Stories Collection

  1. Notation Software, Inc., 317-109th Ave. S.E., Bellevue, WA 98004; (877) 353-7297 fax:...
  2. The annual business meeting of the association for the presentation of reports and di...
  3. In this month's column we feature our forty-eighth state, Arizona. The Arizona Stud...
  4. MTNA will recognize the 2005 FOUNDATION Fellows at the FOUNDATION FUND Gala Monday, A...
  5. These are troubling times for the classical music establishment. Our orchestras acros...
  6. NAMM, the International Music Products Association has announced several staff change...
  7. The 53rd annual BMI Student Composer Award competition is seeking entrants, offering ...
  8. At the annual business meeting, the MTNA Board of Directors will propose amendments t...
  9. Members and friends of the West Central Division are invited to attend a no-host dinn...
  10. For many years MTNA has enjoyed the support of individuals and corporations. The stud...
  11. Carina Voly has been appointed music director of the Rocky Ridge Music Center. Voly, ...
  12. In this month's column we hear from Delaware President Jacqueline Faulcon: The Peac...
  13. Jerome Kern Piano Solos, arranged by Bill Boyd. Hal Leonard Corporation (7777 W. Blue...
  14. The 59th Annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition will take place April 30, 2005, ...
  15. MTNA Executive Director Gary Ingle recently was invited to serve on the advisory boar...
  16. I graduated with a degree in medical technology and a minor in chemistry. After worki...
  17. Alfred's Group Piano for Adults, Book 1, second edition, and Alfred's Group Piano for...
  18. Songs Without Words, by Christos Tsitsaros. Hal Leonard Corporation (7777 W. Bluemoun...
  19. The PianoArts 2005 National Piano Concerto and Solo Competition will be held June 17-...
  20. An unprecedented meeting of medical professionals and musicians took place at the end...
  21. PIANO CONCERT Tuesday, April 5 * 8:00 P.M. Angela Cheng Hailed by critics for her...
  22. Alabama--Nancy M. Vinson, NCTM, 720 Highland Rd., Auburn, AL 36830; (334) 821-2038; v...
  23. Piano Virtuoso with Maestro, 1.0 Instructor Edition; includes 2 student versions (and...
  24. Renowned violinist Chee-Yun has been appointed visiting professor of music (violin) a...
  25. I Used to Play Piano: For Adults Returning to the Piano and MIDI (w/CD), by E.L. Lanc...
  26. Sibelius Software, Ltd. now has an online self-publishing service, SibeliusMusic Stor...
  27. Lilian Kallir, 73, a pianist known for her elegant Mozart performances, both as a sol...
  28. MTNA member Amy Davis of Bountiful, Utah, is using her persona story to help others. ...
  29. FOUNDATION FUND GALA Monday, April 4 6:00 P.M. This year's Gala will take place o...
  30. In accordance with Article VI, Sec. 2. of the MTNA Bylaws, this slate of two candidat...
  31. Music in West Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (w/CD), by Ruth M Stone;...
  32. More Mastering Classic Favorites 1 (w/CD), by Paul Sheftel and Phyllis Alpert Lehrer....
  33. The American Music Conference (AMC), a non-profit music advocacy organization and aff...
  34. INTRODUCTION Stereotypes die hard, sometimes. There still are people in the U.S. wh...
  35. MTNA Executive Director Gary Ingle presented a plaque commemorating Mississippi MTA's...
  36. (An additional fee and conference registration are required to attend either event or...
  37. Brian Chung is senior vice president of Kawai America Corporation, a manufacturer of ...
  38. New Historical Anthology of Music by Women, edited by James R. Briscoe. Indiana Unive...
  39. MTNA member Betty Sue Shepherd, who has taught piano at Samford University for more t...
  40. Membership recruitment is an important component of any professional organization, an...
  41. Jazz Piano: An In-Depth Look at the Styles of the Masters, by Liam Noble. Hal Leonard...
  42. John Benham, a thirty-year music education veteran and leading music advocate, began ...
  43. The morning after Election Day 2004, I sat across from Angela Cheng, the Conservatory...
  44. The Indiana MTA held its state conference November 12-13, 2004, at Butler University ...
  45. Your Musical Child: Inspiring Kids to Play and Sing for Keeps, by Jessica Baron Turne...
  46. Theory Games Software, Levels 1A-2 (for Piano), Alfred's Basic Piano Library. Alfred ...
  47. The Steinway Library of Piano Music, Ekay Music, Inc., 2 Depot Plaza, Bedford Hills, ...
  48. Although Adriana Zabala's primary pursuit is opera, she enjoys a career that spans a ...
  49. Northwest Division MTNA competitions were held at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washi...
  50. (Subject to change) SUNDAY, APRIL 3 * Bridging Two Worlds: Farkas/Moore Violin an...
