher: Sonnet Johnson

L’Orage, Op. 109, No. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burgmuller

5. Ariel Barrus, Age 11, Teacher: Natalya Thran

Waltz in A-flat Major (L’adieu), Op. 69, No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chopin

6. Talia Hershewe, Age 14, Teacher: Sonnet Johnson

Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chopin

3:15-4:00 p.m. NMTA Competition Winner's Recital

Nightingale Hall Lynette Cook, presiding