Stories Collection

  1. MTNA college and university faculty members have been asking why the final certificat...
  2. by Stephen Lehmann and Marion Faber. Oxford University Press (198 Madison Ave., New Y...
  3. MTNA member Gayle Kowalchyk received the 2003 Achievement in Music Award from the Boa...
  4. Celebrating more than 160 years of history, the New York Philharmonic, America's olde...
  5. The difficulties of trying to "motivate" a lethargic or belligerent student weigh hea...
  6. The MTNA Nominating Committee invites the membership to recommend candidates for the ...
  7. I often have thought of our jobs as music educators as being similar to coaching runn...
  8. Ronald YaDeau has been a member of MTNA since 1974 and has served the association as ...
  9. University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina * January 23-...
  10. Anyone who has ever set out to build a successful home studio knows that just the bui...
  11. by Craig R. Whitney. Public Affairs Books (250 W. 57th St., Ste. 1321, New York, NY 1...
  12. Longtime VH1 Save The Music Foundation Board Chief Executive Officer Bob Morrison wil...
  13. Sibelius USA, Inc., 1407 Oakland Blvd., Ste. 103, Walnut Creek, CA 94596; (888) 474-2...
  14. Relationship of Goals and Assessment Most music studios are characterized by teache...
  15. The MTNA Board of Directors ratified the partnership between Music Teachers National ...
  16. Fall conferences are being planned in several states. The South Dakota State Conferen...
  17. Texas Christian University Ed Landreth Hall * Ford Worth, Texas * January 17-18, 20...
  18. by Mary Dolen. Neil A. Kjos Music Co. (4380 Jutland Dr., San Diego, CA 92117), 2003. ...
  19. by Martha Baker-Jordan. Warner Bros.(15800 N. W. 48th Ave., Miami, FL 33014), 2003. 4...
  20. Lauren Keiser has been named chief executive officer of Carl Fischer. Keiser has been...
  21. J. D'Addario & Co., Inc., P.O. Box 290, Farmingdale, NY 11735; info@daddario.com. www...
  22. Practicers, performers and audiences love it when the nervous system is hooked up to ...
  23. Steinway & Sons Marked its 150th year with a 150th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert ...
  24. Flying Leap Music, 53599 Hwy. 245, Pinehurst, CA 93641; (559) 336-9383; fleap@fleap.c...
  25. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Ste. 100 Van Nuys, CA 91410 (81...
  26. Why I Became a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music The National Certification Com...
  27. When we speak of using technology, many of us tend to restrict the conversation to te...
  28. by John Valerio. Hal Leonard Corporation (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., P.O. Box 13819, Milw...
  29. "Expanding the Journey" is the theme of this year's Hal Leonard Piano Day Spas, Augus...
  30. MusicWheels, P.O. Box 1093, Nailsea, Bristol BS48 4ZB, United Kingdom; 011-44-1275-85...
  31. A partnership between MTNA and the Arts Recognition and Talent Search (ARTS) will giv...
  32. MTNA members will be electing Division officers and directors beginning in February 2...
  33. Editor's note: Although her byline is not new to AMT, Beth Gigante Klingenstein is th...
  34. The American Music Conference (AMC) has launched a new Web resource, www.themusicedge...
  35. RAT Music Stands Ltd., Ste. 119, 6135 Barfield Rd., Atlanta, GA 30328; (404) 255-4545...
  36. MTNA Executive Director Gary L. Ingle had the honor of inducting Steinway & Sons into...
  37. Our fall schedules are urgently upon us! Hopefully, we all had the opportunity to ref...
  38. With a few mouse clicks, arts advocacy tools literally are at our fingertips. The fol...
  39. by Elisabeth L. Lomax. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (P.O. Box 66, Pacific, MO 63069), 2...
