Stories Collection

  1. Editor's note: This column is a reprint from the December/January 2000/2001 issue of ...
  2. compiled and edited by Dale Tucker. Warner Bros. (15800 N. W. 48th Ave., Miami, FL 33...
  3. The University of Oklahoma will present a course, "Seminar for Piano Teachers: Teachi...
  4. When American Music Teacher asked several musicians and teachers to share their thoug...
  5. What is professional liability coverage, and is it necessary? This is a question many...
  6. The West Central Division Competitions were a splendid success, and we wish to thank ...
  7. Editor's note: This column is a reprint from the August/September 1999 issue of Ameri...
  8. by Keith Bartlett. UnitedMusic Publishers Ltd./Theodore Presser Company (588 North Gu...
  9. The New Center for American Music was established by The University of Texas at Austi...
  10. EzyTuner, 5 Rainbow Cres., Beechboro WA, Australia, 6063, (08) 9378 6970; support@ezy...
  11. Editors Note: The December/January 2002/2003 American Music Teacher featured a "Meeti...
  12. The Illinois State MTA (ISMTA) was founded in 1886 and has a long history of providin...
  13. Have you remembered the MTNA FOUNDATION in your estate plan? If so, we would like for...
  14. In accordance with Article VI, Sec. 2. of the MTNA Byaws, this slate of the two candi...
  15. Sibelius USA, Inc., announced that its parent company, Sibelius Software Ltd., has ac...
  16. The Children's Group, Inc., 1400 Bayly St., Ste. 7, Pickering, Ontario, L1W 3R2 Canad...
  17. ALABAMA University of Mobile Barbara Laurendine, Camp Director, University of Mob...
  18. Plans are underway for the 2003 state conferences in the Northwest Division. The Al...
  19. Many corporations are willing to match employee donations to a nonprofit. Do you or y...
  20. Mark Mrozinski served for thirteen years as coordinator of the Harper Music Academy, ...
  21. Hungarian violinist Barnabas Kelemen was the gold medal winner of the Sixth Quadrenni...
  22. Putumayo World Music, 324 Lafayette St., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10012; (800) 995-9588,...
  23. The annual business meeting of the Association for the presentation of reports and di...
  24. Focusing on the Eastern Division state of Connecticut, the Connecticut State MTA (www...
  25. Because parents ultimately guide their children's education--and have the potential t...
  26. by Mary Leaf. The FJH Music Company, Inc. (2525 Davie Rd., Ste. 360, Fort Lauderdale,...
  27. Dear MTNA Member: Let me be the first to officially invite you to join your colleag...
  28. The San Francisco Symphony and 415, Inc., creators of the website SFSKids.com, an onl...
  29. The University of Tennessee National Piano Scholarship Competition will take place Ma...
  30. Three state MTAs recently were recognized for their years of affiliation with MTNA. ...
  31. This is an exciting time for the Southwest Division and for Utah, particularly, as we...
  32. compilation and introductory notes by Millan Sachania Carl Fischer (65 Bleecker St., ...
  33. MusiGramma.com is a search engine dedicated to compositions, their composers and all ...
  34. The George Markey Memorial Pipe Organ Encounter Scholarships, sponsored by the Metrop...
  35. At the annual business meeting, the MTNA Board of Directors is proposing an amendment...
  36. Members and friends of the West Central Division are invited to attend a no-host dinn...
  37. In this month's column, I would like to deal with two issues--the sameness of the pri...
  38. (for flute or violin and piano), by Paul Badura-Skoda. Editions Musicales Alphonse Le...
  39. It is with very mixed emotions that I write this "Dear Reader" column. I am so excite...
  40. Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers of music...
  41. The 1st Taiwan International Piano Competition will take place September 25-October 5...
  42. As of December 2002; eighty-nine MTNA state and local affiliates have been approved f...
  43. There have been many interesting happenings in our division lately. Thanks to all who...
  44. Ever since the first person showed a friend how to clap their hands or beat on a rock...
  45. by Martin Klaschka. Musikverlag Doblinger (Postfach 882, A-1011 Wien, Austria), 2001....
