American Music Teacher articles from June 2002

American Music Teacher archives from June 2002

Celebrate the everyday student. (Dear Reader).
June 1, 2002... MTNA embarked on a new initiative this year focusing on the needs of the "everyday" music student. Our national president, Dr. R. Wayne Gibson, led this venture, which has produced the new MTNA Music Study Award and the MTNA Studio Festival...

Introducing the MTNA Studio Festival. (In Unison).(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... It's been two years since I first told you about my friend, "Kevin." He was a student who wasn't motivated to practice. I even labeled him "musically at risk" and suggested that MTNA find an alternative to "musical oblivion" for the Kevins of...

College Music Society ARIA takes place at Berklee. (Items of Interest).(Academic and Recording Industry Alliances)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The College Music Society ARIA will be held at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, June 13-16, 2002. ARIA is a four-day institute where academics, teachers and students can learn about the music industry and its operation from...

IAJE Jazz Institutes. (Items of Interest).
June 1, 2002... The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) has joined forces with MENC: The National Association for Music Education, to present two intensive two-day Teacher Training Institutes (TTI). Funded in part by contributions from the BET...

NPF launches Group Piano teachers website. (Items of Interest).
June 1, 2002... The National Piano Foundation (NPF) introduces a new communications venue for group piano teachers available at Grouppianoteacher.com. This site offers information about the NPF/MTNA Group Piano Seminar, the new NPF video, other group...

IIYM announces summer sessions. (Items of Interest).
June 1, 2002... The 2002 International Institute for Young Musicians (IIYM) Summer Institutes will take place in Kansas and California, announced President Scott McBride Smith, NCTM. They include the following dates and locations: Piano Academy, July 1-19...

Coda Music president receives award. (Items of Interest).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Coda Music Technology President John Paulson was recognized by the Berklee College of Music with the Golden Clef Award for his lifetime contribution to music education. Paulson has overseen the conceptualization, development and...

World Choral Music Symposium in Twin Cities. (Items of Interest).
June 1, 2002... Over 3,000 prominent choral specialists, composers, scholars and choirs from around the globe will gather for the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music August 3-10, 2002, in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. During the Symposium, over...

ASTA with NSOA announces award winners. (Items of Interest).(American String Teachers Association, National School Orchestra Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The American String Teachers Association WITH the National School Orchestra Association (ASTA WITH NSOA) announces the recipients of the Potter's Violins Instrument Awards. Dalton Potter, owner of Potter's Violins in Bethesda, Maryland,...

ASTA with NSOA announces CodaBows for America recipients. (Items of Interest).(American String Teachers Association, National School Orchestra Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The American String Teachers Association WITH the National School Orchestra Association (ASTA WITI4 NSOA) announces the first recipients of the CodaBows for America Community Outreach Program, which assists under-resourced school and studio...

VSA award winners announced. (Items of Interest).(Young Soloists Award)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The annual VSA arts--formerly Very Special Arts--Young Soloists Award Competition, now in its eighteenth year, helps launch the careers of exceptionally talented young musicians with disabilities by providing scholarship funds and the...

Technics introduces new "baby grand" digital keyboard. (Music Marketplace).(advertisement)
June 1, 2002... Technics, 1 Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094; (800) 211-PANA; www.technicsusa.com or www.panasonic.com. Contact local dealer for pricing information. Weighing just 200 pounds and measuring a full thirty-seven inches long, the new...

New Sibelius 2 software available for Mac OS X. (Music Marketplace).(advertisement)
June 1, 2002... Sibelius USA, Inc., 1407 Oakland Blvd., Ste. 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596; (888) 474-2354 or (925) 280-0600; Fax: (925) 280-0008; infoUSA@sibelius.com. Contact publisher for price. The Sibelius Group, developer of market-leading music...

ittyMIDI Player fits in Palm. (Music Marketplace).(advertisement)(Review)
June 1, 2002... Micro Tools, Inc., P.O. Box 624, Simsbury, CT 06070; (860) 651-6170; Fax: (860) 651-0019; sales@ittyMIDI.com; www.ittyMIDI.com. $30. MicroTools, Inc. has created the ittyMIDI Player, the first full-featured MIDI player for Palm OS...