  40. Over the next three years, The Juilliard School and Interlochen will embark on a coop...
  41. The 2004 WAMSO Young Artist Competition for Piano and Orchestral Instruments will tak...
  42. Thomas Rodgers, winner of the 2003 MTNA Junior High School String Competition, has re...
  43. The Eastern Division Conference and Competitions, will be held at West Virginia Unive...
  44. Hello and welcome to a new phase of the MTNA Composer Commissioning Program! Until re...
  45. edited by George Petrie. Dover Publications, Inc. (31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501),...
  46. A team from Indiana University (IU) and the University of Michigan is creating an onl...
  47. The Lennox International Young Artists Competition for Piano and Strings will take pl...
  48. Alaska MTA held its state conference on May 10, 2003, at the University of Alaska, An...
  49. Editor's Note: the Durum Triangle Music Teachers Association was named MTNA's 2003 Lo...
  50. Phyllis Heifer, NCTM President 4852 Wishkah Rd. Aberdeen, WA 98520-9628 (360)...
  51. Libby Larsen has been named to the Harissios Papamarkou Chair in Education and Techno...
  52. The Missouri Southern International Piano Competition (MSIPC) will take place at Miss...
  53. Two state MTAs recently were recognized for their years of affiliation with MTNA. A...
  54. Three states in our division have chosen to recognize respected teachers and pedagogu...
  55. If you are a music teacher, and if you are lucky, you have a "Franny" in your studio....
  56. Robert Yekovich has been named dean of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice Universit...
  57. On a whim, my husband and I sold our cars and moved to Boston. I left a studio of wel...
  58. As another school year approaches, state MTAs are planning upcoming events. Califor...
  59. MTNA thanks the following corporate members for their support: 800SheetMusic.com, 8...
  60. Pallavi Mahidhara, a fifteen-year-old pianist from Bethesda, Maryland, and winner of ...
  61. An article published in American Music Teacher approximately twenty years ago address...
  62. Is your instrument insured properly? Many music professionals believe their homeowner...
  63. Congratulations again to Tennessee MTA on its 50th Annual Conference. It was a great ...
  64. MTNA thanks the following institutional members for their support: Arkansas State U...
  65. Welcome to another year of MTNA. With this issue, we begin our 128th year as on organ...
  66. Inesa Sinkevych, a twenty-three-year-old Israeli pianist, was the First Prize Winner ...
  67. The Student Achievement Recognition (StAR) Award is given to outstanding graduating m...
  68. Please join us for the Tri-State Conference this fall in Kansas City, Kansas! The lea...
  69. ARTICLE I. NAME The name of the corporation is MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,...
  70. Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, Portable Keyboards, P.O. B...
  71. Irene Peery-Fox Irene Peery-Fox, NCTM, began her piano studies in Canada, where she...
  72. Q: Do you have suggestions for getting off to a good start at the beginning of a new ...
  73. by Franz Liszt. Dover Publications, Inc. (31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501), 2002. 81...
  74. Like all the arts, music is a source of pleasure for many people, not only musicians....
  75. "Cross-Cultural Communication in the Music Studio," by Kenneth Williams, was selected...
  76. It was the pleasure and privilege of Utah and the Southwest Division to host the 2003...
  77. Student Composition Competition Sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications, Inc. Elemen...
  78. What message does the tone of our voice send? What impression does our appearance hav...
  79. by Arthur Berger. University of California Press (2000 Center Ct., #303, Berkeley, CA...
  80. VocalZone (Distributed by The Aurora Group, Inc.), (800) 318-3934; www.viviforyou.com...
  81. Weber State University (WSU) Music Teachers Association Collegiate Chapter, in Ogden,...
  82. The West Central Division meeting during the MTNA National Conference in Salt Lake Ci...
  83. The ages for Senior Composition were listed incorrectly in the April/May AMT. The cor...
  84. by Boris Berlin and Andrew Markov. Edited by Scott McBride Smith. The Frederick Harri...
  85. by Quint Randle and Bill Evans. Backbeat Books (600 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 9...