  46. As we approach the end of the biennium, in this, the final column from this MTNA pres...
  47. The San Francisco Bay Area's premier music mentoring program is now becoming the nati...
  48. Nearly every article about pianists Misha and Cipa Dichter begins with the story of t...
  49. Local MTA presidents often have questions about MTNA's programs or want to know who t...
  50. Members may log on to the following sites to learn about the activities in the South ...
  51. by Margaret Elson. Regent Press (6020-A Adeline, Oakland, CA 94608), 2002. 108 pp., $...
  52. Sibelius USA, Inc., has announced the promotion of Jeremy Silver to CEO of Sibelius S...
  53. MakeMusic! Inc., 6210 Bury Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55346-1718; (952) 937-9611, fax: (95...
  54. I've always been fascinated by astrology. Not that I really believe the alignment of ...
  55. After a one-year suspension, the MTNA Student Percussion Competitions have been reins...
  56. The MTNA FOUNDATION welcomes MarySue Harris to membership in the Legacy Society. She ...
  57. I recently asked the director of a large community music school how a newly establish...
  58. by Fred Plotkin. Hyperion (114 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011), 2002. 672 pp., $14.95. ...
  59. John M. Stoner, Jr. is the new president of the band instrument division of Steinway ...
  60. The Music Link. Contact nearest local dealer listed at www.themusiclink.net. $99. T...
  61. For the second consecutive year, MTNA will showcase young artists in one of its confe...
  62. Since 1998, the Student Achievement Recognition (StAR) Award program has granted free...
  63. At this writing, we are busy completing another year of the MTNA Composer Commissioni...
  64. Susan Youens. Cambridge University Press (40 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10011-4211), 2...
  65. The American String Teacher's Association with National School Orchestra Association ...
  66. MakeMusic! Inc., 6210 Bury Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55346-1718; (952) 937-9611, fax: (95...
  67. At its December meeting, the Board of Directors approved a recommendation by the MTNA...
  68. Have you considered making your annual gift to the FOUNDATION via your credit card? T...
  69. Edited by Loran Olsen. Northwest Interpretive Association (909 1st Ave., Ste. 630, Se...
  70. Earlier this year, the Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA) asked me to dev...
  71. Professional Piano Products at Master's Touch Music, 332 La Veta Pass Ave., Golden, C...
  72. When I was a teenager in the 1950s, it was the style for girls to wear cardigan sweat...
  73. MTNA President R. Wayne Gibson, NCTM, recently appointed members to three task forces...
  74. "Arts Awareness and Advocacy" is the new name for the national Community Outreach and...
  75. by Sheldon Morgenstern. Northeastern University Press (360 Huntington Ave., 416CP, Bo...
  76. The History Channel presents its final installment of its Emmy Award-winning series S...
  77. Wenger Corp., P.O. Box 448, 555 Park Dr., Owatonna, MN 55060-0448; (800) 733-0393; ww...
  78. As piano teachers, we often relegate the piano duet and two-piano repertoire to a bac...
  79. As the second half of the school year gets underway, it is time to think about reward...
  80. Try something with me. Sit down at a table or at your computer with your studio swap ...
  81. by Helen Walker-Hill. Greenwood Press (88 Post Rd. West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT ...
  82. The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) conducted a six-month New York City Mus...
  83. InstrumentExchange.com features more than 10,000 musical instruments and gear for mus...
  84. Of the twenty-eight educators who reached a half-century of commitment to MTNA, four ...
  85. An instructional video from the November 2001 Group Piano Seminar, co-sponsored by MT...
  86. The MTNA FOUNDATION is pleased to welcome Iris and Morty Manus to membership in the L...
  87. While reading through local association reports from the state chairs, a particular s...
  88. edited by Yuval Taylor. Chicago Review Press/Independent Publishers Group (814 N. Fra...