Just enough offers fun guitar teaching method. (Music Marketplace).(advertisement)
June 1, 2002... Just Enough Learning, Inc., P.O. Box S-3551, Carmel, CA 93921; (831) 624-9100; Fax: (831) 624-7878; JETV@justenough.net; www.justenough.net; $49.95 suggested retail. Just Enough Learning, Inc., introduces a fun and user-friendly approach...

Special occasions CD released by National Flute Choir. (Music Marketplace).(advertisement)
June 1, 2002... ALRY Publications, Etc., Inc., P.O. Box 36542, Charlotte, NC 28236; (704) 334-3413; Fax: (704) 334-1143; amyblu@aol.com; http://members.aol.com/alrypbl. $24 for CD set. Woodwind and chamber ensemble sheet music publisher, ALRY...

Music for one and all.(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
June 1, 2002... Average. Everyday. Ordinary. Typical. Twenty-first century. All these words describe the majority of students who study music, yet none is quite accurate. In preparation for becoming MTNA president, I began talking with members and...

Adolescence is not a disease; coping with the challenges and taking pleasure in teaching "average" teenage piano students.
June 1, 2002... "Teenage students are such an amazing package. They can be so brilliant, so intelligent, so profound, and so insightful, yet at the same time so foolish, so silly, so ridiculous, so crazy, and so immature that we often wonder, `Is this the same...

Musicians by any other name: a tribute to music students who pursued other careers.
June 1, 2002... If you tell anyone you're a musician, the next words from them usually will be, "Oh, I studied the piano (or clarinet, or guitar)," and then they will tell you the story of their own musical triumph or failure, including the saga of their...

... And music for all.(music and society)
June 1, 2002... "I grew up surrounded by music and it continues to be one of my passions to this day. I believe that every child should have the access to the gifts that music brings. Much more than a simple pastime, music is a learning tool. It teaches...

Where do we go from here?(recruiting young music students)
June 1, 2002... This evening, we're going to think about our place within today's culture. We will examine the role of music making as it exists within a context of steady and inevitable change. And, in the end, we will consider some possible answers to the...

Annotated bibliography on musician wellness.(Bibliography)
June 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION This bibliography is an extension an update of the Annotated Bibliography on Musician Wellness on MTNA's website: www.mma.org. This ongoing project began in 1994, when it was first published in the Proceedings for the National...

2002 MTNA National Conference highlights.
June 1, 2002... Pianist Hsing-ay Hsu and Cellist Julie Albers deliver outstanding performances during the "Rising Stars" concert. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Keith Golay, creator of the "Temperament Teaching Model," was a guest speaker at Pedagogy...

Nelita True receives achievement award. (Association News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Nelita True, NCTM, of Rochester, New York, was honored with the 2002 Music Teachers National Association Achievement Award at the Awards Brunch March 20 during the MTNA National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. MTNA President Dr. R. Wayne...

Bolcom and Morris receive achievement award. (Association News).(William Bolcom and Joan Morris)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The acclaimed duo, William Bolcom and Joan Morris, also received the 2002 Music Teachers National Association Achievement Award following their performance at the MTNA FOUNDATION Gala. "It is an honor to present William and Joan with this...

Indiana MTA chosen as state affiliate of the year. (Association News).(Music Teachers Association )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The Indiana Music Teachers Association (IMTA) is the recipient of the 2002 Music Teachers National Association State Affiliate of the Year Award. The association was awarded $1,000 and a plaque. "We are proud to present this award to IMTA. They...

Joanne Smith is Teacher of the Year. (Association News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Joanne Smith, NCTM, of Bonita Springs, Florida, is the 2002 Music Teachers National Association Teacher of the Year. She accepted the honor at the MTNA National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. As the award recipient, her conference expenses...