  86. The 34th International Jeunesses Musicales Piano and Piano Duo Competition will take ...
  87. This year's exhibit hall was more popular than ever, with 175 booths and nearly 100 e...
  88. Denise N. Allen, NCTM, of Sandy, Utah, is the recipient of the 2003 Piano Technicians...
  89. I hope you had a successful spring and are enjoying the summer months. I would like t...
  90. by Ernest J. Kramer. 8pp. each part, $4.95. Appalachian Rhapsody (two pianos, four ha...
  91. Phyllis Heifer, NCTM President 4852 Wishkah Rd. Aberdeen, WA 98520-9628 (360)...
  92. In an article entitled "The Wellness Movement," C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph....
  93. Goldilocks Story Once upon a time, there was a little girl who stumbled into a warm...
  94. Robert Pace, composer, concert pianist, lecturer and music educator, was honored with...
  95. Congratulations to the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) ...
  96. Editor's Note: MTNA would like to recognize those individuals whose lives made a mark...
  97. by Suzanne Guy. The FJH Music Company, Inc. (2525 Davie Rd., Ste. 360, Fort Lauderdal...
  98. If you are like me, some days, we can't help but wonder why we have chosen teaching a...
  99. INTRODUCTION This bibliography is an extension and update of the Annotated Bibliogr...
  100. Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA) is the 2003 Music Teachers National Associati...
  101. Outgoing MTNA Board of Directors and National Chairs were recognized for their years ...
  102. Musical Practice and its Transfer in Life A Return to the Topic of "Practice" I n...
  103. by Craig Curry. Hal Leonard (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213-3400), 2002. ...
  104. The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) will present two intensive tw...
  105. Margaret "Margie May" Saunders Ott, NCTM, is the 2003 MTNA Teacher of the Year. She a...
  106. Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM, is MTNA president. She has been actively involved in MTNA for ...
  107. Twelve teachers received grants this year from the FOUNDATION. Ten thousand dollars w...
  108. by Alec Templeton. Arranged by Henry Brant. Emerson Edition/Theodore Presser Co. (588...
  109. Music teachers can post their resumes online and locate positions available throughou...
  110. The Durum Triangle Music Teachers Association (DTMTA) of Langdon, North Dakota, is th...
  111. With summer, workshops and camps abound. Indiana MTA (IMTA) members staff a booth at ...
  112. The MTNA FOUNDATION Fellow designation is a special award because it is bestowed on a...
  113. by Philip Johnston. PracticeSpot Press (52 Pethebridge St., Pearce ACT 2607, Australi...
  114. David L. Kuehn, president of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Californ...
  115. As teacher and performer, it is impossible to have too much knowledge about the body....
  116. Timothy Hoekman has been selected as the 2002 MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of...
  117. Northwest Division members were delighted that our own Margaret "Margie May" Saunders...
  118. The MTNA FOUNDATION thanks the following outgoing trustees for their dedicated servic...
  119. After returning from the MTNA National Conference in Salt Lake City, I flew to Jackso...
  120. by Barbara Nissman. Scarecrow Press (4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706), 2002. 319 pp...
  121. Music and Markets 2003, presented by Music Etc., will offer two opportunities--July 1...
  122. When pianos were first invented, they were similar in size to harpsichords. Hand size...
  123. James Lyke was presented the MTNA Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award for his text ...
  124. Eastern Division held a reception followed by a business meeting at the MTNA National...
  125. Editor's Note: Some twelve years have now passed since E.L. Lancaster's article, "Pre...
  126. The 2003 MTNA National Conference will surely go down in the memory books as one of t...
  127. by David Ledbetter. Yale University Press (P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040)...
  128. Dream Lab is a ten-week artist residency program to help students develop and produce...
  129. Klondike Steadman of Georgetown, Texas, is the recipient of the second MTNA Studio Fe...
  130. Congratulations to the Texas MTA for being chosen State Affiliate of the Year. The aw...
  131. Gail Lew, Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., left, is pictured with Gabrielle Haigh, wi...
  132. by Joan Oliver Goldsmith. W. W. Norton & Co. (500 5th Ave., New lark, NY 10110), 2002...