  89. Tom Handel has been appointed dean of students of the New England Conservatory (NEC)....
  90. Pianists up to age 18 or grade 12 are invited to compete in the 3rd Annual Albertson ...
  91. Book clubs and reading recommendations have been popular activities with the public, ...
  92. In the "Directory of New Music and. Instructional Materials" a title for Frederick Ha...
  93. The MTNA FOUNDATION is pleased to announce the establishment of the Benjamin Whitten ...
  94. by Mortimer H. Frank. Amadeus Press (133 S. W. 2nd Ave., Ste. 450, Portland, OR 97204...
  95. Jung Lim Kim, 17, from Seoul, Korea, won first prize at the Eighth Annual Oberlin Int...
  96. The Janice K. Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition will take place February 1, 2003,...
  97. At its March 2002 meeting, the MTNA Board of Directors voted to propose an amendment ...
  98. Due to the death of East Central Division President-elect Carol Winborne, there will ...
  99. Boston Pops Conductor and Utah Symphony Music Director Keith Lockhart has been named ...
  100. (Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685 Title 39, United States Code.) 1. Publication...
  101. The 46th World Piano Competition (WPC) honored Eun Joo Chung of Korea with a gold med...
  102. The Music Club of Kingsville, Inc., will hold its annual Kingsville International Com...
  103. Approximately 100 MTNA leaders gathered in Cincinnati, Ohio, for the fifth annual Sum...
  104. Guidelines and application forms for the 2003 Teacher Enrichment, Local Association M...
  105. by Gordon Carr. Broadbent & Dunn Ltd./Theodore Presser (588 N. Gulph Rd., King of Pru...
  106. Teachers can create song lists and custom music CDs for teaching their pre-K and elem...
  107. The 57th Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition will take place April 26-27, 2003, at C...
  108. East Central Division President-elect Carol Winborne, 58, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, died...
  109. "MTNA's Professional Certification Program provides a visible recognition of achievem...
  110. by An-Lun Huang and edited by Alton Chan. Warner Bros. Publications (15800 N. W. 48th...
  111. March 15-19, 2003 * Salt Palace Convention Center * Salt Lake City, Utah Register b...
  112. Sibelius USA, Inc., the world's leading music notation technology provider, has acqui...
  113. A newly designed MTNA membership recruitment display is appearing in music stores acr...
  114. Learning Styles Q: Today, most piano teaching courses discuss learning theories as ...
  115. Ricordi/Hal Leonard (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213-3400), 2002. 86pp., $...
  116. Technics Musical Instruments, 1 Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094; (800) 726-8863; co...
  117. Relationships Bruce Berr: Each of you represents the highest leadership of two diff...
  118. It seems as if there is a pharmacy on every corner, and there is a good reason: Deman...
  119. Duplex, for 4 melodic timpani, multiple percussion and piano (3 players), by Jean Bat...
  120. This issue of American Music Teacher contains several articles of a pedagogical natur...
  121. Meisel Stringed Instruments, P.O. Box 90, Springfield, NJ 07081-0090; (800) 634-7356 ...
  122. Adjacent to Rittenhouse Square in center-city Philadelphia is an edifice from which w...
  123. What do Mozart's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A Major and MTNA's websit...
  124. Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on the issue of rates for the ...
  125. by Mordicai Gerstein. Farrar, Straus & Giroux (19 Union Square West, New York, NY 100...
  126. Chu-Fang Huang, a native of the People's Republic of China, received the 2002 Interna...
  127. The Juenesses Musicales Montreal International Competition (JMMIC) will take place Ma...
  128. Edward Adelson, moderator A distinguished panel of three music educators and two ch...
  129. The Louisiana MTA (LMTA) will hold its 51st convention October 10-11 at Louisiana Sta...
  130. by Cecile Chaminade. Dover Publications (31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501), 2001. 59p...