Barbara Lister-Sink honored with MTNA Frances Clark award. (Association News).(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Barbara Lister-Sink, NCTM, artist-in-residence and professor of piano at Salem College, North Carolina, received the MTNA Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award for her video, Freeing the Caged Bird--Developing Well-Coordinated,...

Local Association of the Year is Abilene MTA. (Association News).(Music Teachers Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The Abilene Music Teachers Association (AMTA) is the recipient of the 2002 Music Teachers National Association Local Association of the Year Award. The award was presented at the recent MTNA National Conference. "Volunteerism is...

David Mulliken named MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year. (Association News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... MTNA has named David Mullikin of Lakewood, Colorado, the 2002 MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year for his composition entitled Voice of the River Han, commissioned by the Colorado Music Teachers Association. Voice of the River...

Koga awarded AMT article of the year. (Association News).(Midori Koga)(American Music Teacher )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... "Music Making and Wellness Project," by Midori Koga, assistant professor of piano and piano pedagogy at Michigan State University (MSU), was selected as the 2001 American Music Teacher Article of the Year. The "Music Making and Wellness...

Wichita State University selected as 2002 Collegiate Chapter of the Year. (Association News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The Wichita State University (WSU) Music Teachers Association Collegiate Chapter is the recipient of the 2002 MTNA Collegiate Chapter of the Year Award. "I am very proud of the Wichita State University Chapter," says Sylvia Coats,...

State conventions September through February, as of April 1, 2002.
June 1, 2002... State Conventions September through February, as of April 1, 2002 State Date California February 14-18, 2003 Florida November 7-10, 2002 Georgia November 7-9, 2002 Hawaii ...

Studio Fellowship Award winner. (Association News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Thu Nguyen Carey, an independent music teacher from Sugar Land, Texas, is the recipient of the first Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Studio Fellowship Award. The award, in the amount of $3,000, was made possible by the MTNA...

Board of Directors changes. (Association News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... New MTNA Board of Directors members for the 2002-2004 biennium include Kathleen Murray, NCTM; Carleen Graft, NCTM; Ann Fernandez, NCTM; Sigrid Luther, NCTM; Melody Allen, NCTM; Scott McBride Smith, NCTM; and Sylvia Coats, NCTM. These...

Insurance and financial products exclusively for MTNA members. (Association News).(Music Teachers National Association)
June 1, 2002... MTNA now offers its members insurance and financial products in conjunction with Robert H. Clarkson Insurance Agency and Financial Services, Inc. (RHC) and Raymond James Financial Services. With each elective option, subscribers receive the...

Group Teaching video now available. (Association News).(advertisement)
June 1, 2002... An instructional video from the November 2001 Group Piano Seminar, co-sponsored by MTNA and the National Piano Foundation, is now available. Excerpts from the "Getting Started in Group Teaching" seminar have been compiled into a two-hour,...

Georgia woman victorious in zoning battle. (Association News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... On March 26, 2002, the DeKalb County, Georgia, commissioners adopted a new zoning ordinance that allows in-home music instruction. AMT first told the story about Nancy Stokes in the December/January 2001/2002 issue. Music teachers will be...

Music Teachers National Association.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Annual Meeting Convention Center Ballroom * Cincinnati, Ohio March 19, 2002 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER MTNA President Wayne Gibson called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m. on March 19, 2002. RECOGNITIONS President Gibson...

East Central Division. (Division News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Eileen Keel, NCTM, is an independent music teacher in Lansing, Michigan. She is a charter member of the Capital Area Music Teachers Association (CAMTA), the Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA), The National Federation of Music Clubs and...

Eastern Division. (Division News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Debra Ronning, NCTM, is a lecturer in music and director of the preparatory division at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, she also studied solo and chamber repertoire with Alexander...

Northwest Division. (Division News).
June 1, 2002... Marilyn Brossard is past president of Washington State MTA (WSMTA) and has been WSMTA District Vice President, First Vice President and State Convention Chair. She served two terms as MTNA High School Performance Competitions National...