  51. Maybe it is because I turned 50 several years ago that I started asking more frequent...
  52. Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM President 4852 Wishkah Rd. Aberdeen, WA 98520-9628 (360...
  53. MakeMusic! Inc., 6210 Bury Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55346-1718; (888) 874-2144; customer...
  54. One is a raving Red Sox fan (but resident of New York) who prefers his coffee from a ...
  55. Both the Arkansas MTA state performance competitions and the South Central Division c...
  56. Angela Cheng Piano Monday, April 4 Hailed by critics for her remarkable techniq...
  57. Over the past decade, the number of home-based businesses in the United States has gr...
  58. The Frances Clark Center will host its annual National Conference on Keyboard Pedagog...
  59. A team of four leading researchers and practitioners in the music education field gav...
  60. Texas MTA's archives are in the Texas Collection at Baylor University. Celinda Hallba...
  61. Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series Each year, thousands of soon-...
  62. Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM President 4852 Wishkah Rd. Aberdeen, WA 98520-9628 (360...
  63. The MTNA Professional Certification Program Standards clearly state the intent and co...
  64. MacMillan/McGraw-Hill, an elementary school publishing unit of McGraw-Hill Education,...
  65. Ross Lee Finney, an outstanding American composer of the twentieth century who wrote ...
  66. In Tennessee, the Knoxville MTA has a varied program agenda, including Psychological ...
  67. Corporate Members (as of October 10, 2004) MTNA thanks the following corporate me...
  68. In spring 2002, I attended an event at the University of Montevallo and enjoyed a per...
  69. Editor's Note: Last July, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige sent a let...
  70. Twelve-year-old Rachel Cheung of Hong Kong won the Gina Bachauer International Junior...
  71. Their palms sweat; their hearts race; their hands shake. Eighty percent of all people...
  72. The Appalachian MTA showcased a musical roundtable with conductors of the Symphony of...
  73. Institutional Members (as of October 10, 2004) MTNA thanks the following institut...
  74. Carl Fischer has acquired Theodore Presser Company. The move will allow these music p...
  75. BRAVO to the team who created the new MTNA Assessment Tools for the Independent Music...
  76. The 2004 winners of The World Piano Competition, held each summer in Cincinnati, incl...
  77. Music and the military have a long and very distinguished partnership. Many academic ...
  78. New Mexico has implemented an innovative program for the noncompetitive, as well as t...
  79. Classical Kids: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Teacher's Notes (w/CD), by Susan Hammond. T...
  80. Thomas S. Clark has been appointed dean of the School of Music at the North Carolina ...
  81. The Ivan Galamian Scale System for Violoncello, Volume II, arranged and edited by Han...
  82. Roland Corporation U.S., 5100 S. Eastern Ave., P.O. Box 910921, Los Angeles, CA 90091...
  83. Dear Members: The MTNA board of directors unanimously approved the operating budget...
  84. Hats off to the West Central Division state competition chairs who have organized and...
  85. Monsters and Angels--Surviving a Career in Music, by Seymour Bernstein. Distributed b...
  86. The 32nd Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition will take place May 6-8, ...
  87. Casio, Inc., 570 Mount Pleasant Ave., Dover, NJ 07801; (800) 836-8580; www.casio.com....
  88. Indiana hosted its leadership summit June 19, 2004. The event included a brainstormin...
  89. Marvin Blickenstaff is internationally renowned for his teaching, lecturing, performi...
  90. The Private Music Instruction Manual: A Guide for the Independent Music Educator, by ...
  91. The Music Club of Kingsville, Inc., will hold its annual Kingsville International Com...
  92. Enable Software Pry. Ltd., P.O. Box 4630, Kingston, ACT, 2604, Australia; fax: +61 2 ...
  93. Ohio was the first state to adopt the RACE curriculum as its officially endorsed stat...
  94. Send Us Your Questions Do you have a teaching question you would like to have answe...
  95. Ask the Professor: Magical Music & Helpful Tips, Starter Level, 1A, 1B, 2, music ...