  133. Colonial Williamsburg, Public Relations Department, P.O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 2...
  134. The University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Fine Arts has launched a bachelor's d...
  135. "There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins ..." --Shel ...
  136. MTNA is a participant in the Amazon.com Associates Program. As an Amazon.com associat...
  137. Thanks to all who helped with our recent Southern Division Competitions. A giant cong...
  138. It has always bewildered me to hear of individuals who teach private music lessons an...
  139. edited by Hans-Joachim Braun. The Johns Hopkins University Press (2715 N. Charles St....
  140. PianoDisc, 4111 N. Freeway Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834; (800) 566-3472, fax: (916) 56...
  141. As a piano teacher who also is a record collector, I am amazed at how few modern-day ...
  142. MTNA members now can receive discounted office supplies through Viking Office Product...
  143. With this issue of AMT, we begin a new system of acknowledging contributors to the MT...
  144. (book and three CDs), by Gordon Vernick and Geoffrey Haydon. Kendall/Hunt Publishing ...
  145. The Doreen Allen Company, 18 Oakwood Ave., Livingston, NJ 07039; (973) 994-0672; info...
  146. It is 8:00 A.M., Friday, June 28, 2002, and we are in a car, driving from midtown to ...
  147. It's not too late to order Music Study Awards to present to students at spring progra...
  148. Twenty-four named endowments have been established to honor individuals who have made...
  149. by Elizabeth Blades-Zeller. Scarecrow Press (4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706), 2002...
  150. Casio, Inc., 570 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Dover, NJ 07801; (973) 361-5400; www.casio.com. $...
  151. The MTNA Student Competitions consist of three levels: State Competition, Division Co...
  152. by Andrey Komanetsky. The Willis Music Company (P.O. Box 548, Florence, KY 41022-0548...
  153. CHANGE. It affects each of us every day of our lives. We "change" our clothes daily. ...
  154. The Kids Collection, 90 Lee Dr., Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369-0766; lawson@greatestcl...
  155. The East Central Division (ECD) welcomes two new state presidents, Brenda Conroy, NCT...
  156. (for two pianos, four hands), by Irving Berlin. Arranged by Don Heitler and Jim Lyke....
  157. Interlochen Center for the Arts is conducting an international search to replace Pres...
  158. The first round of the 27th PTNA (Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan) Pian...
  159. As part of the continuing upgrades to MTNA's website, visitors now can make online pu...
  160. The Eastern Division Conference and Competitions were held January 10-12, 2003, at El...
  161. The Competition Dilemma This column presents a guest interview with Gary Amano and ...
  162. (for two pianos, four hands), by Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks. Words by Andy...
  163. Classical.com Ltd. introduces the library world's first streaming classical music ser...
  164. The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University is seeking com...
  165. Jerry was know to many in MTNA, especially after he and his wife, Betty Kowalsky Stas...
  166. Northwest Division state presidents met in Boise, Idaho, during the. Division Competi...
  167. The concert hall is buzzing with excitement as the audience enters. Suddenly the ligh...
  168. (Excerpts for Principal, Second and Alto Flute auditions), by Jeanne Baxtresser (form...
  169. As part of its 150th anniversary, Steinway & Sons is looking for the oldest Steinway ...
  170. The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and The Hartt School at the Unive...
  171. During the weekend, summit participants will attend sessions designed to inform and s...
  172. South Central Division Competitions were held January 18-19, 2003, at the University ...
  173. What is the independent music studio? Educational facility? Arts organization? Privat...
  174. (For Beginning String Orchestras), by Gregory Kerkorian. Lake State Publications (P.O...
  175. Portland State University's (PSU) Department of Music has created a new degree progra...
  176. The pianist must discover infinity in the vertical movement that makes up the small w...
  177. You soon will be receiving your 2003-04 dues statements in the mail. At its Decembe...