South Central Division. (Division News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Karen Harrington, NCTM, is an independent piano teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she maintains a studio of forty students. She holds a B.M.E. degree with piano emphasis from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied with Celia Mae...

Southern Division. (Division News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Roy Wylie, NCTM, is from Houston, Texas, and has degrees from Southern Methodist University, Manhattan School of Music and The University of Texas at Austin. He is professor of piano at Auburn University. Wylie has had many concert...

Southwest Division. (Division News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Geri Cheney, NCTM, is an independent music teacher, active adjudicator and lecturer. From her home in Centerville, Utah, she manages a large studio, teaches a weekly music , class for special needs children and directs her church choir. She has...

West Central Division. (Division News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Janice Wenger, NCTM, appears both as soloist and collaborative performer throughout the United States. She holds degrees in piano performance from Kansas State University, the Eastman School of Music and the University of Missouri-Kansas City...

Two new endowment funds established. (Foundation News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Two new named endowment funds were announced March 18 at the MTNA FOUNDATION Gala during the 2002 MTNA National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. These funds were established in the names of Marguerite Miller of Kansas and Loran Olsen of...

Foundation fellows named at MTNA conference. (Foundation News).(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Ten new Fellows were named at the FOUNDATION Gala during the MTNA National Conference in Cincinnati in March. Jane Allen, Constance Knox Carroll, Benjamin Caton, Annette Conklin, James Edmonds, Dr. R. Wayne Gibson, Martha Hilley, Dr. Gary L....

2001-2002 MTNA National student competitions sponsors.
June 1, 2002... Robert Dingley, vice president/ educational products, Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., left, is pictured with Natasha Sinha, winner of the MTNA Student Composition Competition, elementary school level, sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications....

2001-2002 MTNA student competitions national winners.(Music Teachers National Association)
June 1, 2002... STUDENT COMPOSITION COMPETITION Sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications, Inc. Elementary Natasha Sinha is eleven years old and in the sixth grade. She started playing the piano at age 5 and enrolled in the New England Conservatory...

2001-2002 MTNA student competitions division winners.(Music Teachers National Association)
June 1, 2002... MTNA STUDENT COMPOSITION COMPETITION Sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications, Inc. EAST CENTRAL DIVISION Conrad Y. Tao, elementary, Naperville, IL; Matthew Hagle, teacher Andrew Barnes Jamieson, junior high school, Oak Park, IL;...

2002-2003 MTNA national student competitions.
June 1, 2002... COMPETITIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS Michael King will be the 2003 National Collegiate Artist Performance Competitions Coordinator. Collegiate entrants should send two copies of the entry form to: Michael King, 301 E. 1st St., P.O. Box 7, Lancaster,...

In memoriam.(Obituary)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Editor's Note: MTNA would like to recognize those individuals whose lives made a mark in the music teaching profession. We note with sorrow their passing. Herbert H. Bowker, 88, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, died May 6, 2001. He was the...

Polyphony: reflection and renewal. (Professional Resources).
June 1, 2002... Something Different Summer is a time when we all seek opportunity for refreshment and rejuvenation. With some of the stress and urgency of the spring semester removed, we have time to reflect and replenish, to renew ourselves. Many...

What's new in pedagogy research? (Professional Resources).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... As a pedagogy professor, I often include sessions in class where the students take turns teaching each other a certain concept or skill. I have wondered if this was an effective and efficient use of precious class time, since it was always...

Review of CFF conference session. (College Faculty Forum).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... At the MTNA National Conference in Cincinnati, much enthusiasm was generated by the CFF-sponsored panel discussion, Training the Future Teacher: A Look at Present and Future Programs, prompting us to summarize the fine presentations here. We...

Meet the 2001 MTNA-Shepherd: distinguished composer of the year. (Composer Commissioning).(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... David Mullikin exemplifies the modern performer/composer. When the Colorado Music Teachers Association offered him a commission with the suggestion he compose for piano trio, he consulted his colleagues in the Ariel Trio, the piano trio David...