  96. The Eastern Division state presidents had a productive meeting at the Summit for MTNA...
  97. As the year comes to a close, I've found myself reflecting on the past twelve months ...
  98. MENC: The National Association for Music Education, 1806 Robert Fulton Dr., Reston, V...
  99. The Northwest Division meeting at the annual Summit for MTNA Leadership in Cincinnati...
  100. 2006 National Conference March 25-29 Austin, TX The MTNA Conference Program Committ...
  101. Expressive Etudes, Book Six, compiled and edited by Suzanne W. Guy. The FJH Music Com...
  102. South Carolina is saddened by the death of former MTNA President Margaret Lorince, NC...
  103. In today's fast-paced world, there are three major areas that affect associations lik...
  104. Palatino Musical Instruments, www.palatinousa.com. $270. Palatino has added a delux...
  105. The 2004 Summit for MTNA Leadership was a time for becoming better acquainted with co...
  106. If money was no object, what would the ideal independent studio look like? I immediat...
  107. Miniature Concerto for Piano, by B.J. Rosco. Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp./Warner Bro...
  108. Jennifer Foxx, the Tooele, Utah, chapter president, recently hosted a successful memb...
  109. Gibson Guitar Corp., parent company of Baldwin Piano, recently formed a joint venture...
  110. In the October/November issue of AMT, Yamaha's Keyboard Encounters Kids program was m...
  111. Louisiana MTA is housing its archives at Louisiana State University. Its 2004 commiss...
  112. We all know the basic facts surrounding the musicianship of the legendary composers a...
  113. WB Popular Movie Hits Piano Library (w/MIDI and CD), Level Five, arranged by Gail Lew...
  114. Legacy Society Those of us who knew and worked with Margaret Lorince were deeply sa...
  115. First Act Inc., a musical instrument company based in Newton, Massachusetts, will sup...
  116. Send Us Your Questions Do you have a teaching question you would like to have answe...
  117. Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Works, edited by Joseph Banowitz. Belwin-Mills Publishing/W...
  118. OnLinePracticRecord.com. San Antonio, TX; www.onlinepracticerecord.com. Free. Onlin...
  119. There are many ways to encourage reluctant learners. If teachers teach for musical un...
  120. The Mississippi MTA is making plans for its fiftieth convention at Hinds Community Co...
  121. The Jupiter String Quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2004 Fischoff National Cha...
  122. Duet Repertoire: One Piano, Four Hands by Various Composers, Level Four, edited by Da...
  123. College faculty members play a vital role in MTNA--a role quite distinct from that of...
  124. Joseph Brye, NCTM, MTNA president in 1982 and 1983, died July 25, 2004, at age 87. Br...
  125. Ellen Langer, professor of psychology at Harvard University and author of Mindfulness...
  126. New Mexico will hold its fifty-fourth annual conference November 11 13 in Santa Fe. A...
  127. It is said that music is a universal language, and after my experiences this summer, ...
  128. Yamaha Corporation of America, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, CA 90620; (714) 52...
  129. Like the financial services industry before it, the health insurance industry is in t...
  130. The Godowsky Kreisler Collection: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano, by Leopold...
  131. It was very inspiring! Last October, Karen Thickstun, Lynn Singleton, NCTM, and I &qu...
  132. As music teachers, we teach many different kinds of music to many different kinds of ...
  133. The MTNA Nominating committee invites the membership to recommend candidates for the ...
  134. The National Summit for MTNA Leadership provided an opportunity for state presidents ...
  135. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. has acquired Myklas Music Press, which is known for its q...
  136. The University of Louisville School of Music is accepting applications for the Univer...
  137. Although the title of vocal coach is a widely used term, there still is much confusio...
  138. A paragraph in the Achievement Award speech given by Guy Duckworth and printed on pag...
  139. It's not easy to address a room full of music teachers at a national conference and h...
  140. Executive Director Gary Ingle and MTNA President Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM, attended the ...