  131. In 1989, a significant event took place in the life of MTNA. A "new and improved" MTN...
  132. MakeMusic!, 6210 Bury Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55346-1718; (952) 937-9611; Fax: (952) 93...
  133. The sixth annual Pedagogy Saturday was titled "Exploring Learning Styles: Developing ...
  134. Michelle Conda, commentator I love watching the behaviors of others. I think that i...
  135. Massachusetts MTA will hold its state conference on October 26 at Berklee College of ...
  136. by W. A. Mozart and Edited by Fritz Spiegl. Emerson Edition/Theodore Presser Company ...
  137. At this writing, I've recently returned from a very productive meeting of your Board ...
  138. Music Fun, P.O. Box 342, Katoomba, NSW Australia 2780; 61-2-4782-3073, Fax: 61-2-4782...
  139. Opening Session Report Peter Jarjisian, commentator As director of choral activitie...
  140. If only one size did fit all.... If only teaching were as easy as one plus one equals...
  141. I would like to introduce our new Southern Division officers. I am pleased to annou...
  142. compiled and edited by Suzanne W. Guy. The FJH Music Company, Inc. (2525 Davie Rd., S...
  143. by Tadeusz Baird. PWM/Theodore Presser Company (588 N. Gulph Rd., King of Prussia, PA...
  144. The 1999 MTNA Collegiate National Piano Competition winner Thomas Rosenkranz is one o...
  145. e-Stand, Inc., 8340 N. Lincoln Ave., Ste. 201, Skokie, IL 60077; (847) 329-3000; Fax:...
  146. Kenneth K. Guilmartin, speaker The following comments apply, I think, to any age, b...
  147. The MTNA Nominating Committee invites the membership to recommend candidates for the ...
  148. The Northwest Division is preparing for an active fall season of conferences and comp...
  149. by Eric Baumgartner. The Willis Music Company (P.O. Box 548, Florence, KY 41022-0548)...
  150. by Joanne Haroutounian. Oxford University Press (198 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016...
  151. Previous MTNA National Competition winner Sebastian Chang, age 14, is one of nine 200...
  152. Henkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc., 32150 Just Imagine Dr., Avon, OH 44011-1355; (440) 9...
  153. Donna Brink Fox, speaker Early childhood is my current area of specialization as a ...
  154. MTNA members now can receive discounted office supplies through Viking Office Product...
  155. In July, Hawaii MTA (HMTA) sponsored Pianomania 2002. More than 270 students performe...
  156. by Todd Lowry. Hal Leonard Corporation (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., P.O. Box 13819, Milwau...
  157. by Anna Dembska and Joan Harkness. Flying Leap Music (1348 71st St., Brooklyn, NY 112...
  158. Robert Cutietta, a specialist in music education, is the new dean of the University o...
  159. The University of Louisville announces its Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 200...
  160. Kim Dolgin, speaker It is not unusual for children reaching adolescence to change i...
  161. Presented annually by the MTNA FOUNDATION, the MTNA Collegiate Chapter of the Year Aw...
  162. The earliest competitions in the West Central Division will be held in several states...
  163. selected and edited by Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster. Alfred Publishing Co., In...
  164. Sunday, March 16 Gala Speaker Keith Lockhart Keith Lockhart is conductor of the B...
  165. Internationally renowned percussionist Amy Lynn Barber has been appointed dean of the...
  166. The 3rd International SEILER Piano Competition Kitzingen 2003 will take place May 13-...
  167. Judith Piercy, speaker When thinking about teaching, a fundamental question is, "Wh...
  168. If you are under age 35 and have taught four or less years since completion of a degr...
  169. October 2002 Dear Members of MTNA: Fall, with its beautiful color palette, always...
  170. Q: Should teachers assign piano literature based on hand size? A: Hand size with re...
  171. by Roman Maciejewski. PWM/Theodore Presser Company (588 N. Gulph Rd., King of Prussia...