Successful conference for collegiate chapters. (Collegiate Chapters).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... To say the National Conference in Cincinnati was a smashing success for collegiate chapters would be a sizeable understatement. Audience attendance at sessions was exceptional, and the quality of the sessions was exemplary. I want to thank...

Developing the independent studio. (Independent Music Teachers Forum).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... As independent music teachers (IMTs) we are responsible for every aspect of our studios; from tuition rates to repertoire selection, from technique to sight reading, from practice commitments to performance anxiety. Ironically, we seem to be...

Music teacher: AMT would like to thank its advertisers 2001-2002. (American).
June 1, 2002... Adamant Music School Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. American Chamber Concerts, Inc. American Piano Consumer Council American-Russian Piano Institute American School of Piano Tuning Baldwin-Wallace College Ball State University Baylor...

Burgmuller, Czerny and Hanon: 32 Piano Studies Selected for Technique and Musicality.
June 1, 2002... by Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield. Aljged Publishing Co., Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., 17.0. Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003), 2001. The importance and practicality of teaching etudes to develop the young musician cannot be stressed enough. In...

24 Piano Transcriptions of Classical Masterpieces.
June 1, 2002... transcribed by Robert Schultz. Warner Bros. Publications (15800 N. W. 48th Ave., Miami, FL 33014), 2001. 124pp., $17.95. Advanced. The beautiful sounds of strings encountered in Schubert's Ave Maria, the warm and familiar strains of...

Reflections of Youth.
June 1, 2002... by Stephen Griebling. The Willis Music Company (P.O. Box 548, Florence, KY41022-0548), 2001.24 pp., $4.95. Intermediate. In Reflections of Youth, Stephen Griebling captures the sights and sounds of the bygone days of childhood. The sweet...

Miniatures, Volumes 1 and 2.
June 1, 2002... by Leopold Godowsky. Warner Bros. Publications (15800 N. W. 48th Ave., Miami, FL 33014), 2001. 45pp. each, $12.95 each. Teachers seeking duet music from the classical repertoire to use with their elementary-level students will welcome this...

The Piano Student's Guide to Effective Practicing.
June 1, 2002... by Nancy O'Neill Breth. Contact author to order at nancybreth@att.net or 3324 N. Kensington St., Arlington, VA 22207. $8.95, plus shipping, for pamphlet; 10% discount on an order of five or more copies. All levels. Have you wished for a...

Secrets of Negotiating a Record Contract.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... by Moses Avalon. Backbeat Books (600 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94107), 2001. 303 pp., $22.95. In Secrets of Negotiating a Record Contract, Moses Avalon takes on the musicians' point of view in the David-and-Goliath relationship...

Kwanzaa for Young People (and Everyone else!).
June 1, 2002... by Charles Mims and Patsy Moore. Charphelia (15507 S. Normandie Ave., #478, Gardena, CA 90247), 2001, CD, $12.99 plus shipping. Kwanzaa for Young People (and Everyone else!), composed and produced by Charles Mims and Patsy Moore, is a...

A Classical Kids Christmas.
June 1, 2002... by Susan Hammond. The Children's Group, Inc. (1400 Bayly St., Ste. 7, Pickering, Ontario, Canada L1W 3R2), 2001. CD, $33.54. It's December 5, twenty days to go, and already you're weary of the round-the-clock Christmas tunes that have been...

A Lighter Shade of Christmas: 15 Christmas Favorites for Early-Intermediate Piano Solo.
June 1, 2002... arranged by Joseph Scianni. Carl Fischer (65 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012), 2001.31 pp., $6.95. Intermediate. This collection of fifteen standard Christmas pieces is arranged for solo piano by Joseph Scianni. Although composed for the...

The Virtuosic Christmas Performer.
June 1, 2002... by Margaret Goldston. Aljged Publishing Co., Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., P.O. Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003), 2001. 32 pp., $6.95. Intermediate. The holiday season will be more complete and memorable now with the sounds of Margaret...