  141. Frank Pearson, Dickinson, ND A fifty-year member of MTNA. Frank Pearson received de...
  142. Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire substantially a...
  143. Plymouth State University, Silver Cultural Arts Center Plymouth, New Hampshire * Janu...
  144. Teaching Music Globally: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (with CD), by Patrici...
  145. In Sheryl lott Richardson's article, "Music as Language, Sight Playing Through A...
  146. Do you remember the advertisement for AT&T in which the phrase, "Reach out a...
  147. Applications for various MTNA grants and awards are now available. To recognize the m...
  148. A new State Affiliate Grant will be available through the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND beginn...
  149. This year marks the centennial of Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited, one of the old...
  150. University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky * January 27-30, 2005 Competitions Ch...
  151. Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, by Bonnie C Wade. Oxford ...
  152. As I was driving to Kansas City n March, squeezing n two days of the MTNA National Co...
  153. U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige showed his support for arts and music in public sc...
  154. If students are to become successful at productively self-directing their practice ...
  155. Awards information and applications are available on the MTNA website at www.mtna.org...
  156. Teacher Enrichment Grant applications and guidelines for 2005 are now available. Teac...
  157. The American Music Conference (AMC) recently honored Tim Lautzenheiser with its annua...
  158. University of Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas 15-16, 2005 Competitions Chair: June L...
  159. When Music Resists Meaning: The Major Writings of Herbert Brun, edited by Arun Chandr...
  160. Americans for the Arts has again proclaimed October as National Arts and Humanities M...
  161. Music is an intuitive art. Practicing is a conscious managerial skill. To practice ef...
  162. The Illinois fall conference will be October 29-30 at Olivet Nazarene University. Ann...
  163. AMT: In your opinion, what is the role of the FOUNDATION FUND in MTNA? JR: I've alw...
  164. The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) 2004 Annual Meeting will be held ...
  165. California State University Long Beach, California * January 21-23, 2005 Competitio...
  166. Play Jazz, Blues, Rock: Piano by Ear, Book 1, by Andy Ostwald. Mel Bay Publications (...
  167. Ken Edgington of Bigfork, Montana, and Duane "Dewey" Kuhn of Baldwin, Wisco...
  168. Imagine we could somehow magically give our students all the qualities to be excellen...
  169. This month we hear about the activities in Massachusetts from its new president, Shel...
  170. Across me country, both independent music teachers and college professors are integra...
  171. The Percussive Arts Society (PAS), the world's largest percussion organization, has a...
  172. University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas * January 14-16, 2005 Competitions Chair: Dia...
  173. Alternative Strings--The New Curriculum, by Julie Lyonn Lieberman. Amadeus Press, LLC...
  174. Steinway & Sons introduces the Steinway Peace Piano, specifically designed to inc...
  175. What are the elements of successful practicing? What are the elements of a successful...
  176. Many teachers and students were busy this summer attending state conferences and work...
  177. University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Music Madison, Wisconsin * January 14-16, ...
  178. Stephen McHolm has been appointed executive director of the Esther Honens Internation...
  179. Marienne Uszler was editor of Piano & Keyboard and American Music Teacher, coauth...
  180. New Orleans Jazz Styles, More New Orleans Jazz Styles, Still More New Orleans Jazz St...
  181. The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) is offering free Pe...
  182. This lunchtime panel session was moderated by Virginia Marks, Bowling Green State Uni...
  183. The Louisiana state competitions will be held at the University of Louisiana in Monro...
  184. Whitworth College Spokane, Washington * January 14-16, 2005 Competitions Chair: Cyn...
  185. June was conference month for three states in the West Central Division. Members of t...
  186. David H. Stull recently was appointed dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He h...
  187. The National Chopin Piano Competition, presented by The Chopin Foundation of the Unit...
  188. MTNA announces the appointment of Joan Reist, NCTM, to the newly created position of ...
  189. The Illinois State MTA (ISMTA) has a newly designed website, www.ismta.org, which has...
  190. Hello! Welcome to the continuation of my interview with Liduino Pitombeira, currently...
  191. MusicEase Traditional Songbook for Children and Adults 1.0, by Gary Radar. MusicEase ...